The Good Scrap

I have this cart of good scrap. It’s a cart full of paper scraps so lovely that I just cannot bring myself to toss out. Okay, truth be told, I have an entire rolling cart of this good scrap. Each time I get ready to toss out any scrap, I think “oooh, let me go ahead and save this, I just know I will use it for some other project.” Straight to the good scrap cart it goes. I know I can’t be the only crafter who does this, and there are times when I think I should just toss it already, but I never do.

Most of my best work was created using only the scraps in this cart. I say to myself, “let the paper do its thing, it knows what it wants to create.” I have tons of projects that prove the paper just knew what it wanted to create. The glueing, cutting and ripping of paper to create something lovely is my meditation practice. A quick art journal page, some wall art, or just layered papers with no real project in mind, it’s all so relaxing. Hey, I know it's scrap paper, and it is a tool to create, but it deserves some respect. Just like wet glue IS the king of adhesive, but that is another blog for another time. Maybe I am just some kind of paper whisperer, but I very much doubt that. The only other explanation is G-O-D.

I truly believe God has His hand in everything in my life, especially my art. I have been through a lot of tough and sad situations that left me ripped into pieces. I think this is why I love working with collage and torn paper collage so much. I use this technique so often and I see it everywhere in my work. I am connected to the torn paper. At times, I am torn paper. So, if I am doing my best work with these scraps, then God must be doing His best work with my scraps. 

He puts each lovely scrap in His cart of good scrap and when the time is right, He puts me back together, stronger. When I consider the amazing work God is doing in my life, with my scrap, it makes me happy with my good scrap cart. One thing is for sure, with a cart this big, I clearly have more creating to do and that means I need to get back to work. Message received Lord.

Thank You God for mending the good scrap together to make me whole again!

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Good Scrap!!

Here is the final layered piece I spruced up a bit in Photoshop.