Beautiful Way to Use Your Paper Strip Scraps

For the January Use What You Have project, I shared a simple, but beautiful, way to use your printed paper scraps: arrange them in a pleasing sequence to create a unique background!

For this sample, I used the Lovely Blossoms paper, one that I’ve found so versatile and useful the last few months. Maybe because I love these colors so much!

I did add just a tiny bit of Daffodil Delight (with a Stampin’ Blend alcohol marker) to the center of the flowers. I like how this added that tiny pop of contrast color.

In the video below, I discussed a bit about how arrange the prints in a pleasing manner. We had a little look at contrast, color, print size, and busy vs. restful prints.

The sentiment on this project are from the Fabulous Sayings Product of the Month. You can get this one for a good price with qualifying purchase (while stocks last).

I also made a couple of variations with the Lovely and Beautiful papers and dies. I also quite like these versions that have high contract of color like this.

The sentiment is also from the Fabulous Sayings stamp set.

Please enjoy this replay of the YouTube live discussing a few design principles and

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Happy crafting! ~Jacque