Paper Picking . . .

Choosing papers when not using a paper collection pack

can be daunting for some.

If you're a paper crafting, then you have extra papers.

(It's the rules. ha.)

The above photo shows one of my paper drawers.

I have 3 paper drawers:

One for green, red & yellow papers.

One for blue, brown & black papers.

One for paper collections like Graphic 45.

They're all somewhat organized into color families.

The first thing I do is decide on what colors I want to combine for my project.

Then I shop my stash.

For my next project I'm choosing brown and blue. I love that color combo.

But it's also important to keep in mind the scale of the papers.

Mixing a large pattern

with a medium pattern + a small pattern is almost always necessary.

It's more pleasing to the eye than using all large patterns or all medium patterns.

I also try to mix a stripe

+ a tiny pattern like a polka dot

+ a large pattern like the flowers you see above.

Depending on the size of my project, I usually pick about 20 papers or so.

Then add cardstock in one color for my background paper and photo mats.

Using one color of cardstock also melds everything together.

For the cardstock I'll probably choose either

a coordinating blue or dark brown.

Stay tuned while I put all this together

into one project.

More to come!

Comments

[Renea]

Thanks for breaking it down for us. Great ideas!!