Monday 18 August 2014

Stamp Catalogue


This is a sneak peek at how I am updating my rubber stamp catalogue.  I am in the middle of revamping and very slowly making progress.   I have far too little space to store them so I need to have them super organized and easy to find.

The categories are arranged by Alpha/Numberic - Theme - Calendar. (Thank you Tiffany for this)

I only have space to shelve my favourites and the rest sit in Rubbermaid under bed totes.  In light pencil under each image I record the location of where I have stored the stamp so I can quickly find it.

I consider myself a purist where rubber stamps are concerned.  I love the crisp lines that you get with rubber as well as the vintage look as they sit on my shelf.

I made the shelf from 1 x 4's and used cider vinegar and steel wool to get a weathered look for the pine.

I like to hand stamp my catalogue so that I know the exact size when designing a new project.   I find that many of my friends are using digital images to reference their stamps - I prefer to have the actual size.

Once my cataloguing is finished I will be photocopying each sheet and putting a copy of my catalogue in the corresponding section of my ScrapRack.


 This is what my current catalogue looks like.  For my facelift, I have added a header with the category and a footer with my name.



My clear stamps are in a binder with zippered pouches.  My binder is constantly shrinking and has just grown too small for my stamps.  I am slowly migrating them to individual zippered polypropylene pockets and will be labelling them with numbed so the location can be referenced in my stamp catalogue.


























5 comments:

  1. You have just solved my "Where's That Stamp?" problem! Thank you for sharing your technique via photos as well as words. I found your post via Pinterest.

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    1. Thanks for your comments SuzieQ. I think with the massive amounts of stamps that are now available, our collections can be a bit overwhelming and it can get frustrating trying to find the stamp that we are looking for. This system has worked well for me. Good luck with your stamps.

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  2. For a long time I couldn't understand a need for this. Silly me.

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  3. I love the header and footer idea <3

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    1. Thank you. My previous catalogues have always just had hand written theme titles. I decided to take it up a notch and make it look more professional. I really like how it turned out.

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