How to store cardstock paper scraps
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 4 ต.ค. 2024
- What a mess! How to store cardstock paper scraps, ready at hand for everyday use. I used to be a bookbinder when I was 16, so my skill come in very handy when I needed to store card stock and make a scrap paper notebook.
My scrap papers are now easy to see, and easy to find, plus my organized craft room looks clean and tidy.
I recently inherited my Mums entire cardstock and paper collection, she had no organization and she threw away nothing! There’s scraps of paper everywhere, every box I open there’s paper, and card, and lots of it!
I’ve had to put my thinking cap on to put some of the tiny pieces in a place where I could find them easily, and not waste my precious space.
Check out where I started and believe me, this is only the start, there’s lots more to do. I only show you a little bit of it here in this video.
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What a brilliant idea! Not only does it keep the small scraps organised but turns them into little works of art! Thanks for sharing.
!! Shoshi !! little works of art, i like that!! 🦋 cheers Donna
Wow you have beautiful paper !
Thanks Sharon it was my mums I inherited when she passed away, she had the most beautiful paper collection and I have to do something with the scraps because they are so beautiful and I still use these little booklets even today 🐝🦋 hugs Donna
What a terrific idea to corral all those loose pieces of scrap paper! They drive me nutty. Now I can keep them together in a way I can easily retrieve them. Thank you so much!
!! hi Sandi !! it is a great idea thanks and fun to make as well, You sure will be easily able to retrieve them, and be warned they inspire creativity!! 🦋 cheers Donna
Very clever..thanks for sharing.
!! hi Linda !! it's a little beauty, thanks a lot...i still use this method it's great 🦋 cheers Donna
Wonderful, thank you!
anytime Millie, i'm still using mine this way! ♥︎♡☆🦋 hugs Donna
Genius! Thank you 💕
thanks Lisa they're pretty cool, I still use this idea I always know where they are 🦋
I inherited my mom's art supplies. She did everything. She even wrote craft books. I'm still trying to combine and organize it all lol. She had an entire yarn store, a frame shop, decades of scrapbooking supplies, printed photography, and so much more. It's a lot of work.
Oh, sorry for your loss xx then you really know what Im talking about plus some!! for a minute there i thought my mum had a craft shop, in her house!! it is so much work, im still sorting after 2 yrs but im slow an old turtle lol hugs Donna
Great system, thank you.
thx Joyce! I'm still using mine this way ♥︎♡☆🦋 hugs Donna
perfect ideas! what a blessing to have those papers!!
I think so too Shelly! I still use this method i love it!! ♥︎♡☆🦋 hugs Donna
I love this.
Gday Jennyvin, I still use mine and theyre easy to find thx!♡ for tuning in and happy crafting 🦋 cheers Donna
How lovely to have inherited your mums stash, great ideas, no doubt I will ‘ borrow’ some Thank you xx😀
!! hi Lynn !! thanks so...you should see my mums stuff, I'm like her so much, I have so many ideas sleep is an interruption lol, happy crafting cheers Donna
I know I’m a little late to the party but what a great idea!! I have a pile of scraps and I can’t wait to get started. Thanks for your tip!!
!! hi Stephanie !! you're never too late lol. this is something you can use forever!! 🦋 cheers Donna
Thx for the awesome tips
my pleasure chaylle ♥︎♡☆🦋 hugs Donna
I love. This so much! The only problem is you can’t put new scraps in but it is perfect for all your Mom's stuff, you,l immediately know it was hers. I love organization and organizing. Thanks for your great video. I’m subscribing.
!! hi Ramona !! thanks for your lovely comment. I understand what you mean by not adding to it, but it's not designed to be used that way. I just keep making more, which is somehow theriputic lol see you on the next video 🦋 cheers Donna
Thank you Donna for sharing how to make the note books....great idea.
Thx!♡Judith glad you like them! I still know where mine are and use them often, thanks for tuning in and happy crafting 🦋 cheers Donna
GENIUS!!!!!!!
TᕼᗩᑎKᔕ ᗩ ᒪOT Marlene ♥︎♡☆🦋 hugs Donna
Awesome idea, I love making little books!
!! hi MyImaginationsUK !! agree Emma, it must be a creators thing 🦋 cheers Donna
Useful idea
!! hi BFF puspin !! and fun to make 🦋 cheers Donna
Great! TFS 🐱💕💕💕
TᕼᗩᑎKᔕ ᗩ ᒪOT PaperKitty 🦋 cheers Donna
Brilliant solution!
