The Cutest Way to Use Up Paper Scraps 🍓 | A Paper Weaving Twist

This week's project started with June's challenge photo from the Inspiration Station blog, featuring a basket of strawberries. The texture in the basket immediately reminded me of the paper weaving technique I shared back in Season One of Cardmaking with Scraps. Instead of using the weaving as a background, though, I wondered if I could make my own little basket and turn it into the feature of the card.

Creating a Card Entirely from Scraps

Working entirely from scraps, I wove narrow strips of Crumb Cake cardstock to create a miniature basket. This kraft basket is the perfect fit for this fortnight's Shop Your Stash blog's KRAFT-astic challenge, which encourages the use of kraft papers.

From there, I needed to add some strawberries. I don't actually own a strawberry stamp or die, but luckily they're pretty simple to draw! I chose a selection of rich pink scraps inspired by the Sunday Stamps Garden Grandeur colour palette. 

The deep greens in the patterned paper and foliage were also inspired by this palette, while the spotted background tied in beautifully with an optional dots theme at this month's Paper Funday challenge. 

To pull all of the elements together, I followed the current sketch from the As You See It Challenge.

A Fresh Way to Use Paper Weaving in Cardmaking

What I love most about this project is that it shows how a technique can evolve. The same paper weaving method that once created a background became a dimensional embellishment instead, proving that sometimes a fresh look at the scraps already on your desk can lead to something completely new.

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Free Cardmaking with Scraps Printable (June Subscriber Bonus)

If you'd like to see the original woven background project that inspired this little basket feature, my Cardmaking with Scraps printable is currently available as a free download for email subscribers throughout June. It's a fun way to explore the technique in its original form before experimenting with your own creative twists.

👉 You can access it through the subscriber library when you join my email list.