NEW Framelit Organizing Video!!!

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In this NEW Wow That's Cool Video I will show you how I organized my Stampin Up Framelits and Dies with the Stamp-n-Storage Magnet Cards and Tote Box, a few homemade folders and labels.

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Organize Embossing Folders with Envelope Punch Board

Hi Stampers,
I am a SUPER Organized Person to the point that I drive myself crazy sometimes.  I will never eyeball anything when making a card, and I always have to make sure that everything I do is measured exactly, and that I have labels on everything.  Crazy, I know.....but, that's me! Type A personality.   I can't work in my craft room unless everything is organized and easy to find. So here is a TIP:  If your Embossing Folders are just tossed in a box in the closet, it is very unlikely that you are using them to their full capacity. WHY?  Because it is hard to remember what they all look like when looking at the name on the package, especially if you have about 80 of them like I do, LOL. You need to know what they look like at a fast glance to see which embossing folder will be just the right one for the card you are working on.  Am I right?

I have the PERFECT SOLUTION for you!  About a year ago in a previous post I had shown you how I organize my embossing folders and put them into a DVD box.  But, since the release of the Stampin Up! Envelope Punch Board, I have changed the way that I now make the folders to store my Embossing Folders and I wanted to share that method with you.  It is now so much easier and faster for me to make the folders with the Envelope Punch Board vs. the old way I used to hand cut and make them.  The Stampin" Up! Envelope Punch Board has changed it all for me. 

Check out my YouTube Video below and work right along with me while we create some folders to store your embossing folders and organize you so you are able to make use of all those Embossing
Folders.  Leave me a comment and let me know what you think...

 

DIRECTIONS

1. On store bought folder from Staples I cut two pieces 7" x 11". (You will get (2) Embossing Storage Folders from each office folder).
2. Score the 7" x 11" piece @ 5" and again @ 5-1/4".
3. Fold up toward the front on the 5" score mark making sure that the 5-1/4" score mark is on the back of the folder.
4. For LEFT TAB: Line left edge of paper with 2-3/4" mark on the Envelope Punch Board, punch, and then round off the left corner of the tab.  Trim off the excess off the right side of the top of the folder.
5. For RIGHT TAB: Flip the right side of the folder as if turning a page in a book so you are now working on the backside of the folder.  Now line up with 2-3/4" mark again, punch and round.  Trim off excess off the left side of the folder.
6. For CENTER TAB:  Line folder in punch board at 2-1/8" mark, punch, flip as if turning a page in a book, and now re-punch on other side at the 2-1/8" mark on punch board.
7. Emboss a 4-1/4" x 5-1/2" piece of cardstock and attach to the front of the folder with Anywhere Glue Stick.
8. Fold on the 5-1/4" score line so the two score lines form a "pocket" for the embossing folder to fit into to.

SUPPLIES

Envelope Punch Board # 133744

Anywhere Glue Sticks #104045

Embossing Folders of your choice

4-1/4" x 5-1/4" piece of cardstockfor each folder holder you want to make.

Folders from an office supply store



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Storage Rack for Cardstock Paper

Hi Stampers,
I LOVE ORGANIZING THINGS IN MY CRAFT ROOM!!!  My biggest challenge as a Card Maker was to find a way to organize and store all my cardstock.  I wanted to be able to store my 12”x12” Designer Papers and also all of my 8 1/2” x 11” cardstock paper too.  The pre-made paper shelves were so expensive, so I decided to make the shelf unit myself using a wire cube storage system. (It was actually pretty cheap in price to make too).

 

(My shelf unit above has 38 shelves, 19 on each side)

I purchased my shelf cubes from Lowes. They were made by Style Selections. It is the Black Wire Shelves System. (Item #394787-Model #HD-137730). These have since been discontinued, but you can get similar shelves at most stores. You need to just make sure the measurements are close to the size of these so they will fit your 12” x 12” papers too. Here are the measurements of the units I had purchased. 

  

(Length (Inches) 14.75, Width (Inches) 13.75, Wire Shelf Length 2 ft, Depth (Inches) 3.3, Color Black).

