Hello everyone! This is Jill, from Close To My Heart, and I’m back to share a little more crafting inspiration with you! At Close To My Heart, we are love exploring new products and creative techniques, and I’m so excited to share one of these techniques with you today! I absolutely love how this turned out, and I know you will, too!
Today, we’ll be creating a woven background effect that’s just the thing you need to add some extra pizazz to any layout.
Let’s take a closer look!
To get started, you’ll need nine strips of pink paper, each about 9″, and eleven strips of 7½” black and white themed paper, each about 7½”. The width of these pieces can vary according to personal preference. For this project, we used pieces from our Mix-in Paper Packet.
Center and attach the pink pieces horizontally, applying adhesive to the first ½”of each pink paper. You’ll fasten the ends down later, don’t worry! :)
When you start weaving the black and white pieces in, start with an “over, under” pattern. To start, place the first piece over the bottom pink piece. Then, pass it under the next pink one, and so on. When you move on to the next piece, weave it in with an “under, over” pattern, creating the inverse of the first black and white piece.
Alternate between “over, under” and “under, over” for the rest of the pieces to create the woven effect.
In order to prevent unnecessary bends or tears, weave the papers in starting at the right edge of the pink papers and gently wiggle the black and white vertical pieces closer to the left edge until you get them where you want them.
Be sure to leave a tiny bit of space between the black and white pieces as you weave them in. (We tried to leave about 1/8″ between each, but you can space it however you please!)
Once you’ve woven in all the black and white pieces, make random, diagonal cuts to finish off the ends. The more random these cuts are, the better! This gives your project the chic, raggedy look we all know and love! J After making these cuts, attach the ends of all the pieces to your base page with your adhesive of choice. We chose to add some white stitching on a few pieces, too, for some added stability and a fun, haphazard feel.
Once you’ve created your woven background, you’re ready to complete the rest of the layout! You can use your favorite stamps, patterns, embellishments to complete this page, using foam tape to float your photo mat above this dramatic background element.
GIVEAWAY!
We’d love to give you the chance to create your own unique projects with our fun patterned papers! We’re giving away five sets of our Mix-Ins paper and cardstock packs to five lucky SCT readers! These papers are sure to add an extra pop to any project, no matter how you use them. Be sure to comment below by June 17th to enter for a chance to win! We’ll announce the winners here on June 20th! Good luck!
Last month we offered five sets of the stitched circle Thin Cuts to five lucky SCT readers! Thin Cuts are packaged on their own magnetic carrier sheet for convenient storage and work with most die-cutting machines.
The five lucky, randomly selected, winners are:
- Do like these cards. They are so “clean” and not at all fussy. I love these stitched Thin Cuts, hearts, ovals and, of course , the circles. They are perfect sizes. ~ Sharon Brand April 20, 2019 at 10:53 am
- After scrapbooking for over 20 years acid-free (and a childhood filled with scrap albums), I am just getting started with die cuts. I would love the opportunity to play with these! My favorite CTMH product has to be their ink pads. I have some from 15 years ago that are still inking my stamps with lovely colors. ~ Tina Gagnon April 20, 2019 at 12:07 pm
- I love learning new ways to use things I already own. I love CTMH pattern paper. ~ Michele Slater April 20, 2019 at 1:30 pm
- Oh my, I love the rainbow! My favorite Close to my Heart product? Where do I start…. liquid glass, my acrylix stamps, all the coordinated colors….I love them all! ~ Joanne Coleman April 21, 2019 at 6:23 pm
- I love CTMH, but if I had to chose one item, it would be their post-bound scrapbooks! I just ordered my 12th one and am ready to fill it with more memories! ~ SHARI CZERWINSKI April 24, 2019 at 8:46 pm
Congratulations ladies! Please send your full mailing address and telephone number to us at ideas@scrapbookandcards.com and put “CTMH April blog winner” in your reference line. Once we have your mailing information we will send that off to Close To My Heart who will be sending out the prizes to you directly.
Have a wonderful, crafty Saturday!
Close To My Heart papers are top quality! Love their papers and would love to win! Thanks for the opportunity!
Such a cool technique.
Love the design of these Close to Your Heart papers – simple yet elegant. Great layout
What a beautiful paper pack. I can think of all kinds of wonderful scrapbooking pages I could do with them. Love the scrapbook Page that you did. It was nice as I recognize Pierre in the picture from back at an event that I went to that he was there years ago. Wish we could order close to my heart in Quebec.
