Craft Organization - Wafer Thin Die Storage **Deflecto & Beacon**

My wafer thin metal storage is a mess and I desperately needed to organize it so I could find my dies and actually use them!!  They were in such a huge mess that I hated to delve into the stash and find the one to use since they would just spill on to the floor when I opened my cabinet.  So here is my way to fix this problem so I can find the die I want to use and not break the bank on a way to store them!!

I used a couple of different methods to store the dies, but the main idea is to use a thick cardstock with a Deflecto magnetic sheet glued to it with Beacon Power Tac glue and slip these magnetic sheets into a plastic Deflecto pouch (or when I ran out a plastic wrapper the dies came in) and then place the pouches in a Heidi Swapp Memory book I had laying around.  

Check out my full video tutorial on how I made this DIY Wafter Thin Die Storage below!

Now I can find my dies very easily so I will use them more and also store them on a shelf and they look pretty and not just a giant mess!!

I can even store my stamps and dies that work together in one pouch!!!  Double win!!

I am hosting a 700 subscriber prize for my YouTube channel - all you need to do is
1) comment on the DIY Wafer Thin Die Storage Video
2) subscribe to my channel (link HERE). 

Please comment that you are interested in the prize and that you are a subscriber!!  Open to EVERYONE and ALL COUNTRIES.  Prize is various dies and other fun crafty goodies!!

Now it is your turn, what are you going to organize today?!?!

Supplies Used
Book - Heidi Swapp
Pouches - Deflecto
Magnetic Sheets - Deflecto
Various Dies - Spellbinders, Die-Namites, Craftwell, Heartfelt Creations, MFT, etc
Various Papers - Robin's Nest, Websters, etc
Glue - Beacon

Enjoy! 

Merry Christmas **Robin's Nest & ULD**

These are pictures of a friend's daughter back in 2003 on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day in her pretty outfits and her new present of babies, strollers, and baby baskets.

I used the wonderful Robin's Nest papers, Dew Drops, and rub-ons and Unique Laser Designs (ULD) wood shapes to create this page.  For more info about the Robin's Nest products please visit their blog.

Along the bottom of the page and also as the banner at the top I used the wonderful Flame Glitter swirl, the pops of the glitter stars of just wonderful.  I used the Christmas Words Glitter paper for the title and also sections of the plaid in the cluster in the top left corner.  I also used a little strip of backside of the Vanilla Fleur Glitter Cardstock (it has these wonderful stripes along the bottom of the entire project) and then added in the Gold Dew Drops.  I used the backside of the White Pinetree Cardstock, it has this wonderful green swirly patterned that fit wonderfully with the page, you can see section of it in the picture above.

 

Here you can see one of the many clusters I created on this page using the cute little wood ginger-man shape from ULD inked with a brown chalk ink and then added in the wonderful Gold Dew Drops to act as buttons from Robin's Nest.  You can also see the Gold Classic Swirl Glitter Cardstock and Red Classic Swirl Glitter Cardstock in the background.

 

Here is another little Christmas wood piece from ULD that I inked in green chalk ink and topped with a gold Dew Drop to act as a star.

Here are 3 more cute little Christmas wood pieces from ULD inked in red and brown chalk ink, then linked together with twine and topped with little gold Dew Drops to act as bells on the reins.

Here is another wood tree and also a close of of the wonderful Rub-on from Robin's Nest.  I just love this Santa, it is just the perfect vintage rustic Santa!!

It is never to late to scrap those Christmas pictures of years past, so dig them out and get in the merry mood!!

Supplies Used
Cardstock - DCWV
Patterned Papers - The Robin's Nest
Glitter Cardstock - The Robin's Nest
Dew Drops - The Robin's Nest
Rub-ons - The Robin's Nest
Wood - Unique Laser Designs
Ink - Prima
Flowers - Prima
Stickers - DCWV
Ribbon/twine - May Arts
Circle Cutter - Kreaxions - Just Imagine
Adhesive - Tombow
Trimmer - Fiskars

Enjoy!!

Snow **The Robin's Nest & Imagination Crafts**

A friend of mine asked me to make a page for her about her daughter's first time in the snow.  She loved being int he snow, but hated wearing all the warm clothing.  Below is a picture of her family all bundled up in the snow outside watching the snowflakes come down.

I used the wonderful papers, dew drops, and rub-ons from The Robin's Nest to and mediums from Imagination Crafts to make it sparkle.

