HOW I STORE MY COLORING AGENTS

Above you will storage of my full size ink pads. My Distress Oxide inks are stored in a standard ink pad storage unit from Organize More. My old style Stampin’ Up pads are stored in a unit designed for them also from Organize more. Other ink pads in the purple unit which was made for me by my father in law.

The ink pad storage sits on top of shoe storage racks that I bought from Target. On the shelves of the shoe rack I have acrylic wine racks from Dollar Tree. I have my pens/markers stored by color. On the second shoe rack I have pens/markers/highlighters that I mainly use in my planner and those I have stored by type.

My 2 oz acrylic paint are stored in these units from Amazon. You can put the bottles in backwards to see the color in the bottles. I have a label on the top of each bottle where I put a bit of paint so I can see the actual color.

Here you can see my alcohol markers. These trays I found on Amazon. Originally I planned to place them on the shoe rack shelves for all my pens but I just didn’t like how a variety of pens looked on the shelves so I decided only my alcohol markers would go on these. Eventually I might look into storage without the individual slots that I can store by color family.

My mini inks, embossing powders, blending tools are stored in the Kallax unit that divides the room. These 4 cubes have the 4 shelf insert (IKEA) that divides the cube into 5 shelves (the bottom of the cube creates the fifth shelv. The trays are 12×12 storage trays from Target (Brightroom line). Note: These trays won’t hold 12×12 supplies as the measurement is the exterior. The handles are self adhesive and purchased on Amazon.

The Tim Holtz Mini Distress trays. The white tray inside the clear tray was purchased on Amazon and is designed for mini square inks. Note: my Tim Holtz inks are numbered the same. By this I mean the color Mowed Lawn would have the same number for Distress, Distress Oxide, markers, paints, stains, etc. The same is true for my Stampin Up inks. The reinker, stamp pad, blender, etc are all numbered the same.

The white trays (there are 4 inside the clear tray) I found on Amazon. They hold my dew drop inks.

The cube with the wine bottle insert (divides the cube into 9 sections) holds different coloring agents or aids. The clear bin (Dollar General) holds risers for objects you are painting. The two buddy bags (Edna/Myrel) hold dylusions paints. The middle row I use Totally-Tiffany Slide Stash & Store bins for alcohol inks, Nuvo drops, and stickles. There is small buddy bag there that holds gesso and other small bottles. I think it might be Teresa. The bottom row is more slide stash and store (I think the #2 size) that holds all my reinkers for my stamp pads.

These trays (Dollar General) I use next to my stamp bins so I don’t waste usable space. This one holds my sprays. I also use them for my ink refresher/cleaners and Mod Podge.

My video tour can be found on YouTube.

JANUARY IS ESSENTIAL TOOL ORGANIZATION & TRAVELING WITH YOUR SUPPLIES MONTH

This is the final month of the yearlong challenge. We are covering two of Tiffany’s weekly topic:

  1. 12 Week Get Organized Challenge Class on Tool Organization. You can find just the video on YouTube
  2. 8 Week Get Organized challenge: Traveling with your supplies.

The handout for the Tool Organization class:

The handout for the Traveling With Your Supplies Class:

The homework for this month will be

  1. Watch the Tool class
  2. Watch the Traveling with your Supplies class
  3. Gather up your tools
  4. Sort them by amount of use (always, sometimes, rarely, never)
  5. Find a storage container for you “always” tools on or close to your desk.
  6. Choose tool storage for your “sometimes” tools and decide where to put them in easy use.
  7. Choose storage for your “rarely” used tools these can be further away from your workspace.
  8. Purge tools you never use.
  9. Find a tote to use for traveling
  10. Create a packing list of must haves
  11. Decide how much you can do in an hour at an event. Add 20% just in case. Use this as your guide to help you pack for an actual event.
  12. PROGRESS: share your progress
  13. Celebrate with your reward

Tiffany’s sample pack list:

Some blog posts on traveling with supplies

Now that you are well on your way to organizing your craft supplies, I want to share a list Tiffany created at my request to help keep our supplies organized.

