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What To Do With Scraps - Day 1

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 embellishments, alphabet letters, smaller items - like squares.  Combine with punches, stamps, paper piecing patterns...  Using scraps makes the piece be more one of a kind and personalized!  

    Over the next few days we will be going over more things you can do with scraps - so make sure you check back over the next week for more ideas!  Today's post comes with a challenge (of course):
    • Find a place for all of your scraps that you can put them all together, such as a basket, drawer, file folders sorted by color - whatever you have.  The key is to organize them in a way that is easy for you to be able to use them!  
    • Look at the scraps you have right now and look for things you can create with them! Check out ideas on Pinterest, the internet, or this blog for things you can do!  
    • Make one project...doesn't matter what it is, just make something out of the scraps you have saved.  
    I have been having fun using up the scraps I have...tomorrow's post is all about using up the scraps from when I created this project - and this project, make sure you check back for some of the things I finished up recently!  
    Lynda Jeffs
    Memories in Tyme

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