After becoming a Design Team member for Spellbinders Paper Arts, I found out that I numbered my dies the wrong way. I have since been told they are numbered from the inside out, not outside in like I had been counting. That would have been fine and dandy had I not been chosen to be on the DT.
Now, this is what you need to do if you have numbered your dies like the photo below. Use Germ-X and a cotton ball to remove the sharpie pen. Yes, it will come off. The alcohol in the Germ-x will take the Sharpie off of just about any surface.
WRONG way to label dies
Now, I will show you how to number your dies to keep track of them. I have numbered all of my dies in order from smallest to largest. For the Small dies I put a thick black line with a Sharpie marker on the back then number them smallest to largest using a thinner Sharpie. I do the same with the Large dies but, I don’t but the thick black line on the back, only numbers. That way if I have two #1 dies on the table I know one is Small and one is the Large. If there is a set that doesn’t have Small and Large I only put numbers on the back.
CORRECT way to label dies
I store them with the flat side against the magnet. They are just turned over for a visual on how to number them. My dies are stored on a magnetic sheet. This helps me keep track of them and to see what dies I am missing. I also wrote in red the number of dies in a set. That way I can make sure I have all of them after a class or workshop and after an evening of mass producing projects.
I lay my dies out on the magnetic sheet prior to cutting to get the least amount of waste as possible. You will also want to keep a 4×6 or 5×7 sheet to keep your die from slipping when you are using a die to cut the center out of a card or frame. I’ll show you more on that later.
You can purchase magnet floor register vent covers at your local Lowes or Home Depot. They will be located in the flooring or heating area. Mine came three to a pack and I believe they are 8 x15 for only $4.60.
I store my Spellbinders dies in the large Zip-N-Flip storage from Cropper Hopper and label them accordingly. I put small and large straight edge in the same compartment and the scallop edge behind in the next compartment.
I also use them to store my Cuttlebug Embossing folders and dies.
Here are the smaller ones with 2×2 dies and folders as well as a few Quick Kutz dies.
You may also visit my gallery for more creative ways to organize your crafts space.
Thanks for the fantastic idea for storing the Spellbinders die cuts! I used your idea, but I changed up a bit. I used old CD cases, removed the inside black back, glued magnetic sheets to the inside back, scanned & printed the original package insert & printed a CD cover insert for the front. I labeled the top & outside edge of the cover, the same as yours. Now, I don’t have to pull out the whole magnetic sheet to get to one die!! Again, thanks so very much for inspiration!!!!
Thank you. I have only just started collecting Spellbinders and I had no tidy way of storing them. Your idea seems just fine.
Does anyone have any idea where to get the magnetic mats in Australia?
Bye for now
That is Awesome way to store Spellbinders dies and works great for the Nestabilities. One thing I would add as I deal with lots of Spellbinders fans is that the Quickutz magnetic storage book are also another solution for storage, but I think I might like this way better. The other thing is that Inspired crafts has some EZ tool cleaner that keeps die cuts and die cutting machines REALLY clean and sharp. They last longer. Great Tip Thanks!
Thanks for sharing this I just got my spellbinder and already have lots of dies and want to start our right storeing them. thank you
Thanks for the great idea for storing the Spellbinders die cuts. I have been agonizing over how to store them for ages
Thank you