Remember Tiffany launches her new company on January 15, 2026. You can sign up for updates at The Organized Option. She has been sharing previews every Tuesday since early December and will continue until the launch. You can find those videos on her new YouTube channel.

I am considering doing another GOC starting February 1 with a different topic each month. Let me know if you are interested.

DECEMBER IS ADHESIVE MONTH IN THE GET ORGANIZED CHALLENGE.

When I decided to host a yearlong Get Organized Challenge using Tiffany’s old videos, I used the 12 week challenge she did with Creative Scrapbooker than made some changes combining or adding in things from the 8 week Get Organized Challenge she normally hosted. I moved adhesives up a month so that it fell in December which can be a hectic month for everyone. There are not really blogposts or extra videos for this challenge.

We have three main resources for this challenge.

  1. The Creative Scrapbooker webpage for the adhesive class.
  2. The class handout that I will share below:

3. The class video

I am considering doing this again next year but without homework assignments. I can supply all the links, blogposts, etc. and you can create your own homework. If I do that, I will modify it to last 11 months. Would anyone be interested in that format?

Reminder Tiffany is launching TOO (The Organized Option on January 15, 2026. She is hosting previews every Tuesday night until the launch.

You can find those on her Facebook page or her YouTube Channel

HOW I STORE MY PUNCHES, PUNCHBOARDS, STENCILS & TEMPLATES

Above are pictures of my We R Memory Keepers (Makers) punch boards and other odd sized items. The units are Kvissle Letter Trays form Ikea. They will fit in a Kallax Cube but I have mine sitting on top as my cubes were all in use. The square punch board is rather thick so I had to remove one tray for it to fit.

Above you can see my Martha Stewart punches (plus a few odd ones that won’t fit in other storage). The purple unit my father in law made me and it was the perfect size for the Martha Stewart Border Punch system. These punches all use the same base so it is nice to keep them all together. The other Martha Punches are shown in a storage shelf from Stamp & Storage.

Above are my Whale Tale & Lock Down Punches. These units also came from Stamp and Storage. I knew I wouldn’t fill the lock down punch storage but thought I had more punches like this than I found.

Above are pictures of my stencil storage. I use a Totally Tiffany Spinder Binder. This item was also sold as a Craft Binder. The difference between the two items was the three ring mechanism (Spinder) was included with the craft binder but not with the spinder binder. I show the binder in a 16″ cube from Michaels in the first picture. The middle shows the closed binder laying flat. The final picture shows a page inside the binder. I label the pockets with the number of pockets on the page plus a number. For instance this is a Perfect Six Scraprack page so the number starts with a 6-#. I put a piece of cardstock behind the stencil so I can store two stencils in each pocket. When I catalog my stencils I place a piece of colored paper behind them on the copy machine and run a copy. This makes cataloging go fairly quick. While it might not be as perfect as using the stencil as intended to make my catalog image, it works!

My templates are stored in a Totally-Tiffany 2″ punch bag. For items stored in these bags I simply number the bag not each individual item. I find them quick to find this way.

I made a YouTube video on the storage of these items as well.

I hope you enjoy seeing my storage solutions. Tiffany is launching a new company called The Organized Option (TOO!) in January 2026. Every Tuesday in December and through the launch in mid-January she will be having TOOsday (Tuesday) Night Lives on the company’s facebook page.

NOVEMBER IS COLOR MONTH IN THE YEARLONG GET ORGANIZED CHALLENGE

In November, we will catalog and store our coloring agents (markers, pens, stamp pads, paints, embossing powders, glitter, etc.) The 12 week GOC has two videos on coloring agents and the 8 week challenge had one you can find links to them below:

12 Week: Inks, Pens, & Markers Handout:

12 Week: All that Glitters (Glues, glitters, paints, powders and more). Handout:

8 Week GOC: Color Your World Handout:

The homework for this month is:

