Scrap Buster Idea Book; creating the pages (28-31)

[@gonesc40]

Cori, you are so precise, organized and meticulous. I am retired teacher and I know what you mean. Strangely, I find your voice to be calm and soothing. Thank you for your genius tricks and ideas. I love your videos and am so grateful for people like you who enjoy teaching rather than trading. God bless. ♥️

[@CoriDahmen]

Thank you for making a difference and for your years of service. Bless you and happy retirement!

[@prof.mommyarty]

Lol yes to us you're so softly spoken! That was really nice of that Mum to come and listen instead of complaining. My son is ASD, ADHD and very sensitive to loud noises. Ironically he is the loudest person I know and rarely stops talking 😂. I had a hard time curling my jumbo paper clips with my fibro hands! Great compromise with the half birthday 🎂! Thank you for the brilliant tips, we appreciate everything! Tfs 💖

[@theolachapman6126]

I love how you make double sided corner pockets this book is amazing thank you for sharing Theola

[@mariasergi6787]

I want to tell you that you have inspired so much that I began to do some of your beautiful and awesome work that you have sharing and teaching many of us. Thank you so much for your time and effort.

[@CoriDahmen]

Maria, it has been my pleasure and I'm so pleased that you've found some of the ideas inspiring :)

[@lindaellis1584]

Thank you so much for sharing. You have great ideas and are so meticulous and everything you do.

[@cknunn4349]

So glad you showed how to curl the paper clips!! I looked on Amazon and couldn't find any....now I can make my own! AND the corner pocket~~~You have caused me to go to JoAnn;'s and get some Tim Holtz paper pads!! LOL! Love this journal you are making. I will have to find the starting video to learn how to make it.

[@nanceandthings820]

This is the most elaborate and genius craft book I have ever seen. 💐

[@CoriDahmen]

What a wonderfully kind thing to say, thank you.

[@amyb82941]

Totally agree with you! ❤️

[@melissawriglesworth7123]

Hi Cori. You are my favorite you tuber. My husband is a teacher and he is very loud. I call it his teacher voice and he replies that he is not loud. I remind him constantly. So funny.

[@CoriDahmen]

Too funny! That is exactly what my husband says, “teacher voice”.

[@krissigallo7923]

I have just recently started to follow. Wow it is a great idea for the idea book. Really enjoying g watching and learning some new things! Thank you!

[@CoriDahmen]

So glad you’re learning new things! Goal met!

[@ejej1964]

Wow!!! Your journals are just beautiful!!! I’m getting so much ideas. Thank you Thank you!!!

[@headlessviolin]

I so love your videos love your pages thank you . I’ve always been loud at my sewing classes I’m always being told to quieten down the more excited I am the louder I get, I dread to think how loud I will be when we go back to class I’m very self conscious of it xx

[@CoriDahmen]

You do you! Embrace the loud (though I hear you and I'm quite self-conscious about it too)

[@candydean4577]

Cori, you are so organized!!! I have to thank you for all your Inspiration!!!!

[@CoriDahmen]

You're very welcome.

[@JudyDeeJones]

Love all of your ideas and inspiration... TFS!!!

[@velvetspicer1962]

I hadn't seen you make the mailbox page yet so seeing it here was a surprise. It's sheer perfection. Love everything about this book.

[@kerynokeeffe9133]

Thank you for creating these awesome projects, Cori, and so generously share them with us! More and more crafters are learning about you and from you! Well done!!! 😀💞

[@CoriDahmen]

You are so good for my soul and my ego. Thank you Keryn :)

[@junkjournalmavenwannabe]

I really enjoy watching your videos and learning from you. I’m new to junk journaling and am grateful that you’ve chosen to share your creative talent. Thank you!

[@CoriDahmen]

Thank you Leslie and welcome to the fun addiction of junk journaling!

[@fiddliedee01]

Fab vodeo Corie as always I'm in awe of your thought process, resourcefulness and ability to use as much of your scraps as possible. Thank you :)

[@redesignedbydelicia3052]

So enjoy your videos 🥰🥰 love the style of these and all the tips and tricks ! Sound and images are spot on.

[@CoriDahmen]

Thank you :)

[@samanthacramer1612]

So clever and creative

[@elainet5870]

Happy Half birthday! I think it’s great that you and your sister still find time to celebrate with each other!🎈 PS Thanks for mentioning that Tung Oil. I’ll be researching it some more, as I’ve been looking for something to put on my mom’s old sewing machine cabinet. The wood is extremely dry and I’m not sure what to put onto it. We were thinking lemon oil.

