Tuesday Tutorial: Woven Background

Materials:

Card base 5 1/2” x 5 1/2"

Sheet of decorative cardstock

5” x 5" coordinating paper A for warp base

5 1/4" x 5 1/4" coordinating paper B for mat

Paper trimmer

Stamps and Embellishments

Instructions:

Step 1

Cut strips of paper from the decorative paper. Using a paper trimmer, cut strips 1/2" wide and 8 1/2” long. Randomly select 9 strips and adhere one end of each strip of paper onto your 5" x 5" coordinating paper A. The strips should line up in a row with just a hint of a space between, these are your warp (the pieces that run top to bottom/up and down).

Step 2

Now randomly select 9 strips for your weft (pieces that run across or side to side). Begin to weave. Take a strip of paper and weave over and under for all 9 warp strips. Make sure your first weft is tightly to the top. Repeat this step for the remaining weft strips. Once done, tack all ends down with a dab of glue. Trim strips as you desire. For my project, I trimmed them all down to the 5" x 5" warp base.

Step 3

Mount your weave to the coordinating B paper. Mount the matted weave to card front centered to top. Add stamped image, sentiment or embellishment of your choice to the bottom right of weave.

The rubber stamped sentiment that I used on my card is from the 

Sock-It Party Monkey stamp found {here}, in the Whimsie Doodles store.

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