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Post by paperaddict on Dec 11, 2019 3:23:05 GMT
When I first started cardmaking I used really simple supplies like stickers, diecuts, and pattern paper. As I started to get more into my cardmaking hobby, I started to add so much tools/supplies; stamps, dies, Copics, lots of inks pads, watercoloring markers/pencils, gelatos, and alcohol inks. I realized recently that I was spending more time buying cardmaking supplies and watching videos on cardmaking then actually using the supplies and making cards.
Recently with this year's Christmas cards, I wanted to make "simple" and "easy" cards so I went back to stickers, diecuts, and pattern paper. I really enjoyed do this. I plan to make more cards like this.
My question is has your cardmaking and/or scrapbooking style changed through the years?
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Post by joblackford on Dec 11, 2019 3:35:03 GMT
When I started cardmaking in the early 2000s I stamped and colored. I lived near a rubber stamp store and that was what I knew to do. Nothing fancy, no special techniques except heat embossing. I gave up that kind of crafting after a few years, although I did occasionally do some of my own stamp carving in the style of woodblock prints. When I started crafting again a couple of years ago I had patterned paper and PL supplies that I wasn't using and I got inspired by Kristie Marcotte and her use-it-all-up philosophy. I hadn't planned to get many other supplies, but so few people make patterned paper + die cut cards, so I ended up being inspired by and falling for all the other stuff - stamping and die cutting and coloring and techniques. But I refuse to get too deep into coloring or messy or complicated/time consuming techniques. My favorite style is patterned paper with matching die cuts, stitched die cut basic shapes, basic black stamping.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 11, 2019 9:35:52 GMT
Definitely my style has changed. When I started cardmaking it was about drawing my own images, stamping images and coloring them in and adding ephemera accents that were frugally found- nature items like seashells, jewelry I tore apart from my junk jewelry collection, bits of ribbon from clothes, etc... I also loved my stickers and could make the most beautiful cards from stickers. My cards were elegant & I was proud of my work.
Then I got into the technique cardmaking and bought EVERYTHING! My cards looked like a hot mess and definitely were not elegant.
I went back to my old style but have added my digital & electronic die cut creations to the mix. I am much happier. My cards are elegant again.
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Post by hop2 on Dec 11, 2019 15:01:24 GMT
I was a full page scrapper. When pocket scrapping came out I couldn’t imagine doing it. I was defensive as well because the tone of some in the industry pushing pocket scrapping were demeaning traditional page scrapping. It’s old fashioned, it wastes time, etc. So I felt I had to defend my choices. When in fact it is simply a different way of being creative. I can spend just as much time putting together a pocket page sometimes. Other times not. It’s just different neither is bad or old or more wasteful of time. Same for digital memory keeping and even journaling, & now planner memory keeping. It’s all good.
Well I do it all now lol & love it all ( well I suck at digital memory keeping so I rarely do that. I used to, but that got away from me when I didn’t learn new programs & my old ( OLD ) program is no longer. )
It just one big memory keeping family
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Post by refugeepea on Dec 11, 2019 16:02:02 GMT
It hasn't changed much. Scrapbooking is a hobby. Something to keep my hands busy. I'm content cutting and pasting. I don't get creative often.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 11, 2019 16:32:02 GMT
When I first started (1997) shapes were everything. Photos cut into shapes, shaped scissors, etc...I moved away from that and am very glad. You can leaf through my books and see when I got new stuff (magic mesh! flair! New brads! the Cricut!) because my pages reflect that. Once those settle in a bit and I get out of them being new, I tend to go back to simpler designs. I love to tear paper though, and am still hoarding a stack of that paper that is black, but once you tear it there is a color inside.I got told once time that was "dated" but I don't care, lol.