I first laid out most of the base of the page of papers from The Robin's Nest and then wanted to use the Imagination crafts Flourish stencil and Spatula with Snowtex to give it that snowy feeling.  I also added the Snowtex randomly around the page to give it a even snowier feeling.

IC Flourish Stencil

Spatula

Once it dried it had this wonderful texture in white that the Mica Powders from Imagination Crafts stuck to wonderfully.

To some sections I blended white, brown, green, and blue to make a teal color that matched the papers and brushed it over the flourishes on the bronze papers.  See the beautiful Snow rub-ons from The Robin's Nest, I used the word snow and some of the snowflakes.

IC Mica Powder

Here is some of the beautiful papers from The Robin's Nest that I then added silver Detail Sparkle Glitter in Silver from Imagination Crafts to the swirls to give them even more sparkle!!

IC Detail Sparkle

Here you can see some of the trim I used around the edge of the picture.  I had this wire covered glitter with a few acrylic drops on it in my stash forever, I then added in a ton of extra Dew Drops from The Robin's Nest in silver, light blue, clear, pearl, and white to enhance it.  I also added in some the wonderful chipboard snowflakes to the corners.

Throughout the layout I created snowflakes from the diamond dew drops in Pearl and Aquamarine.  

Diamond Dew Drop Tutorial

1) Supplies - Dew Drops, 6 petal flower punch (tiny), cardstock, and clear drying glue

2) Punch a flower in paper matching the color of the dew drops and count out 6 diamond dew drops per snowflake.

 3) Apply glue to the petals of the flower and glue down dew drops.

4) Enjoy to completely snowflakes and apply to your projects!!  The fun part about the clear colored dew drops is you can see the flower punch below so it creates a more 3D snowflake!

Supplies Used
Patterned Paper - The Robin's Nest
Cardstock - The Robin's Nest
Metallic paper - DCWV
Rub-ons - The Robin's Nest
Glitter Chipbaord - The Robin's Nest
Dew Drops - The Robin's Nest
Snow Tex - Decoart
Mediums/Glitter/Mica - Imgaination Crafts
Stencil - Imagination Crafts
Spatula - Imagination Crafts
Glittered Wire - Recolletions
Adhesive - Beacon & Tombow
Punch - EK
Circle Cutter - Kreaxions
Trimmer - Fiskars

 Enjoy!

Frosty **The Robin's Nest & ULD & Imagination Crafts**

This is a picture of my friend's daughter at her first winter in the snow skiing.  She loved skiing and being the in the snow, but hated getting all bundled up and the first thing she did when she got back to the house was to take snow gear off.

I created this page using the wonderful Robin's Nest Papers and Dew Drops, ULD snowflakes, and Imagination Crafts mediums.

I started out painting all the chipboard snowflakes from ULD in white acrylic paint, the ones that were clear or already a white plastic I left alone.  I then let the paint dry.

I then took some of the painted snowflakes and added in some Mica Powder from Imagination Crafts in white or a blend of white, brown, and blue to create a blue to match the papers.  I used a dry paint brush to apply the Mica Powder to the snowflakes that were pressed into Ranger perfect medium to the powder would stick to the snowflake.  This gave them a nice shimmer and shine.

For some of the other snowflakes including the white plastic ones I used the Sparkle Medium in Winter Snow, Canadian Blue, and Silver from Imagination Crafts.  I just used my finger to dab a bit of the glitter medium to the snowflakes in the various color to make then all pretty and sparkly!

 

I used the wonderful papers from The Robin's Nest to make this wonderful snowy layout.  The Winter Collection is just perfect for these snowy layouts.  I layered all the below papers as they go together so wonderfully!

The winter words are just a wonderful for any title and the Winter Snowflake Chipboard is just the perfect touch to this snow filled project.  I just used the silver snowflakes, but the pack comes with different colors.

 

I added in the Pearl colored Dew Drops on top of some of the snowflakes to add in a fun dimension, it almost made it look like dew resting on the snowflakes.  So pretty!

Time to get out those snow pictures, dusty them off, and make some beautiful snowy pages!!

 
Supplies Used
Cardstock - The Robin's Nest
Pattern Paper - The Robin's Nest
Vellum - The Robin's Nest
Glitter Cardstock - The Robin's Nest
Dew Drops  - The Robin's Nest
Flowers - Recollections
Glitter & Mica Medium - Imagination Crafts
Chipboard & MDF - ULD
Paint - Plaid
Adhesive - Tombow
Medium - Ranger
Beads - Recollections
Pen - Sharpie
Trimmer - Fiskars

Enjoy!