I have been on a mission to minimize my crafty purchases not only by using what I have, but by combining manufacturers and using up scraps. This is not an easy task as I am sure most of you know.
A while back I bought what I thought was a set of dies from Altenew to cut circle frames, what I didn't realize is that it is only one die that cuts quite a few circles of different sizes at the same time. Honestly, I was disappointed, but it was my mistake so with lemons you are supposed to make lemonade, right? Anyway, I thought I could figure out a way to make the circles into rainbows, didn't workout so the remaining pieces went into the die cut stash (yes, I keep die cuts that I think should be good for something at some point) for well over a year that is where they were.
Recently, while going through my scrap stash I cam across some 3×6 scraps of paper from who know what project. These were the perfect size to make enclosure cards. Looking for what to use on them I got into the above mentioned die cut stash and found those circles. I married the two items by simply scoring the paper in half and gluing a circle from each color of the rainbow in different sizes on the front of the card. To make it somewhat more finished a simple "hello" or "thanks" sentiment from Waffle Flower's Label Greeting stamp set and these are done. I have no idea if they will ever get used, so for now they are in the finished card stash.
What do you do with your leftover scraps/die cuts?
