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.

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

  1. Brenda's avatar Brenda

    What a great tip. I had never sponged before I took your class. I even went to the dollar store and got sponges like you use. I can’t wait to start making tabs. Thanks so much!!

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  2. Karen's avatar Karen

    Just wanted to let you know it was Larraine Ingalls at Leadership who shared the idea with Shelli and swapped the sponges. Shelli demonstrated it on stage. I think Larraine would be honored that you shared this great idea.

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  3. Ok, that is absolutely brilliant!! I have mine in wedges, but I’m always picking them up to see what color they might be….I have all 48 colors plus all the in-colors each year, and I don’t have a wedge for each…but I use one for similar…your idea is so much better! I see a nifty little project for myself in the future! Thank you!!

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  4. Absolutely brilliant! I have a stampin event for 41 people in April and this will help everyone keep their hands clean! I am definitely adding some sponges to my next demo order so I can have a set of these. I was always just guessing and thankfully I only had a mishap once but my fingers always get all inky so that’s a bummer.

    Thanks so much for all your wonderful tutorials. I look all the time but must admit I’ll all thumbs with my brayer. 🙂

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  5. Diane Sellers's avatar Diane Sellers

    Michelle! Your cards just make me smile 🙂 Thank you so much for your wonderful turorials. This sponge idea is fabulous. I have never heard of it so I am so glad you shared. The little sponges do look adorable…

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