!! Hi lark in TN !! Its a beauty 🦋 cheers Donna
You could also give those as one off those swaps, when you give your scraps to someone else. Tfs Donna💜
Absolutely Senya!! great idea ♥︎♡☆🦋 hugs Donna
I so needed this! Thank you
!! hi RealLifeRealWife !! it's so handy, i still know where mine are, you will have fun making these 🦋 cheers Donna
I made an envelope from my papers that i dont need like, modules from school and i put there my scraps. Gonna try this. Love lottss. Hihihi
!! hi khione orge !! yes try it, these are so much fun to make 🦋cheers donna
What a simple and easy idea to keep your scraps together, love it :)
!! hi Pia !! i love it too and so fun to make 🦋 cheers Donna
Great idea and simple
!! hi Denise !! thank you and agree simple and handy, cheers Donna
Great !! I only wish that I have enough of these beautiful designers papers to use /have scraps ..... to make a book like you showed us !! thanks
I loved those Japanese papers !!
Maybe one day! thx! thanks for tuning in and happy crafting 🦋 cheers Donna
That’s a really great idea! I’ve got so many scraps, and they are all muddled up and I never look at them so they don’t get used. I love the idea of the little albums, and sorting the scraps according to theme. My studio needs a radical overhaul to sort the chaos, and this would be one way to begin! Thanks for sharing.
Gday Shoshi, how come we can't avoid those scraps hey? one things for sure that means were crafting!! have fun with your studio re-do Thx!♡ for tuning in and happy crafting 🦋 hugs Donna
Junk Journal ideas thanks Donna, nice one!
Amazing!
Thanks for tuning in! Koyo ♥︎♡☆🦋 cheers Donna
Thank you! Awesome Idea!
!! hey danzorrig !! thanks a lot, and thanks for tuning in 🦋 cheers Donna
I love watching older crafting videos for ideas and useful tips that don’t seem to be in the mainstream of current videos. Sadly, many craft videos today seem to all be the same thing endlessly repeated. You, on the other hand, consistently have new creative ideas or refreshing ways to update older ideas. Thank you for sharing these clever ideas and useful tips and tricks.
Have you ever used rubber cement to bind these booklets? In high school, many many years ago 😮, we used a similar method to make notepads to sell for a class project. If I remember correctly LOL they didn’t hold together well when removing sheets. Curious if the same thing happens with the duct tape?
hey Morgaine, thanks so much for your lovely compliment, I come from a creative family and love coming up with new ideas, they seem to come to me easily. I have used rubber cement type glue many moons ago...i don't use it now bc you need a thinner to clean up and if you don't it wrecks ya brushes. it's also not as easy to get and use for todays crafters, so i find it best not to use for our paper crafting. the duct tape holds together well enough if you apply it correctly, but a few pages here and there will come off but stay in the pad. The best glue to use is the 'padding compound' for tearing off pads or a pva glue ✨ ♥︎♡☆🦋 hugs Donna happy crafting
@@JunkJournalideas Thank you for the heads up on the rubber cement it’s been ages since I used it and had forgotten about the downside of clean up. Will give the duct tape a try LOL I have a bright neon pink roll at the moment from labeling moving boxes so should be interesting color to work with. I will also try some PVA glue.
Your mom would be proud of you for all the incredible and creative ideas you come up with and even prouder that you share them with the world. My family wasn’t really crafty, a bit of practical sewing and my grandmother did a bit of crochet, so I depend on other crafters, like yourself, to inspire and teach me. Thus, card making, journals, and digital graphics are fairly new to me.
Again, thank you for sharing!
@@MorgaineChristensen it's my pleasure, btw my mum was an offline teacher of craft she made soooo many cards i still have boxes of them lol 😀
WOW! What an amazing idea. Love it
!! hi Jennifer !! thanks lovely, they're fun to make too, be warned sorting paper scraps sparks inspiration!! 🦋 cheers Donna
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Wonderful video on this subject!! I don't have available space for the containers you use, so I'll have to come up with another method. The scrap "tablet" is fantastic!! Thank you!
!! hi NG B !! thanks for your lovely compliment 🦋 I pop my little paper books in a draw they take up little space. as for the tubs i use you could grab a cardboard box and cut it down, cover it with printed or plain paper and you have a custom made & size storage box 🦋 cheers Donna
Excellent idea. Thanks for sharing.
