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Paper Weaving

By Becky Lemire
Crafty Cruisers
Intermediate Stamping Team Designer

Paper weaving makes a great background or accent to any of your paper crafting projects.  You can use some of the many beautiful papers out there or make your own by rubber-stamping a sheet of paper or cardstock.  In this project I have used the paper weaving as a mat/background to the main image, but you could weave some paper, secure well and cut out shapes to use as accents as well. 

Supplies:

• Valentine Mice Rubber Stamp Set (TAC)
• India Black Ink Pad (Stewart Superior)
• Red textured card stock; cut: 5½” x 8½” (Bazzill Basics)
• White Card Stock; cut to size 4" x 5 1/4”, 2 1/4" x 3" oval
• Roses Background paper; cut ten 1/8" strips (DCWV)
• Carnation Background paper; cut fourteen 1/8" strips (DCWV)
• Hot Cinnamon Twinkling H2O paints (Angelwings, Ent.)
• Playful Peony Twinkling H20 paint (Angelwings, Ent.)
• Brown Watercolor Crayon (Lyra)
• Water brush
• Gold Leaf Pen (Krylon)
• Southwestern Corner Punch (Carl)
• Gold cording (SU)
• Pink 1/8" ribbon (Offray)
• Scotch one sided tape (3M)
• Scotch Double Stick Tape (3M)
• Foam Tape (3M)
• Oval Cutting System (Creative Memories)

Instructions:

1. Stamp mouse with balloons using Black ink on the oval piece of white cardstock.  Color the mouse and balloons using the Twinkling H2O's and watercolor crayons.  Edge the oval with a Gold Leafing pen.  Set aside to dry. 

2. Lay the strips of rose design paper next to each other on a table and tape to the table.  Using the strips of the carnation design paper, start weaving them through the rose paper strips.  Continue to weave all fourteen of the carnation strips making sure to push them tightly against the one you just wove so you don't have open spaces.  You want to have a nice tight weave.  When the weaving is done, carefully turn the woven piece over and tape the pieces securely on the back of the piece using regular tape so that the weaving will not come undone when you trim.  Trim the piece so that it measures about 3" x 4 ¼." 

3. Punch the corners of the 4" x 5 1/4" piece of white cardstock using the southwestern corner punch.  Tape the gold cording to the back on one corner of the cardstock.  Wrap the cording around the cardstock in each of the slits as shown in the photo.  Finish up by taping the cord to the back.  Adhere the woven piece to the center of the white cardstock using double stick tape.  

4. Fold the red cardstock in half to make the card.  Adhere the piece you just finished onto the center of the red card front using double stick tape. 

5. Tape a piece of the ribbon to the back of the oval piece as shown in photo.  Using foam tape, adhere the oval to the center of the woven piece.

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