A huge part of scrapbooking and card-making is coming up with great storage solutions. The first twelve mini inks arrived a few months ago and I was never happy with the way that I had them stored. I just had them in three stacks of four and I always had to take them apart to see which color was underneath. Inevitably, every time that I picked up a pile, they would fall apart and I had to find the right lid for the right ink.
I knew then that no matter how I stored my inks, I was going to have to label them but first here is my new storage idea.
Each of these containers will fit 15 mini inks and best of all, they only cost $1.00 each.
In one of the containers, I can get 9 ink pads in it and the two mini ink 1" round blending tools.
Here si the second container with 15 inks and they are all labelled. I use a thin smudge proof photo paper for this kind of labeling so that even the longest names fit on a small area. I just use Scor-Tape to adhere them to the ink part of the containers.
I wanted to be able to shake my box and know that my inks will not be displaced so I just adhered a layer of packing foam to the inside covers.
There is a piece of foam on the underside of each ink container and it stays in place on its own.
The best part about these containers is the ability to remove an ink without having all of the others fall over. The ridges on the inside help keep everything in place. This is all 24 inks in a convenient easy to move box. I think that I will go out and buy a couple more of these now so that I'm ready for the next releases.
I hope that you enjoyed my little tip.
You are truly clever! Wonderful idea!!!
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