"Since You Asked ..." Card Parts Book

Patti, since you asked ... Here are some pages from my "card parts" book. :-) I have a couple 20-pocket sheets,

... and one nine-pocket page ...

... and these two four-pocket pages filled with smaller pieces ...

... and then nine pages of four-pockets sheets filled with items such as these two. Most of these last nine pages have full background pieces, either embossed or stamped or stenciled or foiled, etc. These pockets have items facing in both directions (front and back, two different designs per pocket) and many have multiples. I'm so happy to have whittled my parts down to these pieces, and I hope to not add many in the future - just use them as I make them.

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Birthday Butterflies

I received two huge totes of wood-mounted stamps from a friend. I had actually told her I wasn't interested, but I got them anyway! So, I went through them and picked out a few things that I thought I might use. I'm in the process of finding homes for all of the rest of them. (And doing quite well with that, so far.) There were a few things other than wood-mounted stamps, and I used one of them on this card. There was a very thin "tube" that was actually an ink dauber with shades of purple on each end. I simply dabbed a piece of white cardstock with each end to make this background. It's really hard to tell that there are two shades of purple.  I matted with purple, and also pulled out three butterflies from my "card parts book." I added tiny gems to the butterflies's bodies and drew antennae on them, also. The sentiment was a rub-on that was already matted on the white cardstock. I matted that with purple, too, and popped it up on foam squares.

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Pink and Gray

Here are two more of my cards made with card parts. The "parts" on these are again the die cuts. I placed them on pink glitter card stock and matted with black. The patterned paper backgrounds are again ancient Stampin' Up! The sentiments are both from Avery Elle.

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Pink Mini-Slimline Birthday and Happy Mother's Day!!

Happy Mother's Day to everyone, whether you are a mother or not!

I pulled out some card parts the other day and made a couple cards. Here is one of them. Maybe I'll just concentrate on my card parts for a while. It's a very quick thing to do! The "part" on this card is the die-cut butterflies. I cut a panel from some ancient Stampin' Up! paper and matted it with black. The sentiment is from My Favorite Things. This is a mini-slimline card.

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Simple Flower Birthday

And one more "card parts" card. I used the flowers and leaves (from Altenew and Gina K, I believe) and also a rub-on sentiment that was already rubbed on and matted.

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Butterfly Card Parts

I pulled out these pre-assembled butterflies a while ago and turned them into cards. I also added a few more "parts." I thought I only had two of them, but when I was gluing one of them one, I realized it was a stack of two! So, I got three cards instead of two. For this first one, I also used a pre-made background, done with a Cuttlebug embossing folder and white ink on turquoise cardstock. The sentiment was also already made and sitting on my table.

I added strips of patterned paper and thin black strips on the edges of this one.

And one more - in purple. For this one, I added metallic strips along the patterned paper.

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Alcohol-Inked Background

Another card with this butterfly. I had three white ones in my card parts, so I simply glued them all together for dimension - and to use them up! LOL! The top piece was (I believe) done at one of our Group Gatherings using alcohol ink and some gold foil. I added three gold sequins to the butterfly's body. I added a strip of gold glitter cardstock underneath the inked panel. The sentiment is embossed in gold and is from My Favorite Things. I also added a thin sticker strip near the bottom to finish it off.

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Quilled Flowers

I've had my quilling tool and quilling strips out for a while now, but just couldn't get motivated to use them. I finally did. When I'm not doing quilling, I sometimes think it would be fun to do some quilling. Then, when I'm doing quilling, I realize that, nah, it's not so fun! LOL! But, I did finish these two cards. The patterned paper on this first card is from Gina K. The sentiment is from Papertrey Ink.

This second card is the first of a few "card parts" cards that I will be sharing over the next few days. It features another quilled flower. The green piece had been die-cut and was in my card parts book. I stamped the sentiment (from My Favorite Things) with Versamark and embossed with clear embossing powder. I added a few rhinestones from Gina K. The card base is ivory. The matting behind the green panel is a textured ivory paper. This design is from a quilling calendar that I received MANY years ago. 

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Simple Anniversary

And one more anniversary. I guess we know several people with September and October anniversaries! This die-cut piece was in my card parts, as was the background piece. I'm pretty sure I used a gel plate to make the background. I simple combined the two pieces and added the sentiment, stamped in gray, from Papertrey Ink.

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Thinking of You Butterflies

This is the last of my acetate backgrounds. It's been fun working with them. I have over twenty backgrounds left to use that were done on cardstock. I think maybe I'll put them away again for a little while:) I added a die-cut frame, butterflies and sentiment.

