Major Stamp Storage!

Here I have three Sterlite sweater drawers from Walmart. Each holds CD cases full of unmounted stamps. Categories in my room pretty much coordinate from one thing to another: birthday, Christmas, get well, etc.










Here is an inside view of one of the drawers. Someone asked what the divider is in these drawers. I used a plastic shoe box, but card board would work, too.

My Work Area!

Here's my small work table. This has been in my life for many years, too. Nothing like using what you have.

I originally had these drawers stacked, but I needed more surface room, so I set them next to each other. On the left one, is my container of white card stock, my scraps of printed paper, the bin of solids, and scraps of white (to the back). The right hand one has an organizing tote, courtesy of my daughter. Wonder if she's trying to tell me something? LOL

The actual stackers are filled with stamps, punches of all sorts, and one drawer of odds and ends, like small clothes pins, skewers, etc.

This 6' book case has more speciality paper in packages, glues, letters, magazines, catalogs, magnetic sheeting, cancelled postage stamps, photo corners, envelopes of all colors and sizes, folded cards, and packaged sets of cards/envelopes.

Bulletin Board on Wheels!

DH made this for me. Our church was giving away room dividers that they no longer used. One was this beige colored one. I brought it home and asked him to put wheels on it. One side I store lots of embellishments, and on the other side I store "nothing." Sometimes I can't decide whether something is "done" or not, so I put it in a plastic baggie, and hang it there for a few days. Then I go back and see if it needs anything or if it is truly "done."

Armoire Storage!

We had this armoire outside our bedroom for a couple years, and decided we weren't using it, so I moved it into my room. On top I have stored flower petals, raffia, stickers, a box of pre-inked stamps, chipboard pieces and alphabets, plus some odd items. Right along the front is a stack of "long" mica paper.

Top shelf houses, pre-stamped pics, and sentiments, paper piercing supplies, Whispers inks, mini sewing machine, blow pens, and my Nesties (in pink basket)

Left: ALL my peg stamps from Rubber Stamp Tapestry, Sunday International (self indexed), Stamps by Judith, and See D's. Plus the odd assortment of peg stamps from various companies. Also, my ink cubes.
Right: Embellishments, embellishments, embellishments.


Left: Still a work in progress. Some wood mounted stamps I use with the peg stamps, a bit of ephemera, and in the back, long strips of mica paper.
Right: Ribbons, fibers, and bigger ephemera.

Chest #1

This chest houses my Cuttlebug and three bins of embossing folders and dies. The chest sits in front of the closet door, which my husband asked me about. The only things in there are seasonal decorations, baskets, and a couple on-going projects, so I'm not in there much. Also, this chest has wheels on the bottom, when the time comes that I do need to be in the closet.



There are two drawers of dry embossing supplies, including the Fiskars Big Boss (I think that's what it's called).

My Cricut cartridges, cheat sheets, tools & instructions have a home in one drawer.



The Coluzzle with accessories gets a drawer, and the last drawer is full of storage options.

Chest #2

The second chest houses 4 drawers of Sizzix dies, and alphabets. On top is the Big Kick and original Sizzix, and all my embossing folders. I just realized that my Side Kick isn't there, but I'm sure it will show up. LOL Update: Found the Side Kick, it's now in the bottom drawer.

Jacki's Challenge

A few days ago Jacki gave us a challenge to make a card that "wasn't a rectangle." I kept thinking about that, and knew I needed two baby cards for showers that are this week. So here is what I came up with.

I took one sheet of white card stock, and one sheet of blue card stock, cut each in half, folded each and cut a large scalloped Nestabilities circle (largest of large set) from the blue, and a small scalloped Nestabilties circle (third largest of large set) from the white, extending the die to create the top fold. I embossed the front of the blue circle using the Stylized Flowers embossing folder from Cuttlebug, and embossing the white circle with "It's A Boy" from the It's a Boy set of 4 embossing folders by Cuttlebug. Overlapping the two at the fold I centered a small straight circle Nestie (chosen to fit the space)and cut through both layers. Using an eyelet punch I punch holes around the white circle, layered them together with double face tape, and added a ribbon bow with a glue dot. The back of each layer is plain.