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Post by jeremysgirl on Jan 28, 2019 19:56:04 GMT
Hey guys! I am a very simple scrapper. I am a very low stash person and I want to keep it that way but...so many kits nowadays come with little tiny diecuts. And while I have no problem recycling the paper scraps when I'm done with a kit, I don't really want to throw the matching diecuts away. I feel like I will use them at some future point. How to store...how to store...any ideas?
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Post by mikklynn on Jan 28, 2019 20:33:52 GMT
I have some small boxes - 4x4x6 maybe? that I keep diecuts in, sorted by color. It really helps me use them up. I often think "Oh, I need something green here". Well, no way I'd dig through some kits full of leftovers. This is easy. I grab the box labeled green.
Every so often I go through the boxes and purge anything I haven't used in years.
When things are multi-colored, I just pick the color I like or that is predominant.
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Post by mom on Jan 28, 2019 20:51:26 GMT
Here is a thread about how I store mine. Since converting to this method, I have used up so, so many of my diecuts, where as before, they just were left in a mess and I never could find what I needed. LINK |
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Post by wendifful on Jan 28, 2019 21:23:17 GMT
I've stored mine in the Iris photo cases for a long time, but I found that I wanted to divide my die cuts into even smaller categories (hearts, stars, circles, etc) and the cases are somewhat bulky. So I use the cases for categories I have a lot of items for, but I also use the Avery Elle small storage pockets to further subdivide some of my items. The nice thing about the envelopes is that they're not bulky at all. |
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Post by Embri on Jan 29, 2019 1:44:07 GMT
I use a few storage methods for paper pieces. The tiny items I keep in a bead sorting box, by rough category. Most of mine are white so I sort by theme, but you may prefer sorting by colour. Any kind of container that's mostly flat and has individual compartments would work. For bigger items, I use a binder with trading card pages (9 pockets). Card sleeves conveniently fit in these pages, which make getting all the bits in and out or reorganizing a breeze. Unfinished paper piecing projects go in their own baggies, and into a box. Attachments:
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Post by msliz on Jan 29, 2019 2:14:59 GMT
I bought myself a big box of 4x6 ziplocks, and I'm in the process of putting all my miscellaneous flat stuff (die cuts, stickers, flowers, you name it) into those, along with a paper or plastic card to keep the bag rigid. They all have a home filed in a pretty shoe box.
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Post by jeremysgirl on Jan 29, 2019 3:47:24 GMT
Here is a thread about how I store mine. Since converting to this method, I have used up so, so many of my diecuts, where as before, they just were left in a mess and I never could find what I needed. LINKThat thread was awesome. Excellent idea. I couldn't get the link to work in the tapatalk app. So I had to use my kindle to see it. But this is exactly the kind of thing I was looking for. |
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Post by crazy4scraps on Jan 29, 2019 5:28:18 GMT
If they are fairly small you could easily store them in baseball card sleeves in a 3 ring binder. You could also get sleeves with pockets that fit standard sized photos for a 3 ring binder for larger ones.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 29, 2019 7:00:04 GMT
I store mine in sandwich bags by theme- animals, fashion, etc.. I keep them in one of those pretty photo boxes you get at Michael's on sale 5/$10. That way I can flip through and grab my subject.
I love the clear drawer storage systems some of the girls on IG are showing off. That would not work for me but it seems like a good system for many die cut fans.
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Post by pas2 on Jan 29, 2019 10:21:39 GMT
I bought myself a big box of 4x6 ziplocks, and I'm in the process of putting all my miscellaneous flat stuff (die cuts, stickers, flowers, you name it) into those, along with a paper or plastic card to keep the bag rigid. They all have a home filed in a pretty shoe box. I use ziplock bags for everything i bought some small and tiny bags in the jewelry section of M’s to seperate some chipboard letters by letter. Its much easier for me to pull only the baggies of the letters i need than pick through a whole set. |
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Post by pas2 on Jan 29, 2019 10:28:57 GMT
If they are fairly small you could easily store them in baseball card sleeves in a 3 ring binder. You could also get sleeves with pockets that fit standard sized photos for a 3 ring binder for larger ones. I still use my old PSBs and this method. I seperate by theme. When I do a layout i often start here for inspiration then work backwards to choosing papers. |
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Post by pas2 on Jan 29, 2019 10:38:27 GMT
I use a few storage methods for paper pieces. The tiny items I keep in a bead sorting box, by rough category. Most of mine are white so I sort by theme, but you may prefer sorting by colour. Any kind of container that's mostly flat and has individual compartments would work. For bigger items, I use a binder with trading card pages (9 pockets). Card sleeves conveniently fit in these pages, which make getting all the bits in and out or reorganizing a breeze. Unfinished paper piecing projects go in their own baggies, and into a box. Thanks for the sleeve in the pocket tip! It’s better than resorting to twizzers because my fingers are to fat. |
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Post by Patter on Jan 29, 2019 13:54:08 GMT
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Post by basketdiva on Jan 29, 2019 15:27:21 GMT
I have put mine in ziplock bags and then attached a clip-on curtain ring. I then hang the bags from "s" shaped hangers onto a tension rod. I have a bar height table and have the tension rod between the legs. This makes it easy to see what I looking for and also easy to put away.
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Post by anniefb on Jan 29, 2019 17:15:56 GMT
Mine are mostly in ziplock bags on my clip it up but I do make page kits and will add diecuts and other embellishments to those.
