Summer Fever

I have a confession. I am a bit of a paper snob.

When I first started scrapping, I bought a slab (or 2--or THREE! LOL) 

at Michael's and just went WILD! It really is a great investment

for a beginner scrapper-it gives you plenty of choices for scrapping

& the papers are usually coordinating and easier to match.

But THEN, I discovered the LSS and cardstock quality pattern paper and

my snobbery began. I gave away my economical slabs and switched to individual sheets

of designer paper (which I still hoard adore to this day).

When  I started designing for ATD, Momenta I was a bit nervous

of using the 'paper packs' as it really is ALOT of paper

(and a DIE HARD addict like me is hard pressed to

find a place to store THAT much paper) BUT 

I also love challenging myself and knew I would find a way to 

make it work. What I MUST say right now is that I am pleasantly surprised to 

be re-disovering the benefits of paper pack slab-

ESPECIALLY for a project like this-

which uses a TONNE of paper.

 For this project, I started by making a 4x6" template of an isosceles triangle.

I then picked out a variation of colors from my paper pack 

(since the Momenta Value packs have 4 of each pattern,

you will have MORE than enough choices for a project like this)

and cut out 12 triangles (my 2 words only contain

11 letters but I added a 'spacer' to keep my words seperate).

I then matted and adhered each triangle on a contrasting color cardstock

 (I wanted this project to be as colorful as possible) and then trimmed the

edges of each triangle with shaped scissors.

**Make sure to use enough glue to cover the whole surface

of the triangle which will keep it from warping in the future.**

Using paper punches, I punched a 3.5" scalloped circle from

colored carsdtock and a 3" circle from white cardstock, layered them and adhered.

Next, I made these little accordian circles from various scraps

(paper strips were 1" wide) that I learned to make from THIS blog-- Thank you Helen!!

and adhered them with one more smaller circle (about 1.5")

I then finished it off with black corrugated alphas and

then threaded it all together using hemp cording.

I worked on this for about 3 evenings (in 1-1.5 hr hour increments).

By using a paper pack, I was able to make a multi layered project that is still fairly lightweight

(and thus, less likely to fall apart from the weight).

Another benefit of using a paper pack (as opposed to a cardstock pack) is that a

lighter paper goes through a paper punch THAT much easier since it is thinner

(and the accordian circles were alot easier to work with as well) and

makes a project like this ALOT easier on the hands

(since you have to make so many of each element).

While I still prefer to use a heavier cardstock on my LOs

(Momenta makes alot of their patterns in cardstock too!)

I hope I have given you a reason to take a second look at a pretty paper pack.

Thanks for stopping by!

Happy Creating!