Scrapbooking Tip of the Week 3/9/08

I read this in a magazine somewhere a while back and I wish I could remember so that I could give them proper credit. But, nowadays, with the need to rein in my expenses, this little tip is saving me TONS!

Do you ever work on a layout and run out of a certain paper? Maybe it was a cool patterned paper and you just don't have enough to use for the little embellishments.

Here's an easy tip to save on $$ and paper:

When you've decided where to drop your pics, cut out the paper BEHIND the picture! Leave a little bit of room so that you can still adhere the pic to the page. For instance, when adhering a 4x6 pic to your layout, cut out a 3.5x5.5 piece of paper from behind the picture. This will give you either another nice matte to work with or some extra matching paper to use for embellishments (like tags or chipboard, etc.).

My basic rule of thumb is to make the cut about 1/2 inch inside size of the picture. For smaller pieces (like some embellishments), trust your own judgment. Just make sure you don't cut the scrap the same size of what's going over the "hole." You need to make sure you have something to stick your picture to!

Now instead of needing to buy 3 pages of the same paper, I can still get by with two or even just ONE!

Happy scrapping!