  1. Watch Tiffany’s video(s)
  2. Decide how and where you are going to store your coloring agents. Obtain storage if necessary.
  3. If you haven’t already decide the type of catalog you are going to use:
    • physical and/or digital
    • If physcial, what size?
    • If physical, will your catalog be stand alone or integrated
    • If digital, which program/app are you using
    • for color month, are you going to catalog any products by manufacturer. This can be handy if you are brand loyal. For instance, you either have or hope to obtain all Tim Holtz products.
  4. Catalog 2 containers of coloring agent (you can choose to sort a certain number if you prefer. If you keep the container goal, I recommend a reasonable sized container.
  5. Sort more paper, photos, embellishments, stamps, dies, embossing folders, punches/punchboards, and/or templates/stencils
  6. Gather your adhesives for December
  7. Create an organized only area for your adhesives. This can be as simple as knowing where your are going to store them.
  8. Share your Progress. You can do this by telling a friend, posting in the Get Organized with Totally Tiffany facebook group or Barb’s Craft Studio facebook group or commenting on this blogpost.
  9. Celebrate with your reward

Tiffany created worksheets to catalog your coloring agents that she calls “Peek A Hue”. You can download them below

Tiffany also wrote a few blogposts about color agents:

HOW I STORE MY STAMPS, DIES & EMBOSSING FOLDERS

I thought I would combine these three together in one post because there is some overlap and I am trying to get current to where we are in the yearlong Get Organized Challenge. If you have two “tools” that work together, STORE THEM TOGETHER! For instance a stamp and die set should be in the same location so you don’t have to hunt the other one down.

Above you will see my unmounted stamp storage solutions in my craft room. The first picture shows my bins that contain stamps from multiple companies and stamps and dies from The Stamps of Life. I store two (sometimes more) sets in each envelope. I use the Totally-Tiffany 5×7 pockets designed for her fab files and/or Karen bags. If there is a die set I used the Totally-Tiffany magnets. I like that hers are white on both sides. The fabric bins I found on Amazon. I used to store them in fab files but when we moved and I built a new space I decided I wanted them in open bins next to my workspace for easier accessibility. I don’t travel with my supplies so don’t need portable storage.

The next picture shows my Sweet Stamp Shop stamps/dies and my planner stamps. I use the same Totally-Tiffany pockets and magnets.

The third picture shows my Crafter Companion Stamp/die sets I got on HSN. I use the white/gold binder a lot for card making as it as lots of sentiments. It is the Verse Compendium.

The final picture show Diamond Press storage boxes which also came with some large envelopes. I use these for my larger stamp sets that won’t fit in the 5×7 pockets.

As you can see I store some companies in their own location with their own numbering. All my “tools” (stamps, dies, etc) are cataloged into my 4 section system and then numbered. One thing I like to do is keep a list of where I cataloged the item with the item so if I ever decide I don’t want that item any more, I can remove it from my catalog more easily. You can easily mix companies and I do in the bin labeled stamps but certain companies I acquired or thought I would acquire more so put them on their own with a unique numbering system. For instance, stamps are S-# but The Stamps of Life stamps/dies are TSOL-#. The number in my catalog tells me where to look.

Above you will se how I store my mounted stamps. My wood block stamps are stored in Totally-Tiffany Stamp Bags (either single or double-sided). Tiffany recommends just mixing them all together but I divided mine out by seasons and a few themes that I use a lot. I did this because when I work on Christmas I like to bring all my Christmas Tools over to my work area at one time. It also helps if my daughter (who is a teacher) wants to borrow my wood block stamps for her class, I can just send the needed bag to her.

The second picture shows my Stampin’ Up sets. I store these in 5×7 Iris cases designed for photo storage. I store other wood block sets in the same containers.

The first picture shows dies. One bin holds card base dies and Crafter Companion stamps/dies. Another bin holds dies from multiple companies. You can see a container that holds Cuttlebug Flower Dies, these were just to big and had accessories that made them hard to store with other items so I put them in a bin from Target.. The clear bin under that has larger die sets from The Stamps of Life. These dies are in 6×9 envelopes designed for the Totally-Tiffany Kirstin Buddy Bag. The container is from Target and is part of their Bright Room line. It is an Adjustable Bin with Divider and measures 14 x 10 x 6. Next to the Cuttlebug Flower Dies is a bin from Target that doesn’t show in the picture. It is a BrightRoom Stackable Bin that measures 12x6x4. I use the Totally-Tiffany pockets designed for the Katie Bag but they are laying on their side. It holds The Stamps of Life Fold It dies that I own.

