Stashbusters - Alphas

Hello and welcome to the second Stashbusters YouTube Hop! (Well, the corresponding blog post...)  Just a bunch of YouTubers scrapping on a theme, for fun, and to give you ideas and inspiration.

This month we are tackling left over alphas...  When I have a sheet of alphas that looks like this I run them through wordsolver.net

 which gives me options on available words...

I'll use squawking on a layout about Herbert Budgie later, but for now HOLIDAY and H O C are in my sights!

I've also made up a couple of cheat sheets for alphas...

With a little imagination and a pair of scissors it's amazing what can be turned in to what!  Obviously it changes slightly with different fonts, and these are not the only options, but it's a great resource to refer to to kick start that lateral thinking mode.

In my case I had H O and C left over.  I decided to snip these up and use the curves as scalloped edging and the straights as confetti.

I was making my layout with Show Us Your Stuff's sketch in mind.  I am counting my confetti as a handmade element and am entering their September challenge.

I love a sprinkling of something over my page; usually sequins, sometimes enamel dots.  Paper confetti works well too.  The thing with making your own is it will always coordinate and is a great way to use up tiny scraps!

and this is how it all comes together:

Thanks for stopping by!