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Many have heard of serendipity squares, but you can’t cut out squares
if you don’t make a sheet of serendipity paper! And don’t get boxed in
to just squares! Serendipity paper is beautiful as strips, weaves,
circles, tags, frames and more.

Supplies Needed

Heavyweight Cardstock: This is your background or “base” sheet of paper.
Scraps Of Paper: The more variety the better. Select a color theme and get out your scraps of textured paper, vellums, velveteens, handmade papers, tissue papers and more.
Paper Glue
Paper Cutter or Scissors & Ruler
Pencil
Optional: Rubberstamps, inkpads, sponges, embossing powder and heat tool.

Step-by-Step

1. If you want to use your rubberstamps, stamp images onto scrap papers. If you want to emboss stamped images use pigment ink, embossing powder and heat tool.
2. If you want more color variety you can use a sponge to apply inks directly to the paper. Heat set any ink.
3. Tear scrap papers into smaller pieces no bigger than 1”. You’ll want variety so make different sizes and shapes.
4. Begin to glue torn paper randomly to your background or base paper. Keep gluing until the surface is covered. This is serendipity paper. Allow glue to dry.
5. Cut your serendipity paper into squares for letters, small photos, borders, pockets and other designs for your scrapbook, rubber stamping or card projects. The random pieces all seem to fall into place creating a very unique paper to use for mats and frames too. No two pieces of serendipity paper ever turn out the same!

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