Scrap Stash Saturday

I want to shake things up today! I want to show you that there are other ways you can use up those pesky scraps that are taking over your craft space besides just using them on cards.

What about using your scraps to decorate a frame?

I bought this frame at Joann's a few months ago for $1.97! This is a fabulous, heavy duty frame friends! How could I pass up a frame for $1.97? No woman in her right mind would have ever turned a blind eye to this deal! The only problem is, I forgot to take a picture of the frame before I covered it with my scraps. Oh well. You win some, you lose some!

Anyways, I started this whole proecess the same. I blindly drew out 4 different papers from my scrap drawer, and lordy, lordy, you won't be disappointed! These papers are as different as night and day. And because I was planning on putting them on a frame, I couldn't hide them very well if they were particulary offensive like I am able to do when I make my Scrap Stash Saturday cards! No, these papers would be clear to see, in all their mis-matched glory, by anyone who laid their precious eyes on my frame! Not too much pressure, uh?

Unfortunately, I forgot to take a picture of the papers I chose before I started cutting the scraps into squares to fit the frame, but I did take a picture of them once they were all cut up. So that's what this picture shows.....

As you can see, I'm dealing with an earth toned stripe, a Valentine's Day heart pattern, a bright bird pattern, and an uber bright circular pattern! Yikes-a-rooni! Would it really be possible for these 4 papers to co-habitate on the same project?

Well, you'll have to decide for yourself......this is what I ended up with after I covered the wood edges of the frame! I LOVE how it turned out, and I hope you do to! These papers were not meant to be put together, but amazingly, they look beautiful together. Can you believe it? See what taking chances can produce?

I found a wonderful poem about creativity on the internet and decided to type it up for the inside of my frame. The poem speaks of taking risks and breaking the rules when it comes to creating, something I preach every Saturday morning when I make cards using scraps that "aren't suppose to go together"! I continually break that age-old rule that says you can only put papers together that "match". I take risks doing something that conventional wisdom says I shouldn't do. And because I'm not afraid to break those stereotypes, I have fun CREATING! And that's what we should all be having when we create.....FUN!

I challenge each and every one of you reading this today to take four pieces of paper out of your scrap drawer and make something using all of them together. You've got nothing to lose, and everything to gain.

Hugs,
Amy

Creativity is inventing, exerimenting, growing, taking risks, breaking rules, making mistakes, and having fun. Mary Lou Cooke