Leftovers

When I was a kid, leftovers for dinner was always something to be approached with caution! What did those leftovers consist of?  If it was something I liked, that was not doctored up, added to, diluted or otherwise contaminated, it was a great thing!  But if, as was more often  the case, we were being served the leftovers of something we didn't like  (hence there was gobs of leftovers for the next day), leftovers were something to be avoided at all costs!
                                                                                     



 







I have a lot of leftovers in my papercrafting as well.  I have a little container on my work table containing all sorts of bits and pieces that didn't make it on to my cards.  It was starting to overflow, and I decided that I needed to actually use some of it, or just start throwing out (or recycling) my leftovers.  I needed a bunch of Thank You cards for the orders that I had just sorted for delivery, and a lightbulb went on!

I decided to use bits and pieces of leftovers on my thank you cards!  I wanted to share with you how that worked out:

All the cards had either a Bermuda Bay or Crushed Curry base, but all the rest of the colour schemes differ according to what bit of leftover I used.

They all seemed to work out as I added extra bits and pieces to balance or coordinate the new items.

Overall, it was kind of fun making the bits work, and I'm sure I'll have more overflowing leftovers soon enough to try again!

The bits and pieces are too numerous and varied to write out the recipe for you here, and your leftovers will be different from mine.  So just go and play with those leftover pieces you were saving for a rainy day!  Use 'em or lose 'em!  Happy Sunday!

NEWS FLASH from STAMPIN' UP!!!

...We interrupt your regularly scheduled blog posts with some BIG NEWS this morning from STAMPIN' UP!!

1. Stampin' Up announces a COLOUR  REFRESH with our new 2013-14 Idea Book and Catalogue effective May 31 this year.  We say hello to some old favourites from past In Colour collections and good-bye to some of our well-known collection colours, but the new revamp has created some marvellous palettes without a huge disruption.  The best way to explain is to see this chart:

Here's Carrie Cudney from the Home Office with a great explanation:

Those colours that we are saying good-bye to will be available only AS SUPPLIES LAST, so if we are bidding a fond farewell to some of your favourites, you will want to get your orders in quickly.  Call me or email me, or shop on line by clicking on the button for My Online Store on the top right of this page!
I'm SO excited that we get to keep four out of the five 2011-13 In Colours!!  My bewailing must have been loud enough for them to hear all the way down in Salt Lake City!  Woohoo!  I'm also stoked that there is another Shade of Gray! (LOL)

Next news item:

   2.  FREE SHIPPING for 3 DAYS!!!  Stampin' Up has announced FREE SHIPPING on all orders placed April 6 - 8!  So this would be a great time to stock up on some of those retiring colours that you want to horde!  This applies to all products, with no minimums!  Take advantage of this and let me know what you would like to order!

Okay, well that's about all the EXCITEMENT I can handle right now!  CALL ME, we need to talk!