Magic Mesh looks like such a simple thing, but it can be used in so many ways! It can be used on your embellishments, such as tags or directly on your layout. Let's look at some options.

It can be the border on your page.

In this layout,in addition to being a border it also holds the title.

The mesh lies both horizontal and vertical on this page. The title is in the form of metal tags which are anchored by the mesh.

Likewise, this layout has mesh going in two directions, this time horizontal and diagonal.

In this layout the mesh runs along the bottom of the page providing not only a border, but a net for the fish.



I have used mesh in various areas of this layout.

• Black mesh on the tags
  
• As a photo mat on the right page
  
• As the net on the basketball hoop

The mesh on this layout borders the photos and gives the illusion of the fencing that the goat is behind.

And in this final example, the mesh forms a pocket to hold the tag.

What other ways can you use mesh? Here are some more ideas for starters:

• on tags
  
• on journaling boxes
  
• on toppers
  
• on borders
  
• as page corners
  
• to cover the whole page
  
• on cards
  
• as paper doll clothing
  
• as paper doll hair
  
• for a cage at the zoo
  
• for a tablecloth on your layout
  
• as a net: fish, volleyball, tennis, butterly
  
• as an embellishment all of its own
  
• on serendipity squares
  
• on deco squares
  
• mats on journaling boxes and photos
  
• as photo corners
  
• on paper piecings
  
• for letters (cut out letters with Sizzix or stencils)
  
• use to dress up die-cuts
  
• punch shapes with your paper punches
  
• as a spider web
  
• to give a campfire (die-cut) texture
  
• fish die-cut scales
  
• shopping cart wires
  
• as chain mail on a medieval page
  
• dragon scales
  
• mermaid scales
  
• straw hats
  
• Christmas trees
  
• basketball hoops
  
• fairy or angel wings
  
• as aida cloth to cross-stitch on your layout
  
• butteryfly wings
  
• gates
  
• fences
  
• as a netting bag
  
• on flower petals
  
• on ornaments
  
• as the grate part on a BBQ grill
  
• front of a car grill, fan or heater
  
• flyswatter
  
• turkey net (Thanksgiving layout)
  
• white for a wedding veil or toule
  
• white for pages about snow
  
• white for dew on leaves
  
• brown for dirt
  
• brown for wood
  
• blue or green as water
  
• green for hay
  
• yellow for honeycomb
  
• yellow for straw

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