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this is a small part of my collection of small bits of card. I use my scraps a lot on pages and on cards. Funnily enough a bag of scrap is one thing I find missing from digi scrapping because having endless use of whole pages just does not feel the same.
The best tip that I picked up along the way was to take the time to trim off odd edges and angles before putting the scrap away.
I read somewhere about throwing away anything smaller than your thumbnail. Not sure what the logic of that rule is.
But I find it hard to throw out even pieces that small if they are a nice colour or still have some design showing. So to clear them out from my bag I decided to stick them all onto a piece of card to make a patchwork that I could use on something – perhaps. In any case the gluing and placing of the bits made me smile. Light is bad in photo – but you get the general idea.
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do you keep small scraps and what rules do you have for which to keep?
7 comments:
Ha, ha! Helena, I have several bags of paper and card scraps, saved by (general) colour! I use the bits for all kinds of things. Sometimes you just need a tiny piece of something, to finish of your project. Papers are so expensive, that it seems criminal to throw the little pieces away!
The little scrap-patchwork is a great thing in itself. Maybe you should make several and frame them up for your craft-space wall. A little reminder of some enjoyable crafting hours well spent, perhaps?
Wow, I was just thinking about this topic this weekend. I tend to keep more scraps than I will ever actually use. I mean, I have a HUGE box of scraps. I clearly need to develop a new rule for what to keep and what to toss.
lol! Oh yes, I'm a keeper :-) I have lots of plastic tubs left over from takeaways, and all my scraps are organised by colour in those tubs. I don't have a rule really about what size to keep - if it's big enough to punch a shape from, I keep it - and I have some very small punches!
Oh, yes, I save even very small pieces of papers and card stock. I use the tiny pieces for mosaics. No need to waste it!
Helena, thanks so much for your comments on my art journal experience blog. They are very much appreciated.
I toss - all the time! I don't keep anything smaller than 3.5x5 and I cut all my small pieces into squares or rectangles and put them into baskets by color. I have so much paper and four baskets of "small pieces".
Rinda
I keep most scraps - they accumulate in an untidy pile on my desk until I feel the need to put them into colour co-ordinated folders. I did use a whole lot recently to make patchwork thank you cards.
I find it almost impossible to throw any scrap out. I think making patchwork cards sounds like an excellent solution!
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