[@CoriDahmen]

Hi Elaine! About 5 years ago I got an incredible old wooden school desk from a Goodwill for $5. It was so cheap because it was so horrid. After stripping it and removing several layers of paint and gauges, I refinished it with stain and I didn't want to use a poly on top. The tung oil works beautifully. I do reapply (super quick process) once a year or so to keep the wood from drying out, but I believe you will be pleased with the results on your old sewing machine (super cool treasure to have!)

[@elainet5870]

@@CoriDahmen Thanks so much!

[@elaineatthecraftshed1993]

Another video full of ideas. I wil try and track down some Seth Apter beeswax. Last te I looked I could only get a jumbo sized pot in the UK which was a bit too expensive to try out 😂. It's lovely to hear about your teaching experiences. The children you have taught over the years are lucky to have had you, it is easy to see what a good and caring teacher you are.

[@CoriDahmen]

I was originally gifted a bit, I fell in love with the SA beeswax so I bought a bag. It is getting lower than I like so I bought the jumbo size. It is coming from Canada so it will be a bit before it arrives. It's certainly not for everyone, but I absolutely love it and the thought of not having any made me nervous and caused me to purchase the really big bag.

[@risamateo8003]

Enjoy your half birthday dinner when you feel up to it! Thank you for sharing your color choices and your process. I was making scrap cards and I was getting frustrated because they didn't look like yours 😆

[@CoriDahmen]

LOL! But that's the beauty of it... you take an idea or a concept and make it your own :)

[@barbaranoble9748]

Love how your pages were done today! I like the double corner especially! Thank you so much for the place to find braille paper and how to make curly ques in the paper clips. Tyfs! Have a great day!

[@CoriDahmen]

I'm happy to share the information and I hope your day is wonderful as well.

[@barbaranoble9748]

@@CoriDahmen thank you so much Cori!

[@homedecor3257]

Wow! What a beautiful work ! 👍🏼

[@CoriDahmen]

Thank you :)

[@ljbj4]

thank you for sharing your creative genius with us all! i really appreciate hearing your thought process while creating! i’ve found inspiration and insight in your videos and appreciate them soo much!

[@CoriDahmen]

That makes me smile. My goal is to share ideas and inspiration so I'm happy to hear that you've been inspired :)

[@jenlitscreations]

Love all of your creations.

[@michelleguest1720]

I had 3 kids with birthdays in September & 1 in February, so we let him join in on September on his BD date. He loved it!

[@CoriDahmen]

Great plan!!

[@vikkimcglen2925]

Great pages ❤thanks for sharing x

[@LindaMZH65]

I’m finally back to working on this book, thank you, thank you!! 😘

[@moniquedeconinck6679]

Superbe réalisation merci 🦋🦋

[@deemoore328]

Hi Cori…. Been following along and making each scrap buster. I love the look of the finished books. Can you tell me what die that is you have with that flower with 3 simple petals. I love the simplicity of that die. Thank you

[@CoriDahmen]

Thank you Dee. That is a Simon Says Stamp flower die. If you look on their website, look for Simon Says Stamps exclusive flower dies and theirs will show up.

[@MsDivaDeborah]

Corey I understand about being naturally load - cause I’m the same way ☺️

[@CoriDahmen]

LOL! Amen friend. I blame it on being deaf in one ear but nah. I'm just a loud person. Ironic, really, as I prefer not to have attention drawn to myself.

[@nancybrill2792]

I would love to see how you save and sort your scraps. Do you sort at the end if each day? At the end if a project? And do you sort by size? Shape? Color? I've just found you and am thoroughly enjoying the Scrap Buster Idea Book, thank you for showing us how to do it in detail.

[@CoriDahmen]

Thank you and welcome! I do have a video that shows how I sort and store my scraps, but do to the volume of paper the squirrel videos and this project have generated I've changed it up a bit, just for this set of journals. I bought some of the dollar store plastic desk organizer bins and have the paper sorted like this: long strips 1/4" or more (for the scrap cards), tiny bits (for clusters), rectangular or square small bits (for button spots), larger cardstock pieces (for journaling cards, books, notepads, pockets, tucks, etc), ledger and other paper, big cardstock pieces (mostly 6" x 6" cut from 12" x 12" pads and the 4" x 12" strips), off cut strips of coffee dyed typing copy paper (for backing journaling cards, making notebooks and notepads and scrap pads), lightweight paper (vellum and tracing paper and anything super thin), book page/scraps. After digging through my normal paper project bins WAY too often to find the right bits, I switched to this system for this series. Once it's done, and the amount of scraps generated diminishes a bit, I'll go back to my usual system of tossing all scraps into one plastic tray, then sorting it into it's regular home at the end of the project.

[@nancybrill2792]

@@CoriDahmen Thanks so much, Cori, it all makes much more sense now. Have a great day.

[@soulstuff7817]

Beautiful work!! What do you use for the slot hole puncher? I love the look, but anything I see on Amazon makes a small slot. Thank you!

