creationsbysandyb: Got Scraps?

Got Scraps? Sometimes I find that even the smallest strip of paper I can not part with. I may use it on a card or other small project down the road someday... which sometimes becomes a huge mess of stacks and stacks of paper scraps... but today I decided to get on that stack of scraps and make something happen with it.

It really doesn't matter if they are not all the same size, as long as they are somewhat close you should be fine.

I prefer to use the Tombo permanent Adhesive when I create my projects or my ATG gun works well to.

I start by laying out my scraps. Depending on what you are trying to cover will determine how many scraps you will need.

For this post, I will cover a note card.

I start by making one strip of adhesive across one side of the card.

Start at the edge and attach your strips all in a row.

(For this purpose I am using brighter papers so you can see how to lay it out a bit better)

Once I have covered the first side completely it is time to start in on the weaving part. I lift up the edges that are not clued down and start placing another strip of adhesive the length of the side to the right. I start in the corner and lay down my other strip and before pressing it completely down onto the adhesive, I weaver the strip through the other strips. Once I get to the end, I use a small amount of adhesive to hold it into place.

As i work from left to right, I alternate the layering, strip one is over and under, strip two is under and over... and so on.

Once I have covered the entire base piece, i go back around the entire thing piece by piece and make sure all ends are secured.

Depending on the paper you use these projects can be made into base pages for layouts, or card backgrounds... whatever project you decide to use this technique on will be magical. Thanks for stopping by today, and keep watching for new ways to use up your scraps.