How I Store My Tools 5 - Cricut Cartridge, Handbooks and Machines

I may have the Gypsy and can't design without it, but I still make sure that my cartridges and my handbooks are within reach. 

 

This Snapware plastic organizer that I bought from Target is where I store my original as well as Imagine cartridges.  I also used it as storage for my cables and Imagine cartridges handbooks.

This is a fold it plastic storage that DH sent from Germany.  Designing using Gypsy is a breeze but I honestly couldn't design unless I have the handbooks. Crazy?!  Maybe LOLz...

I finally bought a dust cover for my Cricut machines.

 So happy with the dust cover I bought for my Cricut Imagine.

Too bad I didn't get a uniformed dust cover for my machines but still I'm so pleased with them.

 Look at my Personal Bug, it's kindda sad but soon I will buy one for it as well as for my Cricut Create machine.  

 These are my Cricut cartridge boxes and some of my Sizzix Alpha dies that are now stored in our library downstairs.

My Cinch binding machine

 My old Cuttlebug machine.  I really hope it will retire soon... "Babe, I want a Grand Calibur for my birthday! LOLz."

 My newest toy, Teresa Collins Stampmaker machine.

 I hope one of these days, I will be able to play with this new toy.  I really like the idea that I will be making my own stamps!

How I Store My Tools 4 - Dies, Acrylic Blocks, Stencils and Old School Tools

Below are some of the new and old school tools that I still find way to use in my projects:

 My scrapbooking, cardmaking, rubberstamping, quotation and sentiment books

 Veggie and sandwich meat packaging are my proffered storage for my used and unused sponges.

 Another one of lined basket that's full of all kinds of stencils, mask and piercing supplies.

 Another basket full of seldom used tools as well as old school tools.

 Also stored in this basket are my spare craft blades, crafting knives and scissors.

 This is a hanging plastic bin I bought in a Korean dollar store and I'm using it to organize my acrylic blocks.

My Sizzix dies which was stored in my Jetmaxx cubie drawers.

How I Store My Tools 3 - Embossing Folders, Plates and Stencils

I store my embossing folders, templates and stencils in two Cropper Hopper photo cases.  

 This is how it looks like inside.

 I patiently made these swatches, so I know what embossing folders or plates I want to use for my projects. 

These swatches are labeled according to its brand and description.

How I Store My Tools 2 - Punches

My supplier knows that I'm crazy about punches.  I'm a big fan of EK Success and Martha Stewart.  I have a couple of corner craft punch too and a bunch of paper shapers.  I am not really into craft punches because I could always cut images using my Cricut.

Here's how I store them:

 I used this Ikea off-white drawer to store most of my punches.

 

 Just a bunch of papershaper punches.

 SU and McGill punches

 

 I love the EK Label punches and I used them mostly for sentiments for my card projects.

 A drawer of EK XL Large and regular punches

 Another drawer for my EK punches

 Then another drawer that has my Fiskars hand squeeze punches.

 Fiskars edge punches

 MS Punches including deep edge punches.

 Another bunch of MS punches

Drawer that has all the seasonal MS edge punches.

 Last drawer has the original MS edge punches, which is really hard to store.

Got a couple of this Ikea rod, mounted it under my Making Memories Embellishment Center and used it to store my MS craft punches and corner punches.

Just like my embossing folders and plates, I made swatches too for all my edge punches.

How I Store My Tools 1 - Coloring Medium (Copics & Prismacolor)

There are two ways that I do my coloring.  One is using Copic Markers and the other is using Primacolor and Gamsol.  Some people uses Prismacolor colored pencil for the base and the blending. I do mine a little differently.  I would color the images first with Prismacolor markers then I would use Prismacolor colored pencils for blending and shadowing.
This craft tote is supposedly designed for tools but I used it instead for storing my Copic markers.

 

I found this basket perfect for storing my Prismacolor, blending stumps, kneaded eraser, sanding block and my small bottle of Goo Gone.  I prefer to use Goo Gone rather than Gamsol.  I find it easy to blend using Goo Gone because it glides like a butter.  I think Gamsol dries really quickly so you need to dip your stump more often.

 The other sets of pens are my Sakura gelly roll pens that I used as lipsticks and highlighting medium.

 This Derwent Inktense pencil is my new discovery.  Pencil blends really nicely and quickly without the use of Gamsol or Goo Gone.  It's like a watercolor pencils but the difference is it is alot better than watercolor pencils.

On the top of my computer armoire, I have pen organizers that I used to store my Prismacolor markers, Bic Mark-it markers, Sharpies and my EF, which was a Korean version of Copics.  Again, they are sorted according to colors