Snippets and a NBUS (at least I hope it is NBUS)!!!

 I have had this post all typed up since before my neck got tight and sore. Still not sitting much in my craft room, but got the photos loaded so I could release this snippets card today.

 Do you ever feel like you are drowning in snippets?  I sure do and so armed with my snippets boxes, I sat myself down to somehow use up a bunch of them.

First up, I did not have any pieces of heavy weight card stock to make larger cards, so I settled with making some random 4 to 5 inch square cards from some pieces of pale aqua Bazzil 110 lb card.

The embossed background is also a snippet that I inked up with some purple Momento chalk ink. I store embossed snippets, along with already cut full card backings in the same drawer, filed by theme.. That way I remember to use the smaller pieces. 

I used an unknown snippet of chevron DP for the border. Wish I had matted it with the aqua card as it kind of blends in too much.

That left me with the choice of smaller card fronts! I remembered a series of wee owls made with a Stampin' Up punch, that I have had for at least a couple of years now. I know I have used the blue DP owls before, but I do not remember ever using any of the other colours. Pretty darn sure the rest are NBUS. These owls are from my camping days up at the lake. I did not have room up there to bring a million tools. Just enough room for a slicer, big shot, and a very limited selection of dies.  I would always try to have pre-made embellies on hand. These punched out owls are left over from those camping days.
There are also  leafy branches in brown and in green with these sets...I think they are in one of the unopened matchboxes of owls.

I remembered that I also had leftovers of an older Stampin Up kit (maybe they count as snippets too) and decided to incorporate those as well. Finally, I used some snippets of card to cut a larger circle for the background mat. I carefully displayed them here to show you the full panels, but there are many half used sheets and I chose from those ones first. Parts of this kit are NBUS too.

I chose the Hello sentiment as I wanted the cards to be fairly generic. I think it is a Spellbinders die . Just something nice to send during these isolated times, or perhaps use for a Rudolph Prize envelope. I had these already cut out as well (from the lake camping trip stash)...

This card was perfect for snippets batch baking.  

I am only showing you one card today, but I have cut and laid out 6 more, just have to assemble them today. As you can see from the photo below, I have laid out some with butterflies as well.

Now, to just sit and assemble!

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

1. Pixies Crafty Workshop - must use snippets.
2. Darnell's NBUS Challenge - must use NBUS