Clear Stamp Storage Secret | The Ultimate Clear Stamp Organization Guide!
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- čas přidán 5. 07. 2024
- Hello Magic Keepers!
Have you ever found yourself struggling to keep all your clear stamps organized? Have you found that you've lost a few, here and there? Me too! So today, I am showing you an idea you can use to organize your clear stamps so you can see them easily and create without feeling overwhelmed!
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I strongly recommend putting each sheet in a pocket protector sheet. I stored mine this way when I first started and the stamps can fall off. Also, use the small binders like you have, otherwise the binders get way too heavy. I liked this system a lot.
I must say, this is truly the most impressive system I've come across. I happen to have a collection of 12x12 binders that have been sitting idle, and I believe they would be an ideal fit for this. Your generosity in sharing this is greatly appreciated. Thank you ever so much! 😊📚👍
Glad it was helpful!!!
Ceri Griffiths had a video on using laminate sheets to store stamps and I followed his instructions and now have a similar storage system. The only thing I changed was adding labels on my sheets so I know the brand and name of the collection. I also added dividers to organize the stamps so I can find things easier.
Awesome!
I agree with Pennydouphinett I too tried this lamination technique and my stamps would not stay stuck. Sometimes right away some would stick others not and over time most did not. So I've wondered if there's better lamination sheet material that's more like the material the stamps come on originally. But I also ran into another suggestion that seems to work pretty well and better but there's a con too. That's using photo paper. You can print the designs onto the photo paper via printing directly using a stamp block which could get tedious. Or scan in the original prints and print using a printer onto the photo paper. I'm not sure if the inks however might mess up the photo papers ability to stick to the stamps now or over time. I think a combination of laying out the printed sheets into a lamination folder as was shown here and then using it as an overlay to the stamps placement on a photo paper sheet might work really well. The problem with the photo paper I discovered quickly is NOT ALL PHOTO PAPERS work. You need a glossy and the higher gloss the better. Also the thicker the paper the better too. (I tried my favorite photo paper for making photo books that uses ultra thin photo paper will not work at all. And some of my older paper from Costco and one that goes back almost two decades when photo paper cost upwards of a dollar a standard sheet and I was buying in bulk at 11 cents these do not work as well as a brand I now pretty much lean on. But I hate to be brand specific as you may just need to try your own supplies out. Also you will want or need to glue the photo paper onto card stock and heavy card stock the better. That's up to you. I can go through an enormous amount of double sided tape however gluing the photo paper to the card stock which I save cereal boxes and heavy duty card stock from everything just about and often cut down to standard 8.5x11 inch size to store neater. I can get away with the card stock between two sheets of photo paper. Now this is tricky. You can stick stamps to each side of the page then onto the photo paper. Overlay the clear outlines onto them side up so you can read and see what you want need to see. And there are several ways to achieve this. You can leave an inch at the top of each page clear and double tape the overlay sheet at the top also acting to help keep the stamps in place. You can slip them into a clear envelope that is pre-punched for 3 ring binders. You can even make smaller books say half size if that works better for your collections. All these things are kind of personal preferences. I was very surprised when playing with the various glossy photo papers I have on hand how some work so much better than others even in the same brand. I've bought strong expensive magnetic sheets and made similar magnetic sheets for my many categories of metal dies and those too were glued down to cardstock on both sides giving me two pages slipped into the clear envelopes I buy in packs of 30 on Amazon. These I put in soft sided 1/2 to 1" three ring binders. I buy those in 6 color packs that allow me to do some color sorting to categories. RED would be Holidays and so forth. I started out using 5x7 inch clear envelopes with magnetic sheets and loved it but my collection got too out of hand when I was keeping them filed in 6 different sterilite tubs. And needed a much better method. Also was using the 9x11 inch magnetic sheets that are super sturdy to set up sets of dies for specific holiday and special card making themes. Then I return the dies to their original places of storage. Anyway I love the 3 ring binders for finding dies much better than the 5x7's. But I can slip in the original 5.7's two per larger envelope in the ring binders and save some time when I'm in a hurry or having trouble finding magnetic sheets which can be out of stock now and again. I try to buy ahead of time but I have a friend who we share back and forth materials and go together on some and so now and again we are short or I am. I'm not totally convinced the photo paper will always hold up like the lamination sheets can fall short. But I bought a commercial made product for keeping stamps and they too seem to fall short or fail over time. And when I say fail that can be within a month or three months. Another thing I haven't experienced so far but worry about is stamps sticking to a media that ends up ruining it. So I wouldn't store stamps in with my metal dies due to the weight of the dies might help break down the rubber product and I would rather avoid just in case. For my personality the three ring binder method works well also for many of my embossing folders again using the large envelopes with prepunched holes from Amazon. Feel the freedom to experiment and try new ideas out. Just test them first to see how they work. Also if you find you like one method better than another you need to stay with that. I'm testing the photo paper for stamps now. I had been fussing about how to handle the printed overlay parts and this is perfect for that. I also have a laminator that does 3, 5, 7, 10, even 15 ml lamination pouches. That's not the usual most small laminators only handle 3 to 5 or 5 exclusively. Mine does use carriers. I think I could get firm enough sheets with a 7ml and defiinitely a 10 to laminate without buying the thicker clear sheets. I also hate waste so I would attempt to find the same product in a 8.5x11 inch size instead of the 12x12's. I'm sure the large waste piece would work for shaker cards though. Happy crafting everyone. We are all unique and all personalities and just all love making stuff. There is no all right or wrong ways. We need to embrace our differences and our different personalities. Virtual hugs then to all of you.
