If you love paper crafts, you know how we all like to save those pretty paper scraps. Today I’m sharing a few ideas using those little bits of paper to make something special!
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Use Your Paper Scraps in Scrapbooking
Here I trimmed scraps of various papers and adhered them onto a plain white paper using archival-safe glue. These scrap paper strips can be as narrow or as wide as you want and can be monochromatic or span a palette of colors. You can see that I chose a totally colorful option here below.
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After I had adhered a whole row down, I trimmed it using a paper trimmer to form a long strip.
While this could be used as a border all by itself, here I chose to punch out evenly spaced circles and use it as a border to frame small embellishments. I chose a circle punch, but you could totally use any punch in any shape to amp up your border here.
I love the pop of color this border provides, and yet since I punched out a major portion of it, the colors are not too overwhelming.
Here’s a look at the layout I created using it. I placed the border beneath my photos and used it to frame some animal stickers.
Now, those scrappy circles I punched out were perfect to use as embellishments to create another quick fun layout.
Using Paper Scraps in Card Making
Adhere different Paper scraps onto a card. Have fun choosing paper patterns for this and making the card front unique. Trim paper scraps to measure 2 by 1 inch in size, and create a grid on your card front
Using a small pair of scissors, cut oblong petals from your paper scraps. Arrange and glue these onto your card front forming a floral collage. This turns out especially pretty for patterned paper scraps.
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Great idea on using all those scraps I’ve accumulated but can’t bear to throw out!
love this!! such a good idea. i love the way the animals are “peeking out” of your frames, too!
Such a fun tutorial! Thank you for sharing!