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Post by sleepingbooty on May 6, 2017 19:48:07 GMT
Happy iNSD, fellow scrappers! I hope you're all having a wonderful weekend and are managing to do some scrapbooking in one way or another. I'm paralysed by the political tension in my country. So, scrapping is out of the question right now. But I'm taking photos... If this story has a happy ending, it might just turn into a few layouts! *crosses fingers*
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Post by scrapaddict702 on May 6, 2017 20:03:05 GMT
I have 8 pages done today so far. Taking a break and the need to do a bit of reorganizing. I am done with the kits I prepared to take to the crop. Time to pull out some different photos and start looking for pp and extras to go with them. Need to read through the challenges here & elsewhere to guide me with that. Good job! I barely have 8 cards done in my PL spread and because this one includes my daughter's birthday and birthday part, it's 4 pages. My husband is on his way home with the littles, so my scrap time may be coming to an end until bedtime since we need to have lunch and then go to a birthday party not long after. I'm planning on sneaking in as much time as I can. I'll be happy to get 2 weeks done in PL! Since I didn't catch up with my printed pics before April ended (when I made that goal, I was confident we weren't going to get to go on vacation and we did end up going) my aim is to now catch up before my current photo order arrives.
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Post by dasmith2 on May 6, 2017 21:37:30 GMT
I just finished my 5th page today. I feel so much better now (thank you for the well wishes), they worked! I'm organizing now and quick vacuum. It's still early here so I may do more
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LisaDorothy
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Post by LisaDorothy on May 6, 2017 21:50:03 GMT
So far all I have done is print NSD free printables and enter giveaways! I enter as many giveaways as I can find every year.
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msliz
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Post by msliz on May 6, 2017 23:25:54 GMT
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Post by anniefb on May 6, 2017 23:34:56 GMT
Slow start for me today but I'm in my craft room now and making some print and cut stickers for my niece. Then I plan to do a couple of layouts.
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Post by anniefb on May 6, 2017 23:41:24 GMT
This is what I've been working on - decorating some big books for my niece (aged 3) to use as a 'scrapbook' and making lots of stickers. The Cocoa Daisy kits this month are also tropical in feel, so I might end up using another set of these myself!
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Post by scrapaddict702 on May 7, 2017 0:41:50 GMT
scrapaddict702 , I'm so glad you finally got some time to yourself !!! Me, too! My husband is calling tomorrow 'mommy free day' now instead of my name of 'kiddo free day' because I'm still a bit short fused (less angry and more ' are you serious?!' to things) and he claims they now need a break from me instead of the other way around, lol. So here's hoping I get more time tomorrow than I had today!! But it was definitely nice. So nice that instead of Pandora while I was scrapping, I just enjoyed the silence...it's so rare that I get that. It was blissful.
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Post by grammadee on May 7, 2017 2:57:41 GMT
LOL, scrapaddict702! My dd has her ds (aged 4) convinced that "Dude dates" are really cool, so when she needs some alone time, she sends daddy & son off for at the least a meal at McD's and at best an overnight adventure at the farm. My back was kinder to me today--and I took Motrin a little earlier than yesterday, so I think I was ahead of the pain. I managed to finish 14 pages today. They aren't very artsy, but they are DONE! So I am well on my way to my goal of 31 pages for the weekend. Only 9 more pages to do. And the 4 Mothers' Day cards. If I can get that done Sunday, then on Monday I can clean up a bit and drive into town to mail my cards. Dh will probably be home by mid afternoon Monday. I didn't photograph any of my pages today, but hope to do that tomorrow.
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Post by carolynhasacat on May 7, 2017 3:34:38 GMT
Wow, sounds like lots of us had a productive day! I only finished one LO, but I'm almost finished my second and plan to do some more tomorrow and later this week. I've tried a couple of new things, and played with my RAK items from Frazzled Mom. All in all, a fun day!
