I don't recall whose idea it was at first (some wonderfully organized youtube crafter I came across once), but at the end of the crafting day I cut my bigger scraps into sizes A4, A5, A6 or 5x5", depending what the scrap allows me to. Then I have them standing together on the shelf in the order of size and colour, ready to be used as card backgrounds or journalling cards. And the rest (tiny bits that left) I throw into the basket, and when it's full I make myself kind of "scraps extravaganza" ;) punching shapes and cutting flowers, while chatting over the phone with friends :) or making patchwork patterns. Recently my favourite style of using these smaller scraps is creating backrounds from hexagons cut out from different patterned papers, kind of paper quilting :)

@monikakowalewska2433

4 жыл бұрын

So mine are like an army of soldiers ready for the battle, with some laggards hiding in the basket ;)

One idea for adding a piece of card stock to help strengthen the die cuts is to use your “ugly” paper you wouldn’t use anyway. 😉

@legacybuilder9664

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this awesome tip!

I keep my scraps in plastic sleeves with the same color cardstock. I use from the scrap sleeve before I use a full sheet. That helps keep the scraps down.

@justinehovey

4 жыл бұрын

I do the same but mine land in my top drawer first for easy clean up and get sorted when the drawer gets full

@valeriematthews3245

4 жыл бұрын

@@justinehovey I have a small tote that fits on a shelf below my table. I toss the scraps into that little tote, then later sort into the matching sleeve.

@dawncook9634

3 жыл бұрын

I do the same. It helps tremendously!

@kkrolf2782

2 жыл бұрын

I’m a bit worried that if I stick my scraps in with my full size papers that the heft of the scraps will warp my full sized ones. I’ve found a long, though not very tall, color-coded “wallet” to make do for now, but I’m eyeing a larger (letter sized?) version with about 3 or 4 multiples of “rainbow” tabs. Sadly, the thing comes from China, and I’ve not had the best of luck ordering from them. Does anyone else have ideas for scrap storage?

I save my scraps and often make herringbone backgrounds out of them. 🙂 Sometimes I emboss them as well.

Titanic, but going to use them up now!! Thank you!

My grandkids love "crafting"!! So I cut my scraps up the other day and put them in a medium storage bin. That way it's easy for the kids to see what they have!!!

@Titanic for sure 😔...I can’t bring myself to throw them away, then I’m too lazy to get them out to use. But I’m getting ready to start my own KZread channel, so I have been organizing, and like @VickyReuter, I am getting mine separated into their proper color families. It’s a process, cuz I’ve been making cards for over 25 years and probably have scraps that are 10-15 years old 😳. But I digress. Thanks Justine for the inspiration!! I’m making a 6 month New Years resolution, to use my scraps!! Will check out Ingrid next. Thanks, again, you’re amazing 💗💗💗

A couple months ago during quarantine I separated all my color cardstock scraps. I placed each color family in big plastic bags. Since then, oh my, how convenient that has made my card making. No more long searches. Now pattern paper I have all in one bag.

Those paperback adhesives must be a dream in using up these strips! They can be such a pain to glue on so I can imagine how much faster it must be to have them

I think I like the rainbow look

I use an 8 1/2 x11 accordion file holder from staples to hold scraps, sorted by color. I love your ideas. Thank you for the inspiration!

I love these cards so much. Thanks for sharing this process. Nothing quite so cheerful as a rainbow 🌈 😁

Thanks Justine, I love your colorful scrap cards. My fav has to be the Birthday background. I am a scrapaholic - nothing gets thrown away. I have several plastic sets of A4 drawers - each color coded and they are my go-to when cardmaking.

I have a 6 drawer unit that I keep my scraps in....once a year, I go thru and get rid of the ones that I like the least. Once in a while, I have cut the the scraps into all one size; put them into a ziplock; and dropped them in the Goodwill bin.

Nothing goes to waste. I use a lot of scraps for sentiments and layering them. I find fun strips used g your technique with my patterned leftovers.

I have a ton of scraps! Totes and totes full!

I have a shallow wooden tray in a desk drawer for my scraps. It’s easier to grab than getting a new sheet of card/ paper and I make a point once a month to go and use some up. I love to sit and crank out die cuts too! I got some really cool leaves out of watercolour backgrounds and mono prints😊

Thank you for the tip with Nuvo drops, I am definitely going to do that.

Brilliant video,so inspirational thankyou.x

I have a lot of scraps, I keep them separated by color in sleeves in a drawer and white has a drawer all its own. I also have a drawer for glitter scraps. I need to give this a try, great cards.

Thank you for the great ideas.

That was fun! Thanks!

Anyone?? ... Bueller? .... LOL!!! These are great ideas! Between your video and Ingrid's video - I have a TON of ideas to start using up my scraps. Thank you!

