Making the most of ...

Of die cut paper. Among my many other craft weaknesses, I do always fall for die cut paper, you know, the ones with fancy edges all around. It does really matter whether they are 12 x 12" or 8 x 8", as long as they have pretty patterns, I want them! So, of course, I fell in love with the latest My Minds Eye die cut paper.

Because of their quality, My Minds Eye are not the cheapest papers, but then again they are really papers, more like light card. Even so, I like to make the most of any material so when it comes to this sort I realized the best is to be frugal and think small. I trimmed the 12 x 12" into three pieces of about 3 3/4" . This way I would have three main cards plus two decorative strips from the top and bottom.

I folded one of the three pieces to create a concertina fold to help with the proportions of the card, and then use one of the edges to decorate the inside. The rest of the papers are also from Quite Contrary (My Minds Eye).

The message of the front is from Wording Stamps set on to a Circle Tag. The inside is a Double Sayings -by the way the repetition of A has been eliminated on the proper run of stamps, this was just a trial set!- on top of a flower from the Shadow Monograms set.