My lovely stamp sets

Have you thought about converting your beautiful wood mounted stamp sets to the acrylic blocks?  Me too!  So I did my research, read what people like and don’t like, if they regret converting and how to store their stamps.  Now I’m on my way to peeling off the foam and rubber stamp image off the wood blocks.  9 down and only 200 or so to go, just look at the above picture.  I’m not putting on any special product to the back of my rubber stamps at this time, but I have the product I will use listed in the process.  You may already have the Tombow glue from Stampin’ Up!® and use it with your stamping now.  That’s a true BONUS!  You can use what you already have and for multiple purposes!
The process to converting is this:
-  Peel off foam and rubber image together, off the wood block
-  Peel off sticker with image, off the wood block
-  Adhere the image sticker on to the back of the foam, then trim the sticker to image
-  Use Tombow Removable  or Permanent glue(green and white bottle) on back of sticker, let dry, then it becomes removable.  This works REALLY well.  Now I don’t have experience with how long it lasts, but my research expressed happiness from others using this glue too.

The pictures show you how much space I am able to save by converting the stamps.  I’m trying to save some money, so at this time I’m reusing the boxes from the sets and putting the stamp sets in plastic bags.  The bags are labeled with the names of the stamp sets.  This way I can just open the box and pull out the baggy with the stamp set.  I’ll let you know if this works, after I use them this way and then I’ll make my final judgement call.  At this time, it works and saving money is a good thing.  Don’t you agree?

The index cards are for a 6×6 scrapbook, where I can see all my stamp sets in my inventory.  My boxes are labeled by their general purpose(ex: nature, occasions, sentiments, etc…) so I will put the cards in my scrapbook by their purpose too, then alphabetize accordingly.  Let me know your experience and what you’re doing with your stamps!  I enjoy hearing your feedback.

9 Stamp sets in original wood block plastic boxes

9 Stamp sets after converting

Creating index of all my sets

Blocks from 9 stamp sets