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The ones that are too big to yhrow away or strips????
I've been doing some reorganizing and realized I have quite a lot of this stuff.
I guess I am miserly and I hate just throwing stuff away....

I have my solid cardstock organized by color, each in an individual plastic holder.  My pattern paper is in one of those clear iris cases that can hold 12x12 paper.  2 or 3 years ago I went through all my scraps and threw out the small pieces and the ones I knew I wouldn't use.  That made the solid scraps way less bulky and my pp went from 2 boxes to 1.  

well if they are pp's then I just keep them with the papers, embellies, etc...  and if they are solids, I used to keep them in the 12x12 plastic bags, but they would get bent up and rarely used.  now when I buy stuff, I get an entire kit, including matching cardstock and do my best to keep it all together.  that's what seems to work best for me

For solids and cardstock, if the scrap is big enough to mount a pic on, I throw it in my scrap bag.  I only keep patterned paper if the design is such that I can use it later to punch icons out. 

Of course, having said that, I guess I should confess that I will keep every single scrap of the last of the Basic Grey, regardless of the size. 

I keep my scraps in manila folders separated by patterned papers vs cardstock. Then, each of those are separated by color. It's easy to find a certain color of cardstock or patterned paper. Sometimes if I need to trace out a triangle, circle, etc. for size I'll grab a scrap of patterned paper I doubt I'd use on a layout.

Laura wrote:Of course, having said that, I guess I should confess that I will keep every single scrap of the last of the Basic Grey, regardless of the size. 

Me, too!

I keep my scraps that are at least 2 X 3 inches in 12 X 12 bags sorted by colors.  If they are smaller than that, I force myself to toss them.  I use them to make cards, most of the time.

I also keep my scraps in file folders by color. And the folders are in a file similar to this...one but, mine is plastic and was less expensive.  I use to have one when I lived in Washington that was even cardboard with matching flie folders.  I will try and take a photo. This will give you an idea.



As far as using my scraps I just happen to use some tonight to make this card for me dad.

I keep anything 2x3 or larger. I have a notebook with page protectors. Organized bysolids, stripes, plaid, dots, animal, Christmas , flowers and other.

Solid card stock is stored in a large ziploc.  Patterned paper is kept in a 12x12x1 scraponizer box.  None of it is sorted. I go through through the patterned paper box all the time for layering or punches in layouts.  I'll only keep papers I really like and will cull out anything that I pass over for a long time or if the box gets too full. 

Thanks for all the ideas. I admit I am a paper hoarder!
I have a bunch of scraps and I need to go through and dump some of it!
Right now it is in many ziplocks.
I like the idea of sorting by solids and pp!

blbabe1234 wrote:I keep anything 2x3 or larger. I have a notebook with page protectors. Organized bysolids, stripes, plaid, dots, animal, Christmas , flowers and other.

What a great idea.  

Shutterbug wrote:

blbabe1234 wrote:I keep anything 2x3 or larger. I have a notebook with page protectors. Organized bysolids, stripes, plaid, dots, animal, Christmas , flowers and other.

What a great idea.  

I like this idea as well. I have my solids in one box and pp in another. It is difficult to find what I need, so I don't use my scraps too often. I have a ton. 

mgehrke wrote:

Shutterbug wrote:

blbabe1234 wrote:I keep anything 2x3 or larger. I have a notebook with page protectors. Organized bysolids, stripes, plaid, dots, animal, Christmas , flowers and other.

What a great idea.  

I like this idea as well. I have my solids in one box and pp in another. It is difficult to find what I need, so I don't use my scraps too often. I have a ton. 
 

This pic was taken in 2011, I had submitted my idea to Scrapbooks ETC and they published it (Feb 2011 issue)



Scraps Notebook

I have so many tote bags that fit SB papers that I reserve one just for leftover scraps and it is sorted - somewhat. I go to it when I need a smaller piece to mount a photo or add a diecut accent.

I keep them in a drawer (one for cardstock on for patterned paper) unsorted and try to look in there first when I need something small.  I tried sorting but it was too much work to look through 6-7 folders instead of one drawer.