I like blog challenges just because they have just enough rules that I don’t sit and stare at allll my papers and stamps, but I can still be creative. Caardvarks’ New Year challenge is a wonderful sketch and the prize is the best. prize. ever.
I’ve been seeing JustRite stamps around a lot recently, and would love to get my hands on some. I love that you can basically make your own stamps. They could say anything! I love the pre-made sentiments and borders that you can mix and match. I love stamps that let you build stuff. The prize for this challenge is 2 stamp sets and a $100 gift certificate to JustRite! I can’t believe it. If this is the one and only challenge I win this year, I’ll be happy.
I saw someone use this technique recently, and I couldn’t wait to make a quilted background for my card. Basically, you cut random strips of paper, glue them to a base (very securely – I used gluestick, and ended up having a few little squares pop off!) then cut that in to strips. Then offset as you want as you glue to the card front!
This card was made entirely of scraps – the only new thing I cut into was the ribbon. Even the sentiment is stamped on the backside of the butterfly paper that is in the ‘quilt’. The base I glued the strips to was a large scrap of Christmas paper that I didn’t particularly like, but that came in a pack I wanted.
I freehand cut the sentiment, as this card feels very down-home, country-quilt.
Sentiment is Magnolia, punch is EK Success, button brads have lost their label. 
I think I’ll be making a lot of these cards (with better glue) to use up scraps.
