#KCDFEBJJ23 - Week 3 Part 2 - Let's Make Doilies!

 Good morning, everyone!

With snags in getting the cube storage in place, I'm a bit behind. I was able to remedy a couple of the snags but the final piece will have to wait until Bob comes home next week.

Yesterday, I had to get the bill binder in order then go pay a couple so no time here.

Which brings me to today's video.... 

I told you we'd be making doilies, no crocheting required. I hope you enjoy this week's project. A couple girls have already posted their makes to the facebook group.  Give it a try!

Creative Blessings!

~Kelly 

FRIDAY FREEBIE - Closer Look at Scrapbook Paper Haul -WIN!!!

 Good morning, crafty friends!

Wow! Sorting the papers out yesterday took me almost an hour. There are over 210 sheets of fabulous papers to play with - each one purchased with a project in mind. Guess I'm going to be busy. 

I hope you enjoy looking at all the lovely papers. Links to some of the companies mentioned can be found in the description box of the video.

WIN! WIN! WIN!

So, at .39 cents per sheet, how much money do you think I spent?

Leave your answer in the comments below.

Closest without going over will WIN!

Winner announced next Friday - 9/25/20

Good Luck!

This thumbnail isn't the one you'll see when you go to YouTube. I changed it because of the pixelation you see here. I'll work on that. Getting these things right is a learning process. :-)

I''ll see you tomorrow with Shout Out Saturday and a quick card project!

WOYWW 413 - New Storage!

This is Bob. Husband and all around handyman.

In the first picture he is dismantling the old Entertainment center we had revamped into my stamp cabinet.

That's it with all the drawers where I used to store my loose stamps

Here's a shot of the center section after I moved into the new studio and revamped how I store everything.

I gave him dimensions for what I needed this cabinet to be.

He came up with using the interlocking slot technique for sturdiness

(because we all know how heavy paper can be!)

After a trip to Menards (home improvement) he began the construction process.

Here it is completed and ready for paper!

The cabinet is approximately 7.5' across and 7' tall. 

and is divided into 3 sections with the cubicles 15" high and 15" deep

The 3 narrower slots are to hold my existing fiber drawers. 

All of my stacks will go on the bottom shelves

Recollections/ DCWV Cardstcok in the units above.

I don't use these as often so they can be closer to the floor.

The top 3 rows are for Stampin' UP! 

12x12 CS & DSP, 8.5x11CS In-Colors

All filed by rainbow with each color being in ABC order.

I'm working on putting things away so will have a 'full' picture next weekend.

Oh yeah.. and I now have track lighting giving me 'daylight' on the unit so I can see everything regardless of what time of day/ night I want to work!

That's it for my desk this week. Who's Miss Julia and why am I here?  That's my desk? What's on yours? When you are done visiting me in the Ozarks, please hop on over to Stamping Ground where Miss Julia has a long list of other studios you can peek into. No standing on an up-turned milk pail to look in the window. We open the doors wide and welcome you.  Please leave your number and you'll be among the first on my list. 

THE SCRAP RACK FALL CLASS - Week 2 Results

SU CARDSTOCK & Designer Paper

Last week, our assignment was to begin sorting our paper. I had most all of mine sorted from the fall class last year in preparation for the move (that took a year LOL).

I have learned through the challenge that I like storing my cardstock by the Rainbow as opposed to color family.  The top shelf is all SU Cardstock 8.5x11. The bottom shelf is GP White, SU Black as well as what I have left in SU 12x12 and the SU Designer Paper (DP).

SLABS

This shelf is all of my Slabs - DCWV,, Paper Studio and Craft Paper. One of the discussions that always comes up when talking about the ScrapRack is 'should I tear my slabs apart?' The best answer is NO. The concept behind the ScrapRack is to store things together that you will use together. Most slabs are a theme within themselves... so you will use those papers together on your projects.  

So that I have a reference of what I have taken a picture of the cover of each slab. As soon as I have an ink cartridge for the photo printer, I will print them out as a 4x6 photo. These will store in the pockets of the Perfect Six page, giving me a visual reminder of each slab I have here.

6 x 6/ 4.5 x 6.5

I will cover these boxes with fabric to match the studio. I'm a flipper and this works for me.

Loose paper by Theme

Divider tab made from a plastic place mat.

