Uploaded August 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 days ago
Dive into the world of making a Masterboard. What is a Masterboard? Simply put, it's a large collage of scrap papers that you can then use as a background for other projects. In this video, I will share many helpful tips and tricks as well as a sped up version of the process for tutorial. I have so many Your Creative Studio subscription stationery box supplies, that I decided to use them up (or at least some of them ;) making some masterboards. This is aslo a great project for mass making.
Inspiration for what to do with them?
-Journal cards, tags, pockets, belly bands, envelopes, journal cover, heart shape, corner tuck, embellishments such as banner tucks etc.
Process: 1- Collect papers/scraps
2- collage- on book paper, magazine pages, scrapbook paper, paper place mat, junk mail...any surface you want to glue onto and cover up
3- (optional) Add ephemera and details (stamps, stickers, stenciling, etc.)
4-cut it up
5-embellish for use- add more if you like or feel like something is needed.
Helpful Tips/Tricks:
*Start with a neutral color pallet
*Vary the direction of scraps so that there's an all over pattern
*Use torn edges or straight edges
*Use up your least favorite scraps first (maybe save any favorite scraps for the final embellishments)
*If you don't love the end result...cover it up until you do...just keep going. You can even paint over with white acrylic paint or gesso for a mixed media neutral background.
Helpful supplies:
Adhesive: glue stick, mod podge, trimmer or scissors, tons of scraps (papers, stickers, surface to collage onto, stamped images, magazine clippings, etc.), stamps, stencils, washi tape, inks...
Intro- 00:00 - 02:23
Process- 02:23 - 08:22
Embellishing- 08:22 - 12:20
Masterboard examples- 12:20 - 16:33
Cut it up- 16:33 - 23:11
Outro- 23:11 - 23:49
Bright Wish by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
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Home Base Groove by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
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Prelude No. 2 by Chris Zabriskie is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
Dive into the world of making a Masterboard. What is a Masterboard? Simply put, it's a large collage of scrap papers that you can then use as a background for other projects. In this video, I will share many helpful tips and tricks as well as a sped up version of the process for tutorial. I have so many Your Creative Studio subscription stationery box supplies, that I decided to use them up (or at least some of them ;) making some masterboards. This is aslo a great project for mass making.
Inspiration for what to do with them?
-Journal cards, tags, pockets, belly bands, envelopes, journal cover, heart shape, corner tuck, embellishments such as banner tucks etc.
Process: 1- Collect papers/scraps
2- collage- on book paper, magazine pages, scrapbook paper, paper place mat, junk mail...any surface you want to glue onto and cover up
3- (optional) Add ephemera and details (stamps, stickers, stenciling, etc.)
4-cut it up
5-embellish for use- add more if you like or feel like something is needed.
Helpful Tips/Tricks:
*Start with a neutral color pallet
*Vary the direction of scraps so that there's an all over pattern
*Use torn edges or straight edges
*Use up your least favorite scraps first (maybe save any favorite scraps for the final embellishments)
*If you don't love the end result...cover it up until you do...just keep going. You can even paint over with white acrylic paint or gesso for a mixed media neutral background.
Helpful supplies:
Adhesive: glue stick, mod podge, trimmer or scissors, tons of scraps (papers, stickers, surface to collage onto, stamped images, magazine clippings, etc.), stamps, stencils, washi tape, inks...
Intro- 00:00 - 02:23
Process- 02:23 - 08:22
Embellishing- 08:22 - 12:20
Masterboard examples- 12:20 - 16:33
Cut it up- 16:33 - 23:11
Outro- 23:11 - 23:49
Bright Wish by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
――――
Home Base Groove by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
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Prelude No. 2 by Chris Zabriskie is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