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Post by jenr on Dec 11, 2019 17:38:53 GMT
OH yes, it's changed.  I've always been a 2-page layout, 12" x 12" scrapper. But I used to spend hours trying to think up new layouts, and kept a notebook of sketches for that reason. Then I realized that there aren't all that many ways to scrap 4x6 photos on a 12" x 12" page if you want a lot of pictures on a page. So then I stuck to some tried and true layouts, and the process went a little faster. But then I got into pocket scrapping and learned that I could get even more pictures in a book that way. I still LOVE choosing paper and embellishments - I doubt that will ever change. But we take so many photos on our vacations - which is mostly what I scrapbook - that the process just had to become quicker or I was never going to get anything done! I still love this hobby though. It is the absolute best creative outlet for me. |
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Post by mikklynn on Dec 12, 2019 13:53:02 GMT
When I first started (1997) shapes were everything. Photos cut into shapes, shaped scissors, etc...I moved away from that and am very glad. You can leaf through my books and see when I got new stuff (magic mesh! flair! New brads! the Cricut!) because my pages reflect that. Once those settle in a bit and I get out of them being new, I tend to go back to simpler designs. I love to tear paper though, and am still hoarding a stack of that paper that is black, but once you tear it there is a color inside.I got told once time that was "dated" but I don't care, lol. It's not dated, it's retro! That was a rude comment. Everyone has their own style. That's what I love about paper crafting. I don't believe there is a wrong way to do it. |
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Post by mikklynn on Dec 12, 2019 13:54:20 GMT
OH yes, it's changed. I've always been a 2-page layout, 12" x 12" scrapper. But I used to spend hours trying to think up new layouts, and kept a notebook of sketches for that reason. Then I realized that there aren't all that many ways to scrap 4x6 photos on a 12" x 12" page if you want a lot of pictures on a page. So then I stuck to some tried and true layouts, and the process went a little faster. But then I got into pocket scrapping and learned that I could get even more pictures in a book that way. I still LOVE choosing paper and embellishments - I doubt that will ever change. But we take so many photos on our vacations - which is mostly what I scrapbook - that the process just had to become quicker or I was never going to get anything done! I still love this hobby though. It is the absolute best creative outlet for me. I agree with every word. I used to think I had to add a lot of elements to my pages. Now, most are pretty simple. I go in phases. |
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Post by LisaDV on Dec 12, 2019 14:36:53 GMT
Yes, multiple times my style has changed or my focus and I'm sure I'll change things up more than a couple of times over the course of the next 20 years.
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Post by breetheflea on Dec 13, 2019 14:58:59 GMT
I think my style has changed as the hobby has changed... and my budget has expanded. You can see a difference pre-die cut machine and post-die cut machine too (scrapping since 2008). I usually like the pages that I make that are not-super simple better in the end.
I've always scrapped 12 by 12. I am really really tempted when my current shelving space runs out (in a year or so) to switch to a smaller size. Problem is I hate scrapping on a rectangle page, and 8 by 8 is too small. I'm really hoping the industry decides 10 by 10 is in, and I will stock up on albums to last me until I die... Crossing my fingers!
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Post by melanieg on Dec 13, 2019 18:43:28 GMT
In scrapbooking I used to use pattern paper as my background and mat every photo. Now, I use cardstock or a single colour pattern for the background and hardly mat. I have always been a very linear, simple scrapbooker so that hasnt changed much. I do double pages 12x12 layouts for the most part.
Card making I dont really have a style - although linear and simple again tend to stand out when I think about it. I dont use a lot of embellishments on cards, but I do layer papers.
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Post by hockeyfan06 on Dec 13, 2019 19:36:38 GMT
My scrapbooking and cardmaking style has incorporated every trend, technique and style over the 24 years I have doing this hobby. When the latest trend came out, I had to try it. Now that I have done it all or bought it all, I have a few favorites I go back to again and again. It's been a great ride and it's fun to look back over all the albums and see all the trendy techniques that were used. I don't have one set style. I will scrap or card make by mood or inspiration of something I have seen. I love Shabby Chic/Prima style. I also love Tim Holtz, distress style. It can be based on the pictures I have too. I like clean and simple for when I scrap my son or husbands photos. I love the Doodle bug style for our pets pics. I still love it all!  |
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Post by LavenderLayoutLady on Dec 13, 2019 20:32:12 GMT
My style is different than it was the first couple years doing it.
At first I put everything and anything on a page. Chunky, and metals, anything i wanted. Also, i would buy any paper that caught my eye and hope it worked later.
Now I'm much flatter. And i actually know what i like, what supplies i won't actually have the patience to use, and only buy things that fit my style.
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Post by scrapnnana on Dec 13, 2019 21:42:46 GMT
My scrapbook style has definitely changed over the years, and so has my card making. Originally, both my pages and my cards were stamped, but simple. Sometimes I was guilty of sticker sneeze, or just imitating what was trendy.
My turning point was when I admired the work of a very creative scrapbooker and said how creative she was. I also mentioned that I just didn’t feel that I was very creative. Her reply changed how I craft. She told me, “My grandmother taught me that creativity is like a muscle. The more you use it, the stronger it gets.”
