Laura I can tell you have been working on it ... so planned out. There is no one doing this idea out there that I have found so far. I like your personality and easy listening voice. You are straight to the point and can follow what you’re sharing very easily. I wish we lived closer! Way over in Oregon here 👏. Love it Here my whole life. I don’t actually have a scrapbooking buddy right now, but utube has been so awesome that way. But I guess we need to wait anyway to hold even a small gathering. I sure need organizing help and I get motivation plus excitement from you. I am going to start today! Yes so looking forward to seeing your current kit all put together.... you have chosen a nice selection ... when might that be ? ...thank you so much 😊 Kim oh p.s. .... your preference of a die cutting machine?
Thank you, Kim! Yes, I've been planning this one for a couple of months. I miss my scrapping buddies too! Fingers crossed that we can resume crops and retreats in 2021, I miss them so much! I'll be using the kit 1-2 videos a week and at the end of the month, I'll share all of the layouts I made with it. I've been prepping it the last couple of days, getting organized and fussy cutting. Excited to dive in!
Love this idea and the papers went together amazingly well. I've never done a "stash" kit before but I think it's a great idea. Looking forward to seeing what you do with this kit. Thanks for sharing. Jeanette, New Zealand.
Thank you, Jeanette! Yes! I love it when I find those hidden treasures that work well with older collections too! It's a great way to make your stash feel new!
Laura, it was nice to work "with you" in my scrap room while watching this today! You inspired me to go through my stash and pull items to round out my month-in-review kit. (Giving that a try this year.) I found all sorts of lonely pieces that will work, many that are several years old. Thanks for sharing this advice.
That's awesome! Yes, I thought it would be more interesting to see how things are set up and my process as well as what I picked. I love when others share their process and thoughts while assembling a kit! Thanks for joining me in building a stash kit!
Well done Laura! You are so fun and motivating! TFS! (And I've watched your fussy cutting tutorial. I IMMEDIATELY ordered your two favourite scissors. I still can't fussy cut but I love my new scissors. Haha!)
Wow! Wow! And wow! Love this video, Laura. I love learning the “why” we pick certain papers, not just “how we put them together.” It reminds me when I graduated from kindergarten into first grade. It was time for focus and not just free play. I’m love, love LOVIN’ it! 👍💕👏🤗
My Oh My This was so interesting and fun!!! I’d have never made up a kit either. However I do have all my paper pads in 12 x 12 iris cases according to theme!! Then have my other supplies in drawers and know what’s there to grab.....I do love your idea of how you put things together.and I love your paper storage system and when I room get redone we are talking about a paper storage system on the order of what you have!! Thanks so much for sharing in great detail and actually making it a visual Share and I know you sure out lots of hours preparing your tutorial...and girl you did a spectacular one!! You really do have fabulous goodies and I do love and adore the way you scrap!! I M looking forward to your year long series!! YOU so ROCK!! Joan Smith
Thank you very much, Joan! I used to use Iris containers too and realized that I need open storage to invite me to use my stash! Oh yes, tutorials do take several hours to prep, film, and edit! This one has been planned and prepped for about a month, an hour and a half to film, and then LOTS of editing! I really enjoy the process though!
@@lauraalbertscrafts You Know Kiddo it’s important for you to know You are Loved. Appreciated and give inspiration like crazy and love how you always keep it real!!!! BIG hugs. MUCH LOVE. 🙏😘❤️
Hey Laura and Happy New Year! I've been so out of my scrapbooking this past year. I have a hot mess in the craft room to clean and organize before I can even get started again. However you are the best at inspiring me so thank you. This video is perfect for where I'm at! You're the best❤
You're welcome! I think this is the year we all need to take a step back and look at what we have. I am getting that feeling from a lot of people! Stash busting is always a good idea!
Thank you so much Laura. A new subscriber here from Queensland Australia 🇦🇺. Great inspiration for a new year of catching up on albums using all those papers and products 💖💖🇦🇺🇦🇺🇺🇸🇺🇸
Great tips ... think I am going to give this a go during 2021. I have never found a stash busting method I’m happy with. So I’m excited to give this a try 😍. Also love your craft room I am so impressed at how organised it is xx
I love this idea. For me it's always about the photos, so I think I would instinctively want to do a theme. I have premade pages in the past & not really had ideas for pictures in mind, and they tend to go to waste (well, they get used but not by me). Love your paper organization. I have been keeping companies together & I I don't think that fits for me anymore - mostly because I have some gorgeous older (we're talking Chatterbox, here) paper that I genuinely love. I want to use it and I keep going to newer companies I love. I will keep themed paper (Christmas, birthday) together... I don't have as much of that anymore (again...my tastes/style has changed).
