Sometimes you have papers that are just so “you” that you want to use up every last piece! Or you end up with a pile of strips and small pieces that seem “too good to throw away”.

Here’s a fun, easy idea for using up those thing strips that seem to often be leftover: Use them all together to create a unique “patterned paper” for your background!

The Peony Garden papers are perfect for this – they aren’t too busy so the prints don’t compete and all the papers go with each other so well.

I’ve made a little video showing how to achieve this look (plus two others!). I think you’ll want to tuck these ideas away for the next time you have some gorgeous paper scraps you can’t bear to toss out!

I hope you enjoy! If you’d like a pack of coordinating, beautiful papers, check out our selection online! Thanks for stopping by my stamping studio! ~Jacque Williams
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