Crafting is so much fun and is meant to be something that de-stresses your life. But if your crafts are disorganized, scrapbooking and rubber stamping can come to be stressful endeavors rather than the fun hobby they are meant to be. Club makes all the difference!
Rubber stamps are the backbone of card production and scrapbooking. But you need to know what stamps you have, and how to find them swiftly and easily.
There are 3 basic systems for stamp organization:
1. Alphabetically
2. Number principles
3. Category
There is not a one-size-fits-all organizational system. You need to have a principles that works for You. So let's look at each system.
1. Alphabetical: This is a great principles as it's quick and easy to find things. In addition, we are used to finding for other things alphabetically. The major drawback to this principles is that you have to well know the names of your stamp sets. If you're good with names, this is the principles for you!
2. Number system: For this system, you plainly affix a Number to your stamp sets and keep a list, sort of like a library principles where each book has a number. You can plainly Number your sets in the order you buy them or make a more specific principles where nature sets begin with a 1, greetings sets begin with a 2, etc. This is a great principles for the very organized citizen out there. God bless you all!
3. Category: For this system, you compose your stamps agreeing to the kind they are listed under in the Idea Book & Catalog. So all the Holiday stamps go in one spot, the Occasions stamps go in another, etc. This is the principles I use, and it well helps me. In addition to keeping my stamps straight, it helps me orient to the catalog. Since I use my catalog a lot, not only for helping citizen place orders but also for my own compose inspiration, I feel that I kill two birds with one stone.
Whatever stamp Club principles you choose, get one going. When you can find what you are finding for, creating hand stamped projects is much more fun. Stamping is meant to be a time of creativity and enjoyment, not frustration. So compose your stamps and you will be stamping stress-free!
I've given you ways to compose your rubber stamps, but don't stop there! You can compose your embellishments, ribbons, and more. And the more organized your supplies are, the more you will create, and the more fun you will have in the creative process.
There are the spools, and then there are the scraps...
You can compose your ribbons in purpose-made shelves for easy access. But then there are those little scraps. You know, the pieces you cut for a project and then didn't use. I like to store my scraps and pieces in a ribbon "jar." I call it a jar, but it's well a vase, because I don't want to have to open a lid when I'm finding for/grabbing a piece of ribbon. Remember, you want your Club to work For you not against you. You want it to Save time not cost you time.
Ribbon is my go-to embellishment. It adds the exquisite touch to most any project. I use ribbon on my hand-stamped cards, scrapbook pages, handcrafted gifts, and more. Of course, they also make for extra-special packaging. When wrapping up a gift, even a small or inexpensive one, I like to make it extra extra with nice wrapping or even just some nice ribbon. Stampin' Up! ribbon comes in all our core colors as well as "in" colors (trendy colors that keep everything fresh) and is very, very nice quality. I like wrap a stack of hand-stamped cards in a kind distance of ribbon for gifting. Super simple, super easy, extra special!
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