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Post by kmage on Jul 24, 2023 3:07:29 GMT
How do you separate sentiment stamps vs stamps with sentiments? I am trying to organize my stamps and I made some catagories, etc but am struggling with these two. I only have one set of stamps that are purely sentiments, the others have some images and then sentiments too. Am I just overthinking it?  |
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Post by Linda on Jul 24, 2023 3:13:26 GMT
I stamped swatches from the stamps with sentiments and filed those swatches in my sentiment stamp section with a note indicating where the stamps are stored (by theme etc...)
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Post by joblackford on Jul 24, 2023 4:15:48 GMT
It can very frustrating if you have too many stamps to remember them all well or flip through them quickly. There are a few people on other threads here who have shared their systems for keeping an inventory of their stamps either using a digital tool like Evernote or a paper binder with everything stamped out.
I have a section for sentiments (I have about a dozen sentiment only sets) and another section with all the rest of the stamps (image + words) that are organized by size. I have just about the right number that I can remember or flip through fast enough to find what I need most of the time but I’m right in the edge of needing to declutter or catalog and categorize.
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Post by lindamh on Jul 25, 2023 1:44:48 GMT
My stamp/dies/stencils collection has grown to fill 6 refrigerator bins. (I store all three of those items together sorted by theme) I knew I was missing using things and buying things I didn't need because I had too much to look through. First step was ruthlessly purge those bins! I knew that I wanted to store the sentiments only items together, but sentiments that had images also I wanted sorted with the rest of the items by theme. I also knew there was no way I was cataloging everything! So, I chose to stamp and/or die cut a sample of every sentiment, no matter where it was in my collection, and make a notebook sorting all of those examples by theme. So, if I need a birthday sentiment, I pull out the notebook of samples, flip to the birthday section and can see all my stamp and die choices all together. I made sure to note where in my collection to find each of those items. It was truly a pain! But well worth it in the end. My biggest take away was that, contrary to what I previously believed, I have more than enough sentiments for ANY occasion! No more buying sentiments for me!
Edited to add - I cataloged only sentiments. I have no problem flipping through a theme category to find an image. It often sparks new ideas when I do that. Those sentiments were just harder to find than the images.
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Post by pinklady on Jul 25, 2023 13:10:00 GMT
I use Evernote with images and tags. I also store my stamps by company not by theme.
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Post by GiantsFan on Jul 25, 2023 13:41:13 GMT
I use Evernote with images and tags. I also store my stamps by company not by theme. Same. |
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