It hurts our hearts a little to see the remnants of a beautiful
cardstock page littered with cuts and holes that seem to render it
unusable. It’s a crying shame. There’s so much paper leftover, and yet
none at all! “Water, water, everywhere, nor any drop to drink.” (Thank
you, Samuel Taylor Coleridge.) Potential appears to be squandered.
Dreams run dry. Yet we still find ourselves clinging to these scraps,
hoping someday we’ll find their purpose.
But there comes a point where a crafter can simply no longer endure
anguish of this magnitude—something must be done about the scraps! So,
in the spirit of this month’s theme of organization, we set out to find a
purpose for these bothersome scraps that are so tantalizingly lovely in
their brokenness. We were determined to use them, rather than stuff them away into that easily forgotten dungeon we call “the scrap box.”
And so we did! Want to see what we came up with?
#1) THE LAYOUT
This
authentic and eye-catching layout is made with scraps from ELEVEN
different papers! (Check the recipe at the end of this post to see which
ones.) The best part about it is that, thanks to the Cricut® overlay,
we only needed small scraps of the papers to weave into the layout. The
different patterns and colors working as one make for a brilliant
display that proves these paper scraps are better together than they
ever were apart.
Other noteworthy things we love about this layout:
- The White Daisy ink splatters against the kraft cardstock. We love the way this adds texture and life to the spread, encompassing the repurposed and artful utilitarian nature of this layout.
- The way the journaling is seamlessly integrated into the flow of the layout. We’re just tickled over how the journaling blends so seamlessly with the layout that it’s become another artistic feature! It also adds a dose of personality and life to the layout.
- The creative use of the Sparkle chevron shapes. Did you notice that the lines of sparkles stemming from the photo are actually cut from Sparkle chevron shapes? Cool, right? Just one more example of how to use bits and pieces to create something beautiful..........more
Here are samples I've made, there is so much more you can do.
If you would like information about anything you see or would like to
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