Step 1 - You will need to purchase 4 boxes of Cube Systems (make sure that 12 shelves come in a box to your systems, as you need 48 shelves to work with To be able to make the double width- 3 cube high shelves unit like mine as in the COLORED PHOTO above.  Here is a brief outline of the usage of shelves:

• (2) Partial boxes will be used for the for the base cube shape using up 17 of the 24 shelves and leaving you 7 shelves left over.
• You will be using (2) shelves on the bottom, (2) shelves on the top, (4) in the middle, (3) shelves down each side and (3) shelves down the middle a total of 17 shelves.
• This leaves you 7 shelves from the two boxes above and 24 shelves from the next two unused boxes for a total of 31 shelves to work with.
• You will use 15 shelves on each side for the inside shelves that will be a total of 30 more shelves you use, leaving you (1) shelf leftover to save in case you need to replace a shelf someday.
• My total unit counting the base and top shelves makes 38 paper shelves, 19 usable shelves on each side of paper rack.

Step 2 - Purchase 4 (100) pkg. Bag of 4” cable ties

Step 3 - Construct the Base Cube Shape

• Construct the basic cube shape using (2) shelves on the bottom, (2) shelves on the top, (4) in the middle, (3) shelves down each side for a total of 6, and (3) shelves down the middle a total of 17 shelves.  It will look like the image below except (3) cubes high instead of 2.

Step 4 - Insert Shelves, Secure With Cable Ties

• Now you have 7 shelves left over from the boxes you used to build the base and 24 shelves from the next two boxes for a total of 31 shelves to work with for inner shelves.  Use 15 shelves inside each side of the unit, a total of 30 inner shelves you use.  Slide the shelves in at 2” intervals into the cube and secure with cable ties. (I put the ties at EVERY JOINT and also secured tightly to the back diagonal X supports too).  Paper is heavy and the more ties you use, the more stable the structure!   I used almost all 400 of my ties up.  When all the cable ties are in place, cut the excess part of the cable tie that sticks out off.  (My fingers were sore from pulling all of those ties).  You now have (1) shelf leftover to save in case you need to replace a shelf someday.

Step 5 – Adding Labels to the Shelves

I used my Brother Label Maker #PT-1880 to make labels for the the shelves.  The label backing peels off in (2) strips horizontal across the back of the label.  I peeled off only the top one and left the protective paper on bottom half and then adhered the sticky top of the label to the shelf front so I know what colored paper is in that shelf. 

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Organizing Your Embossing Folders

Hi Stampers! 

NOTICE:
THIS POST WAS UPDATED TO A NEWER AND BETTER METHOD OF CREATING THE FOLDERS.  SEE MY 3/1/2014 POST http://craftyandcreativeideas.blogspot.com/2014/03/organize-embossing-folders-with.html


Are you tired of searching thru piles of embossing folders just to try the right folder for a project?  Well search no more...
I have had some requests to show I organize all of my embossing folders. I had actually bought colored folders from Staples Office Supply.  Using the Staples folder completely opened,  I cut out a small folder 10 1/2" long  x 7" wide from the staple folder itself.  I made a tab on top of the folder by using the tab on the staples folder itself as the top of my new little folder and just trimmed it down a little to my liking.  I then laid the new little small folder on score board with the bottom of the folder (you will be using the 7" wide bottom and  it will be against the side of score board.  It will be the side without the tab cut out). Now I scored it at 5" and also at 5 1/4" front the left side of the folder.  This forms the little 1/4" pocket to hold the embossing folder.

 

I then took a 4 1/4" x 5 1/2" sheet of white card stock, embossed it with the embossing folder that would be in that folder, and glued it to the front of the folder.  Now I can identify them quickly but just looking at the embossed designs on the front of the folders rather than trying to remember what they look like by name. But, l did make labels in Microsoft Word using the return size labels (1/2" x 1 3/4") Avery #5267, to make title labels to stick on my folders. 

The folders are now all stored inside a DVD plastic case with a removable top which enables me to take the box with me to my friends houses when getting together to make cards.  I leave the top off of the case when at home and just store the DVD case on my shelf  with quick access to them when making cards and just keeping them all organized all the time.

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