[@CoriDahmen]

I use the is badge punch, I just punched it along the edge (overlapping each cut).

[@msadmiral6319]

Lovely journal, but could you explain the "embossing" for the chip board flower? Something about wet embossing and beeswax?? Not sure what you mean. Thank you. 😊

[@CoriDahmen]

Sure! I use a clear ink embossing stamp pad, tap the colored/painted flowers onto the embossing ink and then sprinkle it with Seth Apter Vintage Beeswax embossing powder. It creates that lovely, distressed finish.

[@msadmiral6319]

@@CoriDahmen Thank you, I am going to try that. It is really lovely. 😊

[@1busybetty]

Great pages! The Seth Apter embossing powder turned the die cut into a “wow” flower. I have been rewatching many of your videos searching for the one about the press you made to flatten your paper. No luck so far! Can you point me in the right direction, or give a brief review of how you made it.

[@CoriDahmen]

Sheesh, I'm not sure which video the press is in. It's in the midst of the flips, flaps and folds series, but not sure what the title is because I think I shared it while answering viewer questions. I'll pull out the pieces and show how I made it in today's video. Thank you for the kind comments :)

[@onthetrailcreations8638]

I started celebrating my half birthday when I was in school… my birthday is in the summer so I never got to bring treats to school so my mom came up with that plan. Then several family members ended up with birthdays on other family members half birthdays so I was even more aware of them. Then, I was scheduling a C section for my last baby, close to my half birthday. But the best they could do was the day after 😭 Then after she was born, the dr had the nerve to say, “we should have had you come in last night, we were just hanging around waiting for someone else to have their baby” 😐😂 Our babysitter had even come the night before because we had to be up so early, so I would have been there in 15 minutes 🤣 Not meant to be 🤪😂

[@CoriDahmen]

LOL! Yay for TeamHalfBirthday celebrators!

[@ejej1964]

can you please send me the video how you put your book together,? it looks so NICE!

[@CoriDahmen]

It is shown through a series of videos on the scrap buster idea book playlist.

[@angelburba635]

Do you recall where you got your small clamps? I have been looking for them.

[@CoriDahmen]

I believe I got them on Amazon and they are quilters or sewing clips. I think.

[@mariabencosme4167]

Love your videos. Do you have these books available for sale? Where do you purchase your laces

[@CoriDahmen]

Thank you Maria. I have four books that are almost completed, and I will list them on Etsy once they are done. I buy my laces all over. Yard sales, thrift stores, antique malls, estate sales. I find bits and pieces in a variety of places.

[@mariabencosme4167]

@@CoriDahmen please let me know when they are up for sale. Thank you!

[@deborahfanning3504]

Enjoy watching you and listening but i wanted to say that my son's birthday is January 12 also i thought that was so cool you saying your birthday is January 12!

[@CoriDahmen]

Happy half birthday to my birthday twin :)

[@nancybeebe7622]

Cory can you tell me which video with directions how to make your ink box. I can't find it

[@CoriDahmen]

Hmmmm, I'll look for it and get back to you. I'm fairly sure "ink box" is in the title....

[@nancymoore1275]

Cori, did you do anything special to your leaves? I have dried flowers in the microwave, do you dry them or just leave them as they are to dry?

[@CoriDahmen]

Hi Nancy! I'm all kinds of high tech with this one.... I picked the leaves up off the ground last fall, laid them on my die cut counter for a few weeks, then tucked them into my dried leaf bag. Definitely not the most efficient method, but it's worked.

[@nancymoore1275]

@@CoriDahmen Well I think they look amazing so I’ll follow your lead. I’m in Southern California so not a lot of leaves to pick from, but my daughter hikes so I will put her on the task of collecting leaves too 😊

[@jamakrueger7460]

Thx!!!

[@cindyinaz2357]

Please link your Etsy shop🙏🏼

[@CoriDahmen]

Here you go. Etsy.com/shop/CreatingWithScraps

[@dblock061]

Hi Cori, was the vellum a full page for the mail slot? And is it glued on the top edge?

[@CoriDahmen]

Hi Rhonda! Yes, I cut the vellum to the size of the page (a digital printed vellum would work great for this), made the slot about 3/4" of an inch below the top and then made a reinforcement scrap and sewed that on top. I sewed around the entire page (because it helps anchor the page and hide the glue) then I glued it on all four sides to the back "host" page. The only opening is the mail slot.

[@dblock061]

@@CoriDahmen thanks!

[@jamakrueger7460]

Still enjoying your videos. Hope you are ok

[@CoriDahmen]

Thank you Jama. Life and school have kept me hoping for the last few months! I plan/hope to share a between-the-projects video in the next few days.