My STAMPALOOZA

The next few pics are the 12×12 paper storage – first up, DSP (Designer Series Paper).   When I first started buying paper (of course the CHEAPEST cost I could find), I could not fathom why ANYONE would want to buy 12 sheets of paper for $10!  After all, I was paying $10 (on 50% off sales) for packs of sometimes 100 or MORE sheets of paper!  THEN I actually caved and got a pack of Stampin’ Up DSP (maybe free with Sale-A-Bration?)  Well,  I have NEVER looked back.  Cute as some of that “contraband” is, it is very rare that I have to look outside of Stampin’ Up for DSP to design a card or project.  I have never been a scrapbooker, so maybe that is why I am not tempted, but even surfing blogs (MANY blogs…) there has only been one time that I have “fallen off the wagon”, so to speak (won’t go into that here, LOL! … you can email me if you are REALLY THAT CURIOUS!!!!)  Even the SU DSP has gotten a bit out of hand.  I did have it all organized; made little tabs with the tab punch and labeled them, sorted them (alphabetically of course)…annnnnddd…. you can still see the vestiges of this system on the back HALF of this basket!!! (oh dear…)

Next up… Decor Elements!  Yippee – actually something CURRENT right in front! (see the red heart???)  I have great intentions to use these products.  Actually used “So many toys, so little time” Decor element on the back of my old van (Vincent VanGO), but, sadly, Vinnie went over the Rainbow Bridge (well, not LITERALLY), and had to be replaced by Vinnie II.  Wish we still had that one current!  My Studio outside wall has the “Go in the direction of your dreams” quote.  All the rest??? Right here where I can find them! <sigh>

Last basket up, the 12×12 solid plain and textured cardstock.  I really do not use this much, so, as you can see, not a full basket!

Just a couple more bits to wrap up this storage extravaganza… Here are the embossing folders (note the price and year on the front one!).  For a while I was storing 2 or 3 in one of our clear-mount stamp cases (I have found soooo many uses for these!).  Now we have so many I am just putting my labels on the front (folder name, price and year it was current), and storing them (yes, alphabetically) in a wooden CD box (from Michaels or Joanns).

Last, but certainly not LEAST, is my sponge dauber storage!  I asked other demonstrators if they had a dauber for every color stamp pad, and most said no, that they wash them out and reuse.  Good advice.  BUT I am a lazybones stamper – I would rather STAMP than spend time washing OUT these little buggers (plus it seemed like such a waste of ink!), so I just have TONS of them – use them with our shimmer paint and spritz, too.  (Really, they never did get WHITE again, so I just LABEL them with the color and move ON.)

One of our demonstrators offered up these lovely little containers for sale and I JUMPED on them!  Even gave them for gifts to a little stamping group I belong to (Shout OUT to the Sassy 6!)

Well that wraps it up for now… I do have some more über organizational ideas for a future post…but now it is time to move on to….

TAH DAH!!!!

My Stamping Workshop on January 29th (Tomorrow’s Post!) at Studio Stampalooza!

Thanks for holding up through the BIG REVEAL!…

until next time, Keep Calm and Find Yourself a Rubber Stamp!

well, yeeeeesssss (it is a BIG studio!)

This is pretty much the one exception to my “gotta see everything” rule – Ribbon Storage. I have been accumulating these boxes for ribbon for a couple of years. The first ones I actually punched holes in the front to feed the ribbon through. That just got annoying, since ALL the ribbon in the box wanted to turn and feed at the same time as the one I wanted! (silly ribbon!)

SO, I have the types of ribbon separated by box, and, thanks to Mr. PTouch, all the colors listed (alphabetically) on the sides. This isn’t a PERFECT solution, but it seems to be working right now. I also PIN each loose end down with one of those pins that have the little ball at the end. No more escapees from MY ribbon storage! I do have some of the expired colors mixed with the current ones, and that gives me pause once in a while – have to pull out the catty to make sure I am using something current for a SU project, and I may go with a red dot or something on the label for current colors if this becomes a problem.

Now, I ask you, is this a cool image or not? YIKES I have a lot of wheels. And, I admit it, sometimes I don’t even use the handle! I ink it up on the inkpad and hold the spindle on each side and roll that baby across the paper by HAND! By the way, these STILL have to be put in alpha order :-(, so no sniping at me if you can read the labels and they are out of order!!! This is a thread holder from Joann’s Fabrics and the wheels will fit (tightly) on every other peg, even the jumbo ones! The RACK they are hung from is probably the thing I am MOST excited about since I revamped the studio. I inherited THREE very heavy steel retail racks, 4 sided, on WHEELS (I actually squeeled when I thought of this solution!!). So I can turn it 360 and I have the SU wheels on 2 sides, and…..

PUNCHES on the 3rd side!!! I am BESIDE myself with JOY! LOL! The fourth side I have SU bags and my Simply Scored Scoring Tool (in it’s own little SU bag), and a few other sundry things. I am telling you this is da BOMB!

…aaannnddd I still have 2 of these racks UNUSED! I am willing to Sell them to someone who is as crazed over organization as I am – for a very good price. However, you will probably have to live nearby as they are HEA-VY! The other two have been taken apart, but are easy to put back together – just a few bolts do the job. Any takers?

Well, one more day of reveal and then the samples for next weekend’s workshop…

until next time, Keep Calm and Find Yourself a Rubber Stamp!