This system of organizing all of my stamps is brilliant!!! Thanks so much for sharing!
Genius idea!! And yes, fill the whole sheet. It will make it easier to flip and stack in the binder. You always have the best ideas!!! And I love your videos. Thanks for the inspiration.
I love your ideas! ❤
Great storage tips, filing up the sheets also saves money and you are getting full use of your products xx
Brilliant! Thank you.
Most Excellent!
Thats fantastic
great idea!! Thanx!
This is a fantastic idea! I’ll definitely be trying it out !
Smart girl! Great idea!❤
Great idea! Looks FANTASTIC!!! Tfs.
Great video, great idea.
Great idea, the best I’ve seen yet and one I’ll be using!
great idea!!
Great idea, love it, thank you for sharing this wonderful tip. xx
I LOVE THIS!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ask and you shall receive!! You can’t imagine my delight when I stumbled across this tutorial today! Consistent with your other storage systems and of course, I love it! Thank you for posting!
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What a wonderful idea. Hello, I’m new to your channel. I have stored all my Tim holtz stamps just like this that I placed in small binders the same way as this video, and just labeled the side of the folder to know which is which by category type. But all my other stamps are all different sizes and single and small random things. I too gave them placed in a bin. I have always wished to be able to store them the same as all my tim holtz stamps. Now this video shows me just how. The laminator I own is pretty lame, and I loved how effortlessly yours works and just goes right in. May I get a link, or description/brand info of the laminator machine you used in this video please so I can purchase it, thank you and God bless.
Oh my word what a fantastic way to store your stamps. Absolutely love this idea and want to do the same!
such a great idea!
What a fantastic idea!
Glad you think so!
Such a great idea and space saving
Love it for space saving!
Genius! I like how this system you created is consistent with your ephemera idea…pages bound that are easy to turn and see everything we have easily and takes up a very small amount of space! ❤
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I love your continued series on storage solutions for all of our beloved Tim Holtz supplies, thank you for going the extra mile and sharing your process with us Nathifa✨🤗🥰🤗✨
Aww you’re so welcome!
This is a great idea! Thanks for sharing :)
You are so welcome!
I love this idea. I just subscribed, and am watching your previous videos. Thanks for sharing this with us!
Welcome!! And thanks for watching!
Thank you for sharing , how to store stamps! This is a good storage idea.
You are so welcome!
Brilliant idea Nathifa - I have so many stamps in boxes - such a great way to see what you have! Thanks for sharing.
Thank you!
You truly are amazing and thank you for always sharing these valuable things❤
Thank you so much!
TFS…appreciate all the tips and tricks u have shown lately ✌🏽
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I found you after someone posted about this. I am so glad I found you and I love this idea for clear stamps. I just decided last year to start collecting the clear stamps and stencils by Tim at Joann's. I already have a laminator and pouches collecting dust. lol I think I will be able to get 3 of them across at the top and a 4th at the bottom sideways. That is at least what I am going to try! I am not a big stamper, so these give me wonderful variety for the little I do. What I dread with stamping is opening each package, taking the 1 or 2 I want and then putting them back and in the package. This is going to be wonderful, having them ready to go fast and easy to find. Thank you! I have watched your other storage ideas and love them as well.
