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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I have been doing this too for quite some time.
Love your card!
love the tips-another thing for the bottom strip is for cute titles/journaling mini blocks and title ideas!
Hey we quilters do the same ….. selvages make terrific projects of all kinds. If you’re interested check out
http://selvageblog.blogspot.com/
Very clever and a darling card!!
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
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