Organizational Ideas

This past Friday, over on Patter Cross' blog, Triple the Scraps, Patter posted about a couple sets of Snapware (Snap 'n Stack) containers she was using.  I thought they would be perfect to use for transporting my colored pencils and pre-stamped images.  When we travel or are staying over at a church for Sunday afternoon, I frequently take images to color.  Yesterday, I found a set of these wonderful containers on sale at Hobby Lobby.  Here's a picture of my set and how I'm using them.  You can see that they are even big enough for me to slip my Kindle in there too.  :)

Here's the view under my Kindle - the digi stamps you see are available from Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps.

Since, I'm talking organizational items today, I thought I'd show you a couple more of my favorite pieces in my scrap space.

Here's my stickle storage unit.  It's actually from the kitchen section of Wal-Mart.  I love it.  As you can see I still have plenty of room to acquire more stickles (yay!!) and there's room to slide something under the unit when it's sitting on my shelf.

Here's also a lazy Susan type unit that I got on sale awhile ago at A. C. Moore.  It has 3 levels with four bins on each level. 

I've recently put it up high on my Jetmax cubes to try to help keep our little grandson from trying to play with Mimi's supplies.  :)  That brings me to my new Jetmax cubes.  I love them.  I'm still in the process of reorganizing my space using them.  Here's what my configuration looks like so far.

As you can tell, one of my cubes on the right side is sitting on top of my Iris cart.  Each of those drawers has a latching lid.  I love this thing.

One of the best things about these cubes (besides the fact that they help my supplies to be Jack-proof), is that my ribbon is now finally organized and safe from our cats.  The cats like to play &/or eat my ribbon so it has to somewhere completely enclosed.  In these drawers I can easily access it but they cannot.  :)

This tray from Target sits on top of the spools of colored ribbon.  It holds my smaller bobbins & odd sized packaging.  One of the drawers in the 4-drawer cube holds larger spools and a clear paint bucket holds scraps that are long enough to use on a card but too short to spool.

My space is still a work in progress but it's gradually looking better and working better for me.

SSS89, RRR Challenge #15 & Project Photography

I used this week's sketch at The Sweet Stop for this card.  Using circles on cards is still a bit of a challenge for me.  I'm hoping the two sets of circles nesties my husband got me for Christmas will help make this easier. Using the new nesties ties into Challenge #15 on Really Reasonable Ribbon blog.  That challenge has you using something new plus ribbon on a project. I also used some new (to me) papers.

I punched out & hand-cut a couple of the flowers in the paper to make my own flower embellishments.

I also decorated the inside this time and added a verse stamp.  This card is headed tomorrow to a friend that's facing a tough week.

Supplies:
Cardstock - Georgia Pacific, Bazzill
Papers - American Crafts
Brads - MM
Ribbon - Michael's
Stamp - Stampendous (card front), Sweet 'n Sassy (inside verse)
Tools - Spellbinders Lacey Circles, Cuttlebug Swiss Dot embossing folder, Fiskars border punch, Paper Studio circle punches
Ink - Colorbox Fluid Chalk, Memento Tuxedo Black, CM journaling pen, Gelly Roll Clear Star pen

The heart isn't really gray.  I used a Gelly Roll pen to add a little sparkle and it photographed gray.  :(  I sure wish sparkle wasn't so hard to photograph.  Speaking of photographing....I tried a new set-up to get better lighting.  I followed some tips Patter Cross had on her blog Triple the Scraps in a post from Feb. 2009, Photographing Projects, to set up my "studio."  In my case, I took a white blanket, spread it over the back of the couch & a photo box (for height).  It's the closest I could get to natural light today since it's raining here.  Our daughter's cat thinks the back of the couch is his domain so he was my supervisor.  I couldn't resist sharing this picture of him observing {& patiently waiting to get his perch back} with you since he's looking so handsome.  :)

2010 Scripture Challenge 2

Patter is hosting another Scripture challenge over on her blog. You can find all the details here. This year she plans to do 6 x 6 cards and showcase them in a wooden stand. She's currently offering a chance to win a stand similar to her's that will hold 6 x 6 cards. See her blog for all the details.

In case you missed it earlier, you can also find the details to her Faith Journal challenge here. This challenge has nothing to do with scrapbooking or card making so it's great for all those who want to make sure that their children/grandchildren know what they believed.

In general, if you want encouragement or inspiration on how to incorporate your faith into your creative endeavors....just go to Patter's blog, Triple the Scraps. :)