A Gift of Cards

I personally love handmade gifts! One of my challenges at the recent Scrap Shotz online crop was to make a card purse. I chose to make mine using the luscious Graphic45 papers. Here is my project -

Supplies:  Graphic45 (pattern papers, alphas, flowers, tickets, labels); ribbon - source unknown; Close to my Heart (cardstock)

There was alot of scraps leftover so I decided to make some extra cards - now who could not use a few extra cards????

*Yeah, there were alot of scraps left!!!***

Thanks for dropping by and letting me share!

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One of the recent challenges at The Inspired Scrapper was "Focus on Family." I thought alot about this challenge because the primary reason for me to start scrapbooking was to capture the stories of my family. This challenge made me examine why I scrapbooked. I realized that I was definitely focussing on my family, telling the good and the not-so-good but I also realized I don't scrapbook much about me or my ancestors. Then I realized I had a precious photo of Jean, my father in law, my girls' grandfather when he was a boy. I knew instantly it was the perfect photo for the challenge.

The layout is below.

Supplies:  Graphic45 (pattern papers, die cut stickers, alphas, buttons, envelope); EK Success border punch