Ideas for repurposing ArtBin magnetic sheets?

[robbinbobbin]

Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays & New Year!

I have moved all my dies to the magnetic floor vents covers in envelopes and now would like to repurpose the 25 ArtBin magnetic sheets I have left over. I have not seen any ideas online other than to use them as intended in a box instead of the ArtBin case.


Since there are so many brilliant repurposers here, any ideas? I will keep them if a case for a real use can be be made for them, but otherwise off they go.


Thank you,


Robin

[montessorigrandma]

Robin, if "off they go" happens, I would be interested in them. please let me know. Thanks.

[Karen3000]

I don't use the Artbin magnetic sheets but I have used the vent covers (I have found very reasonable self adhesive magnetic sheets on eBay that I have been using now. They are already cut to the size I need for my clear pouches.) Can you cut the Artbin sheets to fit your envelopes? Sometimes in order to be economical I would tape smaller magnetic sheets together (tape on the back side) to make the size I needed - works fine.

[wavejumper]

I had to look them up...yeah! I totally agree! Cut those puppies to fit your sleeves. I "frankenstein" ones all the time with scraps I am left with from vent covers. Totally works. I pop in a piece of cardboard with mine for structure. You can glue to that or back it with scotch tape (what I do).

I cut up the expensive 8 x 11 pages I had been using for another system. (way too heavy and the binders broke all the time) They are cool because they are rigid in their own right...and I just thought of something...I am going to try to hunt those back down and switch them out for my stamp/die sets as they hold cling on their backs. Cool!

[robbinbobbin]

Thanks for the ideas. I hadn't thought of reusing the ArtBins as they are so heavy. But cut down they just might work.

Robin

[wavejumper]

If you have nesting sets-you can get away with gluing strips of magnets on the cardboard and that way get more mileage out of them. I only use full covers when I have a bunch of different dies in the sleeve. (I store by category).

If those artbins can do both stamps and dies you might want to save them for those sets.

[jkaymac]

I still use my Art Bin sheets for nested dies sets. Otherwise I use vent cover magnets for dies that coordinate with stamps.

[bluejeannes44]

This is an idea for magnetic sheets in general. Using or making small card fronts, I glue them to small pieces of magnetic sheet to make refrigerator magnets. They make wonderful small gifts.

[robbinbobbin]

Thanks for the additional thoughts, I hadn't thought of making magnets with them. I wonder if they can be cut with steel rule dies and then covered with a paper die cut? Maybe make some mixed media type of magnets.

Thanks everybody!

Robin

[wavejumper]

If you cant run the die...and it is just an outline shape...maybe just trace around it and fussy cut? If you have the TH shears they will do it.

I am wondering if we can hot knife mag pages...hmm. Might ruin the blade? Has anyone tried that? Then she could do inner detail cuts. Def will be a smell..art bins will have more plastic...that might be toxic or should in a well ventilated area?

[Leeleeb]

I have cut mine down to use in the plastic envelopes. Also good to have one near the die cutter to keep dies from disappearing.