If I were a Card, what could I look like?
Stash Busters 2024 - A Bi-weekly Instagram Hop
Good day, fellow crafters. This is my first post for a new bi-weekly Instagram hop that will run throughout 2024. The Stashbusters 2024 Hop is hosted by Armen @armenscraftroom, Ave @avedamontedesigns, Barbara @bkeeleycrafts, Hilary @hilarygreek, Kelly @kellysantidesigns, and Kim @touchofmagik. For this hop participants will be posting 3-6 creative, paper-based projects to share. The goal of the hop is for each participant to use the items and supplies already owned to create between 81 and 162 projects in total throughout 2024.
Today’s hop theme is “If you were a card, what would you look like?”. I chose to add three cards that were scrap builds as they suit me well. The Sunflower card because I am a warming and caring person, the dog because I have precious fur babies, and the sharks because I am an avid scuba diver when I am not crafting!
If you are inspired to participate please use #stashbusters2024 on your posts so that we can see them too! I hope you enjoy my submission to these challenges.
In the spirit of this hop and in continuing my pursuit of as close to zero waste as possible, each of these cards was put together creatively with leftovers from various 2023 projects. The background panels got a makeover using prints from my stash of patterned paper books, and the banding plus sentiment labels? Yep, you guessed it – those are from leftover cut-offs as well.
I snagged the embossed and stamped sentiments and the adorable dog image from My Favorite Things. And for the finishing touch, I gave that pup a pop of color using Copic markers. It's all about making the most of what we've got and having fun with the process.
