Storing Stamps/Stamps & Die Sets

My stamp/die sets go in the AveryElle envelopes in a little baskets. Just the dies generally go on a mirror covered in magnetic cent covers. The binders get thick very quickly with die sets. I have these with different theme sets in them. I can pull one of these to my desk and not have a much desk space used.
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I use planner sized binders for my collection. Each page is chipboard with adhesive magnetic sheets on both sides. My collection leans heavily towards many small dies. If you have more big dies and coverplates, there is less of an advantage to magnetic storage.

Clear acetate sheets in between to prevent facing dies from damaging each other.  Chipboard charms on the zippers identify which theme is in which binder for easy grabbing off the shelf.

Small dies go into magnetic folders, which slip into pockets. Folders are more adhesive magnetic sheet stuck to a piece of acetate. The plastic cover means nothing moves when it gets slid in and out.  Pockets are made from cut down old 3x3 trading card pages, and hold 3.5x2.5" things.

I use the binders. I have far too many stamps to put them in envelopes in boxes, and I can go through my stamp sets much, much faster.

For clear sets, I attach the acetate backing of each stamp set to a piece of card stock, then slip that in a binder page protector. It is easy to pull them out, use them, and put them back.




For the red rubber stamps on wood blocks, I remove them from the blocks, usually take them down to the bare rubber, and paint the backs with Aleene’s Tack-It-Over-and-Over. That turns it into a peel and stick stamp like the clear stamps, and I can use them with my stamp press. I stick those to the outside of the page protector, and stamp the image on card stock that I put inside the page protector. The 12x12 zippered binders that I used for these are no longer available, but a regular zippered binder could still work the same way.

For the rubber stamps that are NOT on wood, I press them onto acetate. If they come with a piece of acetate, I stick that to the card stock, slip it into the sleeve, just like the clear stamps.

In some cases, I put matching dies into the pockets, but since I have been using ArtBin die storage for a long time, I keep most of my dies in those, including the matching dies for stamps. I have written on the ArtBin containers what brands of dies are in them (My Favorite Things, Spellbinders, etc.).

I do this, too, though I am thinking of moving my fridge bins from the Kallax to a cart. 

I use the bins also but how do you like to organize within the bins?  By brand,  category, etc?  Im struggling as I accumulate stamps on the best way to do this.

I also do the JM fridge bins for my stamps & dies.

Within the bins I mostly organize by category except for Lawn Fawn and Pinkfresh Studio - both of those have their own section. My categories are pretty basic - sentiments, backgrounds, birthday, nature, holidays (non-Christmas), critters, people...I just use what makes sense for me.