I was still working on using up some partial paper pads.  These cards feature a mix of papers from several different paper pads – Authentique’s Colorful Christmas, My Mind’s Eye Cozy Christmas and Recollections North Pole News.  There was at least 1 other partial paper pad but I can’t remember the name or manufacturer.  I also added in papers from a couple American Crafts 6×6 paper pads to fill in where needed.

I know the background for this card was from the Authentique paper pad but I’m not sure where the floral paper was from.  As both papers were somewhat busy, I kept the layout simple by cutting the floral paper into a large banner and stamping a bold sentiment in bright green ink.  In an effort to use up older embellishments, I added 3 green brads under the banner.

The background for this card is also from the Authentique paper pad.  As it features non-traditional colors, I wasn’t able to pair it with paper from any of the other partial paper pads.  Instead I added a pink cardstock panel and snowflakes die cut from aqua satin mirror cardstock that matched the colors of the trees in the pattern paper.   A few aqua rhinestones added some more sparkle.

I’m not sure where either of the pattern papers on this card are from.  They may have been from the same paper pad, but if not they matched really well.  To keep the card from being too red, I used green glitter cardstock from an American Crafts paper pad and punched a scalloped border.  To bring in more green, the sentiment is stamped using Momento Pear Tart ink.  I also inked the edges of the sentiment tag instead of matting.

This is actually one of my favorite cards.  I like the clean uncluttered look.  There was only a small piece of the deer print from the Authentique paper pad but I couldn’t throw it away.  I paired it with a polka dot background that may be from an American Crafts paper pad.  A simple sentiment and a few gold sequins finished the card.

I’m not sure where these papers are from, but I belive they were from the same paper pad.  I don’t know why I hadn’t used the red tone-on-tone background paper before as it’s a great color and print.  With all the holiday sentiments on the focal panel, I skipped adding a separate sentiment panel.  A few snowflakes die cut from red mirror cardstock and several tiny red brads completed the card.

The newsprint paper and the garland border on this card both came from Recollections North Pole News paper pad.  I’m not sure where the plaid paper is from but the colors and faint text in the background were perfect with the newsprint paper.  Still trying to use up older supplies, I pulled out a Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist.  The colors had separated but after some shaking it was fine.  I stamped the sentiment and once dry sprayed the entire tag with glimmer mist.  The red isn’t a perfect match but I think it works.

I believe these papers came from My Mind’s Eye Cozy Christmas.  To separate the 2 prints I used a thin strip of red glitter paper from an American Crafts paper pad.  The large sentiment panel is stamped in Versafine Olympia Green ink to match the striped paper.  A couple red die cut snowflakes finished up the card.

There are still a couple full sheets and some scraps from the various paper pads, but overall I think I did a pretty good job using up my supplies.  I could probably have made a few more cards, but with so little to choose from I put the paper away for now.  I’ll pull it out again when I’ve accumulated a few more partial paper pads to work with.