I pull photos after I assemble my kit because that’s how my brain works. I don’t often know how I will scrap them until I sit down to do it. Definitely make your stash fit your scrappy style! I’ve had to modify mine often to make it work well for my style.
@@lauraalbertscrafts When you say assemble the kit, do you include actually designing a layout, or just finding all the stuff (paper & embellishments & title components), then later when you have pics, going through those kits & saying, "Aha! This one will work! That I could see being effective for me. I just can't commit to a design before I choose pics.
How to Fussy Cut: th-cam.com/video/clkrI9_CJrI/w-d-xo.html Blog post with Stash Kit Guidelines: www.acraftedstory.com/2021/01/how-to-build-scrapbooking-stash-kit.html
Love this as I have just started my childhood memories album bought embellishments but no paper as I have loads, not as much as you though 🙄... Am looking forward to seeing how you make layouts with this kit. X
Oh so you will be making separate items with all those goodies? I was picturing one or two 12x12 scrapbook pages... 😂 lol.. funny Kim.. ok thanks looking forward to seeing your creative ideas!
Hi laura do you have videos on beginner journal. I would appreciate some tips. I’m very sad and I’ve watche you four years so my husband is going to tell me the stories while I attempt to journal them. You inspire me on sharing your family’s personal stories when I’m sad I put on your inspiring videos thank you.
Sending you lots of hugs, Gerry. I do have a beginner scrapbooking series here on youtube that I hope will help. Here's the link: th-cam.com/video/My8pXeDMsmo/w-d-xo.html
I forgot two questions... in your paper organizing.... a lot of paper comes double sided now, and one side is often a tone on tone. So how do you decide which category to put it in if one side is multi coloured & one isn't? And with the 6x6 pads... why not pull out some of the papers that go the best with the kit you're making? I'm just thinking space :)
I always choose one side that I’m most likely to use. 9 times out of 10, I like one side better. That said, when I pull a paper into a kit, I can use either side. I bring a whole 6x6 paper pad into each kit because I don’t know what I’m going to be making, so I have plenty of options. I hope that helps!
I do! I forgot to mention it in the video, but I put it on the blog. Here's the link: www.acraftedstory.com/2021/01/how-to-build-scrapbooking-stash-kit.html
Laura I can tell you have been working on it ... so planned out. There is no one doing this idea out there that I have found so far. I like your personality and easy listening voice. You are straight to the point and can follow what you’re sharing very easily. I wish we lived closer! Way over in Oregon here 👏. Love it Here my whole life.
I don’t actually have a scrapbooking buddy right now, but utube has been so awesome that way.
But I guess we need to wait anyway to hold even a small gathering. I sure need organizing help and I get motivation plus excitement from you. I am going to start today! Yes so looking forward to seeing your current kit all put together.... you have chosen a nice selection ... when might that be ? ...thank you so much 😊 Kim oh p.s. .... your preference of a die cutting machine?
Thank you, Kim! Yes, I've been planning this one for a couple of months. I miss my scrapping buddies too! Fingers crossed that we can resume crops and retreats in 2021, I miss them so much! I'll be using the kit 1-2 videos a week and at the end of the month, I'll share all of the layouts I made with it. I've been prepping it the last couple of days, getting organized and fussy cutting. Excited to dive in!
I have never made my own kit, but have been wanting to- thanks for the push to do so. Excited to follow along each month and bust thru some stash!
That's awesome! Glad you can join in on the fun!
Love this idea and the papers went together amazingly well. I've never done a "stash" kit before but I think it's a great idea. Looking forward to seeing what you do with this kit. Thanks for sharing. Jeanette, New Zealand.
Thank you, Jeanette! Yes! I love it when I find those hidden treasures that work well with older collections too! It's a great way to make your stash feel new!
Laura, it was nice to work "with you" in my scrap room while watching this today! You inspired me to go through my stash and pull items to round out my month-in-review kit. (Giving that a try this year.) I found all sorts of lonely pieces that will work, many that are several years old. Thanks for sharing this advice.
That's awesome! Yes, I thought it would be more interesting to see how things are set up and my process as well as what I picked. I love when others share their process and thoughts while assembling a kit! Thanks for joining me in building a stash kit!
I love making kits, it helps get the creative juices flowing and you revisit older stash👍🏻👍🏻
So true, Anne! I love digging in and finding old favorites, things I forgot I had!
I can't wait to see how you use this kit.
I am super excited to dive into it!