Because I don't have a lot of pages per theme, I plan to move these to the ScrapRack in their specific categories.  I am going to keep the Christmas paper stored like this as I have a lot of Christmas papers.

I have pictures of my scrap rack as it's shaping up but they are on my phone. I'll have pictures of that soon.

I can't believe how much more space I have within the studio now that I'm storing about 90% in the ScrapRack.  The key is finding what works for you. I am a flipper so file storage and book page style work best for me.

And because I've accomplished Week 2, I get my Reward...  $50 in my Travel bank!

What is working for you? Please share!

Creative Blessings! 

Kel

GET ORGANIZED CHALLENGE Week #2 - Paper

I spent the weekend sorting all of my loose sheets of 12x12 paper. I do not have near the amount of paper some scrapbookers have. I only by DP when I have a specific project in mind and the paper is on sale - a combination of the two, not one or the other. I do not buy paper just because there is a sale. There must be a project in mind.

The concept behind The Scrap Rack is that all of the supplies are broken down and stored in one of four sections.. aka The 4-Section System. Everything fits into one of four categories: Alpha/ Numeric, Themes, Calendar, Rainbow (which I will talk about in a separate post).

The Alpha/Numeric is the easiest category. If it is a letter/ number (be it sticker, chip board, stamp, etc) then  you file the item under this tab. I am also including WOW - Words of Wisdom and Shapes under this category. Because unless they fall into a specific theme, which I'll talk about next, they really don't fit anywhere else. The other thing is to file items where YOU are most likely to find them. For me, having these items up front works best.

The next category, THEME, is a bit longer. This is where you list individually all the different things you would scrapbook (or make a card for) by theme in alphabetical order. Here is a short list of my categories:
ANIMALS (subcategories - Cats, Dogs, Wildlife, Zoo)
ARTS/ CRAFTS/ FAIRS (because I have pics to scrap for these items)
BAKING/ COOKING
CELEBRATE
   I included everything I would make a card for in this category as well as things to 'celebrate' so my sub-        categories include: Anniversary, Baby, BD, Get Well, Grad, Sympathy, Thank You, Thinking of You,      
    Wedding
COWBOY/ WESTERN
DISNEY/ PIXAR/ LICENSE
ENTERTAINMENT (subcategories - Artists/ Concerts/ Music/ Shows)
FAMILY & MILESTONES
GARDENING

And the list continues.

Because Tiffany has broken this down and does not want us to become overwhelmed in the process and give up, she breaks things down into manageable bites. Because she knows most scrapbookers have mounds of papers, she suggested we only sort an 8" stack this week. Over the remaining weeks of the course we will sort an additional 4" each week.

Mine is done - Totally 6" of paper.

The stack on the left is all of my themes. The stack on the right is the CALENDER stack.
The Calendar is the THIRD category in the ScrapRack where we break the paper down according to the Calendar year either by month, season or a combination thereof. I have broken mine down into combined months with subcategories.
JAN/ FEB - New Year, Winter/Snow/ Valentine's Day
MARCH/ APRIL - St. Patty's/ Easter
MAY/ JUNE - May Day/ Mother's Day/ Father's Day
JULY/ AUG - 4th of July/ Summer
SEPT/ OCT - Fall/ Halloween
NOV/ DEC - Thanksgiving/ Christmas

Christmas is my biggest section over-all. LOL I see LOTS of the SR single pocket pages in my future.

I do have MORE PAPER then what I'm showing here. All of my other DP falls into 2 categories - SU, which I keep in 12x12 hanging file tote next to the SU cabinet and the DCWV slabs. I keep these on a shelf on the Entertainment Center. The good news is - in transferring the loose paper to the SR, I'll have more room on that shelf for slabs and there are still a couple from DCWV I want to buy.

In this process I purged a lot of DP from my days at Michaels. That is all going in the box to the Kindness Club in MN.

The only thing I have left is my scrap drawer. I need to determine my smallest size - I'm thinking 3x4 - then pitch the rest.

I have met my GOAL for Week 2. My REWARD: - The Spring Mini order from SU. I did not see anything in the SAB to warrant spending a party's worth of ca$h so am just ordering the items I want from the Spring while I still can.

Tomorrow begins Week 3 - Embellishments!
Oh FUN!