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Post by 950nancy on Jan 30, 2019 4:49:04 GMT
I have the same thing as Patter for my die cuts, but for my random colored embellishments, I tried something else that made them a little more accessible than a closed case. The white plastic cups are a little over 3 inches tall, so they would hold most die cuts, but not all. I used an IRIS case (or Recollections brand) that has the two snaps on it. It is a little larger than the 12 x 12 paper cases. I found the white cups at The Container Store. They had several sizes (in height), but these fit perfectly into this case (I tried them out at the store). I like that I can carry this by the handle and nothing moves out of its area. Since I don't have to open and close anything but the large lid, I find I use this more often.   |
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Post by samncam on Jan 31, 2019 11:39:32 GMT
I used to have mine in the 4x6 boxes like everyone else but then I saw this “RTS Scrapbooking” YT video and I have converted. However, I adhere the die cuts directly onto regular 8x11 page protectors (with a plain piece of copy paper inside) for better visibility) using the Elmer’s Dot runner. It’s just Sticky enough to keep the die cuts in place on the page protectors but makes it easy for removal. Now I can easily see what I have by flipping through my diecut binders without having to dig through Every.Little.Piece.Every.Time. That’s how lazy I am. But it’s worked well. I have a binder for collections and one sorted by color.
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Post by Patter on Jan 31, 2019 13:53:08 GMT
I used to have mine in the 4x6 boxes like everyone else but then I saw this “RTS Scrapbooking” YT video and I have converted. However, I adhere the die cuts directly onto regular 8x11 page protectors (with a plain piece of copy paper inside) for better visibility) using the Elmer’s Dot runner. It’s just Sticky enough to keep the die cuts in place on the page protectors but makes it easy for removal. Now I can easily see what I have by flipping through my diecut binders without having to dig through Every.Little.Piece.Every.Time. That’s how lazy I am. But it’s worked well. I have a binder for collections and one sorted by color. See, I started that way and had to quit. I did not like that method at all. I am glad there are so many different ways because different things work for each of us differently.  |
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Post by crafty on Jan 31, 2019 13:57:23 GMT
I stopped over sorting. I was so specific even I couldn’t remember my own storage system. I got rid of those I knew I would never use and drop the others in a box I can flip through when I need something. I don’t have a ton though.
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Post by joblackford on Feb 8, 2019 2:34:55 GMT
I use a few storage methods for paper pieces. The tiny items I keep in a bead sorting box, by rough category. Most of mine are white so I sort by theme, but you may prefer sorting by colour. Any kind of container that's mostly flat and has individual compartments would work. For bigger items, I use a binder with trading card pages (9 pockets). Card sleeves conveniently fit in these pages, which make getting all the bits in and out or reorganizing a breeze. Unfinished paper piecing projects go in their own baggies, and into a box. Your trading card binder idea must have been percolating in the back of my head since I saw this because today I realized it's exactly how I need to store my Doodlebug die cuts for the cards I make. I prefer to group them by each card I plan to make - a couple of picture die cuts from one pack with a couple of sentiment die cuts from another to make one card, and because it's for a business I had to keep track of exactly how many of each I was using... argh! I was opening up the package and storing them in a 4x6 box, then grouping the die cuts on my table while I worked and then I wouldn't want to put them away because I knew that I wouldn't want to get them out and re-sort them again >.< Anyway, it turns out I have a big pile of baseball card binder pages and now all my die cuts are sorted so that each pocket represents a card I plan to make. Much tidier, and it's easy for me to see how many potential cards I have left. Bonus, I can easily add a note into a pocket referencing another supply I might use from another collection or a specific idea for the card. I think this is going to help a LOT! |
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Post by Embri on Feb 8, 2019 10:20:43 GMT
Glad it sounds like it'll work out for you! I love trading card pages and sleeves because they're so ubiquitous. You can get them anywhere that carries TCG's or sports cards/memorabilia or online (of course). Because they're so widely used they're pennies apiece, and the pages fit in any standard binder. As pretty as specialized craft storage systems look, the cost usually puts me right off. I'd rather spend my dollars on tools or supplies, not on containers.
Oh, and you can get card sleeves with coloured opaque backings, so you can even colour code your projects pretty easily too. The only real downside is that you're limited to stuff that's smaller than a playing card.
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Post by gizzy on Feb 8, 2019 15:37:52 GMT
Mine are stored in 2 Ikea boxes. All jumbled together. My friends laugh at me as I repeatedly dump it all out to search for that one little die cut I know I have.
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Post by joblackford on Feb 9, 2019 0:14:44 GMT
Glad it sounds like it'll work out for you! I love trading card pages and sleeves because they're so ubiquitous. You can get them anywhere that carries TCG's or sports cards/memorabilia or online (of course). Because they're so widely used they're pennies apiece, and the pages fit in any standard binder. As pretty as specialized craft storage systems look, the cost usually puts me right off. I'd rather spend my dollars on tools or supplies, not on containers. Oh, and you can get card sleeves with coloured opaque backings, so you can even colour code your projects pretty easily too. The only real downside is that you're limited to stuff that's smaller than a playing card. I have some other random pocket pages of various configurations that I apparently hoarded when I stopped pocket page scrapping so I can make use of those if I need anything bigger. But 90% of my die cuts are the perfect size for the pocket pages I have. Thanks for the info about the sleeves though. I'm going to see how this system works for a while, but they may be worth getting. I'm being careful about not over-organizing because I need to use this stuff up promptly! I don't want anything too pretty either, between the price, and not wanting to make the binder so pretty I organize instead of craft. Here's a picture http://instagram.com/p/BtoQkqZHlPj |
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Post by Embri on Feb 9, 2019 6:21:30 GMT
Looks great! 0$ projects are the best kind.  |
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