In My Studio with the Scrapbook Design Team

We're excited to introduce a little change to our "In My Studio" post - instead of sharing a post by just one person we're going to pick a specific area of our rooms and have a Team share details about that!  It should be fun to see a little glimpse into all of our Design Team's creative spaces :)

This week the Scrapbook Team are up and they're sharing a peek into how they store their patterned papers!

This is how I store my patterned papers right now. I try to gather collection by collection in a plastic bag/page protector. I store them in my IKEA Kallax shelf in a Kvissle letterbox also by IKEA.

Since our downsizing, my kitchen table has become my craft room. All of my patterned paper is stored in 12x12 clear scrapbook bins, that I purchased at Michaels, a few years ago. At the moment, the boxes are stored in my daughter's bedroom closet and are taken down when needed. Each box contains items from the same collection (e.g. Wonder by Crate Paper, Baxter by Seven Paper, etc...) and one is filled with my scrap pieces of paper.

I store my all 12x12 papers/cardstock, standing up, in my Kallax-type shelving unit (I got this shelving unit at a local hardware store in Aus) with plastic dividers in between.  I sort all my 12x12 papers by manufacturer.  

My smaller papers (6x6 and the left overs of the 12x12 after I have cut them down to 6x8) are stored in a black wire basket that's also sitting in one of the cubbies of the shelving unit.  I've sorted my papers by colours and added coloured dividers inbetween so it's easier to find what I'm after.  Although after looking at these photo's I think it's time to purge my paper stash...but it's just so hard ;)

For my patterned paper storage I mainly use a We R Memory Keepers accordion file folder that came with my WRMK rolling cart. But it’s now also available separately - I think they call it Expandable Paper Storage now. This folder holds all of my patterned papers (yes - all of them) and I mostly organised them by manufacturer. In the compartments at the back I also have some specialty papers, like acetate, vellum, foil, etc., and some sheets of solid coloured cardstock.

The clear zipper bag holds all of my paper scraps. I don’t really have a rule that I will throw away scraps that are smaller than a certain size, or something like this. If it’s a paper I really love, I will even keep tiny scraps. But: I do use my scraps regularly so that bag never really gets fuller than it is in the photo.

And lastly, for my current Citrus Twist Kits kit I like to use one of these clear paper files. I usually keep all the elements of the kit I am currently working with in there, except maybe for die cuts or other smaller embellishments. I like to store these in pretty bowls on my desk. That way I have my kit in one place and can jump right in when I have some time to get crafty.

I am in the middle of a big purge in my scrap area, but I plan to keep the basic premise of my storage the same because it works for me. I keep collections together in a plastic bag or envelope until I either don't have enough embellishments left to create with the collection, or I only have a couple pieces of patterned paper left. I then separate the papers into a Crop In Style holder sorted by color with a section for neutrals. 

I purchased this cute drawer at Hobby Lobby and my 6x6 pads fit perfectly inside it. My rule is that my stash cannot outgrow this drawer. I will admit that I did need to purge quite a few when I initially bought the drawer, but this has really worked well for me and I am going to continue this method of storage. Beside the drawer I keep my white cardstock, and my 6x8 and 8x8 paper pads. 

One year ago I had over two feet of patterned paper! That didn’t even include my 6x6 pads. But when we moved I had to purge drastically. So my plan was to keep whatever could fit in a few 12x12 iris containers. Now, if the containers get filled, I have to purge to make room for only papers I love. I have one container for colors and it’s sorted in rainbow order (for those of you wondering “But what about the multi colored papers?!”, well “multi-colored” is the bottom of my “rainbow”). 

A second container holds my neutrals, which includes black, grey, wood grain and a lot of white. This container never fills up because I use neutrals for backgrounds so often. The iris containers I use are old and used to fit in little plastic shelving unit. But I tossed that before the move and fit the containers easily in my Kallax shelves.

We live in a large apartment, so our den was transformed into an office.  One of the book cases in this area houses most of my patterned paper.   I have quite a bit of patterned paper, so 2 shelves of the larger bookcase (from IKEA) is where i keep all the my beautiful papers.   As you can see, I try my best to keep the papers and collections together in cello bags (this is what it looks like after a crafting session!!!) so I can see what is inside.   All bags are labelled at the right corner  so that I know what collection i am working with. As the bag empties, I usually break up the collection, and store the papers (only keep papers 6x6 in or larger ) in large zipper bags (just like the ones the PLkit comes in)  at the bottom of this shelve of the book case.

My CTK kits are always stored together in an Iris case in the desk drawer, and as soon as the new one comes in,all the old papers go in a cello bad inside the Iris container.