The second picture shows my Totally-Tiffany Die File. I use it to hold my nesting dies. Right now it doesn’t hold many but I want to get more. On the top of the die file I store my laser square and another of those stackable bins that holds my fold its but this one holds my Cuttlebug Repositionable All In One Folders. It also has the special folder required to use the folders. There are two Totally-Tiffany Slide, Stash & Store drawers next to that. The first one holds my flower mats. The second hold the extra magnets for the Die File.

The first picture shows the Kallax Cube that holds my 12″ long embossing folders (and my fragrance free baby wipes). Under those two items is a bin that contains 3D embossing folders and Crafter’s Companion Embossing Folders.

The second picture show another cube which holds my 5×7 embossing folders and slimline embossing folders. Under those are my border embossing folders and mini embossing folders.

Most of my embossing folders are in Totally-Tiffany Flipping binders. These have pages that have two different size pocket in an accordion style that you can flip. The front size hold A2 size and the back holds 5×7 size. Each binder has 30 pockets, 15 of each size. I use these for my folders that don’t really have a set theme: polka dots, florals, wood grain, etc. I used to put the others in the main theme but am transitioning them to the fabric bin for the accessibility to my work area and my scraprack was getting too full.

I did do a video tour on YouTube

I hope you are enjoying seeing my craft room storage. I am hoping by the end of the month to put together a video and blogpost about my Punch/Punchboard and Template/Stencil storage. Next month (November) the yearlong Get Organized Challenge will be Color Organization.

MY EMBELLISHMENT STORAGE

As you may know I am working my way through a yearlong Get Organized Challenge. This uses Tiffany Spaulding’s 4 section system which is how I organize my crafts. Tiffany used to do a GOC a few times a year. She did this in either an 8 or 12 week challenge. I decided to host a yearlong challenge using the 12 week challenge as a guideline. I am also trying to set up my new craft studio so I am playing catch up with the challenge. Above you will see my 5 base scraprack where I store my flat embellishments and my catalog of tools.

Above you see Totally-Tiffany Canvas binders. I store my seasonal embellishments in these. I also have one filled with Christmas and one with Cardmaking supplies. Below is a picture of my Christmas supplies on a Totally-Tiffany paper cart.

Planner Sticker Cart

I store my planner stickers on this Hudson Cart that I purchased at Michael’s. I use the Totally-Tiffany 6×9 pockets with tabs as dividers. These pockets are designed for the Kirsten bag so if I want to grab a theme or setup stickers to plan elsewhere I can put those into a Kirsten bag and take them with me.

I store bulky embellishments off the rack.

My washi tape is stored in an Ikea Kallax unit. I purchased the 4 shelf insert from Ikea to place in the Kallax unit. This insert divides the cube into 5 slots. I then purchased trays and adhesive handles. The trays I used are from Target (Brightroom 12x12x2 storage trays). the adhesive handles I found on Amazon. I store my washi using the 4 section (alphabet & numbers, Themes A-Z, Calendar year and Rainbow) just like the rest of my supplies.

My beads, gems, brads, grommets, and sequins are stored in a similar setup as the washi. I do use trays/container from Elizabeth Ward that I have purchased on Amazon and Stamp & Storage. A close up of one of the trays is below. The second picture shows that the little tic tac style containers found at Michaels are in the second picture. I just wanted to show they fit in these trays.

Wood Bead Storage

My wood beads are stored by color/season and on a shelf on my Slatwall.

Above is a picture of my ribbon/twine storage. I used the wine bottle insert in the kallax for this storage. I store the ribbon in Totally-Tiffany Edna and Myrel bags. I cut Dollar Tree chopping mats down to fit in the bags I chose and wrap my ribbon around that. I put a coated pony tail holder around the ribbon to keep it in place. Sharing photos below to give you a better idea of how that works.

