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You might be a Paper Junkie if .........
You can tell the difference between Powder Blue and Splash without consulting your Bazzill color chips.
You might be a Paper Junkie if .........
You measure your paper collection using the same wall mounted growth chart you use to keep track of your growing children.
You might be a Paper Junkie if .........
As the mother of teenagers, you consider getting pregnant again just so you can buy the new SEI Bouncing Baby Paper Collection.
In last week’s lesson you made your Theme’s List and your sorting templates. This week we’re going to put them to work. I’m going to STRONGLY advise that you work with just a couple of inches of paper at a time. The last thing you want to do is to start sorting paper and then have to pile it all back up because you have run out of time to finish the project. If you are storing your paper in **Paper Storage Boxes, you may want to create dividers for the boxes and sort directly into the boxes rather than using the Templates – don’t worry you’re going to use them later.
If you’re using the templates, you need a place that you can comfortably spread them out. I’ve seen them cover Kitchen Counters, Sofas, Floors, Dining Room tables, even trails through the house. Spread out your templates. Grab a stack of paper, again, I’m going to say just an inch or two. Now, as you sort through each paper, place it on the appropriate sorting template; Christmas papers, in Winter – Football papers in Themes “S” for Sports – Red papers in Rainbow “Red”. Continue through until you have sorted the stack of paper you’ve got in your hand. Once you are through that inch or 2 of paper, pick up each pile and move it into your Organized Only Space – whether that is a ScrapRack, Paper Storage Boxes or some other storage tool. Continue to sort using this method until you’ve sorted all of your paper!!! The wonderful thing about this is, you can continue to work a little at time or you can do a lot, but in either case, the next time you want to craft, you’ll be able to reap the reward of the work you’ve done. The papers you’ve had time to sort will be visible, accessible and easy to recognize.
**To use Paper Storage Boxes for sorting, you’ll need to create Dividers for each of the sections, that match the Sorting Templates you created on the 12x18 paper. The easiest way to do this is to use 12x12 Chipboard (or some other sturdy material – even thin cardboard would work) and Self Adhesive Labeling tabs. Once you’ve created these dividers you can begin sorting directly into your Paper Storage Boxes.
As was illustrated in the video, you can use the *SuperSized Single Pocket Pages to hold individual “themes” or collections of paper. These can be added directly to your ScrapRack or they can be put into the Paper Storage box. There are a couple of benefits to putting your papers into the *SuperSized Single Pocket page. First they will keep your groups of papers together for easy access so you can be sure you’ve got the full collection with you when you go to a crop or class. Second they if you add the labeling tab to th edge of page it will be even easier to find exactly what you want. Finally the *SuperSized Single will add an extra layer of protection to the edges and corners of your paper. If you are using Paper Racks, the *SuperSized Single pages will add the same benefits.
* Some crafters prefer to use the "sturdier" SideLoader Single Storage Pages. These do the same job as the SuperSized Single Pockets but they are quite a bit thicker and load from the side rather than the top.
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