So after doing an entire kit, I decided to just pick a few pieces of paper from one of my “older” paper pads.  For something completely different I picked the Palm Springs 12×12 paper pad which is all about florals, cactus and palm trees.  I was able to use a couple of the cut-aparts that were small enough to fit on a card.

I really liked the cactus print paper and had a specific card sketch in mind before I even got started.  I paired the cactus paper with a pink tone-on-tone paper from the same collection.  To keep the cards nice and bright I used some aqua cardstock for the strip across the card.  For the sentiment I pulled out a Craft Smart cactus themed stamp set that I’ve never used.  For a bit of sparkle I “colored” the plant containers with Wink of Stella and added a few rhinestones and Queen and Company Goosebumps.

For the next couple cards I used some palm tree paper.  The print is a bit spread out so I made sure to use a larger piece of paper.  To add some interest, I added a scalloped border on the matting.  For the peach background paper I was able to cut around a large sentiment on a 12×12 sheet included in the collection.  For the sentiment panel, I stamped a palm tree and the “Paradise” sentiment.  To keep the palm tree image from being too bold I stamped it twice, once on a scrap piece of paper and then on the sentiment panel without re-inking.  As a final touch I added a couple small flags in the upper left corner.

The next cards use some of the floral print paper and cut-aparts in the paper pad.  I used a few different embellishments, rhinestones, bakers twine, pearls and Love From Lizi peel-offs, to add some interest.

The next couple cards used some scraps of the palm tree and cactus print papers.  For the background I used some more tone-on-tone papers from the collection.  For some sparkle and shine I added a Love from Lizi peel-off and Wink of Stella on the focal panel.

For the last card I thought I’d try using some of my abundance of washi tape.  LOL.  I cut a strip of white paper to put the washi tape on as I didn’t want the background pattern to show through.  I used a cactus print washi tape as the main image and surrounded it with some coordinating gold and aqua tapes.  I used another cactus themed stamp set for the cactus image and sentiment.

I ended up making 12 cards and barely made a dent in the 48 sheet 12×12 paper pad.  I have plenty of paper left to make many more cards.