One Sheet Wonder

Happy 2021!!  May it be a better year than 2020!  A new month has arrived and that means a new challenge from the Love To Scrap Challenge Blog.  This month's challenge is Anything Goes.

And here are the cards I created:

I have lots (and lots and lots) of 12 x 12 scrapbook paper that I never use.  Anyone else want to join the club and admit this as well??  Confession is good for the soul, you know.  For several years, I have been a fan of "one-sheet wonder" cards where you take an entire sheet of paper ( can be any size, though usually 6 x 6 or 12 x 12), cut it using a template and create cards using every tiny bit of that sheet of paper.  So, I finally decided to pull out a sheet of Christmas paper and have a go at it using this template I found on Pinterest.  I cut enough pieces for 12 cards, but only have 10 finished at this moment.

I picked a pretty (and nontraditional) Christmas print and then picked out two colors of cardstock to match.  I matted almost all of the patterned paper on cardstock and then matched it with the contrasting base so the papers will stand out a little.

I stamped enough of these adorable penguins and accessories for each of the cards.  Coloring and fussy cutting them all probably was the most time consuming part of making all of these cards.  I chose some fun sketches that used elements that patterned paper panels would work with and then added embellishments.  Most of the embellishments carry on through most of the cards.  No added patterned paper was used.  This is a really long post with a lot of pictures, but you really have to see each card up close to see how adorable they are.

Card #1 uses some punched snowflakes that my mom got in a big box of scrapbooking stuff at a yard sale several years ago.  There were so many, it will take a long time to use them up!  I also added some pink dotted ribbon and some blue rhinestones.

Card #2 uses a snowflake embossing folder and no added embellishments.

Card #3 uses one of those punched snowflakes, the dotted ribbon, and rhinestone, the same snowflake embossing folder and a small vellum die cut circle.

Card #4 uses the dotted ribbon, some clear rhinestones and both pre-cut felt snowflakes and die cut paper snowflakes.

Card #5 uses one of the felt snowflakes and a bunch of light pink pearls to accent the die cute "wreath".

Card #6 Uses one of the felt snowflakes and some pink rhinestones.

Card #7 uses the dotted ribbon some blue rhinestones and a die cut snowflake.  (This might be one of my favorite cards from the set!)

Card #8 uses some of the blue rhinestones and some glitter paper to create the "snowbanks" to go along with the cute little penguin making a snow angel.

You can see the sparkle in the photo below:

Card #9 uses some of the dotted ribbon, blue rhinestones and a die cut "Merry Christmas" sentiment (I drew on a string to hang the ornament from the "y".) to which I added clear wink of Stella to make it all sparkly!

You can see all the sparkly goodness below:

Card #10 doesn't use any embellishments other than the sentiment strips.

These were really fun and I love that I was able to use an entire piece of paper--no waste!  Unfortunately . . . . they ONLY used one sheet of paper . . . I have soooooo much!!  I anticipate many of these sets in my future; I already have in mind to create a set of feminine birthday cards and then a set of masculine as well.  And probably some more Christmas sets as well.  

Thanks so much for stopping by!  Head on over to the LTSCB blog to see what the rest of the team has created and to get the full details of the challenge.  Then get inky and play along with us; I can't wait to see what you create.

Supplies:

Stamps: Pretty Pink Posh "Penguin Pals"; Verve "Ornamental Christmas" (Cards #1, 2, 3, 4, 5) "Merry & Bright" (Cards #7, 8,10) and STAMPlorations "All Ye Faithful--Typographia Christmas" (Card #6)

Dies: Spellbinders "Classic Circles, large" (Cards #1, 3); Martha Stewart snowflake punch (Cards #1, 3); MFT "Blueprints 14" fishtail banner (Card #3); Memory Box "Lindeman Snowflake" (Card # 4); Elizabeth Craft Designs "Entwined Circles" (Card #5); PaperTrey Ink "Fancy Flakes" (Card #7); Lawn Fawn "Stitched Snowhills" (Card #8); STAMPlorations "Merry Christmas" sentiment (Card #9)

Cuttlebug Snowflake embossing folder (Cards #2, 3)

Challenges:

Card #1

Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper--anything goes with patterned paper

Cute Card Thursday #667--anything goes

Krafty Chicks #540--anything goes

Crimbo #223--anything goes

Card #2

Pattie's Creations #178--anything goes

Penny's Challenge #486--anything goes

Tuesday Morning Sketches #586--anything goes

Card #3

Crafty Gals #214--'Tis the Season

Crafty Sentiments--anything goes

Card #4

Christmas Craft challenge--winter blues

Card #5

Creative Moments #205--anything goes

Creative Sketchy #55--anything goes

Card #6

Christmas Kickstart #45--If it's Chrismassy, link it up

Sweet Stampers #51--anything goes

Word Art Wednesday #472--anything goes with uplifting sentiment

Card #7

Mod Squad--anything goes while using real rubber or clear stamps

Card #8

Dare 2B Artzy--Holiday Fun

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday--sparkle & shine

Card #9

Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2--sketch

Card #10

Christmas with The Cuties #45--Anything goes (Christmas) with the optional twist: based on a Christmas carol