Where the Stamping Happens

So, I dropped off my computer at home for surgery. Hopefully, it’s salvageable. The good news is that I backed everything up last week, so I didn’t lose my important stuff, like my digital photos. The bad news is, I won’t have my own computer for a while and I can’t update my blog from work, so my entries might be sporadic.

I’m a little embarrassed to post my craft room for you guys, since it’s pretty darn disorganized. But, a promise is a promise. So, here you have it.

First, my Ikea bookcase, a must-have staple for every craft room. Here, you only see a portion of it, because my room is tiny and I couldn’t back up far enough to take a full picture. I use the top of the shelf as a showcase for my latest card creations.

Above, a closer picture of my ribbon tree. It’s actually an earring tree I bought from Timothy Adam Designs on Etsy. I love it!

I have two desks in my craft room. Here’s the first one, where I place all my bulky tools, like my monster paper cutter and my brand new Scor-Pal. I’ll share more about the Scor-Pal in a later entry. It’s a really cool tool that makes scoring paper quite fun.

Here’s my stamping desk. Messy, no? I got this huge green Blu Dot dining table off of Craigslist for a steal and decided to use it as a craft table. The table costs $1300 brand new, and I got it for $150. Talk about a bargain!

Above my desk is a bulletin board where I shove my finished cards. I made this out of some leftover drapery, a staple gun, green ribbon, and an Ikea cork board.

Back over on my desk, I keep a basket of ribbon in my current favorite colors.

In a set of drawers under my craft table, I keep a selection of my current stamp sets, plus my embossing gun.

Next drawer, more stamp sets. These are all from Stampin’ Up.

For those who haven’t purchased Stampin’ Up stamps before, here’s how the sets come. For these sets, I already stuckthe rubber, stickers, and stamps together, but they come separate in the package.

Ok, top drawer: My punches. Tons of nestable punches.

And in my trays, even more punches.

Next to my desk, I have a CD rack where I store my clear stamps and metal Nestabilities dies.

Here’s an picture illustrating how I store my metal dies. They don’t come with storage, so I use magnet tape plus an empty CD case to create my own.

Back on my desk, I have a set of plastic drawers on within easy reach. In the top drawer, I keep stamps that don’t belong to a set.

Second drawer, I keep my commonly used embellishments. I store my embossing powder upside down so that I can see the color easily.

I save a whole drawer for my paper scraps. I dig into this stash all the time. I hate wasting a new sheet of paper when I have perfectly good scraps to use.

Next on my desk, my tray full of adhesives, including foam stickers, tape runner, multi-purpose glue, and more. I also keep stamp cleaner handy.

Here, my favorite ink pads. Sadly, I have even more ink pads that aren’t shown. It’s scary how much stuff I have.

And lastly, my makers. Each of these markers coordinates exactly in color with one of those ink pads above, plus colored paper that I also have stashed away. Pretty neat, huh?

So, that’s my craft room. What do you think? If I can answer any questions for ya, comment below, and I’ll address them in my next post.