Things You Can Do With Your Scraps From Other Projects

Use the file folders for the scraps themselves - organized by color, the pen/marker to put the color on the top of the file folder! The accordion style holder can be anything you like - mine is a red file folder holder I was able to get as a "freebie", just find something you like or can use, even if it's a box!! I make sure to put colors like silver and grey together, and I have a misc. folder for all the pattern papers that do not have a specific color associated to it!

If it wasn't for me keeping a lot of my scraps over the years - I would not have been able to keep scrapbooking through the hard times! This is one way to help save money - and helps so that when you do buy a supply - the cost of that supply actually starts to pay for itself every time you use it. My Sizzix machine has actually more than paid for itself with just the die cuts I have right now! By saving your scraps, you will save money, be able to create more one-of-a-kind things, and save the environment too! The way I see it is this, for every "thing" I make that is made out of scraps I have accomplished many things - but the best of what I have accomplished is the personal mark I make on the item that I have made!

Do you keep your scraps that are left over from other scrapbook projects - or do you throw them away? If you throw them away - I'm talking to you here - as you are WASTING so much money that you shouldn't have to!!! Times are really hard right now; people do not have a lot of money to waste on fun things like scrapbooking. But memories and time spent with friends and family are still there! You don't have to have a ton of products just to make things look good - it's about the products you do have and what you do with them to help you save money! Using scraps will help you save MONEY!