breetheflea
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Post by breetheflea on Mar 9, 2016 16:51:46 GMT
What is up with the scrapbooking world and the color purple or the non-existence of anything purple, especially patterned paper?
I made a page about the grapes in my backyard recently and had to use green embellishments and purple cardstock because either I don't buy purple things for some reason, or scrapbook companies don't make things in purple in the first place.
Maybe purple should become the new pink, I'm getting tired of pink everything.
I like purple and I approve this message.
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Post by awesomegabi on Mar 9, 2016 17:03:52 GMT
What is up with the scrapbooking world and the color purple or the non-existence of anything purple, especially patterned paper? I made a page about the grapes in my backyard recently and had to use green embellishments and purple cardstock because either I don't buy purple things for some reason, or scrapbook companies don't make things in purple in the first place. Maybe purple should become the new pink, I'm getting tired of pink everything. I like purple and I approve this message. As someone who graviates towards anything purple including having purple hair... I approve of this message as well. #purple2016 #nomoremintandpink |
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Purple
Mar 9, 2016 17:15:59 GMT
Post by myboysnme on Mar 9, 2016 17:15:59 GMT
I don't know but I sure have enough purple in my stash to make due for anything really. Given my experience at Michaels yesterday there isn't much of anything in any color.
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Post by justjac on Mar 9, 2016 17:25:09 GMT
I love purple, too. BoBunny's new Secret Garden line is full of beautiful purple.
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Purple
Mar 9, 2016 17:26:52 GMT
Post by Skellinton on Mar 9, 2016 17:26:52 GMT
Fancy pants used to have several lines that featured purple. I may know because I'm hoarding them. I sadly hardly ever have a need for purple paper, but I am keeping it just in case! Maybe I need to start making my loved ones where more purple so I can use my purple stash.
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Purple
Mar 9, 2016 18:48:46 GMT
Post by mikklynn on Mar 9, 2016 18:48:46 GMT
Even eggplant colored cardstock can be hard to come by. I stocked up when I found some.
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dawnnikol
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Post by dawnnikol on Mar 9, 2016 19:08:35 GMT
I just did a ROYGBIV style PL layout and had so little purple it was sad. It's my favorite color but it's never been super popular. I joke that people can't handle the awesomeness.
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purplebee
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Purple
Mar 9, 2016 20:23:58 GMT
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Post by purplebee on Mar 9, 2016 20:23:58 GMT
Another purple lover here seconding the motion for more!
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Post by LavenderLayoutLady on Mar 9, 2016 20:43:35 GMT
Maybe purple should become the new pink, Agreed! I like purple and I approve this message. Ditto!! I, too, love purple and have trouble really finding much in embellishments. I snagged up some purple paper flowers a couple months back when I saw them on clearance. I use purple and lavender sequins on my pages. There's gotta be purple enamel dots. But I do have trouble finding the right shade of purple (not eggplant, but not Easter egg pastel either) in pattern paper. |
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Purple
Mar 9, 2016 20:59:22 GMT
Post by Linda on Mar 9, 2016 20:59:22 GMT
I'm drawn to purple but I rarely USE it so I try to avoid buying it
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Post by caspad on Mar 9, 2016 21:25:58 GMT
I like purple and I approve this message. Me too. It's especially hard to find a nice purple. It looks great with gold and grey, it should totally be the new trendy color. |
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Post by hopemax on Mar 9, 2016 21:52:48 GMT
In the past, I remember Purple being the color many people said they had trouble figuring out how to use. My university's colors included purple, and it's my husband's favorite color so I tend to have and use a lot of it. But even when I find it, it tend to be "flowery." Not so good for college football pictures.
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Post by impearia on Mar 9, 2016 22:05:32 GMT
There was a WRMK line last year that had quite a lot of purple in it...Hello Darling, maybe?
This question comes up fairly regularly, and has since i started scrapping over 10 years ago. It is my belief that a few factors play into this decision by scrapbooking companies to exclude purple for the most part.
1) And some people may disagree with this one, but a lot of shades of purple are hard to use, especially for scrapping pictures of people. I find a lot of purples make photographs of people look sallow, which is not a flattering look. I know, I know purple is my daughter's favourite colour; she even has purple streaks in her hair and that is all fine, but scrapping photos with it, not so much...I don't personally love to wear yellow, but it is a great scrapping colour (for me anyway).
2) Different shades of purple don't work well together. I remember back in the day trying to find purple cardstock to match some PP on a layout, yeah, good luck with that! There seemed to be so many shades and tones of purples, but they needed to be an exact match or it looked off somehow. It also seems to fade terribly. My purple cardstocks always seemed to fade )when I used to keep my CS out in my desk setup, than the other colours.
3) This is pure speculation but perhaps it is a colour that doesn't sell well, so the manufacturers don't invest as much into putting itout. I know lots of people don't like pink, but let's face it, pink sells...
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breetheflea
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Purple
Mar 9, 2016 22:52:12 GMT
Post by breetheflea on Mar 9, 2016 22:52:12 GMT
In the past, I remember Purple being the color many people said they had trouble figuring out how to use. My university's colors included purple, and it's my husband's favorite color so I tend to have and use a lot of it. But even when I find it, it tend to be "flowery." Not so good for college football pictures. Ugh, one of the high school colors for the school my kids will eventually go to is purple, maybe I should start stocking up now... |
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scrapbug
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Post by scrapbug on Mar 9, 2016 22:59:25 GMT
I agree - purple NEEDS to become the new pink!