What a smart idea! I hope to organize my supplies this coming year and I will definitely do this. Thanks for sharing this video. ❤
You’re so,welcome!
I love this!! Now I just need a laminating machine to add to my ever growing journaling supplies! ❤
It’s a game changer!
Brilliant! I love this idea for stamps! I have already filled 3 books with ephemera pieces!
Wow! Very cool! Yes, I love it for clear stamps!
You have been such a wonderful help to me. Seriously, all your ideas have helped me realize what I have and cut down on getting duplicates. In regards to your ephemera storage idea, I never knew I had ephemera until you posted that and now I have a completely filled notebook lol!
Aww that’s so wonderful to hear! Glad you found them useful!❤
I love it!
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Now I know what I'll be doing!
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Thank you, this is very helpful when I think of the space this would create for my craft room, instead of the drawers and containers I use now. 0:06
Awesome!!!
Great idea! Simple, clean, and easy! Saving the blank acitate from the stamp to place on the stamp will save it from sticking to the other page. Also, you will only have to remove the sheet of acitate from the stamp set you are using. THANKS FOR THE IDEA! ❤
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Great idea - I would have been afraid that the stamp sheets would melt - nice to see that they don't. I've already made an ephemera book and a binder for my transparencies and baseboards.
Nope! I don’t think it stays long enough to melt
Such a good suggestion. I organzed my clear stamps in a binder too but only put one stamp set per page and it got fat really quickly. So, I am going to use this idea and put multiple sheets on an 8.5 x 11 sheet.
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I really love this idea, and it would definitely solve my clear stamp storage problem. Do you have any recommendations for a laminator or what to look for in a laminator? I did check your Amazon shop and didn’t see one linked there. Thank you for sharing this idea.
Parchment paper...brilliant. I have my laminated sheets in page protectors and they stick sometimes. I love the idea of using the carrier sheet for the stamp sheet. Long ago I did this on white cardtock laminated. You can't see through it...so it is problematic. But I bet I could stamp with Stayzon on a transparency and redo those pages too. The wheels are turning! Thanks for sharing!
You most definitely can stamp with staz-on! I did try that and it works! This was is faster in the end but it definitely works!
Great idea, I think. Also, I can categorize them by maybe theme, holiday, words, etc... Even make dividers or different binders.
Love that!
I’ve done something similar to this, but I just laminated the sheets to itself (empty) then once that was laminated, I Put another laminated sheet over that one and ran it through. Offers great sturdiness, and quicker. Especially since you always have Laminate sheets on Hand. Then stored them in a plastic box (flat) and labeled them by type. That way, I open the box lid and flip through them (I did it with sayings only also)
Hi I use the acetate also but I never knew how thick I should order so thanks for that information. Be much easier now to order then to go blindly at it. And I think it works wonderful but I do put them in big plastic zipper bag that I get from Spectrum art creations. That way if any do fall out from the album, they're at the bottom of the bag. Cuz some of mine do not stick but I just add a little bit of double-sided tape on them it doesn't bother or harm the metal when you put them on your acrylic block to stamp.
So yes that does work very well. They stick to the acetate itself very well. Not sure about the actual material that you use for the thermal sealing tool , which comes to my question what machine are you using if I may ask I didn't see it in your description on what supplies you were using except for the acetate / transparencies. Thank you. I have been enjoying your videos quite a bit. Thank you for sharing your tidbits and talent It is very helpful.
Thanks for the share, I have not thought about that. Now I can grab all mine out of the box and organize them better, lol
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@@juicychristians I just finish putting mine together. It's so nice to finally see what I got, easy peasy :).
@@chi7126 wahoo! Way to go!
So glad I saw this video!! I have been storing my red rubber stamps on something similar (can’t think of the name of the sheets) but the sheets that I have been using are unavailable now.
I’m switching to your method and will also do my cling/clear. Thank you for sharing!
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First time watching one of your videos. I had done something similar by laminating white card stock with the stamped images on it. Think I like this idea better. I was wondering if you had any storage suggestions for thin metal dies.
