Stash using and accounting for it-Feb Thread

Nice! That's got to feel great.

I've been using up some older sale items from Elle's Studio in my 2017PL and loving them! My goal is to use ALL older supplies for PL this year, and so far so good!

These threads have been very inspiring for me! Thanks for the encouragement and inspiration!

I don't count supplies from the past 1-2 years as "stash"...they still feel pretty new to me
So I've been challenging myself to dig even deeper and I'm finding things I LOVE and never USED (so they still feel new!)

I did this yesterday: Websters Pages (Alison Kreft) from 2013, Die cuts/alpha are "legacy" by Simple Stories, some ancient scraps from Amy Tan. And thickers.

Love using scraps too (like the border strip...10 year old Echo Park, sitting in my collection of manufacturers strips...)

Page # 3 NAP made for the pizza challenge In Flickr gallery
2 pieces cardstock, 2pp, heart stickers, MME stickers plus I used my Silhouette, stamps and actually used my computer for journaling(first time in several years for that!) Not only am I using my stash, but I'm using supplies that I normally dont reach for

Counter productive to this thread:
I'm glad that the price of Felicity Jane keeps me away (Canada...shipping/currency) because every time I see people using it I want to subscribe to the kit

I used some pretty old HOTP pp today on a couple of pages. It is the thin one sided stuff that used to come in their kits: folded into kind of booklets so the pages can be easily torn apart. I thought it was too flimsy to stand up as a background, so I pulled out a couple of sheets of "ugly" cs (Colours I don't really like or don't see myself using anywhere else) from my stash and used that as an unseen background for it.

So win/win: used 3 sheets of cs (2 invisible behind the pp, and one for matting), 3 sheets of old pp, some at least two year old letter stickers, and a bunch of diecuts and scraps. The only remotely new items were the diecuts from a Christmas line I purchased last fall. But as I have said before, using some of the diecuts is a big deal for me, because I have a notoriously large stash of them. And. Yet. I. Continue. To. Purchase. Them...

I had a really productive weekend and I'm delighted to report that I completed 5 LOs and another three pocket pages (with matted photos in each of the pockets to use up paper). I made a dent in some really specific nautical and travel paper, so I am thrilled to have that done. I even used some decorative brads that I always buy but love to save in my stash. That said, I also had a really productive shopping weekend, and I probably bought enough paper to make another 42 layouts. And I wonder why my stash keeps growing I really must lock myself at home and force myself to use up some more of my paper.

I'm using more of that PP C'est La Vie that I love so much.
Yesterday I used some PP Memorandum. 

I'm trying to scrap as much as possible before I start working again or the weather turns hot.  Either one will put a stop to any scrapping progress. 

That sounds like FUN!  I find that a day like that not only rekindles the creativity, but also gives me elements to add to cards and pages and journals for a long time:   Win win WIN!

Today I finished 3 pages. My claim to fame is, on this page I used:

*some happy Christmas paper I really love but was scared to use because it was so bright and full of icons. Ended up using it as my base.
*a card front I created at a crop a year ago October and never actually got onto a card.
*some red bling that has been in my stash forever and I finally found just the place for some of them. They don't show up very well in the photo of my page, but they are a lovely deep red.
*a random Christmas stocking button I got as part of a kit this last November.
*gold embossed elements from a HOTP sheet of them. I am down from a whole 12x12 sheet of them to a small zip lock bag.
*a sheet of cardstock and part of a sheet of pp which I also used parts of on the facing page.

joy & peace by Gramma Dee, on Flickr

Dh came home for lunch and brought takeaway for me and DD10 - she was thrilled

"Making Music" 1-page layout - KI paper (not from stash - new to me), Jolees stickers(finished them off), chipboard stickers, orange and white cardstock, 3 photos, journalling, and Deluxe Cuts template (thanks canadianscrappergirl for inspiring to pull it out). I also used UP a pack of adhesive!

justjac - way to go! It feels so good to be scrapping, doesn't it!?

still working on July 2016

"Grammy" - 2-page layout - (new to me) SassafrasLass In Stitches, pink and white cardstock, Stickabilities Glitter Grandma stickers, brown chipboard alphas, 5 photos, journalling - inspired by a BH sketch

These are the last photos I have of my MIL - she died less than 2 weeks later and I deeply regret not taking more - I didn't get any of her with my older DD, DH, or myself that last month and I wish I had. We just didn't expect her to go so quickly

"life is sweet" - 2-page layout - brown, blue, and white cardstock, some KI scraps, (new to me) SEI Sweetie stickers, Reminisce Rhode Island 3-D stickers, Paper Studio Rhode Island stickers, QK airplane icon, 6 photos, and journalling...inspired by a BH sketch

"deer" - 2-page layout, Recollections green denim paper, DCWV Fresh Floral Stack, Sandylion Woodland Animals sticker, white cardstock, 5 photos, inspired by a BH sketch

"Water Everywhere" - 1-page layout, (new to me) CTMH plaid paper, green white and blue cardstock, (new to me) KI Wise Words water sticker, 4 photos, journalling, inspired by a Simple Scrapbooks sketch

I finally found a use for that one sheet of hurricane paper leftover from when I scrapbooked the hurricanes of 2004....Thank you Hermine for swinging by last September...