20 May 2013

Stamp Storage

Welcome to my blog.  If you are taking part in my friend Suzy's blog hop then you will have arrived here from THE CRAFTY ALCHEMIST

Although scrapbooking is my thing I want to get a bit more inky and painty on my LO's and eventually try some art journalling.

I already have quite a few stamps - all thrown in in box and never to see the light of day again. I have recently bought some of the new ones from Bo Bunny and Kaiserkraft and decided to try and find a better way to store them,  easily see what I  had and be able to take them to crops with me.

Searching on pinterest I found the Tim Holtz folder, (way too expensive and not what I really needed) and one made from presentation folders and card and then stored in an A4 file. Great idea but what did I have that I could adapt without spending anything - an old 8 x 8 album that has been in my cupboard for a number of years ( QVC I believe)

So here goes

Take the card out of the page protectors in your album or cut some cardstock to fit your page protectors.  Place your stamps on the card and mark pencil lines to separate all your stamps ( these will become the pockets to hold your stamps




Next put the cardstock back into the page protector and carefully machine stitch along the pencil lines sewing through both the page protector and the cardstock.  I would suggest that you use a backstitch at the beginning and end of each row so that you don't have any ends to tie off. You will end up with pockets on either side of the page protector for your stamps


Next step you will need to very carefully cut the top of each pocket with a craft knife taking care not to cut through the cardstock



 You will be able to create pockets of any size on your page protectors



I left the acetate backing on my stamps as it makes it easier to get the stamps in and out of the pockets and also makes it all a lot sturdier


and finally the finished album ready to take to the next crop and do some stamping


I will be offering a small prize randomly chosen from followers of this blog who have commented on this post please pop back on friday 24th may to see if you have won

Thank you so much for popping by my blog.  I hope you find this little tutorial useful and give me shout if the instructions don't make sense. I would love to hear from you if you decide to give this a go

Your next stop is YORKSHIRE TEA JENNY

Lesley
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24 comments:

  1. What a completely fab idea Lesley. I must give this a.go as mine are all muddled up in a box.

    Thank you so much for joining in with my wee.blog hop

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  2. What a brilliant idea; thanks for sharing. Hugs Frea

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  3. Mmm what a great idea must try this

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  4. clever bunny..now why didn't I think of that!?

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  5. You can come and sort mine!.....though it may take you from now till Christmas!

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  6. Great tutorial, I think that even I could make one of these, happy hopping!

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  7. Ooh how organised! And a great tutorial too. I keep all my stamp sets in packets on book rings clipped up under my work desk.

    No need to add me to the prize draw - just making my way along saying 'Hi' to fellow hoppers. :-)

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  8. Great tutorial and my kind of re-purposing ... I may just have an unwanted album somewhere around too. TFS

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  9. Wow, that is awesome, I need to do that and your tutorial is very good.
    Hugs Kelly

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  10. I can't stitch for toffee but what a fab idea!

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  11. What a fabulous idea! I have an unused 8 x 8 album which will serve this purpose perfectly. Great tutorial Lesley, thanks for sharing.

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  12. well that is very clever... I spy some stamps I have seen before! ...hopping on, jenx

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  13. Fantastic idea, really brilliant.
    C xx

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  14. What a great idea - so simple too!
    Thanks!

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  15. Lesley what a fab idea Just thinking if I have a spare 8 x 8 somewhere X

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  16. I love a good upcycle idea, and that 8x8 album that is at the back of the cupboard might just get the same make over...

    Thanks for sharing...

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  17. That is one great idea!! I'm a digi scrapper, but I love some of the stamps around lately (Timmy's come to mind) and something like this would be ideal for the few stamps I do have. Thanks for the inspiration.

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  18. this is a fabulous idea for storage and well done for using existing stash to make it. Thanks for sharing x

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  19. What a great idea this is, thanks for sharing.

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  20. Well how clever is that?! Maybe if I sorted my jumbled stamp drawer I'd use them more often. :o)
    Sue x

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  21. Fab idea, mine a shoved in a box at the moment

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  22. Brilliant idea Lesley,now you know i don't sew so think might have to get you to make me one as your just so clever ;)

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