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Post by scrapaddict702 on May 7, 2017 5:05:07 GMT
Happy to say that I managed to finish my 4 page week 9 PL. It isn't much, but given how much time I was away (and wasting whilst waiting for the kids' bedtime because they weren't giving me much quiet or calm to scrapbook after my husband went to work this evening) I feel accomplished with that. The title card was the hardest, but it sort of flew together after that. I used one of the puffy alphabets from Elle's Studio (the entire spread was done using the March 2017 Elle's Studio kit other than a few Elle's Studio stash items and a My Mind's Eye alpha sticker) that I nabbed and used it on 10 cards to make 15 words and I still have some E's left because it wasn't the vowel I needed the most of (I used mostly O's...even cut the Q's easily to make it work for me) and can still make some words with it. I wasn't confident that it would go far because it's pretty small (5x7, I think) and it was a blue color that she doesn't use often (I don't have much of it in my stash so I was okay using it like crazy because chances are that it won't be something I reach for as frequently as the teal set that I didn't touch, but also purchased), however it went quite far and I'm pretty happy with my ability to use it on every page and in multiple places on every page. My only complaint is that the puffy stars that went with the kit weren't as easy to use. I used almost all of the smaller ones up, but I found the larger ones quite difficult to use...I'd love them to be scaled down if she does another set of stars in the future. And yes, I'm totally rambling because I'm struggling to keep my eyes open but given that it's only 10 and feels too early to go to sleep, I'm trying to keep myself going because I don't want to sleep just yet.
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Post by scrapaddict702 on May 7, 2017 5:16:32 GMT
LOL, scrapaddict702 ! My dd has her ds (aged 4) convinced that "Dude dates" are really cool, so when she needs some alone time, she sends daddy & son off for at the least a meal at McD's and at best an overnight adventure at the farm. My back was kinder to me today--and I took Motrin a little earlier than yesterday, so I think I was ahead of the pain. I managed to finish 14 pages today. They aren't very artsy, but they are DONE! So I am well on my way to my goal of 31 pages for the weekend. Only 9 more pages to do. And the 4 Mothers' Day cards. If I can get that done Sunday, then on Monday I can clean up a bit and drive into town to mail my cards. Dh will probably be home by mid afternoon Monday. I didn't photograph any of my pages today, but hope to do that tomorrow. My 6 year old loves dates. A couple of months ago my hubs stayed home from work and it happened to fall on a random middle of the week day where my oldest didn't have school, we just had to go to a parent/teacher/student conference. So he and I went, leaving the little 2 with Daddy and then did some shopping followed by lunch. He's asked me no less than 3 times in the past 5 weeks if we could go on another date and 'have some kiddo free time'. When he wants to visit his auntie, he also asks if she can come get him for a date. He just thinks it means hanging out...but he also thinks he doesn't qualify as a kiddo so it baffles him that he's included when anyone mentions needing or wanting kiddo free time. He absolutely thrives when he's the only one getting attention...he does so well when things are all about him, focused on him, etc. He loves to be a big brother, but he doesn't enjoy sharing the attention. My 4 year old isn't like that at all. It's a fine balance of trying to give him the attention he wants and needs while also making sure that the other 2 get the same thing without him becoming resentful toward and jealous of them.
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Chinagirl828
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Post by Chinagirl828 on May 7, 2017 6:15:39 GMT
I hope everyone who has been feeling less than great is better soon.
I had high hopes of scrapping this weekend but as is often the case life gets in the way and now it's Sunday afternoon and I've done nothing except shop. Once I can tear myself away from here I'm hoping to actually work on some pages.
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Post by dasmith2 on May 7, 2017 6:25:55 GMT
I hope everyone who has been feeling less than great is better soon. I had high hopes of scrapping this weekend but as is often the case life gets in the way and now it's Sunday afternoon and I've done nothing except shop. Once I can tear myself away from here I'm hoping to actually work on some pages. Hope you get to work on some pages
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Post by LavenderLayoutLady on May 7, 2017 10:50:56 GMT
It's fairly early Sunday morning now.
Last night I finished my second layout of the weekend. Both were fairly simple, kind of generic, but at least finished.
I have two more pages' worth of photos waiting on my desk, with some embellishments that I plan on using with them. I just have to pick the papers to use. I'm going to use the same Thickers I was using yesterday. These will be photo-heavy pages, so might be lighter on the embellies than usual.
I'm also hoping to continue scrapping into Monday.
I just wish my energy would come back. I want to scrapbook, but I'm worn out.
