Scraplings!!

My sweet friend Virginia has posted her 4th challenge.  In short, we are to make a tag or a scrapling, which I'll explain further down, and use something recycled on it.  Fun!  I was so pleased to dive into my scrap basket and unearth lots of previously stamped panels and incorporate them into my entry.  I had so much fun that I made 3 of them!

Scraplings are what is left when you start with a 5 1/2" X 4 1/4" A2 card and trim it down to a 4 1/4" square card: a tiny folded piece that measure 1 1/4" X 4 14".  These would make great tags for gifts, or fun bookmarks.  That's my husband's grandmother's thimble, to give you an idea of how diminutive these are!

Here they are in close-up:

supplies: Hero Arts Tweed Background, sentiment from Hero Arts Frames and Messages, some applique lace from when I used to sew, and a button from my button collection

This next one is my favorite, because it uses my fave periwinkle color and a beautiful Hero Arts cling flower, along with a bit of tatted lace that my sweet friend Mary Anne gifted to me not long ago.  I believe it came from her Grandmother's pillowcases.  As I said above, the stamped panel is a trimmed piece from a previously stamped panel from my scrap basket.  I just added some tiny buttons to match.

supplies: Hero Arts Music Background and Wildflower Garden

And lastly, my recycled item is that flower, ribbon and brad embellishment, from a card that didn't work out.

supplies: Hero Arts pool layering paper, Wplus9 Backgrounds & Borders 1, 3 shades of aqua inks, sentiment from Hero Arts Mix & Match Elements

Some of the previously stamped items are so old that many of the Hero Arts stamps used on them have been long discontinued.  I think that makes these even more special!  Thanks, Virginia, for a fun challenge!