Copic, stencil, inkpad and dauber storage

28 Friday Feb 2014

Posted by wlbillings in Organization, scrapbook room, Storage

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copic refill storage, diy storage, foam board storage, ink pad storage, Paint dauber storage, scrapbook room, stencil storage

Hello Everybody!

Wow! I have been MIA these last few weeks. We have been busy, busy around here. Beryl, my daughter in law moved in with us until my son gets out of the Marine Corps in July. So I flew down to Arizona to help her make the 18 hour drive back. She brought with her their two-year old puppy Levi. Now he is a cutie and very sweet, but he is a puppy used to playing with big dogs. Jazz on the other hand is 9 and used to being a very spoiled only child. So, needless to say, he is a little put out by our new addition. Poor baby LOL. Here is Levi.

But on to my new storage solutions. I was in need of some more storage- there is just too many cool things out there, I must have them all !!! sigh…anyway I saw on YouTube where you can make your own storage out of foam board, so I thought for a few bucks what is the worst that can happen?

So I started with an ink pad holder. It was pretty easy though I will say it is very difficult to make all the cuts super even like they should be to fit together properly. In the end, my wonderful husband re-cut my cuts with a table saw to make them line up and then it went together beautifully. This is a super cheap project that works fabulously, but it does take time and patience. Please do not look to closely at the upper left corner LOL, oops!

To the right of the ink pad storage is a photo box that I bought at Michaels for $2.00 and I put foam board in it to make six cubbies for my paint daubers. It is not completely finished as I was short one piece of foam.

Next, feeling all kinds of proud of myself I decided I wanted to make something to hold all my copic refills. So, I skipped the part where I make all the crooked cuts and went straight to my man to ask him to cut my sections with the table saw. Happily he agreed and this project only took about 30 minutes.

Now I still had some foam board left over so I made three stencil boxes to hold my stencils. I wanted them divided by size to make the stencils easier to find. I definitely prefer to have them out and easy to get to when I am art journaling. The boxes were a breeze. I did use heating duct tape to make them so I covered that up with pretty washi tape.

I couldn’t be more pleased with how everything came out. Unless you really look, you would think they are the same wood as the rest of my room.

Couple of tips if you want to make these. The dollar store has foam board and I used it for the copic storage. It is not quite as white as the board I got at Hobby Lobby. It also has more of a paper finish. The Hobby Lobby board is slicker and whiter. I liked both, it is just something to be aware of.

Use I new blade in your box cutter. It really makes a difference.

Hot glue worked fabulous when doing the small pieces such as the stencil boxes but it dried too fast for me to use for the long pieces. I tried just a crafty glue and while it worked, I didn’t feel it was strong enough to hold up in the long run and I ended up using the heating duct tape. This worked well.

Before you make your cuts. Make sure it looks right on the project itself. Measuring is great but if you get off anywhere, even a little, it makes it had to mesh the two cut out pieces together. I hope that this makes sense.

I wish I would have video taped this project for you so that you could have had a good laugh, but alas you must settle for the videos that were my inspiration. I gleaned valuable information from them both and kinda used techniques from both as well.

Leslie Bockenstette

Craftingsisters2

All in all I think a used about 7 or 8 foam boards and I have a little left over. I used about 2/3rd of the small roll of Heating duct tape. So in the end I spent just under $20.00 for everything.

Thanks for popping in.

Wendy and Jazz

My Scrapbook Room

15 Friday Jun 2012

Posted by wlbillings in Jazzydoodledesigns, Life in general, Organization, scrapbook room, Storage

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craft room, memento dew drop storage, organization, scrapbook room, spellbinder storage, stamp storage, storage

Hello fellow crafters!

I have been getting some requests for pictures of my scrap booking room and I finally am getting around to it. I didn’t want to overload you with a bunch of large photos so I created a gallery. If you click on the images below they will get larger. There are descriptions below the gallery.

I am going to be away from my computer til the 18th. If you have any questions or comments please do leave them and I will get back to you on the 18th. I would LOVE to hear from you.

