Tool Time – Organizing and Keeping Sponges for Each Ink Color

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Today I have a little Tool Time segment for you on sponge organization.  I gave up along time ago trying to keep a sponge for each color of ink I have, until I seen this cute and quick idea.  I am not sure who to give credit to since I have heard this idea from a few different sources.  But it is such a good idea I thought I would try it and share it with you.

Supplies:

Stampin’ Up! Sponges, Item #101610 – cut into wedges

Stampin’ Up! Round Tab Punch, Item #108340

A scrap of each color of card stock that matches your ink colors.  If you don’t have colored card stock to match your ink colors, smear ink on white card stock.

Stapler

Stampin’ Up has card stock that matches all of their ink colors, so using the Stampin’ Up! tab punch, punched one tab out of each color card stock that I have in ink.  Pardon me, but I have them all, lol.  By the way, so should you.  🙂  I know I am an enabler, I hear that often.

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Next fold the tab over a wedge of sponge and staple it.  The colored tab not only lets you quickly identify the ink color that the sponge is designated for, but also gives you something to hold onto when sponging.

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I have this plastic container that has dividers in it.  I found it to be perfect to store my sponges.

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This little project only took me about 30 minutes to throw together and will hopefully save me a bit of time and money.

I hope you enjoyed this little Tool Time segment.  Let me hear from you  in the comments section if you have great craft organization tips to share.

May your day be filled with lots of belly laughs.  🙂

Until my next post.  . . .  . . . . . . . . ..

Hugs,

Michelle

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Here is a link to my workshop calendar where you can see all of my travel schedule and to get info on beginner and advanced Brayer workshops:   http://zindorf.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com/workshop-calendar 

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66 thoughts on “Tool Time – Organizing and Keeping Sponges for Each Ink Color

  1. What a great idea! Love it, must give it a try myself. I too have all the ink colours – in the Stampin’ Spots – and almost all in the larger ink pads too! I know I am addicted. I have sponge daubers labeled for each ink colour and stored in a similar divided container, but I still like using my larger sponges at various times. I too cut them up in wedges to save money and to allow for various colours! TFS

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  2. Nancy Lempinen's avatar Nancy Lempinen

    I LOVE your card with the Chocolate bunny he’s/she’s adorable, so real looking sitting in the grass. Please keep on sharing your ideas, tips and cards I find many things that I didn’t know or even thought about.!
    Nancy

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  3. Phyllis's avatar Phyllis

    Holly Moley what an idea!!! Sure does make my empty half gallon ice cream bucket look shabby in comparison! I need to find a lid for this ice cream bucket as my two kitties think it is great fun to “play” with the spunges; they are everywhere!

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  4. Michelle,
    I have to say that is the BEST idea I’ve seen in a while. Some time ago, I purchased the cosmetic white sponges and used a sharpie marker to write on them….keeping each color separate but not in the most {adorable} manner shown here! Thanks for the great tip!
    Have an inky day!
    Michelle Polizzi

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  5. Peggy's avatar Peggy

    Mickey – Thank you for sharing this great idea. You are an amazing artist!! I appreciate all of your talent and love to recreate your tutorials. Thank you so much!!!!

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  6. Carol Dee's avatar Carol Dee

    O,K, FIne…now I HAVE to have the tag punch. You are such an enabler. LOL. I hardly need anyone to twist my arm. This is a great idea I will share with my SU demonstrator!

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  7. Evelyn Runge's avatar Evelyn Runge

    What a great idea. Now I have to go to Michaels and buy one of those plastic container thingys to put all my sponges in. Thanks alot Michelle : ) Oh yeah, now I have to order more sponges so everything will be all tidy!

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  8. Carissa's avatar Carissa

    Great idea! now there’s no need to scrub-a-dub-dub ’em or worry about mixing colors. =)
    ~I think I’ll start with all the colors I use the most… bashful blue, Not quite navy blue, Night of Navy blue, bordering blue…something about a sky, mountains and water…did I mention blue. oh yeah, and a little yellow for SUNSHINE!

    ~Carissa and KJ

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  9. Marianne Griffin's avatar Marianne Griffin

    I am in awe of this idea. I wonder how long it would have taken me to think of this myself!! Thanks for sharing! Glad to see you’ve added the Elk Grove workshop – now I don’t have to go all the way to Wheaton again! See you again – but not soon enough for me!!

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  10. Karen's avatar Karen

    I think I remember another idea you had where after you used a sponge you threw it in a basket, then once it was full you put all the sponges in a lingerie bag and threw them in the washing machine. This one sounds alot easier than the new idea, plus no need for storage. But keep the ideas coming—it’s all Good!!

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  11. Shar W's avatar Shar W

    Hi Michelle,
    Would you like to come an organize my room for me????? This is such a cute idea- definitely a “why didn’t I think of it?”- so simple, yet so useful!

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  12. Joy's avatar Joy

    Michelle..I think this is the best ‘cheap’ tip I have seen in a while too.. I was wondering how to do the sponge thing. I remember the lingerie bag and washing machine trick too.. Michelle does that not harm your washer in any way? Don’t want it to hold the ink in the lines and the colors somehow get on my clothing..

    So how often do you wash the sponges when you do it this way? Or do you just use them until they are ‘horribly dirty’ and then toss out?

    Thnx for the ideas….

    JOY

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  13. Loving this idea! My ink collection is quite large and my sponge collection is growing. I’ve been just storing the sponge in a drawer along with the ink pad that it was used with, but I like this idea more.

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