Below is a post I recently shared on the PAPERMAZE BLOG - I hope you enjoy
What do you do with your paper scraps?
I used to collect them in a box, promising myself that I would use them eventually....yeah, right. I found myself drowning in scraps and ended up throwing boxes of them away.
These days I challenge myself to create a card and/or tag as soon as I finished a project with some of the left over scraps. Right now I am totally addicted to make tags, because you have the best of both worlds with them - either use them to adorn a gift or stick them on a blank card and you have a quick greeting card when you need it.
Here are two examples I created from a few left overs.
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Cardstock: Bazzill
Papers: Crate Paper - Portrait "Something Blue"
Beads: Dew Drops "Clear"
Pen:Uniball Signo "White"
Ink: Staz On "Blazing Red"
Cardstock: Bazzill
Papers: Crate Paper - Emma's Shoppe "Sweets", "Quilts"; The Girl's Paperie "Birds of a Feather"
Stickers: Jenni Bowlin - Black Tiny Dot
Mists: Cosmic Shimmer - Aqua Lagoon, Ancient Copper; Tattered Angels - Olive Vine
Punches: Woodware
Beads: Dew Drops "Clear"
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In answer to Monica's question in the below comments, I really don't remember how I created that flower. I think I just folded a piece of paper strip in concertina fashion and cut into the edges...I am kicking myself now that I did not take any notes of how what I did.
Better be prepared next time, right?
I love that flower on the card-how did you do it?
ReplyDeleteAdorable! Totally fabulous use of scraps, girl. You are brilliant to challenge yourself to use them up right when you create them. :)
ReplyDeletei have scraps upon scraps and i know i need to dump them...but i can't bring myself to do it! if i'm using a kit, i try and use up as much as possible in one scrappy session, although that doesn't always work out well. anywho, awesome tags girlie!!
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