Paper Weaving for Scrapbooking and Cards

I’m loving anything that reminds me of quilting in scrapbooking lately. Here is a really fun and easy technique to add a lot of interest to a page.

1. Start with 12 strips of 12 ” X 1/4 “. Mine were from all different papers, but this works well with papers that are all the same or some are the same, some are not. Anything goes, really.

    

2. Lay out half of the strips length-wise and half of them width-wise overlapping them. Rearrange them until you’re happy with the way that the patterns are playing together.

3. Weave them together as shown here. Start at the bottom and work your way up. The pattern is under over under over, etc.

4. Once you have completed the weaving and you’re happy with the way that it’s looking, very carefully move your weaved paper over and put some adhesive directly on your background paper as shown here.

5. Again, very carefully, move the weaved paper back over to it’s original spot and apply it onto the adhesive. Don’t press it down until you’re happy that everything is lining up as it should. I had to pull on mine a bit here and there to get it square.
6. Trim off the ends to your desired length. I trimmed mine at random lengths and angles. Here is a closeup.

   Here is my finished layout! I hope that you like it!

   Here is a closeup of the misting and the heat embossed camera stamping.