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Post by dasmith2 on May 7, 2017 11:04:55 GMT
It's fairly early Sunday morning now. Last night I finished my second layout of the weekend. Both were fairly simple, kind of generic, but at least finished. I have two more pages' worth of photos waiting on my desk, with some embellishments that I plan on using with them. I just have to pick the papers to use. I'm going to use the same Thickers I was using yesterday. These will be photo-heavy pages, so might be lighter on the embellies than usual. I'm also hoping to continue scrapping into Monday. I just wish my energy would come back. I want to scrapbook, but I'm worn out. Sorry your feeling wore out- I hope you feel better soon. I was like that Fri/early Sat after a major panic attack. I just was not feeling it. It was hard starting to scrap and while I'm not 100% happy with some of my first few LO's , I found my groove. I am hoping I don't start out like yesterday, and can just get back into it. I also took some time to organize my scrap space and that seemed to help too
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Post by LavenderLayoutLady on May 7, 2017 11:17:04 GMT
It's fairly early Sunday morning now. Last night I finished my second layout of the weekend. Both were fairly simple, kind of generic, but at least finished. I have two more pages' worth of photos waiting on my desk, with some embellishments that I plan on using with them. I just have to pick the papers to use. I'm going to use the same Thickers I was using yesterday. These will be photo-heavy pages, so might be lighter on the embellies than usual. I'm also hoping to continue scrapping into Monday. I just wish my energy would come back. I want to scrapbook, but I'm worn out. Sorry your feeling wore out- I hope you feel better soon. I was like that Fri/early Sat after a major panic attack. I just was not feeling it. It was hard starting to scrap and while I'm not 100% happy with some of my first few LO's , I found my groove. I am hoping I don't start out like yesterday, and can just get back into it. I also took some time to organize my scrap space and that seemed to help too I hope you feel better, too, and can get back in the scrapping groove.
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Post by dasmith2 on May 7, 2017 11:26:16 GMT
Sorry your feeling wore out- I hope you feel better soon. I was like that Fri/early Sat after a major panic attack. I just was not feeling it. It was hard starting to scrap and while I'm not 100% happy with some of my first few LO's , I found my groove. I am hoping I don't start out like yesterday, and can just get back into it. I also took some time to organize my scrap space and that seemed to help too I hope you feel better, too, and can get back in the scrapping groove. Thank you. I am feeling better than I was so hoping to get back into the scrap room soon. With PTSD and severe anxiety- one never knows lol. I take the good moments when they come and I cherish them. Thanks for the well wishes
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Post by LavenderLayoutLady on May 7, 2017 12:15:08 GMT
Okay. Progress already this morning.
I choose the papers for the background for the two pages I'm working on. And stuck down the photos.
I remembered the funny story we had to go with one of the pics, so I'll write that down as soon as I decide what I'm journaling on.
I'm going to keep the embellishments to the one themed set of stickers I have, and enamel dots. Possibly arrows, if they match.
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Post by LavenderLayoutLady on May 7, 2017 12:15:25 GMT
Anyone else scrapping this morning/today?
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Post by carolynhasacat on May 7, 2017 12:59:20 GMT
Anyone else scrapping this morning/today? I'm watching some YouTube videos and checking out some iNSD posts in different groups this morning. I sort of felt overwhelmed by the amount of iNSD challenges and tutorials and sales and videos out there yesterday, so just turned it all off and focused on my scrapping. Playing catch up today. I'm planning on finishing up my second LO this afternoon.
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Post by grammadee on May 7, 2017 15:35:52 GMT
Anyone else scrapping this morning/today? I am back in here, scrapping away. Put together 4 quick pages before coffee this morning! Well, the power was off, so I couldn't MAKE coffee til a little bit ago, so it wasn't from any great restraint on my part LOL. The first 2 pager I had pulled the photos for last night, so I woke up knowing exactly what I wanted to do with them. And while I was gluing those together, I had an AHA moment about the next spead, so by the time I got to them, those pages were easy too. Isn't it funny how some days the creativity energy flows, and other days it seems like everything--other people, the situation, the critical side of your brain, your physical body, the supplies playing hide n seek: EVERYTHING--seems stacked against us, damming up that flow? It sounds like ideas are flowing for you as well this morning! Hope it continues that way. Sometimes I find that the first project is the hardest. The more I scrap, the easier it seems...
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Post by LavenderLayoutLady on May 7, 2017 20:23:33 GMT
Put together 4 quick pages before coffee this morning! Before coffee?!! Well, the power was off, so I couldn't MAKE coffee til a little bit ago, so it wasn't from any great restraint on my part LOL. Aha! Okay. Because I was about to say..... BEFORE coffee!? I can barely open my eyes before coffee. Kudos to you for being able to get scrap pages together before that glorious joe.
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Post by dasmith2 on May 7, 2017 20:31:37 GMT
Just started a little bit ago. Loving it so far. Had another major panic attack this morning so it took a while to feel better.