!! Thanks Sandy !! I’m still sorting through all my papers, hope you get a chance to use it, it is such a handy system, cheers Donna
Excellent ideas!! This would be a great gift for a scrapper too :)
!! hi roxyfur !! yes agree, they would love it, perfect because paper is like treasure to us all 🦋 cheers Donna
Fantastic idea! Thank you for sharing!
!! hi Kath !! thanks very much, I still use mine they're so handy because I know where they are all of the time! cheers Donna
Excellent tip
!! hi Tania !! it's a beauty isnt it, and fun to make too 🦋 cheers Donna
Nice nice have to do that
you'll like it Mary, i still use it and always know where my papers are ♥︎♡☆🦋 hugs Donna
Wow that’s awesome! I will be sure to try this!
!! hi Tina !! perfect, and it makes it fun when somethings both pretty and useful at the sametime 🦋 cheers Donna
Donna, this is genius! I can’t wait to make some of these! Thanks for the tip and tutorial!
!! hi Rhonda !! it's a great idea but not my original idea, we crafters all have our versions, have fun making yours 🦋 cheers Donna
Love the duct tape idea!
Yes Marlise it's a beauty I'm still using these little pads they are easy to find and match papers for little projects thx!♡ for tuning in and happy crafting 🦋 cheers Donna
Thanks so much. Really helpful idea 😊
!! hi Ministry of Home !! thanks it works a treat 🦋 cheers Donna
Great Idea think I will try this
!! hi Roberta !! thanks lovely, it's fun to make too 🦋 cheers Donna
Thanks Donna, great idea, well demonstrated TFS
!! hi Ruth !! Thank you for your compliment I really appreciate you, it's one of those necessary systems cheers Donna
I really like how your repurposed the ATC's, and how you made the black tape pretty! I would have loved to have seen you remove a paper from one of the pads, so we could see how it works. Thanks so much. Cheers!
!! hi Susan !! thanks so much for your support, your comments help me know what you need in the future. I didn't pul lout a page because i dint want to have a loose page hangin around, but now you mention it, it would have been good 🦋 cheers Donna
Brilliant!!! Thank you xx
!! welcome back Yvon !! thank you, see you on the next video 🦋 cheers Donna
WOW what a cool idea thanks for sharing
!! hi Mary !! thanks lovely, they're fun to make too. You will get inspired once you start going through you're scraps lol 🦋 cheers Donna
Just adding my thanks for sharing this excellent idea. X
!! hi Titian Topsy !! thanks so much :-) cheers Donna
Great organization! Tfs.
!! hi Stanky !! no probs, cool name btw 🦋 cheers Donna
ArtCraftCrazy
Thank you :). The frugal crafter used hot glue to make watercolor blocks and she used a silicone spreader to get it into the groves of the paper. Each sheet was easy to remove, too. Just wondering if you've ever tried that.
I also like what you've done with the duct tape.
Hi @@stanky6261973 , no i have'nt tried the hot glue method. I have used a PVC glue and the proper bookbinders binding glue and I like both of those methods because they work really well. I'll have to go check that video out 🦋
Amazing tips thanks
!! hi Vanessa !! no probs have fun creating yours🦋 cheers Donna
What a good idea❣️
!! hi Eloise !! and fun to make too 🦋 cheers Donna
Wow.I will do it to.Thank's so much.
!! hi Cecile !! perfect if you want to grab those little bits later on, keep creating Donna :-)
Okay consider me inspired I will definitely be trying this thank you so much for the inspiration I hope you're having a fabulous day
!! hi Debra !! you're very welcome, and that's super! I'm having the best day 🦋 cheers Donna
Had no idea duck tape could be used this way..thanks for sharing this.
!! hi Dinahsoar !! yep, it's a useful tape for sure, and thanks. cheers Donna
Thank you for the great idea.
!! hi Nicolette !! no probs, so sorry TH-cam forgot to let me know you left a comment 🦋 cheers Donna
Fabulous Donna will revolutionize my craft area I am sure. Could you tell me what you use as dividers in your bins please.
