2 Ways to Use Paper Scraps on Card Fronts (Torn vs Banner Style)

Shabby chic or clean and structured… which is more your style? In today’s video, we’re diving into Challenge 7 of my Use Your Stash: Paper Scraps Edition series. This time, we’re turning patterned paper scraps into a feature panel on the front of a card. I’ll walk you through two different approaches using the same idea—one with soft, torn texture and one with clean banner edges—so you can choose the style that suits your own making style. 📍 Chapters 00:00 Intro 00:23 Choosing scraps + creating torn edges 00:55 Positioning and gluing torn paper feature 01:32 Fixing a floral “mistake” (why this technique is forgiving, don’t throw it out) 02:17 Tip: lifting torn edges for added texture 02:38 Adding faux stitched border detail 03:23 Choosing a card base colour 03:52 Finishing details: leaf + stamped sentiment 05:36 Finished torn feature variations 05:41 Making the clean banner style variations 05:55 Creating a simple banner stencil 06:51 Tips for tracing your stencil cleanly 07:35 Layering patterned paper elements 07:54 Highlighting a feature pattern (making bold prints work) 08:48 Choosing a card base colour (final decision) 09:08 All four finished cards recap 09:44 BONUS variation (email subscribers sneak peek) 💌 I’ve also created a bonus variation that builds on this idea with an extra step. If you’d like to see it, I share it with my email subscribers here: https://jenniferfrost.blogspot.com/20... I’d love to hear from you in the comments—which style do you prefer: torn texture or clean banners? And stay tuned… there’s one more challenge coming in this series.