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I finally got around to starting this. I have a lot of TH ephemera that I don't use for the same reasons. This is so satisfying on so many levels! The paper dolls makes it like a creepy photo album lol Thank you for sharing !❤

Watching this again! Best demo I’ve seen ❤

I loved this video! You reminded me of products I have ignored for months! I really needed reminded of collage paper. I own every one of them and then forget to use them!

Thanks for this. Love the tape idea. You can even clear gesso over it and collage on top. I’m new to all of this. 😁🎨

You've created a wonderful ephemera scrapbook. Fantastic crafty idea. :)

I may have missed it, but is the clear gesso matte finish or glossy? I just ordered some of these watercolor pencils and this video was super fun to watch. Thank you!

Thank you Nathifa. I admire your work/makes on the TH website and videos so much; I'm so glad I found your video tutorials! I would love to know, where did you find your large envelope die?

You have a beautiful soul.

Fabulicious Juicy...❤❤❤

Love the envelopes ❤❤

Beautiful xx

Genius

Oh goodness, of course😍

I have DOZENS of those semi clear/velcro storage envelopes. Never have enough; never the right size. Either too large, too small…grrrr. I’M SO COPYING THIS IDEA!!!!!! And how much room it will make available where I currently store my nightmare bags. Win-win!

Thank you for such a fabulous idea! As soon as I finished viewing your video, I drug out all my ephemera and tried to be cute by organizing them by theme, then duplicates, colors, and what-not as I taped them in. Believe me, after about 4 pages, I just put them in any kind of way they fit in!! I wanted this project done!! 😂 Thank you again! Hugs and love from Texas! ❤

I love this idea so much because it solves an issue I've always had in regards to separating out packs of ephemera or embellishments. I've often thought of sorting supplies by color or theme, but I like knowing what company and line they came from, and dumping them out into new folders, envelopes, bins, etc. would result in me forgetting that info. But with a book like this, i can jot down as much or as little info as I personally want for each item, grouping, page, etc. Thanks so much!

Thank You for this video/ It helped me to understand how to use this envelope punch board.

I also found out that when Hobby Lobby advertises 40% off Tim Holtz products, they only bring out a few to bring the customers into the store and they don’t replenish. I was very disturbed to hear that.

But won’t they rub off? Do you use anything to coat after you’re done?

OMG this is so helpful!!!!

Thank you for the informative video and the ideas of the various ways to use the products. I really love the envelope with the fall-ish colors and the gold; would you be able to teach us how you did that? It is the top envelope at the 24:54 mark/texture paste section. Your work is amazing and I would be so excited to learn that technique myself. Thank you!

Fabulous xx

Stunning as always ❤

I LOVE this!!! Sometimes I like to tuck ephemera into pockets…. I’m assuming once you put the adhesive on the back it’s going to stay on the back, right? Any suggestions for those pieces you may not want to glue down in a project?

Thank you so much for your videos. You explain your tutorials so well.

That was fun! Didn't know about how to color photo's. Will be able to get more use out of my H2O color pencils! Thanks 😊

I really liked your demonstration of the papers. Really shows how different they are. Thank you!❤

I've found most of these on TEMU. It saves me so much money. But the older ones, I do buy the Tim Holtz brand.

talking hands just drive me CRA cra

This is nice. I use 3 ring binders with pockets and it helps me keep them organized as well. . Thanks for sharing.

