Join me as I share my Ink Pads & Blends Organization. Organization is such a key component of design and card-making as a whole. For me, if I do not have my products in an organized, easy-to-find place, I cannot produce my best work. Getting new products and finding a good way to display them for visual appeal and function is an integral part of the creative process. Today, I will talk about my Stampin’ Up! Ink Pads & Blends.
I have been discussing Organization all week and helping you as best I can to see how I store things in my Stamping Studio. I will put links for the things I use to hold my products in case you are interested in finding them easily. Thank you for coming back each day this week to see more! I am so grateful for every single one of you.
Today I will focus on Ink Pads & Blends storage. I love vibrant colors and I love to color! Stampin’ Up!’s Ink Pads and Blends in my favorite colors make me so happy. The thing that Stampin’ Up! is most known for is its color coordination and Ink Pads & Blends are at the heart of that.
Ink Pads Labeling & Organization
Here is a quick video about what I do with new Ink Pads as they arrive in my Stamp Studio. I take off the wrappers and get to the color labels and add them in three distinct places. Watch the video below to see how that works. This process helps me so much in my daily stamping and designing of projects.
In the photos above, I am showing you how I store my ink pads. I use Stampin’ Up!’s storage holders for the inkpads and Stampin’ Write Markers. Placing my ink pads in color families in the order that they are located in our catalog is what works for me. I think they do such a wonderful job providing a lovely color order per color family. It is pleasing to my eyes. Color order though is a very personal choice and you may disagree with me and wish to put your ink pads in rainbow order. And that is okay. I like to celebrate the differences in others, so go ahead and ‘you do you’!
Stampin’ Blends Organization
I love to color with Stampin’ Blends. The rich color and smoothness of the alcohol marker make you seem like a “real artist”. I have slowly been building my collection to encompass every color. In this picture above, you will see all the colors that Stampin’ Blends come in. I even added the new Core Colors and brand new 2023-2025 In Colors right before I took this picture.
When I first started buying alcohol markers like Stampin’ Up!’s Blends, I randomly came across these clearance holders in black. I bought a few boxes and started putting my Blends in them. But I soon ran out of room. I had to pivot and started buying Stampin’ Blends holders from Stampin’ Up!. Those sit above my ink pads and they house my retired colors of blends, the ones I don’t reach for everyday designing projects for all of you. But I do show them love, when I make things for family and friends, for holidays and birthdays. Even though I forgot to take a picture of them for you, you can see them peeking out in the third picture of my ink pads above.
Above, I am attaching a copy of my YouTube live stream that took place on Tuesday, April 12, 2023. It shows all of my organizers. I will be sharing them with you one at a time in these blog posts. I hope you will join me next week for another live stream on YouTube. They happen every Tuesday night at 8 pm EST on my YouTube Channel. Below is my Organizing New Dies video.
I would like to share with you the products used to organize the ink pads and blends portion of my Stamping Studio.
Product Info
Storage by Stampin’ Up! Product List
I hope you enjoyed the glimpses into the organized areas of my Stamp Studio. If you would also like to view yesterday’s blog post on Punches organization, click here.
Classes Info and More
Freebie Info
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Class Information
CARD Fiesta
I have CARD Fiesta Class on the 3rd Saturday of the month from 12:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. at a local Mexican Restaurant.
We are starting back up in January 2026. Don’t miss out! It’s lots of fun.
Socialize with other stampers, eat Mexican food, and stamp some cards. There will be a variety of cards for you to make each session. Feel free to invite a friend. For details to attend, contact me. I would love to connect with you there.
Game Night
Don’t miss GAME NIGHT on December 18th at 8:00 p.m. EST. We are featuring the Friendly Foliage Bundle. It is FREE to watch but a class registration is required if you want to play the games and win the prizes as well as get the 4 card class kit. Watch me create 4 cards that you can receive in a class. Socialize with other stampers in the chat, have the chance to win prizes, and get mailed a 4 card class kit. I always spoil my registered class participants with lots of goodies.
I will create a card then we will play a game of Lucky Number, four separate times. Each month there is a stamp set or Bundle that is featured and all the cards are made with it. Register early as so that I do not run out of card class kits. Feel free to invite a friend to play with us too. For details and to register, contact me. You will have a blast!
STAMPING WITH FRIENDS via ZOOM
STAMPING WITH FRIENDS via ZOOM is on the third Sunday of the month at 3 pm EST. This month’s gathering will be on the 18th of January and February’s will be on the 15th. All you need to do to be able to attend is email me at kelli@inkyhandswarmhearts.com letting me know you wish to attend and I will send you a ZOOM link to attend. Bring a Kit to work on, a current project you are stamping, swaps you are prepping, an older or new Paper Pumpkin Kit, or anything you want. Feel free also to bring a snack of your choice with you as well. I hope you join me and we can get to know each other better. Contact me if you have any questions.
Paper Pumpkin Subscribers
Also, I will have our Paper Pumpkin Procrastinators Group meet on the last Friday of the month at 7 pm EST. This month’s gathering is on the 26th and in January’s will be on the 30th. I will send you a ZOOM link for this gathering as well. That is my way of ensuring that all my subscribers get their kits done monthly. If you have any questions, let me know.
Livestreams
If you didn’t know, I livestream on YouTube on Tuesday and Thursday nights at 8 PM EST Replays are also available if these times do not work for you. I also have plenty of video content for you on my YouTube channel to stream at your leisure, so keep going there for more video instruction.
As always, thank you for visiting me 🙂
See you soon for more fun content!
Thank you for your organization video’s Kelli. I have kallax 5×5, so I’m anxious to get back to MI from Florida and start organizing! I’m going to arrange in colors like you. I’m wondering if you have the labels for the Stampin’ Blends in PDF form?
Very exciting to start the organizing of the studio. I ordered my labels from a UK Demo. She charges for them but you can download updates for life. I am happy to have helped with organizing ideas for you Shelley. Thank you for the feedback. That always makes me smile. ♥Kelli