Some great ideas to use up my scraps. I keep 81/2 x11 clear envelopes of each color scraps and go to it first, also have a small drawer of colored strips that I use to make card fronts. Thanks Justine💖

My scrap hoard is more like the Titanic. I cut my backgrounds to 1/4 inch smaller than my card base, add my scraps then run them through my die cut machine without a die. Firmly affixes the strips to the dry adhesive. A laminator with a “no heat” option works well too.

I have a little drawer cabinet that has different colored drawers (plastic) I received as a gift that houses a "few" of my many paper scraps...a small mountain that still won't fit in little baskets besides and I have started to use them up creating backgrounds like I have seen you do. Thanks for the inspiration !

Love all your cards Justine. This series is so vibrant & lovely. Like so many others here, I can't bear to throw scraps away. Lol

Great inspiration. THankYou for sharing… now I want to go try some of your ideas😘

I've started gluing scraps into pages in a book to then cut up as desired for my junk journals. But sometimes I get behind. I love this idea to use up paper strips!

Thank you for sharing!

Thanks Justine. 😊

I love rainbows and rainbow colours, so I definitely approve of these ideas lol I like doing this with scraps and your cards are lovely! Thank you for sharing great inspiration with us and ideas.😊

Super video Justine! I love the eyes going back & forth waiting for an answer... My scrap paper storage is a 2" H x 6"W x 10" L plastic tub that is about 1/2 full in H, & also in it sits a small square box 3" x 4" & the littler pieces are all divided into colours with a larger piece separating each. I just used some black & white strip scraps to make a diagonal background today before I saw your video. Now I'm going to make some rainbow ones.

This is one of my all time favorite videos. Those cards are just so Happy! Thanks, Justine.

Great ideas, I keep scraps in the file folders that are pleated....holds more🤪 I store colors together for ease in finding. I do think they grow on their own in between card making days!!!

@lorirobinson7357

3 жыл бұрын

I agree with you. They multiply like little rabbits when you're not looking. 😀😀

Very cool! Tfs!

Gorgeous cards!

Love the birthday card... all of them really!

I was saying “yes, I do that” while the crickets 🦗 were drowning me out! I put my scraps in zip lock bags and have my card stock in hanging files in a small 2-drawer filing cabinet and I put the zip lock bags in front of the color in the same hanging file! Works for me and is inexpensive. Love your videos! 🇨🇦

@pineapplepapercrafts

4 жыл бұрын

wow that is impressive. I have a bin that is christmas scraps and everything else gets thrown in the other bin. I try to be organized but it never works lol

@justinehovey

4 жыл бұрын

I'm somewhere in between. I do have protectors and keep the scraps in the front and full pieces in the back but they first go in a drawer and when the drawer is full, they get sorted

@carolyncampbell2974

3 жыл бұрын

Same here pikeandike! I literally said “That’s me” out loud. 😂 I keep my cardstock in job ticket holders. As I cut down paper, all of the scraps go back into the pocket. This has saved me! Before I started doing this, I had colored 12x12 paper storage bins. I put scraps in the bins by color family. Even then I suppose I was a bit neurotic. 🤪

@kkrolf2782

2 жыл бұрын

Oh, Girl … L O V E the idea of hanging files. But doesn’t the paper droop down and get curved over time?

@leeleescraps

2 жыл бұрын

@@pineapplepapercrafts me too

I love this look! This is something I can do because I have and use cardstock. This is one of my favorites!

Very cool. Thank you as always.

Great ideas🙌🏽🙌🏽thx

Love, love, love! Thanks for sharing your talents and techniques!

Beautiful cards Justine! Love the different ways you used this rainbow scrap sheet!

I love them all, such fabulous ideas.

Great ideas, lovely cards, tfs 💕

Awesome video! Thanks for all of the great ideas!

Love these cards! Thanks for sharing. I have a huge drawer filled with scraps and I go through them once year. :)

Great cards!

I’ve only been making cards for a year!! Yes it’s fun! I’m 75 and make them for Our Senior Facility. I don’t and can’t afford “ Dies”, Although I have a lot of scraps and strips. Your “ Rainbow” strips is gorgeous!! I will try that but I’m not sure to use on top!! Thank you for sharing they are all just beautiful!

Such great and happy cards, love how you used the strips💕you are the CAS Queen😍👑

Great ideas! I always enjoy your videos.

In each batch of scraps I handle each scrap piece in a couple of ways. First if the scrap is big enough, I cut out as much as I can to use for a card base/backer. Then I move to manual punches to cut typically used shapes such as squares, hearts, and circles, tags. etc. I use the cardstock/papers that have had pieces cut or punched out and maneuver around to get as much of the paper used as possible. Yes, I use the small punches too so that there are only teeny, tiny, unusable pieces left when I am done. The whale tail and flat Stampin up type punches are the easiest type to use. When I am done I place them in containers by shape. You could sort by color if you prefer. (Cheap alert: Gerber baby food 2nd foods come in a small plastic container with a snug lid. I had a lady that cleaned and saved the containers and lids for me so I got a TON of free containers for storing small pieces! You can the store those in a decorative box to keep the containers corralled ). This is a way to manage the scrap pile and keep your hands busy if you like to do mindless kinds of things while watching tv.

