Recycled Background Earth Day Greetings by Jean Okimoto

Let's build a background of recycled scraps and create a card to celebrate Earth Day. Hi, Jean Okimoto here using Lush Green Collection scraps from my stash to fill the Jumbled Line Collage. It made just a teeny tiny dent in my big stack of scraps - but I feel so resourceful and earth-friendly.

Attach a strip of doublestick tape to printer paper. Cut assorted 3/4" strips of the Lush Green Collection 6x6's. Attach them to the paper - we're using paper so it won't be too bulky.

Cut white cardstock with the largest Slim Basic Rectangle Layers die. Cut the rectangle with Jumbled Line Collage. Lay the collage over the strips before adding any adhesive. Trim the edges of the paper to fit behind the collage, then attach it behind the collage. Attach the rectangle to a slimline card (3-5/8" x 8-1/2").

Cut different shades of yellow 6x6's from the Sunny Orange Collection with the Gentle Blossom Watercolor Floral and Layered Fresh Flowers dies. Assemble the flowers - mix and match the blossoms and the centers. Use a center from the Layered Fresh Flowers set for the Gentle Blossom Watercolor Floral.

Cut the solid leaves - from the Gentle Blossom Watercolor Floral set - from a sheet Lush Green sheet. Press a scrap of the same green onto a VersaMark inkpad. Heat-emboss the inked area with detail clear powder. Cut the detailed leaves from the embossed cardstock. They'll be slightly darker and glossy to contrast with the solid background leaves.

Stamp the greeting from the Signature Greetings Clear Stamps and Dies Set on a yellow 6x6 with Onyx Black VersaFine. Quickly heat-emboss it with detail clear powder. Trim one end with the second-smallest Slim Basic Rectangle Layers die - then just cut the other end with a paper trimmer.

Assemble the card - use foamdots for the greeting. Add yellow Autumn Fairy Crystals. Cut a slimline-sized piece of cardstock to protect the jewels and card front for mailing.

The coordinated colors of the Memory Box 6x6 Collections save time and simplify cardmaking with a 108 choices. They match our 6x6 prints and plaids, glitter, foil and mirror cardstock too.