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Post by grammadee on May 7, 2017 22:19:04 GMT
dasmith2, I really hope you are feeling better now. Well, I am DONE doing pages!!! Have completed 36 over the last 3 days, which means I must have done 14 today. Many of the last ones were lots of photos, pretty linear designs. There are only so many ways you can glue 4x6 and 4x4 pix on a page! It is a good thing these pages will be going into 4 different albums, so not all the similarly designed pages will be together. I took some photos of the pages I had finished by noon, and plan to get at least some of those onto my computer and uploaded to Flickr this evening. My goal for this evening is to create Mothers' Day cards for my dd and 3 dil's. Yesterday I played around with some watercolour panels that I may decide to use on them. Think I need to troll Pinterest for some ideas before I get started on them. Need--to--keep--the--creativity--going... Is drinking alone really such a bad thing??? How are the rest of you doing?
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Post by dasmith2 on May 8, 2017 0:04:10 GMT
And ran out of ATG tape, replacement is on the way. I broke out my trusty glue stick
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Post by sleepingbooty on May 8, 2017 1:18:03 GMT
I just want to share a silly anecdote about tonight. The iNSD weekend is coming to an end and I finally got my scrappy spark back! I've been scrapping with less enthusiasm this year but still managing to sort of keep up to date with it. I moved over to hybrid for a while, feeling myself wanting to do something the "old" way with papers again but not quite getting there and, in an attempt to just continue documenting, give up on buying a few new papers and embellishments to get my groove going again. And then, tonight, it was finally the end of far too many months of fear, anxiety and stress. We had friends over, drank wine, cut up fresh baguettes and served them with loads of smelly French cheeses, held our breath at 8PM when our next president's name was announced, and burst into applaud, a few relieved yells straight from the heart and many bises to congratulate each other. Of course, life isn't suddenly perfect. And there's no promise that this president will manage to make some good changes. But there's hope on the horizon and the confirmation that a majority refuses the darkness of the extreme right. That feeling that openness and positivity was chosen over values of withdrawal and blame-another-ism, however, is inimitable and genuine. My heart is full. And I only realise now how hard these past months have been. Living under siege, the real possibility of a terrorist attack always looming over your head, negative discourse being held by so many - especially from the political elite, waiting as the future of your nation (which I love dearly) hangs in the balance, knowing the inverted age pyramid means that an aging generation will weigh heavily in deciding what happens to the younger ones I'm part of, it has been truly exhausting. Around 2AM, our friends started leaving. We finished clearing up. Sat down on the sofa to finish the last drops of wine left. My boyfriend put on Ed Sheeran's last album, I took my laptop and burst into tears. Proper sobbing for a good minute straight. Maybe even two. Hot thick tears. I finally had that moment of private epiphany of what it meant emotionally. It felt wonderful. And I didn't even care that I smudged his T-shirt with my mascara while I hiccuped my way through ALL the feels. Should've worn waterproof for election night! A teary panda-eyed but smiling selfie of us later #DocumentersWillDocument, I'm picking some papers from my favourite online scrap store and creating my little cohesive collection to scrap the end of the political campaign. My playful scrap groove is back! All of a sudden, out of nowhere, I feel like myself again. And it feels great... So, I've come late to the iNSD party and almost everyone is gone but I just had to share how relieved I feel to be back to my old self, ridden of all the uncertainty and stress. (There was no space in my head to cope with thinking about buying a set of pretty papers. My brain was working overtime to keep me calm and composed as the political time bomb was ticking away.) I can't wait to get my tiny order of a few papers and embellishemens so I can play with the pictures of these past couple weeks. I can't wait to sleep in tomorrow (oh, the joy of having a public holiday the day after such a major election), go for a walk to pick up some newspapers, take photos of the headlines, of the warm spring weather, of the clear blue sky, of us as a bunch of happy and hopeful folks. Sorry for this silly late-night confession. I'm tired, full of emotion but I needed to share this happy moment with fellow scrappers who might understand what it feels like when things finally get better and you become unstuck.
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Post by grammadee on May 8, 2017 3:15:09 GMT
Thanks for sharing, sleepingbooty ! I am never able to scrap when I am worried or sad or angry, so I totally get it! And I think your scrappy plans are what scrapbooking is all about! Other people may feel the joy, but scrapbookers find a way to express it in ways that can be relived over and over! Feel free to extend iNSD into your holiday Monday!
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Post by dasmith2 on May 8, 2017 7:28:18 GMT
I think I ended up with 13 pages done this weekend which is a lot for me. I really found that scrapping was great therapy this weekend Did everyone enjoy their weekend?
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Post by LavenderLayoutLady on May 8, 2017 10:17:41 GMT
Did everyone enjoy their weekend? I did. And still am. I think I'm going to keep this scrappy ball rolling and continue to work on my layouts. sleepingbooty The happiness in your post is wonderful.
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