Challenge #7 Inks, Stamps, Markers and Colored Pencils

Well, well, well....How many of you are still with us?  I know Julie J is and I know that Kris is working on moving her scrapping space to a new area in the basement. (I totally feel your pain!)  This week we are working on organizing our Inks, Stamps, Markers and Colored Pencils!  I have my rubber stamps organized in a wheeled cart that I can just pull around to me. I have more stamps than some people and I AM SURE that I have less than others. LOL   My Stampin Up inks used to be in an awesome little unit that hung on the wall that had a space for the matching colored marker to go beside it.Well, since I have moved downstairs...I have to find them a new home since I don't want to put much more on my walls.  My Tim Holtz and Adirondak inks are in one of my little white cubes.  My cat eye inks travel with me in my work tote. I have them in a little plastic container that snaps shut.  I don't have any colored pencils...so there you have it.  My goal this week is to get my markers and ink pads down to the new scrapping area.  Let me hear from you!  How is it going?

Challenge #6 Rub-Ons and Chipboard

This week, pull out all of your rub-ons and chipboard and find a way to organize it.  For my rub-ons I used a Creative Memories deco-file (a glorified expandable file that I already had) and sorted them by catagory. My chip board at the moment is in one of my white drawers sorted by kind.  My chipboard letters however, are in little mini tilt out bins that hang on the wall and sorted alphabetically.  They are still upstairs in the old room. However, I don't want anymore things on the walls in my new room...I may have to re-think this.  I am struggling between wanting everything in my drawers and trying to stay portable.  I really like Julie J's embellishment container and at the same time trying to keep things off the top of my working area and in the drawers when I work here at home.. Sigh....What to do....???? LOL...I know...just build on a new room!  I am sure that my wonderful husband would understand!  Don't you think?  hehehehe.... Have a good week and let me know how it's going!

Challenge #5 Paper and Paper Scraps

This week's Challenge is probably the most daunting for me.  If I spent half the time scrapping as I do organizing I think I would be pretty close to caught up!  Gather your paper scraps, card paper, scrapping paper, paper packs and ALL of your scraps.  Find a way to organize them. It could be stacks in a project box. I use Cropper Hopper paper storage files and store them vertically in my white cubes. For example my solid black and whites are stored in one container, while my printed black and white are in another. (I have a ton of paper.)  My paper packs are stored in an Itso bin from Target.  I do have my CM paper separate from my Bazzil and open stock paper.  Not sure why...I just do. But...all of the my black and white, CM, open stock, Bazzil and printed black and white are next to each other in the Black\White paper family.....hope this makes sense.
I have tried many methods to contain my scraps. I used to just store them all in a drawer labeled scraps. Then I went to an accordion file and sorted by color. Now I have one envelope that I keep in the front of each container to store scraps. (Like a black envelope and a white envelope) in the front of my black and white bin and so on.  What method will you choose? Good luck this week.  Hope everybody is making progress!! Let me know how things are going!

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Creative Options totes - they are the best!!!  My yellow one contains cards that are made and organized according to b-days, sympathy, thinking of you, get well, etc.  The purple ones is matching cards/envelopes to be made, the pink is scraps of partially made cards to donate for Operation Write Home and pre-cut cardstock for cards.  I also keep my stamps in 2 of these.  Here's a few examples of the scrap strip cards and 1 scrapbook idea......NEVER throw any piece of paper away that is bigger than a quarter - tee hee!!!!!
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See Julie's narrative in the comment section below for these pictures.  Thanks for sharing Julie!!

Challenge #4

As usual my Thursday\Friday post didn't happen until Saturday. LOL...Thank God for the itinerary!  This week pull together your glitter, embossing powders, paint, Smooch, Stickles and crackles. Although I haven't posted my pictures since week #2 I promise I will and I am working on them.  In the process of finding a new home for all my stuff.  It's been a crazy week as I am sure it has been at your house too!  I think I need Extreme Makeover Home Edition at my house.  Maybe they would build on another room....ya think?

Challenge #3 Ribbons, Adhesives and Pop Dots Oh My!!

Sorry for the late post. Hopefully by now you have gotten through the brad and embellishments. As I am writing this I have spent my whole day with my wonderful oldest daughter Melissa and Michael's girlfriend Callie....moving my scrapbook book room to the main floor so that Mason can have his bedroom back. To do this I had to move our living room to the family room and turn the office around.  Ugh... Now I just have piles of stuff to organize, but I am going to start with my Ribbons, Adhesives and Pop Dots.  I am sure it will be marvelous when I finally find room for everything.

How are your challenges coming? Are you keeping up? Just keep plugging away at it even if it is only 15 minutes a day!  Until then, let me hear from you and tell me how your coming.  Let me in on some of your ideas and accomplishments.  Until then....chao!

Julie J's Challenge #3..See Below for her narrative on her Challenge 2 & 3.  Thanks for sharing Julie!  You go girl!!