Awesome video!! Thanks for sharing!! I have a tone of scraps!!

What a great video!!! Love all those ideas for all the scraps I have lying all over the place. Each card was so beautiful.

Amazing video, so far the best one using scraps!! Thank you so much.

I keep my scraps in a basket the size of a cigar box...then when it's full, I make a bunch of panels to use another time. Thanks for the great card ideas (love that TSM bday die!)

Fabulous collaboration with 2 of my favorites! My supply is minimal but soon to get smaller thanks!!!

Justine, these are all so cheery and happy! It makes me want to start trimming down my scrap bin, which is overflowing. Fun video.

Thank you for the sharing your great ideas for scrap strips your ideas are super cute !!!! Love this video.

I save the tiniest scrapes. They are in ziplock bags, labeled with the name of the color, stored with the full size sheets of that color. I use every little bit!

Great ideas!

Love all of your ideas. Didn’t ever think of using something like this to diecut pieces such as words. Thanks for sharing.

Delightful cards!

Absolutely save my scraps! I tend to use them a lot so my collection does stay manageable.

Great ideas thanks

i do this "make some backgrounds out of all those scraps in that bucket" thing regularly, so my collection is more like a rowboat than the Titanic.

@sue2019

3 жыл бұрын

I love that! Hahahaha! You r fun.

Shred shred shred😲🤷‍♀️👍

Amazing cards, I love your card designs 😍 I am okay with throwing scraps away most days 😂 the colored cardstock scraps I have in A4 plastic pockets green& blue together etc. So my scraps pail is about the size of a pizza box ❤ thanks for sharing your creativity Hugs xx

I may have more scraps than cardstock at this point. Did not throw out the scraps for 20+ years and now I’m focused on managing my scraps as opposed to the scraps managing me. Right now ( literally) I am using Washi tape to decorate bookmarks that I’m creating to donate to local libraries. I use linear embossing folders to impress a pattern into my 6.25 x 2.25 card stock, use the embossing to set the ‘line’ for Washi tape or paint or markers, then mount the artwork onto a 7” x 3” base. Works as a bookmark or as artwork on a 5” x 7” card. If I could figure out how to upload photos to yt I would show & tell.

Great!!

I keep my paper scraps in large 12" x 12" heavy plastic "baggies". I have just recently started to collect my strips in a round plastic container. I think I have lost of ideas between you and Ingrid to start using them. Thank you for the great ideas!

LOVE THIS!!! I had SO much fun doing this with you chickie. I now NEED (okay...want) an 8 1/2 x 11 die cutter.....enabler!!!! Those cards are INSANE. Love them all. I keep them, have a hard time getting rid of them.....lol. 😘😃😘🎨

I do save my strips in a 12 by 12 plastic bin. Thanks for the great ideas, I'm so inspired to get out the scraps and start making cards! I found you from Ingrid's video--have now subscribed to you as well!

@justinehovey

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for stopping by :)

Beautiful cards. I could almost fill the trunk of my car! 🤣

I love this idea and I see it often. I would love to see the beginning process. Like “here is my stash, let’s show you how to do this without full page strips”. How do you use up scraps that are smaller that a full page? Your cards are beautiful and I’m loving your content!!!! ❤️

My scraps are in file folders two for each color. One for prints and one for solids. I do use them for strip cards and hexagons!!

Love the ideas! I am someone in between, I keep scraps but only if I can add a sentiment or cut into different sizes of strips.

Genial!

Thanks for doing this video! Now I can get rid of some scraps.

Since I don't have space for my Gemini to be out all the time, when I am using it, I make my cuts and then I use it to cut up, usually using the dies I just had out, to cut more pieces for the future out of my scraps, such as flowers, snowflakes when I have white or white/silver glitter paper scraps. Some of those papers are expensive so they need to be used up. I also quilt and I do this same thing with my fabric. I make my own precuts of fabrics in specific sizes that I use frequently when quilting. This means when I want to start a new quilt project, I am ready to go. With paper though I don't have a big stock, but for right now I know if I need to make a quick card I already have flowers cut out and ready to glue. I do like the fabric strips as it is like quilting. Thank you.

@kkrolf2782

2 жыл бұрын

Soooo … NEXT Question!! How do you store your spare die cuts?!? I’ve begun to keep templates of cards I make, plus spare “bits” (paper, brads, INSTRUCTIONS, die cuts, etc.) together in cd or dvd boxes. But I’m wondering if I’ll need a whole bookcase in a year to store them!!