I agree with Pennydouphinett I too tried this lamination technique and my stamps would not stay stuck. Sometimes right away some would stick others not and over time most did not. So I've wondered if there's better lamination sheet material that's more like the material the stamps come on originally. But I also ran into another suggestion that seems to work pretty well and better but there's a con too. That's using photo paper. You can print the designs onto the photo paper via printing directly using a stamp block which could get tedious. Or scan in the original prints and print using a printer onto the photo paper. I'm not sure if the inks however might mess up the photo papers ability to stick to the stamps now or over time. I think a combination of laying out the printed sheets into a lamination folder as was shown here and then using it as an overlay to the stamps placement on a photo paper sheet might work really well. The problem with the photo paper I discovered quickly is NOT ALL PHOTO PAPERS work. You need a glossy and the higher gloss the better. Also the thicker the paper the better too. (I tried my favorite photo paper for making photo books that uses ultra thin photo paper will not work at all. And some of my older paper from Costco and one that goes back almost two decades when photo paper cost upwards of a dollar a standard sheet and I was buying in bulk at 11 cents these do not work as well as a brand I now pretty much lean on. But I hate to be brand specific as you may just need to try your own supplies out. Also you will want or need to glue the photo paper onto card stock and heavy card stock the better. That's up to you. I can go through an enormous amount of double sided tape however gluing the photo paper to the card stock which I save cereal boxes and heavy duty card stock from everything just about and often cut down to standard 8.5x11 inch size to store neater. I can get away with the card stock between two sheets of photo paper. Now this is tricky. You can stick stamps to each side of the page then onto the photo paper. Overlay the clear outlines onto them side up so you can read and see what you want need to see. And there are several ways to achieve this. You can leave an inch at the top of each page clear and double tape the overlay sheet at the top also acting to help keep the stamps in place. You can slip them into a clear envelope that is pre-punched for 3 ring binders. You can even make smaller books say half size if that works better for your collections. All these things are kind of personal preferences. I was very surprised when playing with the various glossy photo papers I have on hand how some work so much better than others even in the same brand. I've bought strong expensive magnetic sheets and made similar magnetic sheets for my many categories of metal dies and those too were glued down to cardstock on both sides giving me two pages slipped into the clear envelopes I buy in packs of 30 on Amazon. These I put in soft sided 1/2 to 1" three ring binders. I buy those in 6 color packs that allow me to do some color sorting to categories. RED would be Holidays and so forth. I started out using 5x7 inch clear envelopes with magnetic sheets and loved it but my collection got too out of hand when I was keeping them filed in 6 different sterilite tubs. And needed a much better method. Also was using the 9x11 inch magnetic sheets that are super sturdy to set up sets of dies for specific holiday and special card making themes. Then I return the dies to their original places of storage. Anyway I love the 3 ring binders for finding dies much better than the 5x7's. But I can slip in the original 5.7's two per larger envelope in the ring binders and save some time when I'm in a hurry or having trouble finding magnetic sheets which can be out of stock now and again. I try to buy ahead of time but I have a friend who we share back and forth materials and go together on some and so now and again we are short or I am. I'm not totally convinced the photo paper will always hold up like the lamination sheets can fall short. But I bought a commercial made product for keeping stamps and they too seem to fall short or fail over time. And when I say fail that can be within a month or three months. Another thing I haven't experienced so far but worry about is stamps sticking to a media that ends up ruining it. So I wouldn't store stamps in with my metal dies due to the weight of the dies might help break down the rubber product and I would rather avoid just in case. For my personality the three ring binder method works well also for many of my embossing folders again using the large envelopes with prepunched holes from Amazon. Feel the freedom to experiment and try new ideas out. Just test them first to see how they work. Also if you find you like one method better than another you need to stay with that. I'm testing the photo paper for stamps now. I had been fussing about how to handle the printed overlay parts and this is perfect for that. I also have a laminator that does 3, 5, 7, 10, even 15 ml lamination pouches. That's not the usual most small laminators only handle 3 to 5 or 5 exclusively. Mine does use carriers. I think I could get firm enough sheets with a 7ml and defiinitely a 10 to laminate without buying the thicker clear sheets. I also hate waste so I would attempt to find the same product in a 8.5x11 inch size instead of the 12x12's. I'm sure the large waste piece would work for shaker cards though. Happy crafting everyone. We are all unique and all personalities and just all love making stuff. There is no all right or wrong ways. We need to embrace our differences and our different personalities. Virtual hugs then to all of you.

Thank you so much for explaining how to use this tool. I was so lost after receiving this and was frustrated trying to figure it out. You broke it down so it was very easy to understand. Thanks again..

I have started storing my ephemera in this way and I love it! Thanks so much for sharing this genius idea!!!!

Awesome ideas! ❤

Lack of creativity in these works

Thats fantastic

thank you.....finally a great tutorial cheers from Australia

some products may seem scary, but finding about more about them how to use them etc helps big time, then getting some and trying it if budget allows, even if just one thing

Well. I just love your presentation! New follower!

These were so incredibly helpful. I'm recently discovered your videos and I'm taking COPIOUS notes lol

What a stunning resource! Magical 💙

What a palaver! My method is similar to this but waaay simpler! Instead of cutting down a 12x12” acetate sheet, I slip one A4 (UK) transparency sheet (pack off Amazon), inside another to make it thicker/stronger & laminate. Keeping the stamps on their sheet with the already manufactured printed image, trim the edges of that to fit more on the A4 transparency. So dispose of the blank side (or use for smushing, etc), so one whole side of A4 is filled. No need to take stamps off and replace - way too much unnecessary work! Only add the sheets of stamp on one side of each transparency. Get some A4 clear file pockets. Slip a sheet of stamp in face up. Behind it an A4 piece of copier paper, turn pocket over and slip another A4 sheet of stamps inside. Out the lot into a D ring hardback file (D ring has more space than a regular thin file). This way when you pull an A4 sheet out to pick stamps from you down knock any on the back off!

I like Tim Holz (and Mario lol) but his products are pricey and many have a very specific aesthetic.

What a great idea! Thanks for this amazing tip!

Would love a follow up video showing how you made the samples you showed please.

Great and you can still use the washi!

Fantastic idea. Am very inspired by your work on Instagram.

First time watching one of your videos. I had done something similar by laminating white card stock with the stamped images on it. Think I like this idea better. I was wondering if you had any storage suggestions for thin metal dies.

I have been doing this for years, except i use just a speck of gluestick, no tape, and i use loose sheets of paper that i either put in page protectors or use a 3 hole punch so i can put everything in binders. I like to reorganise as i use things or add to my stash. This really works for me. Also i rarely have a sheet of stickers, i cut them apart so i can fine tune my orgaization. I really do enjoy spending time organizing my stash as much as i do creating my projects.

Is texture paste like spackle for your walls? Does it dry to be the same texture?