i really love how all the pattern papers in the kits look together.  all the colors & patterns…they all seem to look just so good together!  i’m also a big fan of saving every little bit of the aforementioned pattern papers…well…just in case, you never know :)

this little strippy technique makes the most of mixing the great colors & patterns in our kits.  it also is great for stretching those extra left over scraps of pattern papers into more & more projects.  gotta love stretching the ol’ crafty supplies :)

so here we go.

you’ll need:

scraps of pattern papers

scraps of cardstock

chipboard shape to use as your template

gluestick & dry adhesive & foam tape

scissors & craft knife

bits & bobs for embellishing.  (embroidery floss, bakers twine, little flowers, tags, etc.)

1. gather your scraps of pattern papers & randomly slice into strips of varying widths (say from 1/8″ to 1/2″).

2. take a piece of scrap cardstock that is @ a few inches bigger than your chipboard template on each side & coat w/ gluestick.  randomly glue down your pattern paper strips.

3. trace your chipboard template onto another scrap of cardstock & cut out using a craft knife.

4. place the negative from your cut out template over your strippy collage of pattern papers and tack down using dry adhesive.

5.  (optional) sew around the edge of the cut out.  warning:  go slow around those curvy edges.  you’ll notice at this point my photo example kinda changes.  that’s because the first heart i did, i went way too fast & my stitching line got all crazy around the heart.  the second time, i just went nice & slow around those edges & it was much easier to make sure my stitching was going where i wanted it to.

6.  leaving a little border or just outside of your stitching line, cut out your shape (you’ll be cutting through both your strippy collage and your cardstock overlay.

7.  embellish your little shape & then using your foam tape, pop your shape on something to make it look fabulous! i popped my heart onto one of those maya road envelopes that were part of the december kit.

viola!!

and here is a little card i made with last year’s march kit using this same technique.

hope you have fun with this!

have a great weekend!!  & GO JETS!!!!!  :)

xoxo

gi

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