Use all your scraps

use the tiniest scraps. long thin scraps can be used to make flowers, curls or even ruffles.
Small shaped scraps can be grouped together on a mat to make accents or backgrounds. You can also tear you scraps and piece together on a chipboard shape. Don't let any of your paper go to waste.

use those paper bits

my fav way to use up small scraps of paper is by using my hole punch. i use the postive punch to mimic brads. this way i always have a match with my papers and less bulk. Plus no holes to hide on the inside of cards. I top off the 'brads' with liquid glass to make them look more like real brads. i tend to use my tiniest hole punch, but any size will work.

on this layout. i used my 'brads' around each corner on the largest photo.

on this card, i used two different size punches to make my 'brads'