Lets do a TIP thread.....

I have both a regular trash bin and recycle trash bin in my scrap room also!! Very convenient!!

I have a tip to share!
I actually came across this one from the original 2Peas board, a gazillion years ago, so credit definitely does not belong with me. 😜

After you finish a layout, use the scraps of paper and embellishments left on your desk to make a card or two. You already know it coordinates, or at least, you like the way it all looks together, and if the pieces of paper are small enough, they may normally just end up in the recycle bin anyway, so you aren't using up "fresh paper" and supplies for a card.

Same goes for the end of a kit. Once you've done all the pages you're going to do with the kit, use up the last bits making cards.

Effortless way to build a card stash!

justcindy

You can use your hexagon punch to make tags.

Cut a strip of paper very slightly narrower than the width of your punch.
Slip the paper halfway into the punch.
Pull the end that's in the punch up and through the punch, pulling it to the length you want your tag to be.
Punch. And there you have a tag with a three sided top.

You can also do this with other punches to get different shaped tops.

I have gathered scraps in a large butterfly clip batching them in different sizes then I just put them in a "scraps" cropper hopper...when I need a certain sized scrap I reach in and have them together. really helped me use a lot of them

I keep a travel journal while I'm on holidays and always put a top highlights of today list at the end for both me and my SO. The different perspective can be helpful for including more than just my view in the album and, like you, sometimes it's the easy to overlook things that make the list.

I'm another who photographs signs. While I don't print them, I do refer to them on my computer to refresh my memory as to where I was, what I was looking at, etc. throughout the trip. As a matter of fact, I did it just yesterday. I was even able to use some of the information on the sign in my journaling.

City maps make lovely background or layering paper; so do restaurant carryout menus.

When I'm making something. I go to my scrap box first before cutting into new paper.

My tip has to do with PL cards. I have so many of them. More than I could probably use in a lifetime I'm sure..lol..

But I printed off in color the card reference sheets from Becky's site and I put them in a binder. When I'm looking for a card, I just flip open my book and have a look for the right color or saying that I want and then I can go to that collection and pull out the card(s).

It's so much faster than having to look through all my cards trying to find the right one that I want. It has saved me sooo much time and I find I am using up my collection of PL cards.

I also don't always use the whole card. If I'm just wanting to use a portion of the card, say as an embellishment on a a 12x12 page, I just cut that portion off and put the rest of the card back with the collection. I may be able to use it down the road as an embellishment on another layout.