A mountain of paper scraps

I have to tell you, I used to be the worst about paper scraps.  They would pile up in a big heap, and I said that I would "get to it" when I had time.
So finally, one day I was fed up of buying the same colors over and over, so I came up with a system...
I have them organized by color family (regals, brights, neutrals, subtles, in colors, retired, and patterned paper) in large zip lock bags.  So when I'm done with a project, I simply put them in the piles for each bag, then put them in there.
If you don't have a lot of the colors, my suggestion would be to organize them by colors, instead.  This is also a good idea to inventory what you need for stamp pads and papers... everyone needs at least one brown, red, orange, yellow, green, blue and purple (yes, I used ROY G. BIV)... and this would allow you to quickly grab the colors you need.
So, anyway, I needed to make 15 thank you cards, for some volunteers at our church... and I was able to make all 15 with JUST scraps!
Here are a couple of them:

I used the same idea for all of them, but changed the color palate depending on the DSP I used.
The formula is:
3 x 6 card stock, bone fold in half
2 3/4" card stock, for background
2 1/2" DSP (this is a hodgepodge of retired from Stampin' Up!)
Ribbon (I have a bag of scrap ribbon, too!)
Punches (1 3-8" circle, 1 1/4" circle)
Big Shot
Blossom Party Original Dies for Big Shot

and that's it!
I love having scraps that are organized... you are able to do so much more!