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I have always kept mine in the containers but now I am wondering if i should take them out and stand them up? I might use them more. Curious on what everyone else does with theirs.... TIA
I have a long narrow shelf on my wall and all my bg's are standing, slightly angled so I can see a portion of each image.
I have...let me go count... ok, I'm back...42 full size background stamps and I use them all the time! I believe it's because I can see them.
__________________ Sue
...no matter where you are, there you are! my gallery
I have mine on a shelf... so I can see the spine where I put the label. I took them out of the plastic boxes. They fit perfectly with my cd cases. The background stamps are the only ones I left mounted on wood... They are more stable that way and since they are so big. But I only have 7 of them. 42!!! Oh My!! Someday. I buy 1 each month with my stamp club order. Someday I'll have more!
I have 3 of those photo storage boxes from Michaels/Joanns that I store my BGs in. I have a photo copy of the images in a binder, so I know which box they are stored in. I have both SU mounted and CHF unmounted ones in the boxes.
I use a lot of those boxes as they are pretty and uniform in size so they store nicely on my shelves - I have others for small sets, individual stamps sorted by block size, 2 just for alphas, one for snap stamps, one for adhesives...
I recently took them out of their boxes and put them on an angle on top of my bookshelf so I can see the images a bit. I definitely use them more often now that I see them and they look quite nice. But I only have 11!
__________________ Laura Lynn
mother of two stampers: Breana (1 and Nicolas (15) my gallery
I have a window right about my desk work area and I have all my bg stamps lined up there standing straight up. They are just at arms length. Now if I could just make myself use more of the 29 that I have other than Canvas and Flannel Plaid.
Like many others, I have taken mine out of their boxes and store them standing up on a shelf with the name label on the 'spine' -- like a book. That also frees up the boxes for other things!
I have a small bookcase in my scrap/stamp room. On one shelf I have all my background SU stamps (still in their cases) stacked on their spines. I have labels (black lettering on white) from a labelmaker on each case, so I can read them from my work table. I keep them in alphabetical order, which makes it easier for me to locate the one I want.
Maybe I should of said shelved like a set of great books..... they are not in several stacks, but instead run the length of the shelf. Think I have about 25 SU backgrounds. Did try the stacking of 4 or 5 in a pile and hated it. Took me forever to refile them. Like the "bookstyle" better.
I have also taken mine out of their cases and store them like books with the label on the "spine". So happy to have them readily available and then, of course, I have all those extra SU boxes to help me organiz all my other "stuff" like reinkers in one, Michael's $ stamps in another 2 or 3!! etc., etc.
How do you store your background stamps?
and Nicolas (15) 
