When my scrap drawer is full...

My scrap basket is full. I need to organize them and use them up on some pages

I actually use my scraps fairly regularly. I'll go through phases where I'll start every page with a sheet of cardstock and my scraps and whenever I'm looking for "something red" in my paper mix I'll head to my scraps drawer before I cut into a fresh sheet.

I have mine separated into color and pattern. I use them when I do layering and they're great for die cutting. I don't have an exact measurement but when I think they're too small to be useful they go into the trash.

I have a scrap basket. Cardstock and pattern paper are separated by color in 8.5x11 page protectors. When it gets annoying sorting through one, I throw things away. I know I have very small pieces, but I have manual die cuts that still work. Sometimes I will punch out basic shapes too.

I ended up getting rid of my scrap pile. I just didn't use it.

I always search through my scrap bin before I cut into a new sheet.

I put larger scraps back with the collection or color or theme of the paper.

Smaller scraps go into a drawer separated by color and with multi-color having their own spot. When I need a piece for layering or a piece to cut for a page I'm working on, I tend to go there first. I also grab out the neutrals for testing of stamps and inks too.

Sometimes, if I feel it's getting too full, I just pull out the drawer and create a page just with the scraps.

Am I the only one who was inspired by this thread to work on their scrap pile?

I ran a bunch through the Zipemate to make journal spots, plus stamped a bunch to make a different shape journal spot.

I have a ton more to go through, but I'm getting there.

Also, the cheaper patterned paper that is one sided, leaving one side white, I'm stamping on that side to use the white.

This also gives me a change to pull out all my favorite scraps of Basic Grey and such, to hoard in another spot to actually use on layouts.

I have an iris case that I throw all my scraps in while I'm working. Last week I gradually sorted through all my scraps. Anything the size of a card front or larger went back into the case. I trimmed off any straight strip that I could (for a couple of Jennifer Mcguire inspired cards). Anything smaller I used my punches on. Starting with the biggest to the tiny ones. Then sorted them into baggies by shape. I'm challenging myself to get a minimum of 10 cards made from scraps and maybe a couple of layouts. Not that I have a shortage of paper but I hate waste.

Okay, so I went through ALL of my scraps.

3 two gallon bags full.

Now I have all my specific holiday scraps in one bag (the very least full).

All cardstock scraps in the second.

And all my favorite pattern paper scraps in the third.

I have quite a bit that I still need to make into journaling spots, but at least they are separate from everything else.

My scrap bin is overflowing right now and I want to get it under control. So, I am going to sort them into coordinating piles and use them as my jumping off point for layouts for a while. Anything that doesn't make it to the page will get tossed.

Lol, I'm on a scraps using roll. I made a layout with all scraps, except for the background cardstock.

I even used one of the journaling spots I made earlier.
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I cut larger scraps into rectangles immediately & store them in letter trays on my project table (one holds patterned & the other solid scraps), which I consult first before searching paper holders. Smaller scraps gather in a wide bowl on my desk & are punched or diecut in shapes or alphas periodically & sorted into a divided Artbin case.

Please consider donating, rather than tossing or recycling, your scraps to daycares, preschools, church children's ministries, etc. They will likely become a part of many treasured projects hanging on refrigerators in homes throughout your community.

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Perhaps use them as border strips or align six of them vertically, horizontally, or in a basketweave pattern to create a 12x12 background.

When I saw your title, I thought you meant that all of your scrapping supplies fit in a single drawer!