Using up your scraps to save money

Thanks

      Using every bit of your scraps is key to creating on a budget - especially if you are already needing to save money due to the economy.  For the examples shown here - you will see the heart I used in brown for the Thanks card...  For the note card, I used the background shape used when I cut out the heart for this card.  You will notice the side piece on both of the cards, those were left over from the framed layout page example on the bottom.  I didn't want to throw that piece away, so it was saved and used on the card examples here.  Saving all of the scraps you can help if you want to save money...this way, you can use on paper piecing patterns, cards, punch pieces, tags, backgrounds, or die cut shapes.  

Note card

     For the cards you work on - this is where you end up saving money using up all the little things you have...like a small strip of paper when you trim something... or the inside of the heart die cut shape such as the note card example shown here.  No need to go purchase a bunch of stickers...or stamps even, you can use die cuts for the embellishments, along with a bit of ribbon for the bow and a small flower on top of that.

 

Framed page - same page

Framed page 

     As you can see on the framed page below, you can see on the right side of the example, the cute 
decorative example going down the right side of the page...this is where the card pieces were used.  Look at the little pieces you trim and determine whether or not you can save some of them to use on cards such as this.  Use all of the little pieces you can at the time of creating the layout, or make sure you keep the little things like this in a place where you can use them when you are making cards and things.  I know for me, I wouldn't have been able to create the past 8 years if it wasn't for me keeping the extra things that people usually throw away.  It makes the things I do create truly one of a kind - using bits of papers from old projects in order to finish things up!  I hope you enjoy the project for the day - I have 2 great mini albums to show you the next few days for Independence Day!  Awesome way to showcase your fun memories for the weekend!  

Lynda Jeffs

Memories in Tyme