Most people won't ever find a need for this BUT if you do- its good to know.

When I was teaching I had a toner cartridge that the copier wouldn't recognize for some reason but it still had quite a bit of ink left it. It wasn't until recently that I found out a way to get it out with one of the thousand syringes we have at our house. I attached it to the end of the ink reservoir, turned the ink down, and pulled the ink from the barrel with the suction of the syringe. I filled up an old jar full of this gel ink and I barely made a dent in the cartridge. So I have lots of ink to play with!

I even squeezed some onto an old ink pad and it works great as a distress edger. I can stamp with it but the images come out a little blurred.

This is definitely my favorite tip that I use ALL THE TIME.

I'm a huge fan of those cheap but adorable wall sticker designs from Dollar Tree. I'm always on the lookout for the newest one because you can do several different layouts with one sheet.

I'm also a huge fan of using all the leftover sticker background to make my own stickers. If you've seen my quote journal pages, this is what I use for the words. I stamp out different words on the scraps for my own word stickers.

I also do this with the leftover clear sticker paper for when I print my printables. Clear sticker paper is more versatile because you can use the tiniest weird shaped pieces and you won't see the edges as much as you would white.

Sticker paper isn't cheap and there's no need to waste it when you can make your own stickers from the stamps you already own! Or make your own doodles.

**When stamping on any type of gloss sticker paper, make sure you use a solvent based ink like Tsukineko StazOn Multi-Surface Inkpad, Jet Black! Dye ink and pigment ink will smear and color shift over time.

If you haven't found an easy way to store and manage your unmounted stamps, then you might like this one.

I have a little shelf on my table that I store my stamps in Standard Clear CD Jewel Case- the old thick ones, not the thin ones.

While most stamp sets are photo size, there are some that aren't. This is really great for some of those stamps that cling to the backing like they should or those really little odd shaped ones. 

You can stamp the designs on a scrap piece of paper to use as the CD cover for easy searching.

Alternatively, if you have a bunch of wood mounted stamps that you wouldn't mind being unmounted, peel them from the wood backing and store them in a case. It will save you quite a bit of space!

You can easily find a CD holder at a thrift store these days to display your stamps that won't take up near as much space as would photo boxes and stamp binders.