artbabe
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Post by artbabe on Jun 8, 2023 14:08:38 GMT
Along with my insane amount of everything else, I have an insane amount of Thickers. I used to buy them up at Tuesday Morning, Big Lots, Ollies, and every other closeout and discount store I could find. And I bought a ton full price, too- I remember the huge display at Archivers- so fun. And then American Crafts had that huge online sale... So I have about 3 milk crates full of them. Have you seen the price of them lately? Holy moly, I'm glad I stocked up on them when they were much cheaper.
Do you still use them? I use them on pretty much every layout. I have a recent addiction, however, to the smaller sized Pinkfresh and Doodlebug puffy stickers, too. I'm in love with the Doodlebug ones- so cute and just the right size.
I know there are a lot of people that do stamping or diecutting, which would be a heck of a lot cheaper in the long run, but I just love the speed and ease of just plopping them on. Adding glue to the old chipboard ones is annoying but I still do that, too.
Anyone else use Thickers? Or are you smarter than I am and save your money for something else?
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Post by tealpaperowl on Jun 8, 2023 14:23:49 GMT
Yes! I have a three dresser drawer full of them. I love them on layouts and cards!
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Post by KikiPea on Jun 8, 2023 14:31:10 GMT
Yep! I LOVE a good set of Thickers, especially phrases…foam, or the puffy ones like Vicki B does. I usually buy 2-3 packs of the ones I really love.
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Post by ScrapbookMyLife on Jun 8, 2023 14:36:35 GMT
I love the phrase thickers and the alphabet thickers, use them a lot.
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Post by mbanda on Jun 8, 2023 15:01:32 GMT
Yes - I love Thickers & use them on almost every layout!
I know I could make titles with my Cameo but Thickers are just easier since I don't always have my computer & Cameo ready to go.
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Post by hmp on Jun 8, 2023 16:21:49 GMT
My philosphy in scrapping has always been if I like or love it I use it. I don't care about age or style. Not just in scrapping, but also in most other areas of my life. I'm a curator and a NP so values on age & style were beaten out of me long ago. We're not in Jr. High anymore. Use what makes YOU happy! My collection of alphas is pretty broad, stickers, thickers, PP, CS, Stamps, dies in all kinds sizes & fonts. Variety is the spice of life.
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Post by coloradocropper on Jun 8, 2023 16:58:39 GMT
I definitely use mine.
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Post by Linda on Jun 8, 2023 17:00:27 GMT
I love them but rarely buy them because they are expensive and it's hard to justify the cost given I have dies and stamps and a Cricut...
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chendra
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Post by chendra on Jun 8, 2023 17:10:38 GMT
Yes! I also have quite the Tuesday Morning stash and I do use them.
RIP Tuesday Morning ☹️
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Post by papersilly on Jun 8, 2023 17:20:34 GMT
at this point, no. i have a couple of opened packs left but i have gotten rid of the rest. i would use the stuff i have but i always forget i still have them.
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Post by mikklynn on Jun 8, 2023 19:14:31 GMT
Add me to the TM Thickers stashers. But, I am really running out of them. They are just too expensive. Although, I did buy some royal blue Thickers or knockoffs, I can't remember, for my grandson's hockey layouts.
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scrapnnana
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Post by scrapnnana on Jun 8, 2023 19:39:12 GMT
I bought a few sets and used them on layouts, but I’m apparently the exception here. They were nice to use on the rare occasion, but they were never my preference. I’d rather create my own title with my electronic cutter and a font of my choice.
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Post by deekaye on Jun 8, 2023 21:32:18 GMT
I used to be a huge Thickers user but I got tired of finding them popped off of my layouts and laying in the bottom of the page protector. I learned to add adhesive/glue to them but that kind of took the fun out of quickly slapping them on the page...
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Post by 950nancy on Jun 8, 2023 22:15:59 GMT
I have 8 boxes of them. I used to just buy them to buy them, but now I really have to need a specific set to buy them. Like a cruise to Alaska in July. I did buy the set that goes with Heidi Swapp's Set Sail.
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Post by infochick on Jun 8, 2023 22:29:00 GMT
I know I could make titles with my Cameo but Thickers are just easier since I don't always have my computer & Cameo ready to go. I’d rather create my own title with my electronic cutter and a font of my choice. Count me in on the Thicker fan club. I do a lot of scrapping away from home and if I don't plan well enough in advance it is just easier to grab some Thickers and go. Like mbanda mentions, there is definitely an ease factor to the Thickers. That said, l also agree with scrapnnana , there is something to be said for the custom cut title. I did this a lot in an album I did for an Alaskan cruise and I love the way it looks. Dare I say, I just need to be a little less lazy and get back into cutting some of my own titles again. I do like the look of different fonts on a page, so I guess I can have it all  . |
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PaperAngel
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Post by PaperAngel on Jun 8, 2023 23:50:52 GMT
Yes, on occasion. Despite the two wire locker baskets still full of them in my craft room, I stopped buying Thickers almost a decade ago due to lack of stickiness, an inadequate amount of my frequently-used vowels & consonants, not always labeled as acid-free/lignin-free/archival, & price per pack (especially considering the above). Instead, I opted to invest in dies (& a few stamps) in basic/usable fonts which can be cut using any paper & layered for dimension.
