Recently I shared a video of my Stamping Loft.. a craft room tour of my little space.
Click here if you missed the craft room tour video.
One of the things that solicited a lot of comments was my 3 tins of loose stamps...
In the photo above, you can see the 3 tins I have with loose stamps. This is probably my favorite craft room organizing tip! The stamps are mostly greeting stamps from various sets, and I keep them next to my stamping desk so that I can grab them quickly, use them, clean them and put them right back in the tin. I don't like to have to think about which set a thank you or birthday or get well greeting might be in, so I just like to keep them handy like this. Lazy? hmmm.. I would rather think of it as efficient :)
WOOD? CLEAR? or PHOTOPOLYMER?
You'll notice though that most of them are Wood Mount. Stampin' UP! offers 3 different types of stamp options, Wood Mount, Clear Mount and Photopolymer. You can see all 3 types on pg 4 of the Current Annual Catalog. I get asked often, "Which type of stamps do you prefer?". My answer is all of them, actually.... I really love the wood mount stamps for my greetings, BECAUSE of the way I like to store them (above), but I also like greeting sets in photopolymer so I can stamp them just where I need to. And YES, I've been known to buy a set in wood mount and Photopolymer... not often.. but I have done it.
I like the Clear Mount for the more reasonable price, and smaller storage requirements, and then I REALLY love the photopolymer just because I can see where I'm stamping the image AND they stick to the clear blocks like nobody's business!! I love that!! So.. I buy stamps in all 3 options... mostly photopolymer, 2nd wood, and 3rd choice is clear. That's just my preference.. no right or wrong about it.. it's a personal choice for everyone.
After I scoured 3 stores looking for the perfect variety of small tins to hold my stamps in, I happened upon this one in Target one day.... LOL.. you be the judge.. it might be a tad bit too big for my loose stamps :)
So let me hear from you ... what is your favorite? Wood, Clear or Photopolymer and why? Leave me a comment below (on my blog) and let me know!
You can view all of the stamps that Stampin' Up! has to offer
HERE in my online store.
{Edited to Add at 10:30am: Connie asked in a comment below, how I keep track of where those stamps go... one good thing is that I'm blessed with a really good memory and I usually can remember where they go, and if not, I look at the GREETING INDEX on pg 245/246/247 of the current Annual catalog and I can usually find which set they go in. I don't actually put them back into their set until the set retires and I sell or donate it. Hope that helps?}
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