Leftovers (not just for dinner anymore!)

As I worked in the studio last weekend I did a little cleaning.  Not too surprising as there was not a single inch of table space available to create anything!  LOL  While putting things in their proper place I came across a stack of cards that were prepped for a class back in 2011.  Since I've been trying to send wedding anniversary cards this year, I decided it was time to use these (5) cards and set about putting them together!  Here was the original . . .

Funny story about this - I had to go back into my blog archives to find the original post to figure out what I'd done with these bits of paper (since that's what I had - bits in an envelope - no example!).  I thought to myself, hmmm, that was a long time ago but after Steve came into my life.  I jumped back to 2011 and found it within 3 posts of my starting place.  Just luck.

I have another example of prepped, un-used cards.  This one I altered a bit to use for birthday instead of Thanksgiving.  Here is the current version 

 

And here is the link to the original post.  Isn't it interesting how a little pop of color changes everything?  I try to always prepare more cards for our Open Stamping than I think there will be guests.  It's the over-achiever in me, I guess!  LOL  But it's nice to be able to pull these out and quickly make up a batch of birthday, anniversary, whatever cards when I need some!  So you see, leftovers are not just for dinner anymore!