This past fall I took an online calligraphy class and ended up doing many stabs are worksheets. Once I had done the lessons I kept the sheets of copy paper in a pile to use as mop up sheets when sponging or doing various other techniques. Once the sheets were coated with colors and textures they looked pretty cool. I spent this afternoon creating several note cards using a few of these sheets as starting bg. I did discover yet one more fantastic use for my stencil butters. If I use a stencil brush to add color to a single layer white cs die cut then use chunky clear embossing heat set powder I get a very thick yet flexible sentiment that has tons of shine. And I used the last of some scrapes to punch small dots so the colors matched. After gluing them on I added glossy accents for even more shine and depth.
Thanks for sharing your time with me, now I am sharing this with :
Paper Crafter at large 
You are so creative; you see the potential in every scrap and piece of paper you come across! These note cards look awesome. Great use for your practice worksheets, and your shiny die cuts look great too!
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Thanks Lisa, Now I am looking at trash in such a different way.
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Such a brilliant idea!
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The worksheets made a delightful, creative background . Love that you can always see vision in anything and in the case from trash to treasure.
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Thanks Gayle, now that I have so many toys to use and am starting to figure out how to keep going on ugly then end is not in sight.
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Such a brilliant use of the worksheets. The cards look fab! Thank you for sharing with us at Creative Inspirations, good luck.
Hugs
Gina xx
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Thanks Gina, it is really my pleasure to be able to play along even if I don’t win.
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Was für eine wunderschöne Karte. Danke, dass du sie bei Paperminutes zeigst.
LG Christina
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I love that what most people would throw in the trash you find other uses for, then make something beautiful from it that you hadn’t planned. Great idea with the stencil butter, too. It looks amazing! Glad you’re having fun and showing us ways to use “leftovers”.
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Thanks Golda, you are so sweet to keep up with my meandering
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A fabulous set of cards. Lovely colours and a great technique for your shiny sentiment.
Thank you for joining in with our February challenge “Anything Mixed Media Goes” at Creative Artiste Mixed Media. Good luck x
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Thanks Andree, super fun to make and play along with you
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