Craft Scratch Fever

Paper, paper, paper! I'm addicted to all the pretty patterns and colors. But I had a lot of it, everywhere! It was taking me over I had so much. So when it came to organizing paper, it was quite overwhelming to me. I decided to start with my 6x6 paper packs first.  Now during the first month one of the things I did was move most everything to one area. Paper, Dies, Stamps and so on.  This way I could see how much of everything I had to go through, donate or keep and finally get to the organizing. I'd emptied many boxes and this one I found held the packs very nicely. This box measures inside 12 3/4 wide, 8 5/8 deep and 6 1/2 inches tall. You can pick these up at Michael's, they always have a wide range of decorated boxes.                          This tiny box ended up holding 52 paper packs and as you can see I could probably squeeze a few...

I've tried so many different ways of storing Dies. This one has been working out wonderfully for me so I thought I would share how I made them. This was also part of the getting organized class I did through Scrapbook.com. This one gave me some trouble finding something that worked well. I tried magnet books, magnet boards, in a drawer..etc. This is what I have settled on and I love it!  The larger shape dies, circles, squares, ovals etc. are easy to hang. I didn't want to put a lot of nails or tacks in the walls so I decided to make two cork boards. These are made out of frames I had around that I hadn't used. I cut foam board for the backing, two sheets glued together for each frame using white glue.  I then glued the cork on top of each of the squared foam boards. From here I glued these to the back of the frame. I kept the frames unpainted and added some decorative chipboard to the corners. I needed a tack that could hold a lot of dies. I found these ...

The first few weeks of the organization course was deciding how you wanted your space, what you wanted to surround yourself with and do an inventory of what you have.  From the inventory printout of all items you then decide which areas were the problem areas and which areas needed a quick clean or reorganize. The printout helps go through this process fairly quickly.  The first area I started on was my drawers. These two Alex units I have had for several years and they worked great for me but they were getting a little stuffed and I needed to go through and get rid of what I wasn't using and organize what I did use.  This is a front pic of the Alex Drawer from Ikea after I was finished.  Below are some pics of each drawer. Ikea-Alex Drawers  I have two units and the left top has all my brads and tiny beads. The right are all my Cricut cartridges. I made dividers in the tray I have them in stored in alphabetical order so they are easy to find...

I've been away from my blog redoing my Craft Room. I had painted it quite some time ago to a smokey blue. My colors prior to that were Lime Green and any color Pink. So a big change. I decided to to an organizing class I had found on Scrapbook.com. Its a 26 week free course. After signing up they send you weekly emails on what to do each week with downloadable pages and instructions. I signed up last year in Jan. I attempted a go at it and we had, well life happen and so I waited until June to really get into it again and go full force. So all in all it took me about 8 months total to complete.  Today I absolutely love it! It is so easy to work in and I am able to get things done much faster. Cleaning and getting things back to there place is easy and quick. Finding things is a snap. I wish I would have done this years ago.  Here are the pics of the final outcome and over the next few months I will post all the weeks of my organizing journey and the pics to go with it. ...

I just finished creating all the labels to put on all my newly organized boxes. I used Hammer mill 80 pound white paper for the labels I cut out on the Big Shot. The inks work great on this paper, I use it a lot for stamping and doing cut outs that I will color on my own rather than using patterned paper. Memento Ink is pretty much all I use now. Its the best I have found with copics and stamping. Happy Crafting Everyone!!

I am nearly done organizing my things now in my redone craft room so now I am starting to add some decorations. One of the things that I read when redoing your craft room is to surround yourself with things you love when you add decor. I love, love, love flowers. They are just about my favorite thing on this earth.  My husband brought this green tin home that someone from his work was going to throw out, he thought I would be able to make something out of it. Here is what I did..... I loved the color and it works well in my new craft room so I wanted to fill it with big colorful flowers. The bin is deep so I didn't want to buy flower foam as it would be pretty expensive so I decided to cut out some chipboard and put holes in it to hold the flowers. The bottom measured at 15 inches. The top was 18 inches. I decided to add one inch to the bottom measurement.  Tracing the bin at the bottom, then I made 1 inch marks a few inches apart all around the edge. Connect the...

  I have had a lot of inquires about my covers you see on my Cricut and Sizzix.  Currently I'm in the process of redoing my room so Kelly is making me 7 new covers. Once finished I will also show all the different covers I have and for what machines. In the meantime you may contact Kelly @ http://stores.ebay.com/KellyJo-Designs or by clicking on her logo above (Clicking on the logo will open a new window for you)  Thank you for visiting and Happy Crafting!

Entrance to my craft room I've had such a wonderful response from all of you regarding my craft room I wanted to edit this and give you a few more details. The little cubby I call the princess lookout tower, yes I am in my 40's but who cares...lol This is my tower of cubes...haha. I got these so cheap at Michaels. The secret with these is to go to Michaels during a Black Friday sale, don't worry about be the very first allthough you should be there the first hour..everyone else is running to the cricut carts/supplys. I ended up getting these 80% off the regular price. Its been two years since that glorious day and I am still smiling over that sale. Last year I think they ended being about 70% but GO! GO! GO! :) This cabinet is the most expensive pieces I got at IKEA, but it holds soooo much. Its also a bit heavy which makes it nice and sturdy for your heavier items. I don't see this particular one on the IKEA website, but that doesn't mean its not t...