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Wow, Marianne! Not only inspiring but beautiful! Thanks for sharing your card adventures with us.

Monica

Thank you for this! I have so many pops and they just seem to build up. I will be putting these ideas to use.

Marianne these are wonderful. I have for a long time been stuck in the A2 card size and really need to broaden my horizon. I have many different sized envelopes and your tips will be a great help. I also plan on bookmarking this. Tahnks

thanks for continuing to share more great ideas..........I use pops a lot

Diana

Forgot to add-if anyone else has easy ideas for making card bases out of scraps, feel free to post them here, too. I would love to see more ideas,too.

Here is the last installment for awhile. I've done about 60 cards this week so I think the card binge is over for awhile.

I found some cream envelopes in my drawer that I want to use for cards. They would hold cards about 3 1/2 x 7". So I sorted the cream/tan scraps to see what I could find to use for bases. Luckily I found a stack of roughly 5 x 7" mats. I scored them at 1 1/2" to form the back of the card. Then tried various ways to decorate the fronts-adding a 2" strip of paper both overlapping and abutting, added squares on the diagonal, leaving the edge open, cutting a zigzag, etc. By the way, 3 1 5/8" squares fit nicely on the diagonal on a 7" card. We had to dredge up algebra to work that one out!

One More-really scrappy. Same base but little scraps glued to the edge of the flap then cut flush with the back edge.

Wow Marianne! You are really on a roll with these. I have to get that algebra out for quilting all the time.

as the saying is going around "Shut the door".........these are so inspiring.........thanks for sharing all these great ideas......

Diana

azemigh wrote:Wow Marianne! You are really on a roll with these. I have to get that algebra out for quilting all the time.

I used to use it quite a bit when I was quilting and drafting patterns all the time. A bit rusty now so I had to call on my trusty assistant-DH-so he helped.

These ideas are just wonderful. I can't wait to get home today and try to get back into the craft room.

Thank you for your enthusiasm. I can't wait to see what variations you all come up with.

Marianne, I just stumbled onto this thread and I am awestruck and amazed. Fantastic ideas. I really need to wander around this Message Board more frequently and in more depth than I have been. You all have such wonderful and creative suggestions.

This is awesome. Marianne! Love to see your work-flow!