HayaTiggs at the AMR message board asked how people store their stickers. Here's how I store mine. I actually have mostly letter stickers, and I keep them in a 3" binder from Staples. (It's the same binder I use for my clear stamps.)

I keep mine by color, but for other stickers, you could sort by theme or manufacturer. Each color gets it's own Poly String Files w/ Side Opening , also from Staples (I love Staples!) I used a sheet protector as a template and punched holes in the files' gussets. I originally used my large crop-a-dile hole punch, but I had to make three holes fro the binder ring to fit, I went back over those holes with the 1/4" Fiskars hole punch I have since acquired. It even makes turning the files easier.

Using a 3" Binder allows the gussets to still expand, so a lot of stickers fit in each file. It's tempting to get one of those GIANT 5 inch-ers, but at 3", it's heavy enough.

Stickers slip in and out without having to engage the binder rings.

And fasten securely. (I've dropped mine more times then I can count.)

Would you like to see more organization on here? Let me know, and I share some of my other storage.

I finally made those ATCs I've been designing in my head. They were due for a swap on Friday. Originally, they were due on 5/16 and when they extended the deadline to the 23rd I though, "Well, why can't people just do their on time?" Now I am all shades of embarrassed because I didn't even make the extended deadline.

This swap's theme was "Your favorite Bible verse", my fave is John 13:34

I give you a new commandment: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you also should love one another.

I had it printed on overhead transparencies at Staples. Then I stamped flourishes from Basic Grey (pink) and Inkadinkadoo (black) The butterflies are punched from DCWV glitterstack with MS triple butterfly punch. I Fun Flocked their little bodies. I hope my fellow swappers enjoy them.

Embellishment Redux

So, in a fervent effort to avoid a much larger task, I decided to re-organize my embellishments. I keep most of my small embellishments in a system of small acrylic boxes. Here a link to an old message board post where I tell all about my genius system: http://www.creatingkeepsakes.com/mb/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=85775&p=741379&hilit=AMAC#p741379

Overtime, these guys can get a bit mixed up so I pulled them all out of their cases and reorganized them so that brads were with brads, rhinestones with rhinestones. It was pretty impressive to see my embellishment city

Now, there all back home, with only the fringes fraternizing with other embellies.

And I shared how I store my Skittles on the AMR board

http://amrforums.altrock182182.x10hosting.com/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=8611&st=0&sk=t&sd=a#p101157