Jazzing Up Old Stash For Christmas Cards (+Giveaway! {NOW CLOSED})

(This post is part of my Frosty Festivities 2014 Blog Event – see the beginning HERE!)

I always like to do an ‘old stash’ giveaway as part of my blog events. Most of the stash in this giveaway {NOW CLOSED} is from Christmas 2013 so it’s not too old!

Would you like to win this ‘kit’ of old stash?

There’s lots of bits and pieces here, including some 6×12″ papers, 3×4 cards, ephemera, stickers, chipboards, a tree wood veneer, a sheet of wood-effect alpha stickers, a washi sampler on a craft stick, and some white buttons. Plenty for a couple of layouts or some cards!

If you want to enter all you need to do is leave a comment on this post! If you want to leave a comment but don’t want to be entered, just mention that in the comment!

And here’s some inspiration for how to use up some older stash on some cards…

All these were made with items from my left over 2013 Christmas stash.

First I chose a few large stickers I thought would be good:

Then I chose a few paper scraps to go with them:

And I picked out a couple of chipboards and ephemera too:

To jazz-up the stickers I rubbed some clear ink around the edges of the stickers, tipped on glitter gold embossing powder, and heated it up:

And I added some Waco Pearl Pen dots to some of the ephemera or chipboard:

The papers were stuck on some 6×6 kraft card blanks, white plain white card used as a ‘filler’ where the scraps weren’t big enough:

And then I stuck the main pieces I’d chosen on top, plus a bit of gold glitter tape on the red card:

They were all finished off with a few gems of course:

I’m glad to have use up some old stash!

Be Inspired:

Heat emboss the edge of stickers, or paper, die-cuts, etc

Use up some old Christmas stash

Choose plain white card as a ‘filler’ when your scrap aren’t big enough

Remember to leave a comment to enter the old stash giveaway! {NOW CLOSED}

What item do you wish you could find more of in your stash?

I’ll see you again at 3pm!

Jennifer x