I have my own style now. I’m not sure how to describe it, but it’s definitely different than what I did years ago.
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Post by angel97701 on Dec 14, 2019 3:51:51 GMT
I've been paper crafting in earnest since about 1995, stamping for the first few years, then into scrapbooking first with Creative Memories. Needless to say my craft room rivals a small craft store. I've purged several times, but the collector in me keeps most stuff because you never know when it will cycle back into "style". I have the original circle cutter and oval cutter, Fiskar shape cutter and Colluzle. My Zig markers for journaling are holding up but I'm to the point where a few colors should be replaced. My style evolves constantly, depending on my mood, time, and the fun new stuff I have to play with. I have discovered that I'm not big on the coloring trend (ie Copics) even though I own the whole Chameleon set of pens. Never really got the hang of it  For awhile when I was on Imagine's DT I did mostly cards and mixed media or home decor projects. Now I am back to my scrapbooking roots and enjoying the process. One of my JFF DT's I use ancient paper from the late 90's on occasion because it works the best and I have a bunch of it to use up! I will say that my craft cave is my place of peace, but there are times where I wish I had more creative energy like tonight! Just really fatigued from the week! |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 15, 2019 9:05:07 GMT
When I first started (1997) shapes were everything. Photos cut into shapes, shaped scissors, etc...I moved away from that and am very glad. You can leaf through my books and see when I got new stuff (magic mesh! flair! New brads! the Cricut!) because my pages reflect that. Once those settle in a bit and I get out of them being new, I tend to go back to simpler designs. I love to tear paper though, and am still hoarding a stack of that paper that is black, but once you tear it there is a color inside.I got told once time that was "dated" but I don't care, lol. Don't you hate that word dated when it comes to scrapbooking. When did scrapbooking become dated? So if we look through Queen Victoria's scrapbook will we say it's dated? People are so stupid, ROFL! Of course our scrapbooks are dated we were creating LO's in that decade. So yes it will look like Cricut because that's when Cricut was popular. That's not dated, that is part of history.
I actually have fun looking at my books and seeing all the cute trends in there from the time. It's part of my history. It's fun to look at my pet pages and see that I just bought Create A Critter Cricut cartridge. Not only do I remember how much I loved that cartridge, I also remember when I bought the cartridge, brought it home and my kitty cat sat next to me "helping" me create my critters so I could put them on the page about her. Now, I am going to cry thinking about my furbaby. She went to Rainbow Bridge several year ago.
I love looking at my scrapbooks and all my Mrs. Grossman stickers thinking about how I carefully chose each one from the sticker rolls at a now defunct gift shop. I loved that little shop. Each of my stickers was so carefully chosen.
We all had fun making pages like that back then. So now we are supposed to cringe looking at them? Ok, I cringe that I cut up a photo in a shape because I found out I don't like shape photo's, lol. It is in there & I know that.
Next time somebody says your stuff is dated say that's ok they are dated too, ROFL!
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Post by lisacharlotte on Dec 15, 2019 10:44:33 GMT
I’m on the bench with @amayalylac. I love to see the change in trends in my scrapbooks.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 15, 2019 15:17:22 GMT
Mine has hardly changed at all. I did do some shape cutting of pictures and deckled edge cutting WAY back in the day. But quickly figured out what worked for me and what didn't. I would say about 4 yrs in to today (20+ yrs in) my style has stayed very consistent - flat pages, minimal embellishments, a small journal spot, paper colors or icons that "go with" the pictures I'm doing, lots of photos on a page (which was why pocket scrapping worked for me right away and I never did it as weekly spreads - just interspersed in w/the full pages spreads). Boring. Mine. Loved.
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I've always been a 2-page layout, 12" x 12" scrapper. But I used to spend hours trying to think up new layouts, and kept a notebook of sketches for that reason. Then I realized that there aren't all that many ways to scrap 4x6 photos on a 12" x 12" page if you want a lot of pictures on a page. So then I stuck to some tried and true layouts, and the process went a little faster. But then I got into pocket scrapping and learned that I could get even more pictures in a book that way.
For awhile when I was on Imagine's DT I did mostly cards and mixed media or home decor projects. Now I am back to my scrapbooking roots and enjoying the process. One of my JFF DT's I use ancient paper from the late 90's on occasion because it works the best and I have a bunch of it to use up! I will say that my craft cave is my place of peace, but there are times where I wish I had more creative energy like tonight! Just really fatigued from the week!