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Purple
Mar 10, 2016 3:06:13 GMT
Post by lisae on Mar 10, 2016 3:06:13 GMT
I so agree, purple/lavender colors are so hard to find. Bo Bunny has a new collection with purple. I used their Enchanted Garden collection a couple of years ago and it had pretty purples in it.
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Post by crazy4scraps on Mar 10, 2016 3:22:06 GMT
I totally agree that it's one of the hardest colors to match. If you have one that's too red and another that's too blue, it just looks awful. Once I had to change an entire layout because I only had one piece of purple paper and I needed two, and absolutely nothing matched.
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lancene
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Purple
Mar 10, 2016 23:48:05 GMT
Post by lancene on Mar 10, 2016 23:48:05 GMT
I have this same complaint - purple is my sister's and daughter's favorite color and I'm always looking for cute papers and embellishments - but all you can find is baby stuff or Easter stuff. I've had more luck finding purple items in digital scrapbooking supplies - but it's still a bit hard to find.
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Purple
Mar 11, 2016 0:29:49 GMT
Post by 950nancy on Mar 11, 2016 0:29:49 GMT
Tuesday Morning had full packs of the purple papers in kind of a shimmer Bazzill -Her Majesty and a dot pattern. There were 25/$3.99.
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Purple
Mar 11, 2016 0:46:09 GMT
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Post by nancydrew on Mar 11, 2016 0:46:09 GMT
I struggle with finding purple also. My DD has lupus and purple is the color for lupus awareness so I do quite a few purple pages for her lupus walks and fund raising events. I do wish it was easier finding purple paper and purple embellishments.
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Post by alissa103 on Mar 11, 2016 2:29:04 GMT
I just did a ROYGBIV style PL layout and had so little purple it was sad. It's my favorite color but it's never been super popular. I joke that people can't handle the awesomeness. I tried to do something similar for a thank you card (with a rainbow on it) and I had the toughest time. I also discovered in that process that I have NO purple washi, which surprised me. I have a lot of washi! |
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Purple
Mar 11, 2016 3:10:12 GMT
Post by thracian on Mar 11, 2016 3:10:12 GMT
I bought a lot of purple when I first started scrapbooking . . . and never used it. I am still trying to use up some of that stuff.
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Purple
Mar 11, 2016 3:31:58 GMT
Post by acd on Mar 11, 2016 3:31:58 GMT
My husband and I graduated from KSTATE (a few decades ago) and our son is there right now. We BLEED purple.  I would love to see more of that beautiful color.  |
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Post by AngieandSnoopy on Mar 11, 2016 4:15:50 GMT
My favorite color is pink and purple is a CLOSE second. I even have a grape purple KitchenAid stand mixer and a pink KitchenAid hand mixer.
And yes, not enough TRUE pink, much pink cardstock is slightly peach and so not enough of any shade of purple.
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Purple
Mar 11, 2016 5:34:22 GMT
Post by alexa11 on Mar 11, 2016 5:34:22 GMT
Tuesday Morning had full packs of the purple papers in kind of a shimmer Bazzill -Her Majesty and a dot pattern. There were 25/$3.99. Do you have any of the SKUs? My TM closed and the closest one is about 40 minutes away.  |
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dawnnikol
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Post by dawnnikol on Mar 11, 2016 12:12:47 GMT
I just did a ROYGBIV style PL layout and had so little purple it was sad. It's my favorite color but it's never been super popular. I joke that people can't handle the awesomeness. I tried to do something similar for a thank you card (with a rainbow on it) and I had the toughest time. I also discovered in that process that I have NO purple washi, which surprised me. I have a lot of washi! Hah! I went to use my purple washi (it was lavender with white polka dots) and found my daughter's had used it all. LOL! |
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Purple
Mar 11, 2016 14:37:19 GMT
Post by Linda on Mar 11, 2016 14:37:19 GMT
both high schools my oldest attended and the one my middle is currently at - purple is one of the school colours (one was purple/white, the other is purple/gold) - it's hard to find a good rich purple that works
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Post by 950nancy on Mar 11, 2016 16:17:36 GMT
Tuesday Morning had full packs of the purple papers in kind of a shimmer Bazzill -Her Majesty and a dot pattern. There were 25/$3.99. Do you have any of the SKUs? My TM closed and the closest one is about 40 minutes away. 1601965 is for the Bazzill Bling. It says BZCS 12 x 12 Bling 25S. So I think it could mean any Bazzill Bling. I know that the plain Bazzill card stock was one number off 1601966 and I have lots of packs that share that number. |
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Post by 950nancy on Mar 11, 2016 16:20:10 GMT
both high schools my oldest attended and the one my middle is currently at - purple is one of the school colours (one was purple/white, the other is purple/gold) - it's hard to find a good rich purple that works The high school both of my boys should have attended if they followed the district school path would have been purple and silver. They both said they just couldn't do that that and went to the silver and blue school. Their dad worked at the silver and blue school, but hearing them tell other people that was funny. |
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Post by babylou on Mar 11, 2016 16:50:29 GMT
I'm not saying it will always be the correct color or tone, but don't forget to check out Halloween and Fall collections when you are looking for purple paper. Most of them include that color and often the back sides will be a neutral pattern. Just a thought.
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