: die/embossing desk

: my main desk

: die storage

: Patterned paper storage

: Memento ink storage

: scrap paper storage

: scrap paper storage

: Spellbinder die storage

: stamp storage

: small punch storage

: embossing folder storage

: card display

: ribbon storage

: brads and embellishment storage

: distressed ink and alcohol ink storag

: Large punch storage

: My photography

Picture of the room looking in from the doorway. The picture on the wall of the flower was done by my youngest son and the art below my ribbons was done by my older son.
Closer picture of my patterned papers and cuttlebug spot.
This is a custom made desk by my sweetie. He used the michaels storage cubes for the bases and made the table top so that you can make it tilt like a drafting table or have it level. LOVE this as you don’t strain your neck when doing detailed projects. I have it at standing height with a chair that adjusts so I can sit as well.
This photo show my cardstock storage by color to the left. On the top shelves are binders with my stickers divided by theme- Black letters, white letters, flourishes, travel, outdoors etc. On the second shelf is specialty paper in vertical folders and my stamps in plastic cases. On the right I have small dividers for bling, frames, paper corners, buttons and the like.
This picture show how I store my spellbinders dies. They are magnetic folder by Quickutz. I bought mine at hobby lobby with a coupon. Picture 11 is the folder open. sorry that they aren’t side by side.
This picture shows my photo box of 6 x 6 patterned papers and12 x 12 patterned paper below it.
This how I store my Memento Dew Drop Inks. I made this out of cardboard after watching this video. I just adjusted for a plastic container I had. I keep this in the top left hand drawer of my desk because I use them alot.
This is how I store my cut paper. When I cut a piece of paper if it is over quarter of a sheet then I store it in this file folder. (you know the ones that have the months or alphabets on them) I put them by color-patterned paper in the front an then solid cardstock in the back also by color. I then go to this first when making a card. I keep it at my feet at the front of my desk.
This is how I store my scraps. I put them in gallon ziplocks by color. I store these in the same shelf as the color of cardstock. So this one sits on top of the green cardstock. I go here first when I need a scrap of green. These two things have really helped me use up scraps.
Inside of the magnetic folders holding my Spellbinder dies- see #5.
This is how I store my stamps. I unmounted them and I store them on either the plastic they came on or the plastic you use to laminate paper with. I was stamping the image on the laminate paper with stazon and then I know where they belong, but not all are done this way. Kinda ran out of time. The laminate/plastic sheet are stored in plastic cases I got from Univenture/unikeep. (The ones I bought were on clearance as they discontinued the type I have but these are very close. Not super cheap but they store quite a few per case.) I have a “stamp guide” -that way whenever I get a stamp, I stamp it in the guide and put a number beside it so I know exactly which box it is in. Took a while to get done, but so worth it!!
Small punch storage in a hanging travel storage bag.
This is how I store my cuttlebug embossing folders. Just a cheap photo box. They all stand up nicely in there. I also emboss a plain piece of cardstock and keep it inside it. Easier to see the design and to see if you want it on the card you are making. The dies are to the left side and the packaging from my spellbinders dies is there if I need to refer back to it.
This is my high tech card display. I tied ribbon to nails and strung them up. I like seeing my creations. I rotate them out as I make more.
These are old cassette tape storage racks that I use for my ribbon. So pretty.
This is a fishing tackle box I use for brads. I have two of them. Love them.
This is my inky wall. The top piece is another cassette tape holder I spray painted white. It holds all the distress inks and memento and stazon inks I use. The part below it was custom made by my hubby. It holds all the alcohol inks and sprays. I made the wood tools from wood chunks and wood from stamps. I used knob that you find in the craft wood section at hobby lobby or the like. glued velcro on and viola. Got this idea from someone on the web- sorry I don’t remember who.
I have all my punches hanging from curtain rods I bought at walmart. Cafe rods they are called . I simply mounted peg board on the studs then hung the rods on the peg board. The shelves below are simply boards that I laid over the long arm peg things. I need to paint them white, just haven’t gotten around to it.
The border around the top of my office is of photos I have taken and mounted in 8 x 10 cheap frames from walmart. It’s a little busy but I love looking at my memories.

If you are still with me…thanks for looking. Please comment and ask questions or make suggestions. I love new ideas. (don’t forget I won’t be able to respond until the 18th)

Wendy and Jazzer