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More Birthday Flowers

This is my next-to-the-last card using acetate backgrounds. The background looks a lot more blue in the photo than it actually is, as is often the case with purples. This card uses two pre-made backgrounds - one for the die-cut and the other the acetate background. The sentiment is from Papertrey Ink and is embossed in silver. The flower panel is matted with shimmery silver paper.

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Christmas Card Part

Another card made with a "card part" I've had in my stash for probably ten years. The background was done on acetate. My first thought was, "what an ugly background!" But then I realized how appropriate it was for a Christmas card. I added a die-cut frame and a die-cut sentiment. I also added three layers of the frame (including the insides) to the back of this piece for more dimension. The card base is ivory.

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Stained Glass?

One more card using a "card part" that I received several years ago. This piece was also done on acetate. I used a die to cut the flower out of shiny silver cardstock. It looks a bit like stained glass. The sentiment is from Papertrey Ink. I matted it with silver cardstock and mounted it on Dimensionals.

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Anniversary With Card Parts

Here are two more cards using backgrounds that were given to me. These were also done on acetate. They are many, many years old! These both had some gold in them, so I used gold accents. For this first one, I used a die for the sentiment and made it four layers thick. The cardbase is ivory. I used shiny gold cardstock strips on the top and bottom edges of the acetate.

For this card, I used a Papertrey Ink stamp for the sentiment. I used gold embossing powder for it. I also added the same thin shiny gold strips on the top and bottom edges.

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Thank You

Another card using a pre-made background from my "stash." This one had also been done on acetate. I sandwiched it between layers of a die-cut. The sentiment is also a die-cut which has been layered.

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Thinking of You

I have been watching a lot of Jennifer McGuire videos while walking on the treadmill. She has been showing a lot of inky backgrounds lately. That reminded me that I have a lot of pre-made backgrounds. Several years ago, I received three boxes of "junk" from a co-worker of my son. She must have been a Stampin' Up! demonstrator, judging by the materials in the box. I sorted through every single bit of the "stuff." I tossed a lot out, but kept a lot, too. That is where this background, and many more, came from. I plan on making a lot of cards with them, so be prepared! LOL!

This particular background was done on acetate. I added it to a piece of white cardstock and mounted it on foam squares. You can't see it very well in the picture, but there is silver ink in the background. So, I used silver cardstock to die-cut the sentiment. I also cut three more of the sentiment out of white and glued them together for added dimension.

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More Card Parts!

I had already cut many pieces out of the Brusho sheet that I made when my friend, Cheryl, was over here in May. But recently I took the parts of the sheet that were left and cut out these pieces. So, instead of using up some card parts, I have more! Hopefully you'll be seeing them on some completed cards soon, though. I just love the way the leaves turned out.

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Birthday Daisies - Part Two

Another card using the same image as yesterday. Again, it was stamped and the tablecloth paperpieced and in my card parts pile. This card is almost entirely made from "card parts."

I colored the image with Copics and added Star Dust Stickles to the flower centers. I trimmed down the image and mounted it on foam squares. The card base was cut last summer at our Group Gathering. I loved the Memory Box die and cut through both layers of the card, leaving the top edge intact. I tried and tried to get it to cut through, but couldn't quite get the bottom entirely cut. I had to use an exacto knife, but I finally got it. (It almost ended up in the trash. Whew - I saved it!) I embossed the middle layer with a Sizzix/Stampin' Up! folder and rounded the corners. The tag was already cut from when I was experimenting with my (then) new Spellbinders dies and Grand Calibur. I stamped the sentiment (from Hero Arts) with Versamark and embossed with white. I put a foam square on the bottom part of the tag and glued the top part to the image panel. I love the way this card turned out.

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Thanks a "latte!"

I am the most productive in my stamping room when I'm using up card parts. Just having something to start with is such a great help!

These coffee cups were already stamped (on vellum) and colored. I cut around them and mounted them on foam squares. The yellow scalloped oval was in my pile, too. I cut the white oval with a Nestability and added the hand-doodles. The sentiment was printed on my computer.

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Die-Cut Thanks

I found this pre-stamped blue piece in my card parts box. You can barely see the stamping on it, and I have no idea who makes the stamp, but I liked it and so this card came into being. I added the flowers and "thanks" die cuts, which were also in my box. I believe they were both cut with Memory Box dies. The card base is kraft.

I'm submitting this for the CAS on Sunday challenge. This week's challenge is to make a card with a flower/flowers on it.

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