Ellen Hutson Anniversary Sale

Tis the season for sales!  Don't forget about Ellen Hutson who is celebrating their 1oth Anniversary with some great sales!  Check them out for all of the details.  I have linked below my favorite stamp and die storage products {and a must have stamp and die set} found only at Ellen Hutson!

 

 

Happy Shopping!

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Essentials by Ellen Designer Dies, All Inside by Julie Ebersole

Essentials by Ellen Clear Stamps, All Inside by Julie Ebersole

Essentials by Ellen Storage Envelopes, Small 25pk

Essentials by Ellen Magnetic Die Storage, Small 25pk

Essentials by Ellen Storage Envelopes, Large 25pk

Essentials by Ellen Storage Envelopes, Medium 25pk

Stamp Storage Switch

 

Hey guys!  It's been a little over a week since I've blogged.  I've been in my craft room working on a few projects that I can't share just yet and trying out a new stamp storage system.  I've been storing my stamp sets in CD cases.  I started with Papertrey Ink and that was their storage system. When I bought brands that didn't come with a CD case, I used ones that I could pick up at Target.   I really liked this system for a long time. As my collection has grown the CD cases just started taking up too much room, became difficult to flip through, and some of the case are getting old and cracking.

It's time to try something new.  I ordered 50 of the Ellen Hutson Storage Envelopes to start with and 25 of the magnetic sheets.  I very quickly filled them all up.  Some of the sets I moved over no longer had their acetate carrier sheet so I made new ones with this clear acetate available locally.  I slipped in a piece of white cardstock that I cut to size; stamp set in front, coordinating dies behind.  Stand alone dies got their own pocket.  So far I love it!  The envelopes are super sturdy, easy to flip through, and take up way less space.  I have a ton of sets still in CD cases {afraid to count}.  I haven't decided, yet, whether I will transfer all of my sets over or just continue with this system going forward... 

Have you switched to pockets?  Are you happy with your new system?  Do you use another system all together? 

 

 

Jennifer's #ShareHandmadeKindness challenge continues this week with Kids, sharing kindness with kids and getting them involved in sharing  kindness with others.  Last week was dedicated to community.  Ryan and I left a little surprise for our mail carrier this weekend.

Thanks for stopping by! 

 

Essentials by Ellen Storage Envelopes, 25pk

Essentials by Ellen Magnetic Die Storage, 25pk

Hero Arts Clear Stamps, Acts of Kindness

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What's On Your Desk?

 

What's on your desk right now?

Moxie Fab wants to know.

 

Here's a quick snap of what I'm working on at the moment.  I still keep all of my stamp sets in CD cases.  I have a few 4-drawer cubes that these fit into perfectly.  I recently purchased several WPlus9 sets and I'm finally getting around to putting them into cases and labeling them.

 

I Gave My Husband A Hammer

 

Have you ever read the children's book If You Give A Mouse A Cookie?

If you haven't, it's a story (a series of stories really) that starts with one action setting off a chain of events.  That's kind of what happened to me when I gave my husband a hammer!

 

 

I had purchased a rod and bucket system that is mounted on the wall for storage in my craft room from Ikea.  Ryan got around to putting it up for me on Saturday.  I was there to assist:)  He says, "Where's that hammer you keep in here?"  I handed it to him and started thinking about how I hadn't used it in a long time.  I used to use it all of the time to set eyelets and things.  That set off the chain of events that had me pulling out more old products that I hadn't used in a long time like my Metallic Rub Ons. Both the letters and pocket are clear heat embossed and then rubbed with the metallic rub ons.  It creates a really neat effect. 

 

 

Here you can see the little buckets above my desk.  They hold things like markers, watercolor pencils, paint brushes, and my gelatos.

FMS #89

SSS: Masculine/ Father's Day Cards

 

This one is perfect for my father-in-law!

