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Post by pas2 on Apr 2, 2019 11:44:48 GMT
When I purge my stash, I used to give away the unwanted paper to my nieces. One day I looked at a rather large stack I just pulled from some paper pads and thought “ this is dumb, I spent good money on this stuff”. Now i keep a stack to use as test papers for my cameo, scratch paper, use the plain side for matting photos and most recently to pull prints on my geli plate. I only pass on paper if it has foiling or glitter on it since the nieces like glitz.
What do you do with your unloved patterned papers?
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Post by streetscrapper on Apr 2, 2019 11:46:53 GMT
I usually make card boxes, envelopes or bags with it.
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Post by Citygirl on Apr 2, 2019 12:01:37 GMT
I used to just toss it but now I'm going to keep it to make a junque journal.
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Post by ExpatBackHome on Apr 2, 2019 13:27:47 GMT
I try to use it to matt photos
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Post by scrapnnana on Apr 2, 2019 13:32:32 GMT
I have a card making group that meets at my house once a month. I am pulling my unwanted and excess papers to offer to the card makers. I am thinking of starting a scrapbook group, too, and also offering papers there.
I use my extra and unwanted papers to make cards, boxes, and bags. I really need to start using them to make envelopes, too.
I also hate to get rid of scraps, but the odd shaped scraps take up more storage space than uncut papers. I have started cutting up leftover scraps into die cut shapes for quick card making. I may start doing the same with some of my unwanted or excess papers.
I have a ton of extra 8.5x11 cardstock that I use for test cutting.
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Post by Linda on Apr 2, 2019 13:40:34 GMT
I find that in small doses (strips, layering), almost any patterned paper will eventually work
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Post by msliz on Apr 2, 2019 13:47:31 GMT
If it's thick enough and has a white backside, I use the white as card stock. If it's double sided, and that's not an option, I'll just try to be more creative. I can use the outside to edge a layout and use the inside to mat photos and make embellishments. With enough cutting and inking, it's hard to know what the original pattern was.
And sometimes I paint it.
But if it's thin, like from an old stack, I give it away.
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Post by mikklynn on Apr 2, 2019 14:48:39 GMT
I donate some to an assisted living facility for their card makers.
I also use it when I want to mix papers that aren't full size. I'll layer the pieces to cover the pattern I don't like.
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Post by quietgirl on Apr 2, 2019 14:51:42 GMT
I can use almost any piece for layering. But if it's a large piece, or I think it's too busy, I'll go over it with a layer (or 2) of paint or gesso.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 2, 2019 15:15:59 GMT
For 12x12 papers, I've taken them to crops where there has always been a share table to bring unwanted items. It's always been taken, as I have one friend that organizes a card making group at her church so she takes it there if it is left at the end.
For 8.5x11, I know a nun that makes cards and also does prison outreach that she makes cards with the incarcerated women so I have cut it to card size and sent to her.
For my SU papers, I keep them in their original packages, even as I'm using them. I've had good luck putting a big lot of them together and selling them. It's been awhile, but it seems like I had around 12 packs that I could fit in a medium flat rate box and sold them for around $50 shipped.
My favorite sheets to use as scratch paper for stamping on were from the CM top load page protectors. I switched to their other style so I finally used up my stash and I'll use thin patterned paper that I don't want...but it's not the same. Love having a fresh white page to stamp and scribble on!
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Post by mom on Apr 2, 2019 15:31:42 GMT
I give it away. I will post that I have some on my FB and there are a few local scrappers who don't have much stash & they are always excited to get it.
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Post by infochick on Apr 2, 2019 15:55:23 GMT
I love this thread. Mostly, I have been using my unloved paper (mostly ugly paper from old paper pads) to back layouts where I have pieced more loved paper on top. It's only there for stability since I end up "wall papering" on top of it. I also make envelopes out of it, which I need to do again soon since I am running low for homemade cards.
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Post by pas2 on Apr 2, 2019 16:45:41 GMT
If it's thick enough and has a white backside, I use the white as card stock. If it's double sided, and that's not an option, I'll just try to be more creative. I can use the outside to edge a layout and use the inside to mat photos and make embellishments. With enough cutting and inking, it's hard to know what the original pattern was. And sometimes I paint it. But if it's thin, like from an old stack, I give it away. I like the thinner paper for envelopes.
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Post by crimsoncat05 on Apr 2, 2019 16:58:15 GMT
if it's single-sided and not thin enough to see through, I will sometimes use the back side as a substitute for white cardstock. I also use PP I don't like for test cuts, as a background to protect my desk when I'm stamping etc., to cut journaling spots out of, use it as a base for a layout if I have really thin paper on the layout-- things like that.
ETA: I will also use it to make things for storage and organization where I don't care about the paper pattern... I hand-made a ton of small file folders to separate and organize my photos by subject, time-frame, layout, etc. It was a bit time-consuming, but at least the paper wasn't going to waste that way.
I will also use single-sided papers as note-paper if I need to write notes for a layout I have in progress... I stick the note in the zipper bag with all the layout pieces.
Sometimes I mock up a layout to test out photo sizes or shapes, border placement, etc. If I'm doing that, I cut pieces from ugly patterned papers and use them (the white side, usually) as place-holders on the layout so I can made my shape / placement decisions before cutting into the photos or the 'good' paper.
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Post by LavenderLayoutLady on Apr 2, 2019 16:58:39 GMT
I practice with stamps on it.
Let my kids use it for their school projects.
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Post by hop2 on Apr 2, 2019 17:03:30 GMT
1 - I make cards 2 - I print my own schedule book for work I have the disc system& punch & the thicker paper works well. So I have 1 page/week so I use 52 sheets per year. 8 1/2x11 but I’ve cut down 12x12 before 3 - note pads 4 - give away
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Post by deekaye on Apr 2, 2019 17:52:16 GMT
I kept a 1/2 inch stack or so to use when testing cuts on my Silhouette... the rest I offered to a first year grade school teacher. She was delighted!! I probably had close to a two inch stack. I don't even want to THINK about how much money I spent on all of that. A lot of it was from my beginning days when I went wild and bought every piece of patterned paper I could find. Little did I know that eventually I would find my style and patterned paper would play a very small part of it.
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Post by 2marbles on Apr 2, 2019 18:48:02 GMT
I have been donating to our local group that scrapbooks albums for those that have lost loved ones...amazing group! I think I'm going to take a cue from here and try to make some envelopes out of some..how cute!
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Post by fuji on Apr 2, 2019 20:41:17 GMT
I cut mine into 2" x 6" strips and take them to school. I type up my students' reading schedule and have them glue the reading schedule to the patterned paper. They appreciate having a bookmark with all the info they need. Seniors in high school love that little 5-minute craft project.
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Post by gmcwife1 on Apr 2, 2019 20:53:08 GMT
I used to donate them to my dd’s after school care. Then I gave it to 4-H for the kids to use on projects.
I’m getting ready to sell a bunch at a scrapbooking garage sale and cut some up into card fronts.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 2, 2019 21:13:11 GMT
Have grandchildren who do orgami. They like to get it.
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Post by papersilly on Apr 2, 2019 22:40:55 GMT
i have a large Priority Mail box stuffed with papers right now just waiting to be sent to where ever. there's only so much leftover paper i can keep aside from the full size ones i have.
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Post by cmpeter on Apr 2, 2019 23:27:48 GMT
I take it to crops and give it away on the share table
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Post by scrapaddict702 on Apr 3, 2019 0:00:29 GMT
The only answer I have is: give it to my kids. They use it to make lists and signs and whatever make believe thing they are doing that day. My oldest will sometimes use bits and pieces to make birthday cards for his friends, but usually he just asks me for a base and colors those. I figure since I don't have a place to donate it to at the moment, letting them go to town before I collect it as trash is giving it some life rather than just recycling it.
The only thing I hold onto (for using as a base) is pink cardstock (usually from kit sales or cardstock paper pads/assorted bundles). I cut it down just a touch so I don't have to line it up perfectly, but it's a great way to use a single piece of patterned paper as a background where I want a strip from one side and the remainder from the other side to make up my entire background. Usually I have a second of most papers, but why cut into a 2nd sheet if I can just puzzle it together. It also works great to mat papers that have buckled from wet mediums. I'll also use it to back 3x4 cards that will share a 4x6 pocket in my PL albums if I need something sturdy (otherwise I tape it together with random washi I don't care for). I have no other use for hanging onto pink cardstock, lol.
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Post by Ryann on Apr 3, 2019 1:07:51 GMT
I used to call the unloved or ugly papers "envelope liners" back before making my own envelopes was a thing. Now I just turn them into envelopes.
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Post by jen on Apr 3, 2019 2:23:35 GMT
I use unwanted patterned paper for scratch paper or as a mat on the table for painting or stamping.
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Post by cupcakepeddler on Apr 3, 2019 2:41:10 GMT
The thin stuff gets kept for envelopes, some goes to my daughter, most of the stuff with white backs I keep for matting and the rest I give away to either friends who I know will personally love those patterns or I give them to my daughters girl guide group. I gave away a scary amount of paper last year but I figured that I had most of that paper for over a decade and still had not used it and I have been given great de-stashed supplies from friends and found some great reduced bargains here and there and it all balances out.
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Post by ScrapbookMyLife on Apr 3, 2019 3:09:23 GMT
I gave a big stack of patterned paper and cardstock, to a family member who is a Teacher assistant at an Elementary School. Whatever she/they didn't want for their classroom, was put in the break room for other Teachers to help themselves.
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Post by Sassenach on Apr 3, 2019 4:44:22 GMT
I love this thread. Mostly, I have been using my unloved paper (mostly ugly paper from old paper pads) to back layouts where I have pieced more loved paper on top. It's only there for stability since I end up "wall papering" on top of it. I also make envelopes out of it, which I need to do again soon since I am running low for homemade cards. I do the same thing with mine.
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Post by luckylady on Apr 3, 2019 10:58:39 GMT
Check out Paige Evans. Her style uses a lot of small pieces of different papers. It would be a good way to use up some paper you don't particularly like. Just work in small pieces.
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