How Do You Organize Your Die Cuts?

I have all my die cuts, stickers, and other themed embellishments in a couple of shoebox sized photo file boxes. They're separated into categories, and some are combined (example halloween/fall). I have a few embellishment sheets that are too big to fit in the file boxes, so they reside in a 12x12 drawer.

I know for certain that I don't have as much stuff as most of the Peas have, so my solution might not work for you. It's pretty small scale. 

I had a bunch of loose random stickers that I wanted to organize that didn't match any of my major categories of stuff that I have sorted in Iris boxes. I took a box of cheap file folders and cut them down to fit inside a photo storage box to make long narrow folders and put the stickers into the folders by theme or category. I labeled the folders with Post It notes so they could be reused when the current stickers get used up.

I have found that clear storage works best for me. So I use clear, envelope pockets that snap shut from the container store for almost everything. But I also encourage to use what you have on hand, so if you have spare page protectors, sometimes there are those weird divided ones that you can't really use in your scrapbooks. Those are great for storing little bits and just keep in an old album or binder.

I basically organize by color and/or manufacturer. I try to think what I scrap most and then divide that way. So for me there's a lot of boy/blue, travel/adventure, beach/tropical, everyday/phrases, etc.

I also recently got some very shallow desk organizers that fit nicely in the Alex drawers from Ikea. So I have one drawer where the smaller diecuts are just loose in the little dividers. I like to be able to see it easily and look thru it.

For me, smaller containers are better than one larger one. I think it helps to have the articles able to stand up in the container so I can flip through them. That way nothing gets buried under an avalanche.

I use a variety of containers, from ziplock tubs, to candy boxes, to clear containers from glue refills. I sort by theme, and then put several themes into a larger container (a drawer that used to go into a rolling cart). That way I can put them all away together, then pull them out when I want to use some of them, but the smaller containers make it easier to find what I want.

Good luck with your sorting!

I have all my die cuts sorted into two containers - things with words and thing without words. In those containers I store not just die cuts but pieces from chipboard sheets, stickers, vellum pieces, cut apart sheets, basically anything mostly flat that doesn't fit into one of my other categories (which are rubons, pockets, brads/enamel dots/flair, Christmas, journaling cards, non journaling cards 3x4 and larger). I use my sticker sheets whole when I first get them but cut them into smaller pieces to store them. I've found I use pieces from themed collections outside those themes more easily this way.



I definitely second this. I keep a small dish on my desk and as I'm working on a page I'll pull a bunch of stuff out that might work. Things that don't make it to the page often get thrown in this dish and I'll look there first for the next page I'm working on. I've used up lots of those random bits that I wouldn't have thought to look for but turned out to be perfect this way.