Since I haven't created enough layouts or cards in order to have a lot of scraps, I'll keep your video available for when I need it. I saw an online video that demonstrated cutting strips of paper by using a paper shredder that didn't cut crossways. Also, I've ordered the Tim Holtz Deckle Torn Edge Trimmer so I'll be able to weave different colors of cardstock that doesn't have a smooth look. WOW, there's so much to utilize in our hobby!!!

@justinehovey

4 жыл бұрын

Welcome to the hobby, you'll get those scraps soon enough! There are lots of tools. Go slow and enjoy the process!

love those rainbow cards. My scraps are not that pretty organized. I would say they are about as large as a shoe box. I purge often.

I like this idea. The double sticky backing allows us to prep the scrap backgrounds to be ready to cut for different cards. So much easier than fitting them as you go on individual cards. This would be nice if done in a color palate. Like reds & pinks or shades of blue etc.

I have large plastic envelopes and I sort my scraps by rainbow color. I keep these in the bottom section of my cubby that is right next to my feet. I find I use my scraps a lot more when they are close and sorted. I also labeled my envelopes and this helps me too. Loved your ideas - going to go make some right now!

I'm drowning in strips so I've started using them to make contrast borders/surrounds for my matts and layers. You just need to mitre the corners and they look as good as using a whole piece of card. Generally, I put my strips and leftovers back in with the cardstock packs,so I can go straight to the colour I want and then they are easy to find for small die cuts or sentiments sentiment layer borders and tags.

I primarily make cards do I save all sizes and organize by color in clear pockets. Stored in a sturdy file basket so they are easy to flip through. I need to add tabs though.

I have a shoe box size stack of strips,( that one inch that comes off the 8.5×11) and I have a Rubbermaid drawer stacker color coordinated for larger solid color scraps and another bin for designer paper scraps.

I keep anything one square inch and up, that's mostly because I have many small dies that I can use small bits instead of a large cardstock sheet. I recently used a bunch of strips (varying widths) much like you did in this video, but set them aside (temporarily) for inspiration. That makes this video very timely for me. Thanks!

If it’s big enough to make a card base it goes in a bin at the top of my 81/2x11 Cardstock. Thin paper strips go in a lunch bag on a shelf. Tina paper scraps go in another lunch bag to make handmade paper and the rest go in an accordion folder that hasn’t closed in 10 years. In fact it has exploded and is now on the floor under my table. It is sorted by color and I do use it all the time but not as much as I put in. I am in the process of looking for maybe a file cabinet or file folder bin that would work. Great videos from u both

My scraps are usually patterned paper rather than colored card, but for those I tend to use them up by diecutting with them. For patterned paper scraps they are more difficult to use up, I always dig in my folders to see if I can though rather than use new things and add to the pile.

Love it! Please do a follow-up video to this because now I have scraps from my scraps!

@kkrolf2782

2 жыл бұрын

As with Justine’s “snips” these could now be turned into a “quilt pattern” by making something akin to a pinwheel style pattern, either in blocks on a card front (to use up the smallest of pieces) or as one single block on the card face. Know any quilters? They could quite possibly give us even more pattern ideas!

I keep everything!

I keep my scraps in hanging files in a file bin organized by colour. I prefer the hanging files over plastic sleeves because it is easier to throw them in or pull them out. I probably wouldn't put them away if I had to open a plastic sleeve organizer thingummy. But also because of my consulting work I tend to have a bunch of portable file bins as I use them for projects in order to be able to pack up related files and go off to meetings. Easy to re-purpose to holding craft scraps and I have another one that holds images I have cut out for collaging.

Another tip for getting rid of the Hershey Kisses peak on Nuvo drops: when you have applied all the drops, lift the card, taking care to keep it horizontal (parallel to your work surface) and tap it sharply underneath a couple of times. I usually flick my index finger against my thumb. This makes the peak flatten but still keeps the drop rounded. Still keeping the card horizontal, put it back on your work surface to dry.

@gobarb26

3 жыл бұрын

That doesn't work for me. I never put the bottle in my armpit but I will now! 😉

@franceswatts4001

3 жыл бұрын

Barbara Burgess Pardon? What armpits?

Great cards Justine, I have a plastic shoe box about half full, I tend to use in spurts.

I just did my yearly punch and purge of scraps...when my kids were little that was a job for them...and they could create with whatever they punched. Great ideas for more ways to help me use up all the scraps.

@justinehovey

4 жыл бұрын

Great idea!

Great video! Love how you made so many cards - they would be a fabulous gift set for someone!

A really great video!! I tend to hoard my scraps. When my clear plastic 12 x 12 container gets too full....toss it all if I havent used in 6 months.

I'd say my scrap pile is the size of a box 15" x 15" x 10". Great suggestions! Thx.