Using some cricut scraps

I love scraps.  I just can't bear throwing paper away.  If you read my blog regularly (if you don't, why not become a follower?), you've seen all kinds of 'scrappy' cards.  My friend Joyce always has a pile of very interesting scraps and I often come home from her card workshops with a little something from her trash.  Often what I find looks something like this:

 A negative sheet of cardstock from which tags, circles or other objects have been cut.

Thanks to the new Artbooking cricut cartridge that Close to My Heart has just released, Joyce's scraps have changed.   Here is a new layout she just posted on her blog using the new cartridge:

When she cut this layout, she very graciously gave me the scraps which looked like this:


I used them to make this background:


I added a few doilies I cut using the CTMH Artiste cricut cartridge, did a little stamping, distressing and embossing, and finished it off with ribbon and bow.


Now I'm going to submit it to the following challenges:
The Perfect Sentiment Challenge #86 - Use Your Favorite Technique (working with scraps and embossing)
Brown Sugar Challenge #54 - Anything Goes
Ladybug Crafts August Challenge - Something Floral
Emma's Crafty Challenge #19 - Floral
Crafty Ribbons Challenge #56 - Anything Goes with Ribbon
Delightful Challenges  - Make it Pop
Top Tip Tuesday Challenge # 107 - Embossing
ABC Challenge #39 - Monochromatic
Creative Creations Challenge #16 - MonochromaticPenny's Paper Crafty Challenge #139 - Dry Embossing
Divas by Design Challenge - Bingo (I used embossing, die cuts, and flowers)