Looking to use up some of your extra strips of colored cardstock? I love the look of using strips of coordinating cardstock as a background. Check out the quick video tutorial on how to make your own back ground. You can also use the panel for die cuts. 😀
Get the look
Cut or gather strips of coordinating cardstock. Another option is to color your white cardstock strips with ink.
FYI: there are a couple of ways to adhere the strips, but I prefer to use the tape runner for adding the paper.
Supplies:
- Tape runner (the preferred method): run adhesive from your tape runner over the entire base of paper
- Liquid adhesive: dispenses liquid adhesive on the backside of each strip
- Double sided tape: adhere a sheet of double sided tape to the front of the entire sheet of cardstock.
- Copier paper
- Cut strips of paper
- Paper scrapper (optional)
- Die cut (optional)
Instructions:
- Cut a piece of copier paper or cardstock for your base panel
- Cover the copier paper with adhesive, copier paper works best if you are going to die cut, if you are not going to die cut after you add the strips, I recommend using cardstock for a little better stability. 😁
- Lay the strips down on the paper - covering at an angle works best, because it helps "hide" any mistakes if the paper is not cut straight
- Trim the excess off, buy turning over to the back side and trimming along the straight edges of the base panel.
- Die cut
- Bam, it is done! So easy.
I have been using the packs of cardstock from Michaels. Here is the link for the fall colored paper pack.
-Happy Crafting