Memory Box cardstock is not only amazing for cards, layouts, and other paper crafting projects, but it is also perfect for making a reference book! You are probably wondering what kind of reference book! Well, if you have seen my last few posts about embossing and sanding Memory Box cardstock, you can use that same technique to make a reference book of all of your embossing folders! It works perfectly! Here is what I did.
First I cut a lot of 2 1/4" square pieces of Memory Box cardstock. Memory Box cardstock is perfect because it has a white core. The white core shows your embossing beautifully after sanding. I used scraps from my scrap box. You will want to use fairly dark paper so your embossing shows up after sanding too. The colors scraps I had on hand were Memory Box vanilla bean, dill, sapphire, and blueberry. These colors worked really well!
Then I quickly ran the paper scraps and all of my embossing folders and plates through my Big Shot. I did this for each embossing folder or plate that I have (Cuttlebug, Sizzix, and SU). After I embossed a piece, I used my sanding block to sand the piece of paper. I then mounted each sample on a piece of printer paper, wrote the embossing folder name down, and put it in my reference binder. Here are a few samples pages of how they turned out:
Doesn't the Memory Box cardstock work perfectly? And imagine how pretty those embossed papers would be on your creations! I hope you will use your Memory Box scraps to make a reference book. And be sure to save a piece of all of your Memory Box cardstock to make a swatch book too! That really comes in handy. Here is my post about my Memory Box swatch book!
Thanks for stopping by, and see you again soon!
First I cut a lot of 2 1/4" square pieces of Memory Box cardstock. Memory Box cardstock is perfect because it has a white core. The white core shows your embossing beautifully after sanding. I used scraps from my scrap box. You will want to use fairly dark paper so your embossing shows up after sanding too. The colors scraps I had on hand were Memory Box vanilla bean, dill, sapphire, and blueberry. These colors worked really well!
Then I quickly ran the paper scraps and all of my embossing folders and plates through my Big Shot. I did this for each embossing folder or plate that I have (Cuttlebug, Sizzix, and SU). After I embossed a piece, I used my sanding block to sand the piece of paper. I then mounted each sample on a piece of printer paper, wrote the embossing folder name down, and put it in my reference binder. Here are a few samples pages of how they turned out:
Doesn't the Memory Box cardstock work perfectly? And imagine how pretty those embossed papers would be on your creations! I hope you will use your Memory Box scraps to make a reference book. And be sure to save a piece of all of your Memory Box cardstock to make a swatch book too! That really comes in handy. Here is my post about my Memory Box swatch book!
Thanks for stopping by, and see you again soon!
Girl I love stopping by and seeing your fantastic organization tips :) one day i will get some made!
how is your new craft area going??? can't wait to see the finished area and how you have it set up :)
Posted by: Rose | 06/26/2010 at 03:45 PM
Great idea!!! I love your organization tips. I'm following some of them and they work really good. I will follow this one too.
Thanks!
HUgs,
LIM
Posted by: Lim | 01/27/2011 at 08:17 AM