After crafting for some time, I have collected quite a lot of small paper pads. These has been stacked in my book case for some time, thinking that I really wanted to organise them in another way. The inspiration for the storage boxes came from a close friend of mine Anne Elisabeth Rostad. I wanted a divider in the middle of the boxes to stop the paper pads from slipping, as I remove some of the paper pads from the box.
The box has been covered with wooden papers from the Pawfect collection and simply decorated.
Creating the storage box
Cut out the pieces as indicated below, from card board. Also cut a rectangular piece 18cm x 11cm to create the the middle seperator.
Glue the pieces together as indicated, using thick gaffa tape.
Add the center piece.
Cover the box with paper and add feet and decorate it as you wish.
The wildflower collection has so many water colouring effects. I wanted to use the collection to create a storage solution and simple colour palette for my water colour motives, when I travel.
The folder is hand made, and decorated with papers from the collection.
The binder has been created from altering a larger A4 binder, and reusing the ringbinder inside.
At the inside, I have laminated pages with small pieces with brush strokes of the ink. This makes it easier to see the colours. Since the pages are laminated, they can be used as a distress ink palette while I am painting.
The binder also has plastic pockets, where I can store images while I am traveling. I have used small pockets for this, but altered the size using a fuse tool.
Kaisercraf product : P2269 Vines | P2273 Spring | P2272 Flowering | CT878 Collectables | PP1016 Paper Pad | DD381 Decorative Die Words Hello | DD945 Decorative Die and stamp Love | IT437 Criss Cross.
Today, the design team are showing our craft studio's in Kaisercraft's blog. I have never really shown my studio before, except one wall with my Kaisercraft storage. So this is were I create.
The room is a bright and light room, with three windows along one wall. I live almost in the forest, so we have a lot of wildlife in the garden outside the windows.
This photo was taken last winter, from my craft studio. This is deer family, who frequently visits us.
I have mounted cupboards from IKEA on the walls. The studio also has a large table, that can be expanded.
All my Kaisercraft designteam dies, stencils and embellishments are mounted on the wall easy access. I use these all the time, so it is important for me to have them easy accessible.
The cubbords are filled with different things, and I only showing some of them here. Here I have got beads, buttons and embellishments, sorted after type, size and colour.
I also use a lot of mists, paint, embossing powder and glitter.
I use a lot of rust pastes and mediums, and love the colour and texture they give
Some acrylic paints and glue, I get in larger quantities.
I use a lot of Kaisermists and 13art's mists. I choose to have these on the bench and not in the cupboard for practical reasons.
I have also got a few book shelves in my studio, together with home made shelves for paper and cardstock.
This is a chest of drawers from IKEA, storing wooden chipboard and bling....
Zutter wires and the most used punches.
Older Kaisercraft collections with papers, stamps and collectables are stored, but frequently used.
Silhouette, Bigshot and Zutter, stored where they are used.
Storage of dies for the Big shot, foil sheets, knives for the Silhouette and vinyl. I don't have a large storage of vinyl, since I don't use it so much.
On one wall, I have got PAX wardrobes from IKEA. These are filled with drawers and craft materials. I am only showing a few drawers here.
Lace storage.
Quilt material storage. The materials are sorted after colour.
Mixed media bits and bobs. This is metal gears, parts from old computers, typewriters and sewing machines.
I also have some of my art on display in the studio.
During the summer holiday, I got my first Kaisercraft parcel, as a part of the Design Team. Kaisercraft really spoil us with collections and stash. I wanted to keep my Kaisercraft things separate from my other craft stuff to make it easier to work with the DT tasks. For a few months now, I have stored the stash in card board boxes until I found a good storage solution. I wanted something mounted on the wall, where I can see all the products. I thought about getting some interior from a shop, but didn't find any suitable.
So I decided to wonder around IKEA, to see what I could find.This is what I came up with.
IKEA - ALGOT shelves (60x58 and 60x38) (mounted directly onto the wall). These shelves are magnetic. The screwsused are from Clas Ohlson and are for their tool board (but the tool board have the same size holes as these shelves) I have also used the hooks for these tool boards (although the spacing of the holes are different than the tool board, therefore I only used one screw to fix the hooks)
I have also added BYGEL Rail from IKEA. The screw holes on the rails fits exactly into the holes on the shelves, with the same spacing between the holes.
I have also added BYGEL wire basket and S hooks, I also got a set of RIKTIG curtain hooks from IKEA with clips and hooks for tool storage. These curtain hooks will slot onto the rail, if you bend/open the hook slightly at the top.
Kaisercraft dies come with magnetic boards. These boards can go straight onto the shelves, as they are magnetic. This is an easy way of storing the dies. .
