What To Do With Scraps - Day 4

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 already cut it up - I have limited myself with creating.    


After I have spent the time creating my card bases, tags, and both styles of bookmarks -they go in a square box (shown in the photo above) in a drawer by my desk!  I have learned after much trial and error, to pick out the background papers of the items I am creating, and then decide what the accent piece is going to be!  This process is a bit time consuming, but also works well for me for a few reasons!  It saves me time from pulling everything I own out just TO create - and allows me to be a bit more creative by using products and papers that normally wouldn't go together!  

Bookmarks

When I am ready to create, I will pull out the box that has the bases in, as well as the drawer with the scraps of paper I have!  I start to look for papers that I want to use - and then start to look at the colors of bases I have...  Some pieces I end up picking out just doesn't go well with what I want...so, I just keep plugging along until I have enough of what I want TO create!  By the time I am done, I have stacks of one of a kind items to make, made out of my scraps!  The only thing left to do, is the fun stuff - creating both styles of the bookmarks, tags and card bases!  Next up I find all the stuff I want to use with the bookmarks, and have fun!  Normally I use my die cuts and my punches - lately I have been playing with a few stamps and techniques there!  Check back tomorrow for more pictures, more stuff made out of scraps!

Square bookmarks

Card bases

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             Lynda Jeffs

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