!! hi Marcus Tatters !! happy to help out thanks for tuning in. The dividers are from craft online. These dividers were part of another item. If you look to the far end of the big tubs you will see magazine/file holders that I also have 12x12 cardstock in, they actually come in these. 🦋 cheers Donna
In the US it is called duct tape. It was originally used to attach heating ducts to eCh other as it runs around the house taking heat to each room.
!! hi Lous !! yeh we call it duct tape here too, its so usfull, I just wish we could get it in more creative colours, thanks for tuning in 🦋 cheers Donna
Tfs, this is awesome info!
!! hi Lucy !! and fun to make too 🦋 cheers Donna
Genius!
!! Hi Gullian !! Its really a super idea, it's not my orginal idea but my version 🦋 cheers Donna
Great idea, I usually have them in an expanding file folder and it gets so messy, tfs
!! hi no probs Ida !! enjoy making yours. I warn you, you will find pretty papers and feel like creating something!! 🦋 cheers Donna
What a great idea....tfs new subbie here 🌺
!! hi Denise !! love your junk journal and...I have never seen a fabric postcard b4, it's beautiful and how nice of Elena, happy creating Donna
I prefer to store the inexpensive stuff in an inexpensive way. I sort scraps of designer paper and cardstock by size/color/theme and store the groups of paper scraps inside quart size and gallon size Zip Lock bags. And the bags of paper scraps are then stored in clean cardboard boxes saved from packages I have received from Amazon. The Zip Lock bags can be re-used many times before the zipping part disintegrates. And the cardboard boxes can last many years so long as they do not get wet and they can be recycled when no longer needed. The handmade embellishments I store in small boxes or old fruitcake tins labeled with permanent marker on pieces of painter's tape. Those labels are easily removed and replaced as the contents of the boxes and tins change. My storage method does not look pretty, but it costs very little, keeps the bits and pieces organized and, for me, works just as well as those expensive plastic containers and rolling craft carts.
!! hi Linda !! thanks for your idea's they're great. I pick up my containers on sale 50% or lower I'm a bargain hunter, I have so many recycled boxes as well, I have a video coming up i think you'll like, it's a perfect space saver too 🦋cheers Donna
I use old paper envelopes but am thinking about trying one of those display folders/books with clear wallets inside. My craft room is just a mess!
@@AimzS94 !! hi AimzS94 !! great idea, i think all our craft rooms are a mess, organised caos lol 🦋 cheers Donna
@@AimzS94 I use adhesive magnetic sheets adhered to chip board sheets, stamp storage plastic sheets and expandable document folders inside three-ring binders to store sets of cling stamps and cutting dies. My homemade version, using supplies from Amazon, costs a lot less that the stamp and die storage binders made by Tonic Studios, Anna Griffin, etc. and keeps all those expensive cutting dies and cling stamps neatly organized in an Ikea book case.
Very neat idea. Tfs💕i'm a new-subbie.
!! hi Gie's Tidbits !! totally agree, and even more fun to make cheers Donna
Thank you for such a brilliant idea, do they come out cleanly when they are left a while ?
Yes they sure do! I still use this method and I always know where my little pieces are ♥︎♡☆🦋 hugs Donna
What a great idea! I saw some BEAUTIFUL papers in your video! My Mom's craft room sits in boxes in 2 bedrooms! I feel overwhelmed to open them! One question, how does the paper pull out to be used? Do you only use them for writing lists and such on them? Or do they pull out? Thank you ever so much!
thanks a lot Traci, it sounds like your Mom had as much stuff as my Mum, god love them, I know what you mean about overwhelm! answer to how they pull out is, they release really easy just like a glued notepad from the store. I don't use them for writing, but you could if you stacked plain papers together for notes. I use them as scrap papers for collaging and little clusters, I pull out the sheet I want for the project and use it.
Its a great way to keep the offcuts in a neat booklet rather than loose in a box (❁´◡`❁) 🦋 hugs Donna
Thank you so very much! I thought you used the papers for crafting. I just wasn't sure. Thank you for taking the time to share this and for replying!
You inspired me. I started pulling out the boxes one by one and sorting them. I'm testing markers, adhesives to see if they still work and hopefully be next week I will be at the pad of paper making part! I cleared about half of one bedroom.
Did you take everything out and then put items back in your area , or did you move them back in as you went? Thank you so much! The progress feels wonderful!
