First I had to separate my stash by color (which was loosely done already). Then I had to pick through all of the swatches and find the ones that matched the paper I owned. Oh man, this was a job. I had stacks of paper everywhere. Even within single color groups I had a dozen or more varieties of that color. And some colors did not have corresponding swatches, for some reason, so I made them from the paper. And to make it more fun, with some colors it was very difficult to determine just what color family it should go with. Is it orange or red? Or brown? Is that one blue or green? Blue or purple? Purple or red?
So I just made some decisions that may or may not be right but they'll have to be good enough. I sorted them in rainbow order and from light to dark within each color family. So here is my new and improved Bazzill storage (I thought I had before pics but I don't-but trust me. It was a mess)
and here are my two new swatch rings. Hopefully they'll help me to use it up.
and the good news is that this stack here? It's all the swatches I DON'T own colors of. It's bigger than the ones I do own so that made me feel a tiny bit better.
So when I was all done, I had a stack of scraps that I did NOT feel like putting back in with the full size sheets. So I challenged myself to make a card with some of them, and I'll keep them on my desk to remind myself to get them used up first before using anything else. I also just got the super-cute new owl punch from Stampin' Up so I decided to use that too. Here's my card:
Paper is all from Bazzill
branch is from the SU Bird on a Branch punch
SU owl punch
SU scallop edge punch
SU 3-flower punch (for the wings)
Martha Stewart edge punches (for the top and the fence)
Computer printed sentiment-the font is called Sweet Pea
7 comments:
Precious card - and WOW - that's alot of paper!!! I just got my little owl punch and can't wait to try it.
Yours is darling. Love that little picket fence you added too.
Lynn
Great way to organize! Love the car!
I store my cardstock the same way, lightest to darkest in each colour family, works great. I have mine in dedicated paper display cubes so don't need swatches.
Great card, I love owls.
That is such a cute card! I have a ton of Bazzill and it is just sitting here. Since I signed on as a SU demo, I am always reaching for that card stock. You did a great job on the organizing!
Yay on the organizing! That always feel so good for me...very cleansing! And look at what you were able to make out of the madness?! Darling! And I love your table runner in the post below. It is Boo-tiful!
What a cute card! Good for you getting your cs organized. It's such an ordeal but so worth it when done. It's always a great feeling to use up what we have first. :)
very cute card. You certainly do have a lot of bazzill paper. Sort of like the stacks of dsp from Stampin Up that I have, lol. I just have to have it all!
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