Hi Everyone!
Will I'm still nursing my shoulder but though I would share with you something I did a few months ago and have been wanting to put up on my blog so this is the perfect time.
Here's the link to WOYWW to see all the others that are showing off there work areas!
The reason I did this was because on my way home from Georgia one week I made my regular stop at all the craft stores in Albany, they have a Hobby Lobby and Michaels and many times have GREAT sales, better than at the stores at home (I wonder why?). Will like I said I stopped and back in the CLEARANCE bins I think it was HL they had piles of Martha Stewart borders and corner punches..... I had a few but there were several there for like 5 buck, I went WILD... there are a few I still wanted corner punches for so when I got home I decided to make up a card thing I could tuck into my purse and have but have since found I love it to decide what kind of border or corner I want to use on a card too.
Here goes it.....this is the front of my little folder thingie. It's the size of a A2 card when closed 4.25 x 5.5.
this is the first open view...I know not much but just wait...
Here it is with both sides open, both sides fold into the middle that's why it looked like it did in the pic above. I used three A2 cards and just taped fronts to backs untill I got the size I wanted.
anyway back to the borders.... this is a shot of the frist flap, I did ever other one in off white so it would show up good and then wrote on each one the maker and name of the border punch if I still had that.
this is flap two, and the start of my Martha Stewart punches I again put the names of each punch if I had it and wrote border and or Corner if I had both. So now I know what I have or still need...
Here's flap 3
and flap 4
I know this was a long post but was not sure how to show it so it got the idea across and not look like a mess. It was really easy once I got started and I have room to grow too.... yea!
If you have a way to keep track of your punches please let me know I need all the help I can get!
Thanks for stopping by again!
Here's the link to WOYWW to see all the others that are showing off there work areas!
The reason I did this was because on my way home from Georgia one week I made my regular stop at all the craft stores in Albany, they have a Hobby Lobby and Michaels and many times have GREAT sales, better than at the stores at home (I wonder why?). Will like I said I stopped and back in the CLEARANCE bins I think it was HL they had piles of Martha Stewart borders and corner punches..... I had a few but there were several there for like 5 buck, I went WILD... there are a few I still wanted corner punches for so when I got home I decided to make up a card thing I could tuck into my purse and have but have since found I love it to decide what kind of border or corner I want to use on a card too.
Here goes it.....this is the front of my little folder thingie. It's the size of a A2 card when closed 4.25 x 5.5.
If you have a way to keep track of your punches please let me know I need all the help I can get!
Thanks for stopping by again!
Hope you Enjoyed!!
16 comments:
Happy WOYWW! I love what you have done here! This is something I might just have to try. All my punches are thrown into a drawer and I'm constantly stirring around in there trying to find something!
This is a great idea - I avhe loads of punches but don't use half of them because they are buried and forgotton about..something like this would remind me what I avhe.thanks for the inspiration! Esther xx
Clever you - that's brilliant!!
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Hugs,
Jo
Hi Dotty - a Big and Juicy is a dye based ink pad whihc conmbines several colours, the colours blend from one into another - keep your eye on my blog if you want to see as I'm sure I'll be posting a creation using it this week!
What a clever idea Dotty! You've got a greats election of yummy punches, Jo x
Great idea! Happy WOYWW!
Hugs, Sandra
What a great idea and it looks really pretty :)
Have a great WOYWW,
Karen #68
You do have a thing for border punches, don't you. I've never thought that the coordinating corner punches worked very well; but then that's probably a matter of the user having patience to figure it out. Good job on cataloging the punches you have.
Thanks for the peek and sharing. Have a great WOYWW.
Hugs, Marjo #5
Wow....a lot of work but obviously worth it. Great job. Thanks for letting me peek!
This is a fantastic idea- I shall definitely be copying it! I have a lot of punches, that rarely get used because I forget what I have.I did a similar thing for samples from my cuttlebug folders- just made one of each & strung them onto a ribbon. TFS, Shaz #125
Wow Dotty how awesome are you :-) That is such an awesome idea! I don't have that many yet but such a great idea!! You rock girl!!
This is such a great idea. I need to organize my stuff too.. I love all these punches.. What a great bargain you found..
Now that is worth having room in your bag for - great idea. And also - girl, how many border punches!! Mind, if I could find them for the odd $5 equivalent, I'd have bought a couple of handfuls for sure!
A great project! And so perfect for seeing what you have and want to use on a design!
WOW Dotty this is an awesome idea! I would love to have a visual aide when picking a punch to use! I have a ring with acetate square that has a different punch out from Stampin Up so you can lay it over a stamped image to see if it will fit but this is such a good idea. Thanks for sharing. Vickie
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