Creative Daily – Waste Not Want Not

by coconutgoddess on May 17, 2010

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Waste Not Want Not. – When trimming off the UPC strip at the bottom of your 12×12 open stock papers, don’t be too quick to discard them! Many, like these from Echo Park Paper - have a sample of the “b side” of the patterned paper. They are perfect for little stripe elements on layouts or cards.

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  • http://scrapperspot.blogspot.com Leana Khouang

    I have been doing this too for quite some time. :D Love your card!

  • http://www.kateblue.blogspot.com kate blue

    love the tips-another thing for the bottom strip is for cute titles/journaling mini blocks and title ideas!

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  • http://sandyquilts.blogspot.com Sandy

    Hey we quilters do the same ….. selvages make terrific projects of all kinds. If you’re interested check out
    http://selvageblog.blogspot.com/

  • http://tmatthewsfineart.blogspot.com Tif

    Very clever and a darling card!!

  • http://onescrappydoctor.blogspot.com Natalie E

    This is a great idea. I recently even made a whole layout out of these strips. You can see it here on my blog if you like: http://onescrappydoctor.blogspot.com/2010/05/random-musings-and-some-winners.html
    xx

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