So I got Rough Type, from the Summer Mini catalogue. I've even used it already, on a scrapbook page! LOVE IT! However, as I was looking at putting it together, I wondered how I was going to keep the clear mount alphabet in some kind of order. With the wood mount alphas, you have a stamp case with slots in it to keep them from getting jumbled. All my wood mounted alphas are in neat tidy rows in their cases, in alphabetical order. I can't stand searching thru a jumble of stamps to find the letters I need, or to see if any are missing! So I pondered and started putting the labels on my foam. Then it came to me... keep the rubber 'matrix' that is usually tossed into the garbage! See the photos for how I will be storing my clear alphas :)
Here is the new stamp set, I was giddy with excitement when it arrived!! :)
And here it is opened, and ready to be put together :) LOVE that everything is die cut in the mini!
...and so I set about putting the label stickers on the foam of these awesome stamps. When I came up with this brilliance! :)
Do you see what I've done? I saved the 'matrix' of the stamps, you know, the outline of what was leftover! I put my labeled stamps back into the slots they came out of, and now the label shows through. So now I will be able to tell where the letters are, even tho they aren't quite in alphabetical order they are easy enough to find, and I will be able to tell if any letters or the big circle are missing. *AND* they won't fly all over when I open the case to get them out!! :) Genious I tell ya! :) I'm sure someone else has already thought of that tho! LOL!
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6 comments:
Just came to your blog from crafty storage. What a great idea. So simple yet I would never have thought of it.
Off to check out some more of your posts:)
That seems like a good idea of making sure you haven't lost any stamps, although I don't understand how the stamps could go flying when you open the case. The cling side of my stamps just stick to the plastic case (like it would to a clear block) and I can turn the case around and see the stamps through the back.
Annonymous... for the flying stamps. When I put the sticker on the foam so I can see my stamps, they no longer stick to the case like they stick to the block. It's annoying, but c'est la vie.
A friend just suggested this method of storage to me. It worked great!
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What a GREAT idea! Looks like I will be doing some reorganizing....AGAIN! LOL
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