Using My Paper Scraps Series Part 2 - How to Avoid Being Overwhelmed by All of Your Scraps

I am still focused on using up scrap paper! This is part 2 where I give you several ideas to get started on using those scraps without being intimidated by the amount of them!
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[@Card_Crazed]

One thing I have learned: Put bags of scraps together by company. More often than not, a company's collections will have coordinating colours (SU, Recollections, and CTMH are all ones I have found that work). Yes, I know that there are tons of other companies out there, but I am in rural Canada, so I don't get the same selection that the big cities/USA does. By putting multiple collections scraps into the same bag, you can find coordinating colours for a project, without having to cut into some cardstock or a fresh sheet of patterned paper. It takes a bit of discipline, but this method has really helped me out.

[@BourbonCreekCrafts]

Great tip, Karen!

[@theholderfamily]

We are camping this weekend and I brought card-making supplies. I am watching your video while making cards.

[@BourbonCreekCrafts]

I hope you had a great camping trip!

[@Solaeandcraft]

Just wonderful

[@BourbonCreekCrafts]

Thank you!

[@goldieff]

I end up with strips from making envelopes. I take a thinner 12x12 and glue the strips diagonally on it. This makes a new 12x12 designer sheet of paper. I stagger the strips and use coordinating colors usually from the same paper pad. I like your idea too.

[@BourbonCreekCrafts]

That’s a great idea for those strips!

[@wendywilson1736]

I love it when the colors in the scraps, stickers, and photos all pull together, like it was planned all along! I have found that Carta Bella ephemera packs go well with some Hobby Lobby Paper Studio pads. Also, Simple Stories, Echo Park and a couple other lines seem to work well together. If I see the same or similar colors, and feel to the patterns, I have no problem with mixing paper lines for cards. I had 2 different vintage pads (1950s style) from Michael's, I think, but the colors worked well together. Some of my dies and stamps also work with the scraps I'm trying to use up. Look at those, too, and see what papers can be pulled together that you might not have thought of. Sometimes, too, making die cuts out of prints, along with strips, squares or circles, etc might bring them a new life. Or stamping on them.💁‍♀️

[@BourbonCreekCrafts]

Yes, luckily there are a lot of collections that can be used together!

[@sheilaperl4155]

I found your video very inspiring, I hadn’t thought to put pieces together to make a background!

[@BourbonCreekCrafts]

I’m glad you got a new idea, Sheila!

[@GrandmaGaye]

This was helpful and inspirational. I loved seeing the finished projects. Thanks for taking the time .

[@BourbonCreekCrafts]

Thank you! Glad it was helpful!

[@pamelawebb8131]

Love it! I have found that placing a strip over the seams helps hide them not completely matching up a bit better too. 😊

[@BourbonCreekCrafts]

Yes. Sometimes that seam really bothers me!😆

[@LilCraftyNook]

What a great jumping off point for embellishing!! Awesome idea!!

[@BourbonCreekCrafts]

Thanks, Nikki!

[@lindalawrence5975]

Great video, Beth. Wonderful ideas regarding using up scraps. Thanks for sharing these helpful ideas.

[@BourbonCreekCrafts]

Thanks, Linda!

[@PartyPlannerPaperie]

Great ideas, Beth! Loved how you used the items in real time, while you were filming the video! Great to see the before and after! TFS!!

[@BourbonCreekCrafts]

Thanks, Letty!

[@christywhite65]

WOW! This is a great video for how to use scraps. Most of my scraps are cardstock from cutting mats. Since I organized mine by color and put them next to me I am using them. I now always go to the scraps first. Thanks!

[@BourbonCreekCrafts]

That’s awesome that you are so good about using your scraps! 💕

[@stampnkat1330]

Wonderful video and how to use and not get overwhelmed. Thanks for sharing

[@BourbonCreekCrafts]

Thanks, Kathy!

[@JoanOrloffDK]

Fantastic ideas for using your scraps Beth 🥰 I love your scrapbook pages, your card designs and your tutorial, so inspiring ❤ thanks for sharing your creativity Hugs xx

[@BourbonCreekCrafts]

Thank you, Joan!

[@cosmoscraftymom]

Great video Beth! Love your cards and scrapbook pages. Thanks for the inspiration! 💕💕🐾🐾

[@BourbonCreekCrafts]

Thank you!

[@rhondita95]

I appreciate all the thought behind this video. Sometimes when confronted with a mountain of scraps, we’re tempted to just get rid of it because it seems like too much work to do something useful with it, but you broke it down nicely. I do try to use up my scraps as I go along but I do get cardstock scraps in particular,so for me sometimes that just means let’s make mat layers that I wasn’t necessarily planning to make to help use up those scraps. If I’m doing sheetloads of cards, I always try to use cardstock scraps first. Or in addition. That sort of thing. With my pattern paper scraps, which tend to be few, I’ll make scrap cards usually using crazy quilt kind of piecing or strip piecing. I like the look of both.

[@BourbonCreekCrafts]

That’s awesome that you are able to stay on top of your scraps! And, those are good ideas for using your scraps too!

[@rhondita95]

@@BourbonCreekCrafts oh, I do have scraps, just not the pretty one that you have and not nearly so many. Mostly just cardstock. I think the reason I don’t have as many scraps as other people is that I’m just not as prolific at making projects as most of you, lol! But I do manage to use up most of my patterned paper when I’m doing a project so that there are few or no scraps.

[@rhondita95]

@@BourbonCreekCrafts oh, I meant to say, that I always decorate the inside of my cards, as well, so that I’m sure helps with using up patterned paper scraps at the end of a project.

[@CaliG_]

Love all your tips Beth I enjoyed this video tfs

[@BourbonCreekCrafts]

Thank you!

[@Moonchilling]

I store my paper in crop n style folders divided by collection.I keep all the pattern paper in the pouch.the only thing I have separated by color is cardstock

[@BourbonCreekCrafts]

Thanks for sharing your storage/sorting method!

[@tracimoney-honey8545]

great ideas ... I currentely have a bowl full of circles because I let Trevor punch to his hearts content lol

[@BourbonCreekCrafts]

Now you need to get creative with circles!

[@debbieduran6791]

Every time I make cards, I make more scraps. It's endless...

[@BourbonCreekCrafts]

Yes, it is a cycle, isn’t it.

[@lindabradford9591]

No kidding. I have tons and am about to pitch and start over, lol