Mounted or Unmounted Stamps which do you prefer?

I'm curious about the cd cases too and it sound interesting. Please tell me how that's done and how you index them?

As for the 3 ring binders...once the stamps are on the white plastic in the binder I ink the stamps all at once, lay a piece of white cardstock over the whole page (that I've punched three holes in) and rub the back side to transfer the images to the cardstock. The hard part: taking all the stamps off and cleaning them. Each binder has information on the outside edge that lets me know what's inside; like Christmas, Easter, Flowers, Manly (not many of those) etc. I have several flower binders and have to leaf through the whole lot when looking for something. There must be a better way. Any ideas stampers?

SAD

Barbara,

It sounds like it's time for you to try EZ-mount. The foam mounting sticks to the rubber, cut around it and then it has the "sticky' side that you put onto an acrylic block. One step and easy as pie. I've found that it's easier on your scissors if you remove the paper backing from the "sticky" side before cutting. Paper really will dull your scissors fast.

The reason that I put "sticky" in quotes is because it isn't sticky to touch it just adheres to acrylic easily.

Kare

Whatever my system is, it's definitely not as "EZ." I purchased it at a stamp convention in 2005. It looked similar, but the clingy stuff isn't already on the foam, which adds a whole extra step. I'm too cheap to just trash the stuff I have left and start over, but I'll definitely look for one of the better systems next time!

I'm reading the binder vs. CD conversation with interest, as I have yet to decide on a system for storing the UMs.

--Barbara

That's the same system I use and I love it. Someone suggested using a hot knife to "cut" the foam once it's adhered to the rubber so I had to get that tool. It works fabulous! No more sticky scissors...and it goes so fast.

SAD

Since my earlier post didn't seem to show, I'll try again. What is a "hot knife"?

It's like a soldering iron; if you already have one with a tip that unscrews you can buy a cutting tip at the same place you bought the soldering iron and save money. The one I bought was from Joann's etc. in the wood craft section and is used for wood burning. It's made by Walnut Hollow and has several attachments included. The one I use for cutting foam is the hot knife cutting attachment. I bought the 750 degree temperature kit first but returned it for the 950 degree kit because it cuts faster. It's like cutting through butter. You can use the other tips that come with it on paper, cork, wood etc.

SAD

I've still have some UM stamps done with the HALO system but have been converting them to the EZMount system. I don¹t understand how the CD jewel case storage works. Could you please explain that to me.

SAD

I have a friend and while I was converting to EZmount she decided to do the CD route since I talked her into putting her CDs into an album instead of having all those cases out. So, she had a bunch of CD cases. What she is doing is not using EZmount. She thought it was too expensive for her. She takes a piece of foam core to put in the spine of the CD case to keep the unmounted rubber stamps from falling out of the case. She when she stamps she uses temporary glue to stick the rubber stamp to her acrylic block. She then puts her paper on a foam mouse pad and does the stamping. The foam mouse pad being the replacement for the EZmount foam. I'm not convinced I like her system, but it does take up half as much space as my EZmount system. BUT my EZmount system takes up about 1/3 the room it did when it was on wooden blocks so I'm happy.

If I'm in a hurry to use a new stamp I tape a piece of double stick tape to an acrylic block and attach the UM to that. It works well so don't know why I bother using the EZ mount system. Some times I put a mouse pad under it but not always.

SAD

That's how i stamp with all my unmounteds, I either use poster tape or I paint Wacky Tac on them to make them sticky enough to stay on the acrylic mount. I then store them on pages in notebooks.

Denise

It sure would save time and money to do it that way.

SAD