Guess who's a finalist?

Howdy!

Sorry I haven't been able to craft and blog for a while.

Life is crazy around here. I got some new Church callings. Then school started back up. Then my little brother was diagnosed with Stage 4 Leukemia and throat cancer.

I promise when I get a chance to share some more of my personal crafty goodness/inspiration.

But, on the bright side. I am a finalist number 5 in Sizzix's Who Are You? Contest.

I would sure appreciate y'all's help in voting. And if I win, I promise to share a video of what comes in the package, my trip to the Sizzix studio, if I can, the tour of the Sizzix studio, and if I'm allowed a little of the training I get if I win the Grand Prize.

So big things could be coming to the blog if I win. Please visit http://www.sizzix.com/images/static/wayvote/way_vote.html to vote for number 5.

Happy Crafting,
M.E.

Tuesday Tip Day: 6x6 paper

Hi!

Today, I thought I might start changing things up around here on my blog by offering a new segment.

I'm going to call it Tuesday Tip Day although with how things are going on in my life these might not show up until later in the week. Also these posts will probably appear every two weeks.

I will try to make these short, sweet and to the point. And hopefully these will be of some use to y'all. My first tip will be about those wonderful 6x6 paper pads, that I hope I'm not the only one that buys them.

The way that works best for me to store them is in a Close To My Heart My Acrylix Organizer. Not only is this wonderful for holding your CTMH stamp sets but it works great for 6x6 paper pads storage.

You can find this item HERE 

You can store the pads either the way they come in the store or you can store them the way that I do.

Front view

Top View

I can store so many more paper packs by cutting a file folder down to  6x6.5. I cut it to this size so that it works as a file tab for the My Acrylix Organizer.

By doing this,  I can store a third more paper pads then if I left them as they come in the store.

Also for my personal preference I do go through the paper pads and remove the sheets that I don't like which explains why my organizer holds the amount of packs you see above.

You may also notice in the above picture that their are a couple of different colors for the tabs. I use these to keep the companies together.

If you had a cute die cut for file folders you could make this even cuter.

My personal taste for this was to go more clean and simple.

Let me know if this is of use to you or someone you know. Also, I may post craft tips along with organizational tips.

Happy Crafting,
M.E.