I’ve been doing cardmaking for quite some time — I was a great customer before I decided to be a great demonstrator!! (Sorry, tooted my own horn — not like me!!)
Since I’ve been buying Stampin’ Up! cardstock (c/s) for so long, I have full sheets, half sheets, textured sheets, pieces of DSP, little pieces of Glimmer Paper, etc.! I had to figure out a way to organize it. I don’t have a super stampin’ space yet, although it has lots of tables for card classes and Open Stamping. How does one find these scraps without tearing apart the space? Well, I went to Joann’s Fabrics and purchased a “cabinet” that holds several plastic see-through bins. I think there are 6 of them in this particular one. Like I said, they’re bins — not drawers (I have that too though!).
Want to know how I organized them? Each drawer has a color family — I photocopied this from one of the catalogs (the colors are no longer current, but the families are, so it does the job for me!).
Here’s a photo of all of my bins.
The neutrals bin doesn’t include my Whisper White or Vanilla scraps — I have to have a separate bin for that. The white was mixed in with the vanilla until one of my customers/friends separated them out, putting the Vanilla in a separate bag. It may not look pretty but it certainly works!
Now, when I have Open Stamping times at my house, my people know that they can go to my bins for scraps. Of course, if the bin is so full with a particular color of c/s in many different sizes, I recycle the small or damaged or already stamped-on-the-other-side pieces.
What works for you! Please share!! Next time I’ll tell you how I organize my Designer Paper and pieces!
Thanks for visiting!
Jeannie
