Use It Tuesday #36-Uncut Paper

It's time for a new challenge over at Use It Tuesday and this time we're digging into our stash for some uncut paper.

I'm sure all of you have uncut paper stashed away but the harder challenge is to look for the pretty papers that you may have saved but feel that it is too beautiful to use. For me, this was quite the challenge as I absolutely love saving papers of any kind and would be perfectly happy just looking at them rather than using them. When I dug into my stash, I had a half pound stack of handmade papers as well as Japanese papers from an art store I got months ago. This was what I finally made out of them.

I also had a beautiful pack of Cavallini Decorative Tape my husband gave me after I talked to him endlessly about washi tape-I'm glad I finally got to use it. Everything except the white gel pen used to write the sentiment has been hoarded. 

Now it's your turn! Come play along at Use It Tuesday and show us some of the beautiful papers you've been stashing away ;) Don't forget to tell us what you hoarded supplies you used. You have until Friday, August 3rd to link up.

Black cardstock

I finally got to use my stack of black cardstock again. CAS-ual Fridays is using black card base this week and I'm joining in :) I'm also inspired by the sketch over at retrosketches.

The paper behind the bag is a piece of beautiful Japanese paper I got from the art store months ago. The bag stamp and flower stamp are from the blog candy I won months ago too (thank you Kymberlee from The Paper Midwife!). Lastly, I finally used the crop-a-dile for the little eyelet on the Japanese paper. I would say I'm really getting into the mindset of using up my craft stash which is exactly what Use It Tuesday encourages (I'm still drawn to buying more craft stash though :S). Come join me again tomorrow for a new challenge over at Use It Tuesday.

Loving DIY Washi Tape

After trying to make my own washi tape from my last post, I can't get enough of it. I just love the contrast of the inks against the soft tissue paper.

I'm entering this card in the Moxie Fab Challenge (Love Card)

Happy Sun(ny)day!

DIY Washi Tape

I tried making my own washi tape for the first time the other night and I'm in love with it!

CAS-ual Fridays' challenge this week is to use strips of colour or pattern  and one of the DT members, Virginia Lu inspired my venture into DIY washi tape making :) This is my first card attempt with my own washi tape but I'm hoping to try it out more in the near future.

What I love about DIY washi tape is the abundance of possibilities (without hurting your wallet too much), the ability to cut edges/shapes, and its amazing translucent quality. :)

Patterned scrap paper

I picked up a half pound of scrap cardstock paper from Michael's a few weeks ago for only $1.49! This is what I came up with using a few of those papers.

Challenge:
CAS-ual Fridays (Patterned/Coloured strips)