How do you store your scraps?

If it's from a paper pad that is still together I just stick them in the front. I store my paper pads upside down in a the cropper hopper style holders.

Everything else is just loose in a drawer in one of the wider short Alex units. it is chaos. I am redoing my room soon and I plan to switch those scraps to a different system of slim paper storage sleeves (most likely vinyl record sleeves) and stick those in a cropper hopper style holder.

I keep my scraps with the coordinating papers. Sometimes, if it is a very large scrap I will put it with the papers I have sorted in rainbow order. I keep my collections together in large zip top bags and the scraps go back in until I am "done" with a collection. At that time, if there are any scraps large enough or that I like enough, I have a 12x12 Cropper Hopper file that I put them in to use as page starters or if if I just need a small bit of something. Once I am done with a collection, though, I am more likely to just toss them.

For contrast, my mom keeps her scraps separated by color, and one folder specifically for floral. She is mostly a cardmaker.

I have my paper divided into 4 Iris containers for 12x12 paper. Halloween/fall, Christmas/Winter, Dd, and Ds.

The scraps stay within one of those containers. That way when working on a pocket page (and previously 12x12 layout) or card, all the scraps go with other papers I am working with. Just easier to handle than a big container of scraps.

Almost all are cut down to A2 card size and stored in rainbow order in a fridge bin. The exception would be close to full size sheets that I keep with my full size sheets.

Scraps may be the only thing not organized to the nth degree in my dedicated room! For over a decade, I've simply used two white stackable Pottery Barn letter trays - one for solids & one for patterns/speciality scraps. I always peruse scraps before cutting into full sheets of paper, which keeps the trays manageable & scraps used. The random mix of colors & patterns in these trays have inspired color schemes & pattern combinations on many layouts over the years. Since I only purchase paper that I like, fits my style, & will use...eventually, I also keep small scraps. I toss them in a bowl until it overflows, then I batch stamp/punch/diecut them into circles, labels, stars, strips, banners, etc. to use on future layouts. They are organized in a divided Artbin Solutions Box by shape, which I consult first when adding basic shapes to my layouts.

In my experience, making scraps part of your process (ie consulting scraps first) is more important than how or where they are stored. HTH & you find a storage solution that works for you.

I keep small scraps, both CS & PP, in a 5 x 13 plastic bin with a lid. Large pieces of CS go in a single Cropper Hopper paper storage pouch. Large pieces of PP paper are stored with the rest of the collection. I have a very small collection of scraps because I always start every layout or card by going through my scraps first. It can take forever for me to kill a collection. Little bitty scraps can go a loooooong way on a card.

I recently changed to storing my scraps in the Scrap Master by Totally Tiffany.
totally-tiffany.com/scrapmaster-scrap-paper-organizer-5pk.html

If the scraps are from a collection, I keep them with the collection until I’m done with it then I’ll put them in the recycling bin.

I keep other scraps in a drawer in no particular order.

Mine are shoved in a gigantic ziplock bag. But I use them regularly and let me tell you how. Every single page I make I reach for my scraps first. I also regularly go through them and throw stuff out. I don’t fool myself thinking I will use them all up so I just keep what I really love. The bag is always on the floor right near me.

I put good sized scraps in the pockets that some 8.5x11 and 12x12 paper is stored in.

8.5x11 is in job ticket holders in magazine holders and 12x12 is in hanging folders in a low cart in a semi-ROYGBIV order. Example: If there are good sized red scraps after cutting red 12x12, I put them in a 12x12 page protector in front of the full sheets. And so on.

Small scraps good for die cutting are stored vertically (upright) in ROYGBIV + neutrals + specialty order in a small bin near my dies. So I rifle through them if using small dies. There’s also a little bin for scraps of discarded card backgrounds, leftovers that were watercolored/stenciled/pasted/alcohol inked, etc., for die cutting, again vertical so leafing through is quick. But I’m 95% a card maker so those small pieces work well.

9 out of 10 times vertical storage works better for me than horizontal.

3 components:

1. if big enough and/or brand specific enough, stays with collection/similar papers

2. if more generic, stored in plastic ziplocs by colour

3. if small - strips or pieces - and I'm terrible about throwing out small bits - I have a 12x6" plastic fridge bin, 2" deep, with cardboard dividers for colours. Pieces cannot be more than 4" high. Stored right beside my scrap space, so I can grab bits and pieces to match what I'm doing. SOOOOOO useful. gramma made me do it!
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So interesting to read these! I have always kept my scraps in an accordion folder, sorted by color. But it is huge, and heavy, and I don't like it, but when I try any other way of sorting them, I don't like that either. I like the idea of cutting them down to pocket page sizes, but then what would happen if I needed some random size to cut something on my Cameo and had to use a whole new sheet? The horror! (This is how my brain works) (Also, I have enough cardstock to last 200 years so why I get uptight about using a full sheet is beyond me)

Most of my papers are themed or come in a line. I keep all of the scraps with the remaining papers I haven't used. If I knock off most of a line, I generally take a good long look at what is left and either use it up with a card or some other thing like a punch and then toss. I will keep one 12 x 12 envelope of scraps of solids.