Button storage

My buttons are stored in the Totally-Tiffany Dawn bag. I used the button bags, inserts and dividers from totally Tiffany store the buttons inside the bag.

Seam Binding & Trim

I store my seam binding and trim in a Totally-Tiffany Katya Bag with bags from TT for seam binding.

I did a video tour on my YouTube channel.

I am hoping in the next week to share my stamp storage.

YEARLONG GET ORGANIZED CHALLENGE OCTOBER IS TEMPLATE & STENCIL MONTH

The homework that I assigned is below (feel free to modify if you are just doing certain months of the challenge or life challenges require it!)

  1. Watch Tiffany class. You can find the video on YouTube
  2. Decide how and where you are going to store your templates & stencils. Obtain storage if necessary.
  3. If you haven’t already determine the type of catalog you are going to use.
    • physical and/or digital
    • if physical, what size letter or 12 x 12
    • if physical, standalone or integrated into your organization
  4. Catalog 50 stencils and templates
  5. Sort more paper, photos, embellishments, stamps, dies, embossing folders, punches and/or punchboards if needed
  6. Gather your coloring agents for November.
  7. Create an organized only area for coloring agents. This can be as simply as knowing where you are going to store them.
  8. PROGRESS: Share your progress. You can do this by telling a friend or posting in the Get Organized With Totally-Tiffany Facebook group or Barb’s Craft Studio Facebook group, or commenting on one of my videos on YouTube or on this blogpost.
  9. Celebrate with your reward.

This month uses the same class video as last month plus there are few just on templates and/or stencils

Tiffany’s GOC Tool Week class

Tiffany’s video: Stencil Organization

Tiffany’s video Stencil & Template Organization

How to Organize Chalk Couture Stencils

Blog posts about Templates & stencils:

I hope if you are participating in this yearlong GOC you are having much success. I am hoping to film videos and write blog posts about how I am implementing storage for the topics we have already covered. I already shared my paper storage and photo/memento storage. I have the video up for embellishments and am hoping to write the blog post very soon. I am going through my scraprack and seasonal binders to remove my craft tools (stamps, dies, embossing folders, etc) so will continue to work on that as we progress through these monthly challenges. I also have any new products that I purchased in the last few years to catalog and store but I have caught up to the current topic with new items!

MY PHOTO & MEMENTO STORAGE

As many of you know, I follow the Tiffany Spaulding 4 section system for organizing my craft supplies. I participate in her Get Organized Challenge whenever she offers it and often host unofficial challenges (with Tiffany’s full support) on my own. Currently I am modifying her 12 week challenge into a yearlong challenge. Due to my circumstances I am working behind schedule during this challenge. This was caused by many factors (my health, hubby’s health, moving, selling our old home, and building a craft space/tv area for me and hubby at our daughters’ new home.

My craft studio was finally completed in May but I am still working on setup. I finally have my photos/mementos in good enough shape to share.

I store my already scrapped photos in containers like I show above. They are in chronological order which Tiffany highly recommends as anyone can figure out this system when they “inherit” your photos.

Larger photos I store in the Totally-Tiffany A4/Letter size fab file.

The container above was purchased at Target and is part of the Bright Room line. I am keeping it in one of my Kallax cubes that is under my desk. I am using it as a photo/memento staging area. So photos and mementos get placed here until I can sort them into chronological order.

Above is an old version of the Totally-Tiffany Memento Keeper. I use this as my holding album for scrapbooking. Normally I only have about six months in here but do to life circumstances mentioned above it is more like 2 years. I am struggling with the decision of whether to continue scrapbooking. Our children are all gone and we have no grandchildren so there are very few photos to scrap. Mainly pictures of decor and our cat, Ella.

This picture is a graph Tiffany created to track your photos and mementos in your holding album. Especially important if you need to print some photos still or store some items elsewhere. A little blurry but hopefully it helps. I will try to add a blank version to the end of this post.

A look inside the memento keeper.

