Unmounted Stamp Storage

I used to keep my stamps in the original packaging and they barely fit into a photo box. I decided that I really needed a new way to store my stamps so this is what I came up with...




This lunch box is roughly half the size of the photo box I was using and it fits all of my stamps with plenty of room for future stamps. It can also fit my acrylic blocks but I'm not sure I want to do that at this point.

Here's what I did:
1. I bought a lunch box from Hobby Lobby and altered it.

2. I took some laminating sheets and ran them through the laminator.
3. I cut the laminated sheets to fit the box, in this case the sheets were cut down to 4x7 sheets.
4. I took all my stamps out of the original packaging and sorted them by category. ie: journaling stamps, swirls, sentaments, flowers, etc.
5. I placed the stamps on the 4x7 laminated sheets using the front and the back.
6. I made tabbed divider cards for each catagory.
7. I placed all my stamps and dividers in the box in the order I typically use the stamps.