It’s heart breaking and it’s wonderful both at the same time going through each box, I love the treasures I find, and when I find something that needs to binned, I smile and say sorry mum🥰
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TᕼᗩᑎKᔕ ᗩ ᒪOT Kathy✨ ♥︎♡☆🦋 hugs Donna
Hi Donna, How many papers maximum for these? Any idea?
Thx!♡ Praise Girl what ever feels manageable in your hand, i stuck to about 1/4" thanks for tuning in and happy crafting 🦋 cheers Donna
I'm confused - the title of this video is about sorting and storing scraps but the video is about making a Mini book?!
Gday Shelly, let me explain..this is one way to keep all your little bits of scraps stored in a note pad style book for storage. I still use this method its easy to find and to go through and pick out what yo want to use thanks for tuning in and happy crafting 🦋 cheers Donna
Not for me, I try to avoid plastic as much as I can. I store all my papers on shoe boxes or wooden boxes.
!! hi OrangeTabbyCat !! I totally understand. Substitute any suggestions i have made with Paper tapes, paper bags, cardboard boxes. I use way more of these than plastic 🦋 cheers Donna
What a wonderful way to organise your inherited craft papers.
For larger notepads - do you have any suggestions for something that is the equivalent to a padding medium??
!! hi Lia !! thanks, you should see all the paper it's absolutely beautiful and heaps of it, my mum had excellent taste! Im working on that right now actually, so stay tuned. I just picked up some padding medium from where i used to work 40 something years ago! OMG im having a melt down (40+ actually) lol. Im going to do a video using that and a substitute glue that's easy to come by. cheers Donna
ArtCraftCrazy I'm excited for the upcoming video. 🐨 Love that you inherited your mum's creativity.💖
I love all things papercraft related. I can relate somewhat to you wanting to organise and celebrate your mother's collection. Yes from what I could see she had a beautiful selection of papers 💐💖🌺🐨 I'm so happy to have stumbled across your channel, thank you so much for sharing 💕☕️👍
i'm so glad you love my channel Lia, I work so hard on getting it right and sharing my creativity and knowledge. I'm sorry for your loss 💖
Hey Lia, I have made the notepads using both padding glue and a pva, check it out the pva equivalent is terrific th-cam.com/video/WzA4Rxn9yjg/w-d-xo.html cheers Donna
Is it then possible just to pull the patterned paper out of the newly made paper pad - rather than rip them?
!! hi Aimz94 !! yes exactly how it works, you only rip them if thats the look you want, like just rip off a piece from the end and leave the top part in the book for later 🦋 cheers Donna
Hi Donna I have been trying to sort my scraps for ages , Not happy with any of my organization, Your is Brilliant, for me I have to see it to use it making small note books is perfect, I have to ask what is the Smallest strip of paper do you keep? I find myself holding on to strips that are an 1" wide sometimes 1/2" if it's good paper,
!! hi Anna !! it's a goodie I still know where my little books are and use them to this day, they're fun to make and use. the 1" scraps, I know the feels lol
I have a small box for those 1" pieces that are too pretty to throw away. if that little box gets too full i have to make the decision to get rid of some of it to make room for the best new little pieces coming through. 🦋 cheers Donna
Ann Alba Hi, I use piece of card about A6 size that is 1/4 of an 11 x 8.5 sheet and stick the thin strips diagonally across to make card mats. Usually use colours that tone well, but contrasts can work well and reds & greens are good for Christmas. Sometimes I only need a ribbon around these card mats with a small greeting and they are done. Other more muted ones I embellish a little more. I also use wider oblong pieces to make patchwork card mats and put them through an embossing folder to give a quilted effect - sometimes adding a white or black stitched effect around each little piece. Do try, very easy to do and I usually make them on a lap try during the evening while watching tv
So I guess you would just cut the piece you wanted to use?
Yes Tyna, its just to keep them tidy and in a handy place to flip through when you need to snip a bit off or use the whole little piece happy creating cheers 🦋 Donna
sometimes aldi has some pretty ones
!! hi Maureen !! some notepads or papers? 🦋 cheers Donna
@@JunkJournalideas coloured paper tape
@@maureenpratley7732 Oh OK i will be on the lookout for them, thanks
@@JunkJournalideas depending on where you live some $2 shops sell them too
@@maureenpratley7732 I havent been in the $2 shops for awhile, i can check that out tomorrow, im out for the day thanks for the tip
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so glad you enjoyed it Louis (❁´◡`❁) 🦋 hugs Donna
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