Organizing with Stampin Up stamp containers ~ ADHESIVE

Happy Monday everyone!  I hope everyone had a great weekend!  I am back to show you another storage idea for adhesive with the Stampin Up stamp containers.  I am using the clear containers that the wooden stamps come in from Stampin Up.  I am using the ones that measure 4 1/4' x 5 1/4' in size.  I am also using the 4 drawer Jetmax white cube I got from Michaels.

 Here is the drawer with 15 containers inside.  WOW!!  I had all this adhesive in original packages in the drawer and with the packages this stuff took up the whole drawer.   After combining the adhesive in the Stampin Up containers, you can see how much room I have left.  I was amazed!!  I just LOVE LOVE LOVE how I can open the drawer and see exactly what is in what container.

 I have different sizes of double sided sticky tape and glue dots in each container.  I wrote the size of the double sided sticky tape on the inside of the rolls with black sharpy so I know what size I am using.

 These are miscellaneous foam dots and squares.  I love the fact that all sizes are in one container.  I put the container on my desk when doing projects and it saves time not hunting for the different sizes!

I am in LOVE with these container.  And I love how they fit in the cubes! 

You can see my post on how I stored my BUTTONS  in these containers HERE

Thanks so much for stopping by and happy crafting!!

Organizing with Stampin Up stamp containers ~Buttons~

Hi Everyone!  I found all of these Stampin Up containers at a school rummage sale.  I didn't need the wooden blocks but wanted the containers to use to store my craft stuff in my jetmax cubes.

There were several different sizes.  And if you are wondering YES I got all they had!!  You can never have too many containers!

These containers fit perfectly in the jetmax cubes.  I am going to show you how I am now storing my buttons in these containers.  I have a container for each color.  I need one more of the small containers to fit across perfectly. 

 Here is a close up of the drawer of button containers.  I LOVE how I can open the drawer and see exactly what is in the containers.

 Here is a close up of the pink button container.   When I want a button, I just pull out the container and I can see through it and turn it upside down to see if I have the right size/color button I need.

 Here is the jetmax cube I store them in.  It holds 11 of this size (4 1/2' x 3 3/8') Stampin up container.  And you still have tons of room in the drawer for other items.

I LOVE recycling/reusing items.  I hope you will stop by on Monday and see what other items I have stored in these fabulous containers!

Thanks for stopping by and Happy Crafting!!

~ TUTORIAL TIP ~ Don't Be Sad ~ Get GLAD (and Reynolds)!!

Hi everyone!  I hope you are having a great NEW YEAR!!  I wanted to start off the new year with a tutorial on my favorite way to add stickers to your project with ease. 

One of my favorite things to use in my craft room is GLAD Press 'n Seal.  This is one of the best items I could have purchased.  You can use it alone or team it up with Reynolds wax paper and your craft room is complete!  Let me show you:



First cut a small piece of waxed paper and press n seal. (these boxes will last for what seems like forever) It is hard to see from the pictures, but the press n seal has a textured look and the wax paper is smooth.

Next you will want to lay your stickers on the waxed paper.  With the wax paper, you can remove and restick your stickers so if you don't like something you can remove it with ease!

I used my Martha Stewart cutting mat grid lines as a guide so my stickers would be straight.

Once you have your stickers the way you want them, lay a piece of press n seal on TOP of the stickers.

I use my speedball brayer to roll across the to help the press n seal adhere to the stickers.  Then I use my fingers to rub in between the letters.

Next you will SLOWLY pull the press n seal from the wax paper.  The stickers will now be on the back of the press n seal.

Now position your press n seal stickers on your project/layout.

Again I use my speedball brayer and my finger to smooth the press n seal stickers on my project.

SLOWLY peel the press n seal away from your project and it will leave your stickers beautifully on your project.  DON'T throw away the waxed paper or the press n seal paper because you can reuse them for other projects. 

BEAUTIFUL!!

Now you can align your stickers perfectly on your project.  I remember ruining alot of projects because the stickers would be running downhill and I would be constantly trying to pull them off the project and rip either the sticker or the project or BOTH.  Now I LOVE using stickers! 

I hope you enjoyed this tutorial tip and will be able to use this in your craft room!

You can use this same method with your cricut cuts and vinyl!!!  EXCITING!!!

Thanks for stopping by and Happy Crafting!!



How I organize my Buttons and Odds & Ends

Hi Everyone!!  I wanted to share with you another way I organize my craft space.  Today I am going to share how I store my buttons and odds & ends.  I purchased these little containers at Michaels.  They were sold with the jetmax cubes and I believe you got 5 or 6 containers in a package.  I recently went back to purchase more and they didn't have anymore.  I sure hope they did not discontinue them.  I LOVE them because the lids screw on!!

 I don't have a whole lot of buttons so I have other items stored in the containers like googly eyes, jingle bells, large brads, and other odds & ends. 

 I have a container for each color button.  I LOVE them because when I open the drawer, I can see everything through the clear tops.

Here is a close up of the container.  These are clear plastic.

 If you are unable to find these containers at Michaels or online, you could use any containers you can find.  I just LOVE having them in one of my jetmax drawers and I can see everything I have when I open the drawer!

Thanks for stopping by and happy crafting!!

Ribbon and Twine Storage Tip

Hi Everyone!  Linda over at Paper Boutique is having an organizing tip contest.  I wanted to share a favorite organizing tip with everyone.  This is how I organize and store my ribbon and twine.  I store them in my Jetmax cubes (with dividers) from Michaels.  I found this tip on the cricut messageboard and LOVE it.  It is a super super space saver.  I wrap my ribbon on 3x3 chipboard (I use the back of the paper stacks).  Make sure you wrap it loosely so you don't have creases in your ribbon when you unroll it.  I also use another drawer (with dividers) to store my scrap ribbon.  This has saved me a TON of space and time.  I am not sorting through all my ribbon to find what I need.  I just open a drawer and I can see all the ribbon and colors.  It is also a great way to show when you are running low on a color and need to buy more.   I buy the clear (500 ct) hair bands from the dollar tree to hold the ribbon securely.

  

 Close up of the ribbon.  You can also wrap more than one style of ribbon on a card.

 My scrap drawer.  It is easy to see all my scraps and easy to remove and replace.

 This is my twine.  It already came wrapped on this chipboard and it fits nicely in the dividers.

I hope you all have enjoyed my tip and hope it is helpful to you!

Thanks for stopping by and happy crafting!!

Making Photo Corners Tutorial 2

Hi Everyone!!  I have had several people ask if my photo corners adhere directly to my photos.  The photo corners from the tutorial yesterday do ahere directly onto my photos.  I did some figuring last night and made a tutorial 2.  In this tutorial, the photo corners slide onto the photo and can be adhered to the back of the photos.  This tutorial 2 is just like the first one with a few more easy steps.

Cut your 1 1/2 x 1 1/2 inch square corner to corner making 4 triangles.  (If you like, try experimenting with different size squares to get larger or smaller photo corners.)

Next use a scoring system, score the 2 sides of the photo corners.  I used my Martha Stewart Scoreboard.   I lined up the side of the photo corners with the next score line to make sure they were straight.  I scored both of the straight sides of the photo corners.

You can choose to cut the little square at the corner OR

cut straight across.

Lastly, fold your photo corner at the score marks.  I did NOT use a bone folder for this as I wanted them to stand up a bit to slide on my photo.

Here is how they turned out!

The top 2 corners are from yesterday's tutorial and the bottom 2 are from today's.  I wanted to show you the difference.

I hope you have fun with these photo corners!

Thanks so much for stopping by and happy crafting!!!