Faux Weave Scrapbook page

I love a stripe. When I used to help choose papers for the store I worked at, I would always encourage the owner to buy whatever coordinating stripe came with a paper line. I just think they work so well at pulling all the colors of a particular paper line together... and there are so many fun things you can do with striped papers...

One of my favorite techniques with stripes is this faux weave...

I wanted to use this technique on a 12 x 12 page, so I figured out how many 2" squares I would need and started cutting... I used four sheets of 6 x 6 stripe from a Memory Box set... Sweet Bay... I believe this particular set is discontinued - but any stripe will work with this technique.

I cut the four 6 x 6 squares into 2" squares - nine from each square for a total of 36 squares.

Then I began laying the squares out on a sheet of 12 x 12 paper. I use the filler paper that comes with albums sometimes for this... it's usually a really poor quality paper that works great as a backing for what becomes my background page. I start by putting a solid line of adhesive along each edge, then begin adhering the striped squares, alternating the direction of the stripe on every other square.

After I complete a row, I move down to the next row and then just continue down the page until the whole background is covered.

 

I love how it looks as though there are actually woven strips on the page - but how much easier it is to simply adhere squares next to each other! You get the look of a perfectly tight weave without the hassle!

Now it's time to build the page.

I layered my photo onto three coordinating Memory Box solids to make a photo mat.

 

Then I created my journaling box on some ledger paper matted with another Memory Box solid...

 

Added a title and some embellishment...

 

And here you have the completed page.

 

(Click on any photo to enlarge...)

Next week I'll show you some samples of cards made with the faux weave technique... and watch soon for samples with the new Fall and Winter releases! I've got a nice little stack of new papers and stamps I'm just dying to show you!!! Dave's done it again - you won't be disappointed!

Comments

[Mary C. Anderson]

I enjoyed looking at the faux weave coming together Your scrap page came out great!

Mary