Love how you made the weaved background! :)
Sweet technique and layout!
Good layout and really like the woven effect!
Love the papers in this awesome giveaway!
The woven part of your layout was so pretty and loved the papers used. I just did a greeting card with all of my white thin strips that I cut off for the insides of cards. I made a lattice background. Can’t throw anything away, right? Thanks for sharing your ideas with us.
I would hate to cover that beautiful weaving with a picture but it’s such a cute picture :) I love these papers!!!
Another technique I will need to try soon! Such a nice and easy way to add to the layout background.
The weave technique is a great way to use up scraps of paper. Close to My Heart has great papers. The colours are pretty in this project. Thanks for the chance to win!
Congratulations to the winners. Wow I adore this layout , there is something about pink/grey/and black that just melts my heart. And as an added bonus I once met Pierre in Ottawa, great guy. Hi Pierre.
I love Close to My Heart paper and products. This pack is so sweet. I’d love to win it!
I love the look of pinks and grays, and the way you used them together was so unique! Thanks for the chance to win!
Wonderful papers for my greeting cards.
Love the small designs that work so well as
backgrounds. thanks far the chance to
win these.
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I haven’t played with CTMH papers in a long time. I need to find a consultant! These papers are sooooo gorgeous, My favorite colors! And I love woven paper technique to create an awesome background!
What a darling layout. Such beautiful papers. The colors and patterns are perfect for so many projects. Thank you for the opportunity.
I love this technique! I can’t wait to try it out. I love the color scheme
you used. Thanks for the giveaway!!
Love this technique, pink and blackis a great combo,love Close to my Heart
I’ve used this same technique, but smaller on a card front. It looked awesome!
Love this layout! Great design.
What a gorgeous layout! I just love the look of this woven background. :) Congratulations to the winners!
Love that paper collection, the colours and subtle patterns. I did a woven background many moons ago, but wish I had your instructions to assist me back then. Beautiful layout and maybe I’ll try the woven background again, you have inspired me. Thanks for sharing and for the chance to win.
Love the colors and weaving on your layout! Thanks for sharing.
Lovely layout. Great technique..love the weave background.
I ❤️CTMH products. The paper collections are lovely, love the page kits .
Awesome layout, I love the woven background with these wonderful papers,lll I’d love to win!
This is such a pretty layout! It’s amazing that such a simple technique can be so dramatic. I’ll be trying this for sure!
Pink and black is such a stunning and elegant colour combination, and it happens to match your photo perfectly! Thanks for the opportunity to win.
Weaving is a wonderful technique both for cards and scrapbooking. I love the colours of this layout. And I would love to win these pretty papers.
Paper weaving is so fun and i just love the pinks and blacks!
This is a great tutorial on weaving! I will have to give it a try. The papers are beautiful.
Love close to my heart! This technique brings back childhood memories. I loved, and still do, anything about paper.
I love the colors of these papers! And thank you for the chance to win them!
Beautiful layout with the weaving.
Love this fun and creative way to use patterned paper!
Love the pink, gray and black paper weave. It really makes the page “pop”. Thanks for sharing the technique and giveaway.
Definitely will try this awesome technique. What a great layout.
Clever use of the new “Mix-in’s” Paper pack! Would love to win the
paper and matching cardstock and create a layout similar to this one.
Thanks for the chance to win!
Close to My Heart really knocks it out of the park with all their scrappy goodness!!!
Love the colors and patterns of this cardstock!
What a nice collection of papers. It’s a beautiful layout too
Such a great layout.. will definitely try this technique!!
That is a very nice background. Did be fun to expirement with different colors and patterns.
Pretty. I like the effect and the colors are great.
Pretty layout. I have to try the weaving.
CTMH papers are small works of art.
I’m gonna do this!! What a fabulous technique!!
Love the inspiration for this collection. This was one of my favorites in the new catalog.
I love the woven background. It is a beautiful layout.
Currently working on single page layouts, Can’t wait to use this technique
What a lovely layout. I like the woven background. I’m told CT!H papers are really great quality, but I have not had used any myself. So awesome giveaway ❤️
This is a lovely collection for Easter, weddings, graduations, etc! Thanks for the opportunity to win.
What a lovely layout! I am going to give this weaving a try! Thank you for the lovely giveaway – these papers are beautiful!
I like the weaving. Great idea
Great idea. I will try it