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Post by grammadee on Feb 5, 2021 16:14:09 GMT
I seem to be accumulating quite a few of these. Does anyone have a system for storing them? Ideally, maybe a sturdy album that has magnets in the pockets?
I finished my 50 pages and am thawing out FAST! Looking for somewhere to spend some bd money as well.
So please help a girl out here...
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Post by jediannie on Feb 5, 2021 16:46:46 GMT
Mine are still in the packaging so I'm no help.  I only have 2 dies as well so I'll probably just put them in my binder with the rest of my dies on a magnetic sheet. |
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Post by scrapnnana on Feb 5, 2021 17:53:16 GMT
I store all my dies on magnetic sheets in the ArtBin die storage containers, and that includes my slimline dies. I have multiple ArtBin die storage containers. They hold a lot of dies, but I’ll admit, the slimline dies do take up more space than most of my other dies.
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Post by joblackford on Feb 5, 2021 19:00:59 GMT
I don't currently store my dies this way but in the past I bought magnet sheet, punched holes in it, and kept it in an old binder. Nice to be able to store vertically, and the pages are easy to flip through. I've seen the same idea with plastic sheet protectors with magnet sheet inside, might be better for small dies that could fall off the magnet sheet (I got stronger thicker magnets, didn't have an issue).
Right now I have mine on magnet sheet (or strips of magnet stuck on cardstock to save money) in large Avery Elle pockets, stored at the back of the rest of my dies in a bin so I can flip through them. But I only have a few.
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Post by hop2 on Feb 5, 2021 21:17:40 GMT
I only have 2 and they are in one of my trays in my container store paper sorter. I turned the trays backwards and labeled them and lined the “drawers” with magnet.
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Post by FurryP on Feb 5, 2021 21:47:18 GMT
I only have a few, but Avery Elle has the XL pockets that I already have. I will use those with a magnet sheet like my other dies. They are still in the original packaging right now.
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Post by 950nancy on Feb 6, 2021 0:30:12 GMT
I have a lot of dies, but a smaller version of this could be easily created with one mirror or a picture frame. I use the magnetic vent covers from Home Depot and cut them to fit on top of these long, inexpensive mirrors from Target. I love that I can see all of my dies at once, or I can just pull out a mirror that has the theme I am using. They all stack about 3 inches thick either beside or inside the closet when I don't them. I used to keep my dies in 12 x 12 binders, but they got too heavy. My smaller alphabets go on 4 x 6 magnetic sheets stored in a basket.   |
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Post by lindas on Feb 6, 2021 0:40:43 GMT
I have a lot of dies, but a smaller version of this could be easily created with one mirror or a picture frame. I use the magnetic vent covers from Home Depot and cut them to fit on top of these long, inexpensive mirrors from Target. I love that I can see all of my dies at once, or I can just pull out a mirror that has the theme I am using. They all stack about 3 inches thick either beside or inside the closet when I don't them. I used to keep my dies in 12 x 12 binders, but they got too heavy. My smaller alphabets go on 4 x 6 magnetic sheets stored in a basket. View AttachmentView AttachmentI no longer feel guilty about my growing die collection after seeing yours.  Your system does make it easy to see at a glance what you have. |
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Post by 950nancy on Feb 6, 2021 0:45:16 GMT
I have a lot of dies, but a smaller version of this could be easily created with one mirror or a picture frame. I use the magnetic vent covers from Home Depot and cut them to fit on top of these long, inexpensive mirrors from Target. I love that I can see all of my dies at once, or I can just pull out a mirror that has the theme I am using. They all stack about 3 inches thick either beside or inside the closet when I don't them. I used to keep my dies in 12 x 12 binders, but they got too heavy. My smaller alphabets go on 4 x 6 magnetic sheets stored in a basket. View AttachmentView AttachmentI no longer feel guilty about my growing die collection after seeing yours. Your system does make it easy to see at a glance what you have. Haha. I could also make you feel better about paper and punches if you need it. |
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Post by grammadee on Feb 7, 2021 3:45:17 GMT
Thanks for all the ideas, Ladies! 950nancy, I have the dies, but not the wall space for a display. I already have a system of pull out magnetic trays, but they are basically full, and sorted by topic/type of image, so no real place to keep the slimlines. Today I ordered a set of heavy duty 3-ring page protectors and some sticky back magnetic sheets. I plan to attach the magnets to heavier cs, and slip them into the protectors, then put my slimline dies on the magnets. I can choose one of my empty 3-ring binders that will work for this. If I like this system, I may reorganize my trays so that some of the less used dies could go into the ring binder and some of my more used dies could be more easily accessible. |
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Post by 950nancy on Feb 7, 2021 4:04:06 GMT
Thanks for all the ideas, Ladies! 950nancy , I have the dies, but not the wall space for a display. I already have a system of pull out magnetic trays, but they are basically full, and sorted by topic/type of image, so no real place to keep the slimlines. Today I ordered a set of heavy duty 3-ring page protectors and some sticky back magnetic sheets. I plan to attach the magnets to heavier cs, and slip them into the protectors, then put my slimline dies on the magnets. I can choose one of my empty 3-ring binders that will work for this. If I like this system, I may reorganize my trays so that some of the less used dies could go into the ring binder and some of my more used dies could be more easily accessible. I used to have my dies in 3-ring binders. I would make sure that the heavy duty page protectors have some duct tape on the edges of them. Mine needed extra support. |
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Your system does make it easy to see at a glance what you have.