Use Your Scraps – Spiral Background

Next, let's review the supplies used to make this project.  When you get to the assembly I'll point out what steps to take if you're just going to make lots of backgrounds to use for later cards.

Now let's make this beautiful card.  The first list of instructions is to just create the spiral background.  You can make dozens of these and then use them for cards later.  The second set of instructions finishes off the card in this post.

1. Cut designer series paper (dsp) strips into at least 5 1/2″ by 1 1/4″
2. Cut each dsp strip down the diagonal and set aside
3. Cut Basic White into 4″ by 5 1/4″ layers
4. Add Stampin' Seal to the entire Basic White layer
5. Pick a center point just slightly off center for your first strip and place on layer with point of the triangle in center – don't worry if some of it hangs off
6. Add another strip next to the first making sure the points are towards the center and one side is touching
7. Continue adding strips until the circle is complete
8. Trim the excess from the Basic White layer

In order to make the card in this post – use the layer created from the steps above and continue with these steps:

1. Fold and burnish the score line for the card base
2. Stamp the greeting  on a Basic White scrap
3. Crop the greeting with a circle die
4. Add the circle die to the card front with Stampin' Dimensionals
5. Add some Basic Jewel Rhinestones around the greeting circle
6. Add the paper strip layer to the card base

I hope you enjoy this series.  I have many more ideas planned to help you use up your scraps.  Look for one of these each week for the next several weeks.

I really appreciate you reading all the way to the end of the blog post.  It really helps my business a lot!  Check back soon as I've been very busy making cards and I am typing as quickly as possible to share them with you here.  xo, Linda