Tuesday, January 10, 2012

Use It Up! Wk. 1

So far so good! I've dipped into my beads, wire, brads, and paper stash! A little project that I did to use up the paper scraps from my last mini, was to make some backgrounds for cards.

 To make I put a piece of paper through my xyron create a sticker and laid 1 inch strips of paper on it. Next I cut the strips into 1/4 inch strips and put them on a another piece of paper in a paper.
The bottom one was done with cover, I used some black strips to make it a bit larger.
The backgrounds here were made with paper that was in my scrap bin!

If you would like to know more about the UIU challenge check out Fran's blogpost.

5 comments:

  1. Seriously isnt UIU Just to much fun! Who knew!! Love love love how these turned out!!
    *huggles*
    =0)

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  2. Oh, what a great idea! ♥
    It would be fun to do with papers which have an awful print but okay colors...
    Yes, already brainstorming on the idea! :)
    What will you use up next week??? Looking forward to it!!!

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  3. Oh Wow Diane! That's a blinkin' lot of work there LOL. Awesome start to the UIU Challenge :)
    Looks so pretty too!
    Smiles
    Jen

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  4. Ooh I like those! What a nifty idea, thanks for the inspiration. Fab work for UIU, keep it up hon! xx

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  5. Hi Diane, I've popped over from Fran's blog to try to introduce myself to other UIU pledge takers. Love how you've made these backgrounds - they are stunning and something I will try at some point in the future hugs Karen x

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