Cardstock: PTI White, Kraft
Stamps: PTI Men of Life, WP9 Sweet Nothings, Pocketful
Ink: PTI Chocolate, Kraft, Versamark Ink
Dies: WP9 Pocketful, PTI Block Alphabet
Other: Twine, Metallic Rub Ons, Metal Eyelets and Snaps, Clear Embossing Powder

Friday Inspiration File #115

 

Last Saturday's adventure with my parents started with a trip to Pearl Paint.

It's a store I had been to a long time ago;

 two floors of colorful art supplies.

We planned to go again, but found it had moved quite a distance away. 

We decided it was worth the hour trip.....take a ride, get some lunch.

This location was much smaller,

 but seemed to be packed with just about as much stuff as the old location. 

 I picked up some modeling paste {so much fun to work with I've discovered},

some spray fixative, a few pens, small linoleum blocks {to carve my own stamps}, and some watercolor postcards. 

 My mom picked up some of the prettiest handmade papers from all over the world.

When we got home, she cut the large sheets in half so she could share them with me. 

So sweet!

 

 

Then, as I mentioned yesterday,

we stumbled on Ikea and couldn't pass up the opportunity to check it out!

I snapped a few pictures of patterns that caught my eye, but the lighting in there was lousy for photos.

 

I picked up a few things for my craft room.

This fun wall mounted rod with buckets for odds and ends will go above my work table.

I also got this cute clip display.  Not sure where in my room it's going, but I'll let you know.

 

This is the bedding that inspired yesterday's card.

 

Cute birds, huh?

Maybe I'll carve a bird like this into one of my linoleum blocks!

 

Thanks for stopping by!

I really just came to let you know that the File has been updated and there are some really great projects in there.

Take a look.

Have a great weekend!

 

Card Storage {FIF #112}

 

Hi! Today I thought I'd share with you how I store my completed cards.

My most recently posted or yet to be posted cards are normally put onto this shelf.

 

 

Next they make their way to these wire bottle carriers.

These are usually filled with cards for the season that we are in {Christmas, Easter, etc..)

Right now there are mainly birthday cards there because I have so many birthdays coming up. 

It's easy to just grab one.

 

 

After that, they are filed in these two drawers.

The drawers have dividers and I seperate my cards into these categories: birthday, love, thank you, friendship, congrats/new home, holiday, baby/kids

 {I think that's it}.

And from here hopefully they get mailed out to someone special:)

 

Check out this week's Friday Inspiration File....#112. 

So many great designs to see!

 

 

Friday Inspiration File #111

 

I mentioned yesterday that my new cardstock scrap 'system' is

working so well for me. 

I know it seems so obvious, but I just never did it.

 

I used to store all scraps, no matter the size, together in a drawer and I just never wanted to dig through there to find a small piece.  I would always end up cutting into a big piece that could have been used for something else.  Now, with my tiny scraps right there in my die cutting area, it is so easy to find just the right piece and use up those tiny scraps.

 

Such a simple thing makes me so happy:)

 

New projects have been added to the File...#111.

Check them out and have a great weekend!!

 

I also started a new board..Art Journal....if you're interested.  If you are, check out the pin to Donna Downey's Inspiration Wednesday videos! 

 I lost a few more hours there!

 

Friday Inspiration File #109

 

TGIF!

Friday Inspiration File #109

 

Here's a little peek at my new die storage.

I used to store them in the the paper CD sleeves {like this}, but the more dies I added to my collection the harder it was to flip through and find the die I wanted to use.  I don't always got to my dies knowing which one I'm looking for.  Sometimes I go there in the middle of a project knowing I need 'something', but I'm not always sure what that something is.  With this new storage system it is easy for me to flip through and see everything.  The pockets are very sturdy and hold up to the weight of the dies. Each pocket has a flap at the top that keeps the dies from sliding out of the pocket. {video showing this system}  The only die I have that won't fit into this system is the triangle favor it box die form PTI.  That's OK though because some of my most used dies are stored on magnetic knife holders.

 

 

I hope you have a great weekend!

 

All Die Storage Supplies Martha Stewart