Tiffany’s graph:

I hope you are all enjoying the updates on my progress.

MY PAPER, FABRIC & VINYL STORAGE

If you have been following along you know that I have been leading and taking part in a year long Get Organized Challenge AND setting up my new craft Studio. I think I finally found all my paper, fabric and vinyl that was stored in the basement until my studio was complete. I thought I would update you all on how I am storing these items.

This is my themed and rainbow paper storage. It is in two 8 cube Kallax units laying horizontally. My themes are in a few different containers. (Mostly 12×12 storage from Diamond Press. There are a few Totally-Tiffany Paper Handlers in there (which is what my rainbow paper are in). There are a few thing ones that I bought at a garage sale so have no clue of the brand. The rainbow is Totally Tiffany Paper Handlers they are on their sides so they open out. This way I don’t have to take the paper off the shelf but can easily do so if I want.

I follow the Tiffany Spaulding 4 section system for organizing my crafts.

  1. Alphabets & Numbers (includes punctuation and nonthemed words
  2. Themes & Sentiments (you create your own list based on what you craft about!
  3. Calendar year (this includes seasons and holidays that are held at the same time each year)
  4. The Rainbow (if the other 3 don’t fit, it goes in rainbow)

Paper doesn’t use the alphabet section. Above is a close up of my pink section. I subdivide each color by

  1. Solid paper
  2. Patterned paper
  3. Speciality paper

My solid paper has the letter size paper first. I then have a Totally-Tiffany scrapmaster at the beginning of 12×12 where I store my solid scraps by size. My 12 x 12 solids have unnamed colors (usually found in a paper pad that I probably won’t buy again). then I put my named colors in order by color name. I use a 12 x 12 sleeve. I found them on Amazon by the brand Check Out Store. I put all my paper of each color in a sleeve including the scraps.

Then I have my paper which is subdivided by type of pattern. I use the following: double sided paper (I use this for specific projects. I don’t like to use the double sided on projects you will only see one side of), dots, florals, plaid, stripes, wood and the rest. If you subdivide, yours might be different, I find these are the patterns that I have the most of.

My specialty paper is also divided down by type of paper: acetate, foil, glitter, mulberry, pearl/shimmer, posterboard, vellum and white core. I reserve white core for projects that I want to see the white on like an embossed project. I do have some other special paper like crepe but I don’t use that on most papercrafting projects so I store it elsewhere.

The photo above shows some of the other special materials that I store seperate.

My seasonal paper is also in Totally-Tiffany paper handlers. I do subdivide the patterns here to but it varies by season/holiday.

I use a Totally-Tiffany paper cart for my Christmas paper. I think I might need more! What do you think?

My envelopes and cricut insert cards are stored on my slat wall. I use TT fab Files for the 5×7 and the cricut insert cards. The TT Leann bag holds my A2 envelopes stored by rainbow.

Above you see my vinyl storage. The cube with the 4 shelf insert (Ikea/Kallax) holds my infusible inks and smart vinyl. Then I have my vinyl in rainbow order. Each color has 3 Totally-Tiffany Project Planners inside. They hold my removable, permanent and iron on vinyl. A closeup of one of those is below

The second photo is the project planner with my permanent vinyl in pink The back has 3 smaller pockets perfect for small scraps.

My fabric is stored in the Ikea Kallax as well. My yardage is wrapped around Totally-Tiffany fabric wraps and stored by rainbow, theme and season and kept behind the doors to help protect it. My fat quarters and smaller pieces of fabric are stored in the Totally-Tiffany fat quarter storage. The fat quarter containers are on the shelves. The insert that divides the cube in half is from IKEA. Just a note the last cube in that row has the 4 shelf insert put in sideways. I have two of these cube units back to back. That cube extends through both by placing a second insert on the other side. That cube holds my 12×24 paper which I have struggled to store!

below is the rainbow cube opened to show the fabric

Below you will sell a picture of an empty Totally-Tiffany fabric wrap

I hope you enjoyed seeing how I store my paper, vinyl and fabric!

You can find a video showing this storage on my YouTube channel.