Little Bits of Paper

Good day! This week at the Sisters in Stamping blog we are talking paper, little bits of paper to be exact. Here is my project for this week-- 

I made a little paper quilt with my leftover little bits of paper. This is one of my Frame Series that I've been making with my Wednesday night Class. I was roaming around Pinterest looking for ideas and saved this pin for a quilt block. I used the paper stack called Cherry on Top. Layered my block on Watermelon Wonder and Blushing Bride.

I'd say that one of the most asked questions I get from other stampers and crafters is, "how do you store all of those little bits of paper?"

I have a 2 drawer lateral file that I keep my 8 1/2 x 11 card stock in. The top drawer holds the Brights and the Subtles, bottom drawer holds Regals and Neutrals. Each of the colors has 2 hanging files, the first file has the name of the color on it along with an image that is stamped in the same ink. That file holds little bits of paper, you'll see on the picture on the right for the Real Red file I have a hanging file that has sides on it. Also, there is a white plastic bag tucked into that file-- these are little bits of card stock "on the go," I can pull out that bag if I need some to punch out for a class.

The 2nd file is marked with a file tab of card stock in it and holds full sheets of the same color (pictured on the left). Behind the 2 files there is a full unopened pack of that color (I go through a lot of Real Red, so I have 2 packs).

For the 12x12 Designer Series Paper and other specialty papers I have a fabric storage cube that I store them in. When I get the paper I cut one end open (gently), I keep the cardboard that comes in the pack and put post-it Tab that marks it. Just like above, the first file has the little bits in it.  

And the 2nd file has full sheets in it.

This is how I have been storing my paper for years, and it works very good! If you have any questions leave a note.

Thank-you for coming by today. Happy Stamping, Karla c(:

Washi Friday & Storage Ideas

We have Washi Tape ideas for this week's Fabulous Friday post over at the Sisters in Stamping blog. We have all posted storage ideas on our blogs too, so you'll have to stop by and check them out. Here is my card for this week--

 

 

 

 

 

I put 3 rows of washi tape on a white scrap of paper, cut it out and then paper pieced it in for the sleeve on my "to go" cup. Here is a close up picture of it.

This is how I've been storing my washi tape. It is a glass straw holder that I purchased at the box store. Jury is still out on the idea, I'll have to let you know how the trial run goes.

Thank-you as always for coming by today!

Happy Stamping, Karla c(:

Punch Storage

A few years back I read about how another stamper organized her punches, it was years ago (maybe 12??) anyway, I took the idea and made it my own. Here are some photos of my set up--

It is PVC gutter that I purchased at a big box home improvement store. The gutter comes in 10' lengths, my first run of gutter I had the yard cut it in 1/2 so I could fit it into my car. You need 2 end caps and 2 hangers for each run if you want to do it this way. If you leave it at 10' long you'll need 2 end caps and 4 hangers, the end caps and the hangers are there in the aisle with the gutter.

I use the punch to make a "key" using black card stock, and attach it with mini glue dots. If the punch is not filed away where it's slot is I know it's out with another project.  

You can see that the gutter holds old style and new. I write on the side of the punch with a zig painty pen, and I mark the punched circle key with the size (ie., 2 1/2" circle). This has saved me many hours of hunting for the wrong size punch!

The other end of the gutter holds ribbon. I used sticky strip to hold the ribbon samples to the gutter. When the new catalog comes out I can easily peel the sticky strip off of the gutter and replace the retired with the new. In the past I have even written on the gutter with a Sharpie marker. I used Stazon stamp cleaner to wipe it off. I tied a pair of scissors to some twine and a hook and leave them there.

Right now my stamp room is in an unfinished basement so my husband used some construction adhesive to mount 4- 1x1 pieces of wood to screw the hangers into, the gutters just clip into the hangers. SWEET! So there you have it...I like to organize things.

Thank-you for stopping by today!

Karla c(: