Hello ladies, and welcome to another challenge.
This week, lets work on all our paper scraps. I know some have allready done this, so carry on with past challenges that you may not of finished.
There are always little its and bits left over from making a card or SB page, and naturally we are lothe to throw them away - we are crafters (and horders
) so we always think - I can use this somewhere, somehow, for some project in the future - dont know when, where, or how, but I 'really' will use it!
...... and it just sits there for a while...... sometimes for a VERY long while........ so long that you forget that you even have it.
So, we are going to do something with those 'its and bits' so we know WHERE they are, and might actually look there first for a little scrap of blue instead of cutting up yet another sheet.
There are many ways of doing this. I found at W*Mart a nice expanding file folder that has 13 dividers that are tabed. I bought one for each color family, and an extra for all my 'other' papers. I cut a strip of cardstock, wrote the name on it, and slipped it into the tab. Then, all the scraps went into that pocket. So easy to find scraps now, and in the right color - dont have to guess between colors anymore.
Some other ideas that I have seen are getting binders with protector sleeves, one for each color, and having one binder for each color family - I suspect some might need 2!
Or giant ziplock bags, one for each color, grouped by color famlies, in vertical files. Some have it with the full sheets of cardstock, some not.
Find what works for you, and post pictures to this thread of your soulution to help others that may be stumbling for ways to organize the 'growing' problem of paper scraps!
Here are the links to the previous weeks challenges:
Week 4 Week 3 Week 2 Week 1
Remember, there are prizes for the first 5 people who complete the bonus challenge in week 3!!! Still some available!
Weekly Organizational Challenge #5