Hello. I really liked this idea. I don’t own a laminator but I still will do this some how lol . I couldn’t find a product list. For instance the name or place or price of the laminator. Your transparent sheets brand name & where you purchased them the sturdy chip board etc . Can you please send me a list so I can do this wonderful project asap. Thank you. God bless you. ❤😂🎉😊
Love this! I sewed pockets out of sheet protectors and they are ripping. This works way better
Awesome!!!
Love the video. Not real familiar with laminators. What type do you have? What is the mil on your laminating sheets? You said the mylar that you used for extra thickness inside was 6mil? Have you tried cutting the manufacture printed mylar sheets with the design apart to sort by design ie all butterflies etc? It sounds like that would take a lot of time but I'm thinking it might be more useful. Thanks for the information.
Since they are already 12 x 12, you should get a scrapbook album where they would fit…just hole punch
Good tip!
I cut the 8 1/2 by 11 down just a little. Then put the sheet with the stamps in a regular sheet protector. Even if stamp does not stick, it is still in protector.
Wonderful!
What is your storage tip for red rubber, unmounted stamps?
What does the backing look like? I use a lot of Tim holtz’s stamps which come with their own backing..
I did something similar, but my clear stamps dried out. So I don’t know if this is a good idea for long term storage.
Did you try washing them?
I do that but put the sheets in page protectors
Awesome!
I’m curious why you put the transparency sheet inside the laminating sheets rather than just putting the stamp sheets in by themselves? That seems like an extra step/expense. What benefit does adding the transparency sheet give you?
Durability.
I suggest you slip the acrylic sheet into a sheet protector. Stamps have a way of coming off. This way you will not lose any.
Thanks for the tip
The only issue I have with this is that stamps eventually dry out or lose their stickiness. I'm not sure how to prevent this. Any suggestions?
You just have to wash them with some water and they will be sticky again. I show In the video as a couple of mine had lost the stickiness
You can put transfer sheets in a laminater?
Like the drawing transfer sheets?
@juicychristians I thought you said tranfer sheets. Maybe I heard wrong. But I have transparency film
Nope, I used the transparency sheet not transfer.😊
Thanks
Seems like a 8.5x11 page protector would do the same with a lot less work!
Go for it! Whatever works for you!
Unfortunately, this won't work for me because most of the stamps I have don't have their image on the acetate...I wish there was an idea for my situation
You can use black staz-on ink to stamp the image on one side and add the stamp on the other side.
What a palaver! My method is similar to this but waaay simpler! Instead of cutting down a 12x12” acetate sheet, I slip one A4 (UK) transparency sheet (pack off Amazon), inside another to make it thicker/stronger & laminate. Keeping the stamps on their sheet with the already manufactured printed image, trim the edges of that to fit more on the A4 transparency. So dispose of the blank side (or use for smushing, etc), so one whole side of A4 is filled. No need to take stamps off and replace - way too much unnecessary work! Only add the sheets of stamp on one side of each transparency. Get some A4 clear file pockets. Slip a sheet of stamp in face up. Behind it an A4 piece of copier paper, turn pocket over and slip another A4 sheet of stamps inside. Out the lot into a D ring hardback file (D ring has more space than a regular thin file). This way when you pull an A4 sheet out to pick stamps from you down knock any on the back off!
Do the stamps REALLY stay stuck to the laminating sheet? I don't want to lose any of my stamps! If this really works, it's genius!
It’s the same concept as what they are sold in. It’s just all on one sheet.
Could not see the label clearly. Did not see a link to it either
sorry! Forgot to link it! It's now linked in the description box.
Why did you have to put a transparency in there and not just the printed images from stamps
I’m not sure I understand your question but the transparency creates more structured support
Oh I see. I was wondering why you didn’t use just printed backings. Guess that would be flimsy.
Yep. I tried it and it’s not enough support so the 6mil Mylar sheet provides just enough. 😊
Your 5 is at the bottom right of the screen.
Sorry, but this is a bad idea. You are going to end up losing your stamps. The cling is unreliable. Stamps Should be contained in a bag or they will fall off and get lost.😢
You don’t have to use it. Works for me.
If the stamps are cleaned and the plastic doesn’t have finger oils on it, the stamps will stick.
try cleaning stamps and plastic with alcohol
@@DeerheartStudioArts It is never recommended to clean stamps with alcohol. It will cause rubber stamps to dry out and can break down clear stamps. If you want them to regain their stick, wash in warm water with a mild dish soap (original blue Dawn) and allow to air dry.
Great idea! Looks great. I will definitely try this.