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Maximize Paper Usage

By Helen | June 13, 2008

As a Close To My Heart Consultant, I am often planning workshops.  I designed and created a handy Paper Planner.  When I sit down to create a workshop, I start using half of a CTMH paper pack - this includes 6 sheets of patterned paper (1 each of the 6 different patterns), plus 3 colors of solid cardstock (1 each of the 3 colors) for a total of 9 sheets of paper…thus, the Paper Planner has 9 individual grids to represent each of the pieces of paper.

Each of the large grid boxes represent a 12″ x 12″ piece of paper.  Within each large grid box are smaller grids - each of these represents a 1″ x 1″ square.

Whether I’m scrapbooking on my own or designing a workshop, I use the same method…sketch & plan…this enables me to maximize the use of my papers.  I use the back of the Paper Planner to sketch my designs or the blueprint/page map that I’m going to follow.  This enables me to plan positioning of the various paper patterns.  Once I have the design down, I mark all of the paper cuts on the Paper Planner.

If there is going to be any extra paper left, I want to make sure that the sizes of these pieces are “usable” sizes.  This means I either want pieces that can be used across a 12″ x 12″ scrapbook page or that can be used on cards.  This can be a juggling act with the positioning of the cuts on the grids.

Topics: Cards, Scrapbooking, Templates |

One Response to “Maximize Paper Usage”

  1. Kim B Says:
    June 14th, 2008 at 9:36 am

    Helen,

    This is an awesome idea! Thanks for the tip! I was just thinking about this when I was cutting my last card class and kits this week. Great job!

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