Using your scraps with Vivian!

Good morning!  I hope you played along with Vivian's challenge on Monday's post.  Today...using scraps in a different way. 

"I have a really hard time throwing away small scraps of patterned paper, especially if it’s paper I really love!  Lately I’ve been using scraps to create  backgrounds for cards. There are different ways to go with this look.

1.   You can roughly tear patterned paper into small pieces and layer them haphazardly to create a background, as I did for this Christmas card:

 
Patterned Paper: October Afternoon, Wild Card: October Afternoon, Ribbon: American Crafts

2.   Cut scraps at different angles!  Piece straight edges together and zigzag stitch over the seams, as I did for this vintage fashion-inspired card:

 
Patterned Paper: October Afternoon, Wild Card: October Afternoon, Sticker: October Afternoon, Pins: Maya Road, Pop Dot: Plaid Enterprises, Thread: Coats & Clark

3.   You can also use thin strips of scraps to create your own striped paper, as I did here:

 
Cardstock: Bazzill Basics, Patterned Paper: Cosmo Cricket, Chipboard Stickers: Cosmo Cricket, Punch: The Paper Studio, Scallop-edge Scissors: Provo Craft, Pop Dot: Plaid Enterprises, Thread: Coats & Clark

4.   And one last option, another haphazard collage, but this time with a country feel:

 
Cardstock: Bazzill Basics, Patterned Paper: Cosmo Cricket, Chipboard Sticker: Cosmo Cricket, Baker's Twine: Martha Stewart

Here’s hoping this post helps you find a way to breathe new life into your stash of patterned paper scraps! Don’t worry, I won’t tell if you try this with brand-new paper instead of scraps!

Thank you for joining us this week Vivian!  Great inspiration for using all those "left overs". 

Comments

[Jess]

Absolutely fun idea! Making me look at my scraps in a new way!

[NanaBEth]

Super ideas-I'm going to check out my scrap stash now.

[betty]

Great idea! Thanks! :)

[conniemelancon]

Thanks for the tips for using our scraps!

[Cindy]

Great tips, love the cards, especially the pumpkin one!

[Nancy]

I really love this idea! My favorite is the angled one with the zigzag stitching! Thank you very much!

[Donna Rawbone]

Your creativity and ingenuity amaze me. Keep the ideas coming. I love the Christmas one.

[{vicki}]

OMG! THanks so much for sharing----I'll be doing this for sure!

[Joan Ostler]

Love the zig-zag stitched one.

[Beneta]

Really cute cards. Good use of scraps.

[Aly Dosdall]

vivian, these are adorable! fab ideas for using scraps.

[Abby]

This is really a great idea; I will never look at a bit-o-paper the same! LOL!

[Rubyvm]

I like the angled one with the stitching. Great scrap ideas.

[bluemoon]

Oh, these are just wonderful! Thanks for the great ideas. Such fabulous cards!

[Linda B.]

Oh, such wonderful samples using all your bits!

[Groovy Deb♥]

These are just amazing! Love all of them :)
Deb♥