Well done Laura! You are so fun and motivating! TFS! (And I've watched your fussy cutting tutorial. I IMMEDIATELY ordered your two favourite scissors. I still can't fussy cut but I love my new scissors. Haha!)
Thank you very much! Lol, they are brilliant scissors, I'll give you that! It definitely takes practice, 100%!
Scrapbooking Quebec , I've been practicing,too....I have arthritis in my hands so I cramp up easily. Ugh!
@@patarmstrong2304 I sympathize with you...well familiar with the suffering that arthritis brings.
Wow! Wow! And wow! Love this video, Laura. I love learning the “why” we pick certain papers, not just “how we put them together.” It reminds me when I graduated from kindergarten into first grade. It was time for focus and not just free play. I’m love, love LOVIN’ it! 👍💕👏🤗
Thank you very much, Claudia! I definitely wanted to dive deep with this video and find new ways to inspire you as well as the how and why!
Pro tip: watch series at Flixzone. I've been using it for watching lots of of movies lately.
@Anthony Lionel definitely, have been watching on Flixzone} for years myself =)
My Oh My This was so interesting and fun!!! I’d have never made up a kit either. However I do have all my paper pads in 12 x 12 iris cases according to theme!! Then have my other supplies in drawers and know what’s there to grab.....I do love your idea of how you put things together.and I love your paper storage system and when I room get redone we are talking about a paper storage system on the order of what you have!! Thanks so much for sharing in great detail and actually making it a visual Share and I know you sure out lots of hours preparing your tutorial...and girl you did a spectacular one!! You really do have fabulous goodies and I do love and adore the way you scrap!! I M looking forward to your year long series!! YOU so ROCK!!
Joan Smith
Thank you very much, Joan! I used to use Iris containers too and realized that I need open storage to invite me to use my stash! Oh yes, tutorials do take several hours to prep, film, and edit! This one has been planned and prepped for about a month, an hour and a half to film, and then LOTS of editing! I really enjoy the process though!
@@lauraalbertscrafts You Know Kiddo it’s important for you to know You are Loved. Appreciated and give inspiration like crazy and love how you always keep it real!!!! BIG hugs. MUCH LOVE. 🙏😘❤️
Bless you! It's so wonderful to read your kind words, they always uplift me!
Hey Laura and Happy New Year! I've been so out of my scrapbooking this past year. I have a hot mess in the craft room to clean and organize before I can even get started again. However you are the best at inspiring me so thank you. This video is perfect for where I'm at! You're the best❤
You're welcome! I think this is the year we all need to take a step back and look at what we have. I am getting that feeling from a lot of people! Stash busting is always a good idea!
Fabulous video! I have watched it several times and taken notes! This will be a go to series for me! Thanks for sharing this!
Thank you, Colleen! I hope you can join me with your own stash kit!
Thank you so much Laura. A new subscriber here from Queensland Australia 🇦🇺. Great inspiration for a new year of catching up on albums using all those papers and products 💖💖🇦🇺🇦🇺🇺🇸🇺🇸
Welcome Christine! Thank you for joining in on the fun!
An excellent review on building a kit. Still learning to build these! ❤️❤️
I have several kits ready to play with so hopefully I will use them in 2021
That's awesome, Linda! I am determined to make a dent in the stash this year!
Thank you ! Yes wow 🤩 I love your ideas I will be following your channel you are my kind of crafter and you do a very well put together video 👏👍
Thank you very much, Kim! I've been planning this series for a while and definitely wanted a strong introduction!
This was awesome! I'm just learning and for me this was a great place to learn and it was fun. Thank you so much!
I'm so glad it was helpful! I hope you can join in on the fun this month! There will be a lot of scrappy inspiration.
Lots.of great idea. I will return to this. Looking forward to watching the whole series. Thank you
Thank you! Hope you enjoy the series!
I love this idea!
Thank you, Melodee! I think that we all get bored with stash unless we find new inspiration and I need it as much as anyone, so let’s do it!
Great tips ... think I am going to give this a go during 2021. I have never found a stash busting method I’m happy with. So I’m excited to give this a try 😍. Also love your craft room I am so impressed at how organised it is xx
Thank you very much, Julia! I am determined to keep my room organized this year and make a dent in my stash!
I love this idea. For me it's always about the photos, so I think I would instinctively want to do a theme. I have premade pages in the past & not really had ideas for pictures in mind, and they tend to go to waste (well, they get used but not by me).
Love your paper organization. I have been keeping companies together & I I don't think that fits for me anymore - mostly because I have some gorgeous older (we're talking Chatterbox, here) paper that I genuinely love. I want to use it and I keep going to newer companies I love.
