Poll: S/O: Paper SCRAPS organization?

I'm sure you're shocked to learn I don't really organise my scraps either I do have them split into two drawers, one for cardstock, and one for everything else, but there's no real organisation beyond keeping specialty and things I'm fussy cutting on the tops of the pile. When I add new scraps I just lift up the top few sheets and shove the new scraps in.

by colour with PP and CS mixed - I have plastic envelopes that I cut the flap off that hold them

 I bought these poly letter sized envelopes link and sort by color.  I use two for each color family, one for solids, one for PP. Christmas themed paper gets its own envelope. I used to use two 12x12 paper boxes to sort the solids and PP but I was spending too much time digging through them to find what I wanted so my scraps weren’t getting used. 

Primarily by colour (which I voted), but if I am working with a particular collection or papers with a strong theme, like hoopsfn, I keep the scraps with their friends--the 12x12 sheets, ephemera and extras.

like hoopsfn and grammadee - I do keep collection kit scraps with the collection kit until I'm done with the kit

I organize my paper by paper line- each collection has a 2 gallon plastic ziplock bag. I just throw my scraps in with my collection.
Cardstock is organized by color. I have my 12x12 cardstock sorted by ROYGBIV and in front of each color is an envelop where I put the scraps.
I do leave some cardstock scraps out on my table as I'm scrapping. I often use the small scraps of white on my pages, or I use scraps for scrap paper (writing the date of the photo, figuring out the middle letter of a title, etc.) or to block out areas when I stencil or splatter.

I do have a small bag of little pieces and a collection of branding strips. Every once in awhile I make a page using just those.

I organize by collection, so any scraps get stored with the collection until I am well and truly done with it. After that, if the scraps are big they get stored by colour. To be honest, I so rarely "kill" a collection that I don't have a ton of scraps floating around. Most are still stored with the collection.

I picked other because I don't really sort them at all. I throw them in a box and dig through it when I want scraps to work with. It works for me. Occasionally if I want to keep pieces with a collection, I will put them back in with the collection pack, or put them in an envelope with the collection. That doesn't happen very often though.

As a cardmaker, solid color scraps from 8.5x11 cardstock are kept with the full sheets in job ticket holders

Solid and PP scraps from 12x12 are kept with the same papers or ones that are close in 13x13 page protectors in hanging files

Small solid color scraps are kept upright in a little bin in ROYGBIV-Neutrals-Specialty order to flip through for die cutting sentiments and small elements.

Scraps from 6x6 paper pads are kept in the pad which is turned upside down so they won’t fall out.

I selected “other”. Patterned paper scraps are stored in two, thin 9x12-ish Iris containers. There is no organization within the containers.

I trim off any stray sections of patterned papers that poke out, which would be more easily bent if I leave them as is. I use my smaller banner dies, etc., to cut those random shapes into something useful for a layout or card. I leave patterned paper in as big pieces as possible and put them into an Iris bin.

I cut colored card stock into photo and card mats, and again, any stray leftovers into usable die cut shapes for cards or embellishments to go on a page. I sort them by color. I put the photo mats into an Iris bin and take up far less room than when left in their “whatever is leftover” shape/size. The embellishment die cuts go into a basket that I keep handy for when making cards.

While I’m not always consistent in trimming, die cutting, and storing the leftovers, it makes them so much easier to use, and more likely to be used. I don’t go through my untrimmed scraps as often, but they end up taking up too much space if I don’t trim and die cut them.