Miss Pinks Craft Spot

Let's face it we all want our craft supplies to go as far as they can, today we are sharing how we reduce or eliminate waste of our crafting supplies. My mum taught me dress making, and as we are on the "shorter" side she often found that she didn't need the recommended amount of fabric, she lay the pattern or fold the fabric  differently and still have left over fabric. So when it comes to card making it's natural for me to think of ways to saved supplies.  I've used 5 supply saving methods with this card!  1. Keep your off cuts of card stock. It is amazing how often I can use a "scrap" of cardstock to either stamp a sentiment, or add a strip of colour to a card. 2. If you are covering a large area of DSP, trim it to just over the size you will see on the finished card. 3. When making cards with contrasting layers it is often possible to cut a smaller shape in the middle of the larger layer as it will be hidden. 4. I rarely wrap ribbon/twine around ...

Hello and welcome to this months All Star Tutorial Design Team Blog Hop featuring the Bloom where you're planted suite. I remember when growing up my brother made a macrame plant pot holder for my mum for Mother's Day, I'm sure it held 2 pots, regardless that's where the idea for my slimline card came from today. I've used a variety of items from the Suite, DSP for the background of the card, as well as the pots, and stamping for the plants. For something a bit different I fussy cut the sentiment, and for added details I added some Evening Evergreen Open Weave Ribbon over the foliage DSP strip. So make that first cut into the gorgeous DSP in this suite, as Kylie would say #loveitchopit ! Be sure to continue through the list below to see more creations from the Bloom where you'r planted Suite from the design team:  Thanks for visiting today, I hope you enjoyed viewing my project. Stay tuned for more inspiration and tips this month.  I’ve listed the products I u...