December 2011 Papertrey Ink Blog Hop - Holiday Leftovers Challenge

I don't know about you but when I am designing cards I always end up with a box full of leftovers or discards from each one I make.  I try this or that out and don't like the way it looks...die cut some paper and then change my mind about the color or shape and end up die cutting another.  The items that I don't use end up in a pile (often a very messy pile!) on my craft desk feeling lonely until I find a project to use them on.  This "pile of discarded items"  is what I dug through to get the start of this card. 

I had already stamped the coffee mugs and candy canes (from a series of cards that I made for my sister to sell at her coffee shop here in Seattle) so they were left overs. (Note:  I cut these stamped images out by hand because I could not find my die at the time - luckily it later turned up!)  I wanted to add something different to this card so I decided to stamp the marshmallows from the "Friendship Jar Holiday Fillers" set and decided to try and fit all 3 mugs on one card.   The diamond patterned paper was a leftover from a 6x6 sheet that I had used on another project and the button was already threaded and not used on another project too.

I added glitter glue to the stamped marshmallows and trimmed the piece up to fit the coffee cup.  The glitter glue caused the ink to run a bit but I kind of like the way it looks like the marshmallows have cocoa on them.

All in all this card came together quickly because I used all the discards from my desk to make it.  I will try this again as it made for a quick card!