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Post by cmpeter on Jun 8, 2023 23:57:06 GMT
I don't have a huge stash, I am more a fan of the puffy stickers.
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craftymom101
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Post by craftymom101 on Jun 9, 2023 0:48:35 GMT
Thickers are my favorite way to add titles to my pages! I use Thickers on almost every layout.
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Post by scrappinwithoutpeas on Jun 9, 2023 0:57:23 GMT
I bought a few sets and used them on layouts, but I’m apparently the exception here. They were nice to use on the rare occasion, but they were never my preference. I’d rather create my own title with my electronic cutter and a font of my choice.Well, you're not the only exception here - count me in also as "not a fan". I never liked the thickness of them (I know, I know - it's in the name! LOL), as I vastly prefer flat layouts. I mostly do what you do, scrapnnana and create my own titles/word embellishments on my Cameo with my own fonts. |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 9, 2023 1:10:44 GMT
I love Thickers! Although at the price they used to be compared to now, I wish I had collected more...I have maybe 1/2 a milk crate's worth. Fortunately I'm a ridiculously slow scrapper, so they should last me til eternity.
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Post by Chinagirl828 on Jun 9, 2023 5:05:05 GMT
My collection of alphas is pretty broad, stickers, thickers, PP, CS, Stamps, dies in all kinds sizes & fonts. Variety is the spice of life. This sums up my alpha stash pretty well. I have Thickers in my stash, and I will still buy them if I find a set I love, but I probably have more FJ alphas than anything, and I still regularly use flat stickers. My biggest weakness now is probably the pre-made words sets. |
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Post by chrisc on Jun 9, 2023 9:21:40 GMT
I love thickers and use them on most layouts. I am also a fan of the Doodlebug small puffy letters and am still building my collection of colours. My main complaint about thickers these days is that too many of them are multi colour or metallic. I have trouble using multi-colour and I have enough metallic. I want more single colour - orange, yellow, red and purple particularly. I don't like the phrase ones (eg Simple Stories) as they are the same trite phrases over and over.
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Post by myboysnme on Jun 9, 2023 12:23:47 GMT
I love Thickers and rarely met a thicker I didn't want.
In fact if anyone is purging I got shipping!
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Post by scrappyrabbit on Jun 9, 2023 14:18:27 GMT
I don’t have many thickers. I use old CM flat alphas because I have a lot of those. I also generally don’t like fussing with alphas and prefer pre-made titles lol.
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Post by huskermom98 on Jun 9, 2023 14:26:26 GMT
I've always liked the idea of them, but when I go to use them I often seem to run out of the letters I need, the colors aren't right, or they don't want to stick to the paper. I bought a lot of them when Big Lots had a decent selection of cheap sets and then I got several sets from the Not Just for Boys kits early on, but what I have left are stored where I don't see them easily so I also forget about trying to just use them up.
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artbabe
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Post by artbabe on Jun 9, 2023 14:26:58 GMT
I have so many glitter ones from back in the day and I have trouble using those. I just put them on a layout yesterday and decided that they were too flashy, so I took them off and used more muted gold ones.
Remember when everything was so glittery? Not just the Thickers, a lot of paper had glitter on it, too. You don't see glitter very much anymore.
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Post by hoopsfn on Jun 9, 2023 14:29:46 GMT
Yes, I still use them. But boy, you sure are right about the price of them now! I haven't bought any for awhile now - am trying to use up lots of what I already have.
I don't have an electronic die-cutter so Thickers really are handy to use.
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Elsabelle
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Post by Elsabelle on Jun 9, 2023 16:53:11 GMT
I do enjoy Thickers but sometimes I forget about them because I use my Silhouette for titles quite often. When I remember them I love how quickly I can get a title done. Now that I'm thinking about this I need to take a look through my Thickers to get reacquainted with what I have.
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Post by FurryP on Jun 10, 2023 17:52:35 GMT
Life without Thickers? Noooooooo.
Well at least papercrafting without Thickers would be very sad for me.
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Post by slday on Jun 12, 2023 18:45:04 GMT
A definite YES! I use them for most of my titles. Love them! But, yes they have gotten really expensive lately.
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