Bloomin' Beautiful Scallops???

A few weeks ago I received my pre-order from Stampin' Up! for some of the new stuff in the current mini!  Well, I LOVED EVERYTHING I ordered EXCEPT....... these stupid "Scalloped Cards & Envelopes"!!  First of all, they aren't cards!  You receive 1 scalloped circle and an envelope (this I like because they are Chocolate Chip!) but oh my gosh, what the heck am I going to do with 1 scalloped circle????  LOL!!!  I don't remember how much I paid for the set and I really DON'T want to know!!! LOL!!!  So, I don't want to waste so I tried to figure out a cute way to use these stupid things.....  I came up with the following ~

The base of my card is Chocolate Chip and measures 6" wide and 12" long.  To get it to fold like this, score at 3" and then again at 9".  I cut the STUPID (just kidding, they aren't THAT stupid!!) scalloped circle in half.  The one I used is Soft Sky cardstock.  I stamped each side using THIS background stamp from Cornish Heritage Farms and Soft Sky ink.  I added white acrylic paint to the dots with the end of a toothpick.  My white gel pen doesn't work that great and I really wanted the white to show up!  The image from Bloomin' Beautiful was stamped using Chocolate Chip ink on Whisper White cardstock and then colored with my Soft Sky and Wild Wasabi ink pads and a blender pen.  I also used my Scor~pal to add an embossed edge around this image.  I matted it using first Soft Sky and then Close to Cocoa cardstock.  I added the same white acrylic paint to the centers of the flowers and I also stamped the flower pot again on Close to Cocoa designer series paper, cut it out and glued it down. 

When I mounted this on the front, I first lined it up with the inside panels (I will give you the info on the in a minute) and added pewter Hodgepodge photo holders on each side of the image.  On the right side with the knot, I used Pop Dots to adhere the image.  On the left side I used a white Velcro dot that I cut in half and used 1 half above the ribbon and the other half below the ribbon.

Here is a picture of the inside ~

The base cardstock is Close to Cocoa in which I ran through my Cuttlebug.  The next piece is first Soft Sky and then Whisper White cardstock.  I stamped just the upper corner of the flower pot using Chocolate Chip ink and the bee using the same ink.  I colored the flowers the same as the front image and the bee I used Banana ink and a blender pen.  I then added light brown flock which I got HERE!   What?  Bees aren't brown???  Well on this card it is because my colors are BROWNS not BLACKS!!! LOL!!!  It looks cute though!  I also added glitter to the wings using my Spica clear glitter pen.

Here is a close up of my brown furry bee~

 

The last step was to add the Chocolate Chip satin ribbon!  That was it!  Now I only have 50 more of the STUPID scallops to figure out what to do with!!! LOL!!!  Actually, there aren't 50 so I should be able to figure something out! 

Thanks for stopping by!

~Lynda

Comments

[Maureen Rauchfuss]

This is really cute. I love the "stupid" scallop cards - probably my fav new thing in the mini. They are so elegant and you just decorate one side - write on the other like a postcard - I think they are fantastic!

[Maria Levine]

Hey Lynda -
This came out great. You're too funny, "stupid scalloped cards"! That made me giggle. But you made great use of the scallops. Anyhow, I'm currently looking at the mini and ordering a bunch of paper. So hard to decide!

Maria

[Teresa]

OMG! This is fabulous!!! I think now you have sold me on both the scalloped cards AND the stamp set!!!

[Diane Cooper]

You are too funny, but echo my sentiments exactly! I wondered too waht to do with these, and figured I would cut them too. YOur colouring of the blooms is inspiring- I knew I would order it anyway, but seeing yours makes me glad I did. I love square cards so I am glad to have choc chip envies to use now!
Diane

[Sue McG]

I'm ROFL about your 'stupid' scallop circles! You sure did a great job of making something beautiful using an item you weren't thrilled with :) Love the brown fuzzy bee too, so cute!

[Laura (scrapnextras)]

Love what you came up with! The entire card is beautiful...inside and out! I can't wait to see what else is up your sleeve with these huge scalloped circles!

[Dee]

You sure figured out real fast
how to make a Fabulous Card with
those "stupid" scalloped cards...
lol
I love it..just "Beautiful"

[Monika]

Beautiful! Love the colors, the dry embossing, the shape... TFS!

[Sharon (notimetostamp)]

Lynda, this is adorable -- I love it -- a very creative way to use that scallop!!! But I, too, was of the impression they were cards -- I didn't order them. Glad you pointed out that they aren't. I absolutely love how the scallops form the gatefold and the satin ribbon -- this is truly gorgeous -- whether you like it or not -- LOL!!! TFS!!!