Cindy, most of my cling stamps are in binders on the boards Sunday International used to sell. They seldom get used. I want to put my newer clings into stamp pockets.
After reading what Heidi did, I used my Xyron and laminated the index sheet. The cling stamps stuck to the laminating but not very well. They fell off very easily. (I wonder if they would have stuck better to something that had been heat-laminated.) So I attached the index sheet onto cardstock cut to size and put that into an Avery Elle stamp pocket. I cut a piece of Grafix Dura-Lar (.005) the same size as the insert and attached the cling stamps to that. They stayed put on the Dura-Lar film. That way I can slide the Dura-lar out and leave the index inside the stamp pocket. I don't know if this is how I'm going to do all of my clings that are not already in binders, but I'll try it out.
My dies are also in the Avery Elle stamp pockets. I started out with Ellen Hutson's stamp pockets because they are a heavier weight. However, they are so heavy that it was difficult to slide the dies in and out. I was totally obsessive about the die storage. In the beginning, I made inserts from chipboard but later switched to 110-lb cardstock which worked great and wasn't as heavy as the chipboard. On the front of the cardstock inserts, I wrote the name of the die and its manufacturer and number. Then I die-cut sample pieces and attached them. If I had a good index sheet for them, I just attached that. I just slipped large dies into the package. I attached a magnet to the back of the insert so sets of dies would not be bouncing around inside. I bought the magnets from Lowe's and amazon.com. They're meant to cover air registers.
I cut all the dies apart and trimmed and filed off those sharp connecting pieces. Those things are lethal. I see people doing demos with the sharp points still attached. I must be a klutz because if I leave them on, I cut myself every time.
I'm using frig bins to store the dies. I bought very inexpensive plastic folders and cut those up to make the dividers. I even used the bottom flaps of the folders to make half-size dividers. That way I was able to divide main categories into sections. I really like this system. I have yet to label the dividers, but I can still find things easily flipping through the dies. This project took forever to do, and it was a pretty expensive undertaking. Sometimes, I think of what else I could have bought if I hadn't done this. However, I just wasn't using my dies when they were stuck in drawers.
One more thing. I store matching dies with their stamp sets. However, I made an index sheet for them and placed that with the dies so that if I'm looking for a particular type of die, I will be reminded of the ones that are stored with the stamps. See what I mean? Totally overboard and obsessive.
For both the stamps and the dies, I placed them in the stamp pockets so that the flap would protect them from falling out. The flap tucks into the front of the insert, and the stamps and dies are behind the insert sheet.
Are you sorry you asked? lol.
I'm glad you liked that link.
Daria