Papercraft Haven and More

I hope you have had fun this week - and gotten a ton of inspiration when it comes to using scraps!  Today I am going to go over some of my favorite projects - and a few more things you can do with scraps!!!   Lets get started: This is probably one of my favorite layouts - because of the picture behind the layout, my grandma's dresser!  The die cuts used were from my Sizzix machine and my punches, all from my stash of scraps!  A simple layout you can do in no time, with one photo - or more!       For this layout - I simply used scraps of cardstock cut into thin strips for the border!  This is one way you can do the border with thin strips - or use larger strips if you want!  Change it up - use different colors - and try this border on a card too!!!     With the two layouts above - I used scraps for the paper piecing patterns (the flower and the books)!  Using scraps with your patterns, helps you ...

Expressions - my daughter on the right, me on the left As you can see - we have been talking about scraps the past few days, make sure you scroll down for more ideas from the past 5 posts - all talking about using scraps!  I save my scraps (as you can see), there are a ton of things you can do using them!  I am going to recreate this layout - using (obviously) different colors and scraps!  I am always using scraps for my cards, my embellishments, bookmarks, and smaller projects - before I grab a whole sheet of paper to use!  This helps save money by being able to use up everything - maybe not right away, but eventually, the whole sheet is gone!   The challenge for today: Make a layout using scraps in it somehow - either in the embellishments, or the background (like my Expressions layout above), the title, the journal space, or something!   Make a card using scraps - whether you stamp on it, make a notecard, or a themed card....create a card usin...

There are so many things you can do with scraps, we've been talking about them the past few days!  I love how the things I end up making is one of a kind - since I won't have the scraps I am using again!  The best part about using scraps - is how things ARE one of a kind, because newer papers are always coming out every season or so!  So make sure you save your scraps for use later on, you will be glad you did!   After I pick out the papers I want to use for each project, I start to get the die cuts, embellishments, punches, stamps and whatever out that I am wanting to use, and simply have fun creating.  This can be the funnest part of the whole process - since I get to just grab things and play, with no rhyme or reason as to WHAT I am making! Some of the funnest things I have made, have been because I have been able to just create!  When you allow yourself to create and just have fun - you can truly make some of the neatest things!   After I get...

The past few days I have posted things you can do with scraps - today's post...is more in depth as to how I take the bases, add the background papers, and create "things" with them!  I go through my scraps a few different times in order to create my bookmarks, cards and tags - you will get your own system down, but this is what works well for me! So, lets get started in today's post!     With some pieces of paper, I wouldn't use a whole sheet on a project - but to use a small bit would be fine!  This is why using scraps for the most part - is great on smaller pieces, as well as economical!   Plus you can put things together and play with the colors a bit more too, to see what works well with each other, to use on larger projects you end up doing!   You might be asking yourself why I don't just create the bases as I finish things up.  Well - my reasons behind not doing it - if I need to use a larger sheet of cardstock or paper, and I have alread...

The scraps I started with  I love using scraps - as you can tell!  I've shown you a few ideas that you can do with scraps the past couple days, with more ideas to follow...today's post, is all about my process in creating things, and using scraps!  So - lets get started!!!   What I wanted to make I create in parts - this is all about my system of creating, and how I get things done when I am using scraps!  However, to get the scraps, you must first work on a project!!!  If you look back on these posts - ( 1,   2,  and 3 ) you will see the idea I started with (idea's are 1 and 2), and what I created with some of the supplies left over (3)!  This is where the fun begin's - after I am done creating with the papers the first time!   **Tip** - by creating smaller things such as bookmarks, tags, card bases - out of the scraps you have left over from a project you are working on, while things are out - will save you time and money...

Today's  post is all about using up the scraps from when I created  this project  - and  this project !  I love the papers I used - all from Stampin' Up - and love the projects completed based on the papers I used!   Supplies I used: Stampin' Up papers -  Stampin Up stamps - Four You sayings set Paper trimmer & scissors Sizzix die cuts - tags, presents, flowers (3 various styles) Punches - sun, flower (2 various styles), circle, heart  White and black ink pads One of the first things I created was a set of 4 cards, using all papers from Stampin' Up to assure they matched!  By using papers from the same paper pack when you are creating things, helps to make sure everything you create matches and is in the same color family!  This was fun to create the various styles of cards, with 4 different sayings from the Four You stamp set from Stampin' Up!  I am sad to see this set leaving our catalog - but love the new sets ...

Do you throw away your scraps - or do you save them for use later on down the line?  I save mine, and have made some wonderful one of a kind items, made with the scraps of paper I have saved from other projects.  Saving scraps helps you save money - by using just a small piece of something versus a whole sheet.  Using scraps helps make your project one of a kind, especially if you only have a small piece of paper you are using!   You can use scraps with so many different products and projects, you won't throw anything away anymore!     The next few days will be about projects you can make to use up some of those scraps you have!  There are tons of things you can do with scraps - including: Card bases - not the card itself, but the base part that goes on top of the card, as well as the embellishments used on the card. Bookmarks made out of various colors of scraps, also using the scraps for the embellishments. For embellishmen...