Monday 24 February 2014

Scraplings

I was so sorry to miss the Hero Arts Flickr Group scramble #78 last night, but I couldn't stay awake. Martha was hosting it, and her theme was Scraplings with layers. (Sue McGrae, aka Stampin Sue, had run scramble 17 with a Scrapling theme; and the word came from Shari Carroll who commented “It thrills me to pieces to see they are still being called Scraplings, way back when I named them, I didn't know what else to call them... they were scraps and darling, so I combined the words and Viola!” )

What is a Scrapling? (written by Stampin Sue)

The idea came about by trying to use up all the scraps we have in cardmaking. Specifically when you take a 5 1/2" x 4 1/4" card and cut off a piece to make a square greeting card you are left with a piece that is 1 1/2" x 4 1/4". With this piece and other "scraps" you have lying around you make a "mini" card. The size of the Scrapling is not written in stone, it is really a small or mini-sized version of a normal greeting card.


I think these would make wonderful bookmarks too. Could stick a piece of Magnetic strip on the back, and a metal circle on the back of the front. 

Here is my first one using one of the die cuts I made yesterday.



And my second, which I will also enter into the Moxie Fab World Happy for Hexagon Challenge, and the Retrosketch Challenge.








8 comments:

  1. Love the look of these scraplings cards. Thanks for the explanation as I was wondering where thisword came from. Its amazing the number of new words being produced within the crafting world, as I wander from blog to blog I come across new words and love the way someone has played with the original word to make a new one :) . Next thing you know someonewill have to write a crafting dictionary.

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  2. Me again:) I forgot to mention how brilliant that die cut looks, cant imagine how hard it was to line up to get perfect different colours each side. Just perfect

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  3. Wow the die cut one looks fabulous! And the second is really sweet Janet!!

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  4. Love what you did wit the die, and these scraplings are soooo cute. I love the little cards.

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  5. I love them both! great idea to use scraps and they'd be lovely bookmarks!

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  6. Wonderful cards, and I love the idea that they have a dual purpose if turned into bookmarks as well!

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  7. These super skinny cards are so cool, Janet!

    Teri

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