I will keep themed paper (Christmas, birthday) together... I don't have as much of that anymore (again...my tastes/style has changed).
I pull photos after I assemble my kit because that’s how my brain works. I don’t often know how I will scrap them until I sit down to do it.
Definitely make your stash fit your scrappy style! I’ve had to modify mine often to make it work well for my style.
@@lauraalbertscrafts When you say assemble the kit, do you include actually designing a layout, or just finding all the stuff (paper & embellishments & title components), then later when you have pics, going through those kits & saying, "Aha! This one will work! That I could see being effective for me. I just can't commit to a design before I choose pics.
How to Fussy Cut: th-cam.com/video/clkrI9_CJrI/w-d-xo.html
Blog post with Stash Kit Guidelines: www.acraftedstory.com/2021/01/how-to-build-scrapbooking-stash-kit.html
hmmnnn now you have me interested in doing a stash kit......love this idea.
Definitely give it a go, Laura! It's a lot of fun to work with and fun to make!
Thank you for this ... loved how you put your kit together!
So glad it was helpful, Bette Lou! I cannot wait to dive in!
Woot woot! Love this! I hope you & your family are staying well!
Thank you, Pat! Yes, we are all good! I hope you and yours are well too!
Love your ideas for building a kit...
Thank you, Lisa! These keep me busy and push me to use up older collections.
Wonderful! Thank you for sharing this.
I'm so glad it was helpful! I am determined to use a ton of stash this year with these monthly kits!
Love this as I have just started my childhood memories album bought embellishments but no paper as I have loads, not as much as you though 🙄... Am looking forward to seeing how you make layouts with this kit. X
Thank you, Archana! You can definitely use your embellishments to pull some coordinating stash paper. I’m really excited about this kit!
I’ll have to give this a go!
Definitely try it, Fran! Great way to use up your stash.
Looks great Laura, I love creating stash kits too.
Thank you, Sue! You knew I was going to sneak a little CVS in to that kit, right? Lol!
@@lauraalbertscrafts of course!!! ;)
Oh so you will be making separate items with all those goodies? I was picturing one or two 12x12 scrapbook pages... 😂 lol.. funny Kim.. ok thanks looking forward to seeing your creative ideas!
Lol! Yes, I'm hoping to make around 7-8 layouts with this kit!
Unique video & topic. Like your style & tone
Thank you very much, Christine! I really enjoy sharing my ideas with y'all!
What the heck. - new sub. Lol
This is going to be so much fun!
I think so too, Moira! My stash has been a little neglected!
Hi laura do you have videos on beginner journal. I would appreciate some tips. I’m very sad and I’ve watche you four years so my husband is going to tell me the stories while I attempt to journal them. You inspire me on sharing your family’s personal stories when I’m sad I put on your inspiring videos thank you.
Sending you lots of hugs, Gerry. I do have a beginner scrapbooking series here on youtube that I hope will help. Here's the link: th-cam.com/video/My8pXeDMsmo/w-d-xo.html
U r very clever!!
Thank you, Colleen! I've had this idea on my mind for a couple of months and decided it would be a good series to start the year fresh with!
Great kit!!!!
Thank you, Crystal! This is such a fun one to play with, so many of my favorites!
new fan...great job
Thank you very much, Yessy! Welcome!
What are yr scrappy goals for the year Laura?
Mainly to use my stash! I want to revisit collections I’ve forgotten about and see how I can mix in new with old.
I forgot two questions... in your paper organizing.... a lot of paper comes double sided now, and one side is often a tone on tone. So how do you decide which category to put it in if one side is multi coloured & one isn't?
And with the 6x6 pads... why not pull out some of the papers that go the best with the kit you're making? I'm just thinking space :)
I always choose one side that I’m most likely to use. 9 times out of 10, I like one side better. That said, when I pull a paper into a kit, I can use either side. I bring a whole 6x6 paper pad into each kit because I don’t know what I’m going to be making, so I have plenty of options. I hope that helps!
@@lauraalbertscrafts Totally! I'm excited!
Hi Laura! Do you have a master list somewhere?!? I'm trying so hard to use my stash up!!!
I do! I forgot to mention it in the video, but I put it on the blog. Here's the link: www.acraftedstory.com/2021/01/how-to-build-scrapbooking-stash-kit.html
@@lauraalbertscrafts Thank you so much!!!
When you build a kit, is it only for one single or double layout? It seems like a lot of work for only one layout....
Oh goodness no! It lasts me all month long and I make an average of 10-12 layouts with it. Hope that's helpful.
@@lauraalbertscrafts That sounds good. I am certainly going to make some stash kits...Thank you