Hi, It’s Veera here to show you how I store all my pattern papers. My main scrapbooking storage solution is my Ikea Kallax / Expedit unit. For my papers I’m using a Kvissle Letter Tray inside the cubes. On the left side I have put the letter tray as it should be (horizontally). Here I store all my kits and collections that I want to keep together. As you can see I have added also some embellishments to the shelfs so the collections and kits keep together nicely. On the right side I’m storing all the other papers and paper scraps that I want to keep. Here I have placed the letter tray on it’s side to have vertical sections for the papers. The Ikea Letter tray is not full 12x12 (it’s a bit shorter) but I have found it to work just fine for me.

I love getting a glimpse into our Design Team's creative areas and how they store their goodies.  How do you store your patterned paper? We would love to see/hear (leave a post on the Facebook Fanpage!).

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In My Studio with Leigh

Hello crafty friends! I am so excited to reveal my new craft room, and share my creative space with you.

We just moved in and I have been working hard to get my craft room up and running. I did all the design and installation myself, except for the Sugar Paper LA desk above, that my husband helped me with. 

This craft room is smaller than my previous room, but my gold striped pegboard DIY project is still definitely a necessity. I used the new Heidi Swapp Gold Foil Flakes to foil the "Shine" word from Hello Heidi Wall Art line.  

The view from the doorway as you enter the room. For my craft room to work for me, I need to have separate stations or zones for each step in the creation process. The desk along the back wall features:

• Computer zone for editing and printing photos and using the Silhouette Machine
• Sewing and Heidi Swapp Minc machine station
• often used supplies on the pegboard
• Citrus Twist Kits Design Team binders and schedules 
• printing supplies stored near printer

The Sugar Paper LA desk from Target in the center of the room features:

• We R Memory Keepers Typecast Typewriter 
• this month's CTK kit in the drawers 
• adhesives and paper trimmers in the drawers

The back left plastic drawers hold paper scraps by color, and the wire cart next to it holds the Minc Foils and Bible Journaling supplies.

Inside the room looking back at the door, you can see my planning and Traveler's Notebook Station along that wall. Everything in the Michael's wall organizers above the desk is used for planning and Traveler's Notebook specific tasks. This planning and TN station features:

• daily hand lettering supplies like brush pens and Rhodia paper pads 
• planner stamps and inks
• small scale punches
• labels
• page flags and Post-it Notes
• favorite travel washi
• rotary stamps
• planners and TN's
• monthly planning kit subscriptions 

Close up of the wall organizers. You can see my bullet proof( aka water proof ) Noodler's Inks for fountain pens, and travel related stamps. 

All my planner pens and highlighters are close by in the Michael's pen/marker storage, and some clear dollar store bins. 

Love the Heidi Swapp wall words, and I spray painted this one with my favorite gold spray paint by Rustoleum (from Wal-mart). Ikea Kallax unit here for scrapbook supplies. Lots of Heidi Swapp goodness here as well as past Citrus Twist Kits in large plastic storage bags inside the white bins. 

The closet holds tools and embellishments, and extra supplies like adhesives and paper trimmer blades. All my Project Life supplies are also stacked in here. I have white curtains and am waiting on the other half of my curtain rod to show up so I can hang them. :)

Inspiration wall above the computer. 

Details: 

Wall paint: Sherwin Williams Amazing Gray

Floors: Dal-tile Porcelain tile River Marble in Silver Springs 12x24 size

Modular Desks: Pottery Barn

Desk Lamp: West Elm

Clear plastic storage bins: Target( aqua lids) and Michael's

Thank you so much for stopping by to see my room reveal today! 

Hugs, Leigh

In My Studio with Elizabeth

Hello there everyone. I'm here today to share a little peek into my Scrapbook Studio. It's the room in my house that was originally intended for formal dining. I much prefer scrapping to that. ha! Sometimes I feel like it would be nice to have some doors so I could keep out the pup and kids (note cars under the desk.. there are always some toys left behind for me..) But in the end I think it's actually cool that it's in a fairly open space that's central to most of the comings and goings of the house.

Anyone know what time it is? You probably notice I have a thing for clocks. I just like the way they look scattered across the wall. They are all set for 10:10, that way they're always smiling at me.

The dresser against the wall houses tons of my supplies. Cardstock, paper pads, embellishments, wood veneer, stickers, etc. I like that I can just turn around and open a drawer for anything I need. 

 When my Citrus Twist kit arrives (best day EVER) I put all of the contents in my favorite tray. This way I assure that all the elements stay together and are easy to see while I'm creating.

 Here's my favorite little visual. 100% decoration only. Makes me smile.

I keep some of my items in little baskets around the room. They're stored away on carts or shelves. Love, love the eye candy around my space.

Here's a look at the messier side of things.. I try to keep most of the elements organized by type... here we have fancy ribbons, tags, and xl letters. It makes projects come together fairly quickly when I know exactly what kind of element the page needs and can find it easily.

Here's a look at my pocket life storage. 

Punches all together... 

So there is a look at my scrappy space. Thanks for peeking in! These are my favorite kinds of posts, so I hope you enjoyed mine. 

and a look at the page I was finishing up when I took the photos, just for fun..