Bits & Pieces: Bear Cake

A simple birthday bear using some bits and pieces on my crafty desk.

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~Elle~

Bits & Pieces: Amazing

A really quick card share today - after a week filled with overtime, I need a quiet weekend off.

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~Elle~

Botanical Thanks

An elegant thanks today. I'm trying to use up some bits and pieces on my desk - like a sparkly diecut thanks and a botanical sticker from a card kit.


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~Elle~

Bits & Pieces: Insta-'cause

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~Elle~

Bits and Pieces: Thinking of you

Another day with just 15 minutes to get crafty in - and here is another simple card using bits and pieces that were in the corner of my desk. I'm sure I pulled them out for a specific project or idea, but I couldn't remember what it was. So, I whipped them together for a layered card.

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~Elle~

Bits & Pieces: Happy Fox

It has been a long week, and I'm so ready for the weekend! I'm sharing a simple card today, using some bits and pieces that were floating around my desk. I'm excited to get crafty again this weekend. It feels like there's never quite enough time to make a whole bunch of cards during the week.

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~Elle~

Bits n' Pieces: Love You Typewriter

I put together some bits and pieces of ephemera from my stash and made a unique love card. I really like how it turned out.

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~Elle~

Loved Hug

I wanted to play with some die shapes today, so I made a little scene with a bird and a bunny from my colored images stash. I also used some alphabet stickers - which I really ought to use more often on cards.


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~Elle~

Bits & Pieces: Be Mine

A quick share today - just playing with bits and pieces of things on my desk. I did enjoy using velum on this card. It's an embossed velum that has fun silver or gold elements. Combined with a fun patterned paper and an embossed sentiment, I think it turned out pretty fun.

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~Elle~

Jar of Thankful

I'm not 100% sure where I was going with this card. I just wanted to combine some elements together and play with the layout. I think it turned out cute and unusual, and definitely a layout I'll have to try again.

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~Elle~

Bits & Pieces: Happy Fall!

It's time for another bits-n-pieces card!

I couldn't bear to cover up this lovely sunflower paper from Doodlebug too much, so I opted for a simple strip of cardstock to use for my sentiment and imagery. I used a couple of Lawn Fawn stamps, as well as doodlebug stickers and some stray ephemera from my ephemera box. I think it turned out pretty fun.

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~Elle~

Bits & Pieces: Thinking of You

Lawn Fawn - Into the Woods

Today, I'm sharing another bits-n-pieces card where I use different treasures from my stash and make something fun with them. While looking for a sticker, I came across some puffy stickers from Pink Paisley that were in a card kit a few years ago. I thought it would be fun to use the speech bubble sticker and pair it with an old Lawn Fawn stamp set.

I kept the rest of the card super simple, adding a touch of color with a sponge dauber and three little enamel dots.

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~Elle~

Bits & Pieces: Hello Owl

Avery Elle - Woodland Wonders

For today's card, I played around with bits and pieces that were laying around on my desk. I tried the CAS layering style again, adding a few die-cuts and enamel dots to the simple scene.

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~Elle~

Bits & Pieces: Best Wishes

A very quick share today for a bits-n-pieces card. I had these fun strips of paper floating around my desk, so I decided to whip out a quick card. For the sentiment, I used a sticker strip that came in an old card kit and a couple of enamel dots instead of brads.

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~Elle~

Bits & Pieces: Dream Big

PinkFresh Studio - Happy Things 6x6 (retired)

As most of my Bits & Pieces cards, I kept today's creation really simple. I used some patterned paper scraps and a few enamel dots for a very CAS card. I really like all the elements on this card, and I think it turned out pretty great.

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~Elle~

Bits & Pieces: Look Up

Lawn Fawn - Mom + Me stamp

For today's bits-n-pieces card, I decided to make use of a tag and two colored foxes from Lawn Fawn's Mom + Me stamp set. I kept the rest of the card very simple, adding a panel of rainbow patterned paper and light blue cardstock. Although the card is colorful, I think it has a more muted feeling, so it works as a gender-neutral card.

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~Elle~

Bits and Pieces: Beachy Sunshine

C.C. Designs - Beachies stamp

Today's card features the Beachies stamp from C.C. Designs. I had the striped panel sitting on my desk from a previous card, and I grabbed the red polka-dot swimsuit girl from my colored images stash. I thought they paired together great.

I went for a really simple design that makes the girl and the sentiment shine. I used some letter stickers to spell out Hello, along with a sunshine sticker. I think this gave the sentiment a wonky whimsical feeling that goes perfectly with the summer theme.

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~Elle~

Bits & Pieces: Country Hello

Today's creation is another bits-n-pieces card, where I grab various supplies from my stash in an effort to use them up. For this card, I used a sticker from Pebbles that features a lovely bouquet of wildflowers in a tin can. I love the country charm of the sticker, so I added a starry paper and a doily to enhance the theme.

I finished the card off with a die-cut hello sentiment and a few enamel dots.

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~Elle~

BP: Cat & Donuts

One of the most fun challenges I give myself is to blindly reach for things in my bits and pieces box and see how I can use them together. Case in point- today I pulled out a cat, some donuts and a doily. I wasn't sure how to use them together, but I found this scrabble paper that had a similar tone, and everything suddenly just fell into place as I recalled one of my friend's cats. This was a humongous monster of a cat whose biggest pleasure in life was licking sprinkles off donuts while no one was looking.

So, this card is for you, Binky. May you find trays upon trays of sprinkled donut goodies in kitty heaven.

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~Elle~

Bits and Pieces: Succulent Thanks

For today's card, I decided to use some bits and pieces that have been sitting on my desk - mainly a set of cardstock stickers and a die-cut thanks. I like using stickers when I need a quick-and-easy kind of card - especially when it's a kids' card and the stickers are bright and cheerful. But today, I decided to use a more subtle palette and a classic theme.

I started by choosing the two stickers I wanted to layer, then I looked through my paper stash and found a couple of patterned paper that matched it pretty well. I finished the card with a few enamel dots in the corner.

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~Elle~