s/o....products you could live without

I'm a pretty quick and simple scrapper so anything that has to sit and dry I could live without.

I own a few mists and even fewer Liquid Pearls, and I hate waiting for them to dry.

So many of my early 2000s layouts have embellishments with issues - yellowing, cracking, drying out. So now I'm paper only for layouts. Slowly using up some of the okay lumpy stuff for cards.
Crappy adhesives. I stick with the tried and true ATG Gold tape after having to re-assemble many layouts and gift albums that fell apart.

Punches - never remember to use the few I have.
Stamps - mostly use them for planning, not scrapping.

* cork embellishments
* glitter anything
* metal embellishments
* washi tape. I have some, but I do not buy it any longer since a bunch of it went bad.
* Any embellishments that are the new version of the Making Memories embellishments that yellowed (forgot their name). I know the new ones will eventually warp.
* Thick chipboard embellishments. I only like thin ones.
* Wood embellishments. I use some, but I can live without them.


Oh my, you tricked me into getting rid of more stuff! You did that on purpose, right msupea?

Spray mists. Most of them have clogged, and I get so frustrated when I go to use them that I end up not using them at all. I keep them around to splatter, but then I forget to do that too.

So, in other words, what do i own that I have to "force" myself to use?

Washi. Cork. Flair. Acetate shapes/embellies. Clear stickers.


Love all these things! Don't use my stamps as much as I should, but in cardmaking they are front and centre. Likewise the bone folder. The teflon bone folder is a game changer.

I've pretty much weeded out what I don't use, but here are some...

Tim Holtz Grunge Board (why oh why did I need so much of that)
Foam letter stamps for acrylic paint
buttons
bulky embellishments, think those flattened pop can tops
A LOT of stickers
cheap crappy stamps that don't stamp well. I just got them because they were cheap when I first started stamping.
I actually have a real problem with stamps. I love them, use them a ton, get bored and don't want to use them anymore. I really need to quit buying stamps.

Pink
Floral anything
Epoxy anything (it all sadly yellows, even those adorable Doodlebug white snowmen, and no one wants yellow snowmen!)

I'm bad, but my answer is SO MUCH!

I don't use any metals anymore. I learned that I hate the dents they make in my pages from my first album.

Clear epoxy just yellows, so that's a no-no.

Absolutely no to loose glitter. I'm too accident prone for that.

I just tossed the last of my washi recently. The adhesive had gone bad and it wouldn't peel right.

Cork and rubber embellishments. They tend to go bad on layouts, so I never used them.

Wood embellishments are so cute, but too thick for me. Same for buttons.

Messy things like pastes, alcohol inks, loose glitter, etc.
Metal embellishments
Washi tape

Yes, mists are definitely on the list for me too... I bought a bunch from SC years ago and have barely used them. 😳 The only two I have used regularly are Tsukineko shimmer spray and HS gold... but the others, nope ... 🤷‍♀️

I try to keep my spreads simple, so I don't do embellishments. I don't like the bulky look of them. I try to just stick with paper and some stickers, but not a lot. I want the pictures to tell the story.

I have a lot of ideas for a future scrapbook for a trip we've not even taken, and I think the only really embellishments I'll add (except for things from the trip like maps, tickets, and the like) are Thickers stickers and that'll be on a 2-page spread.

I just printed out a list of items in my scrap room that I created years ago so I wouldn't forget anything when I went to a crop. I am going to make an alphabetical list of it (plus all of the newer items -no Nuvo drops!). From this new list, I'll make a Take Five (or some version of that so I am constantly reminded of all of the crap, um, precious items I have to create my layouts. I went into a couple of boxes that have been neatly sitting in my closet last night and had a walk down memory lane. I need to use up more of what I have.

-washi tape
-flat, glossy stickers (i feel like a 5 year old when i use them. lol)
-glitter

I know!! what was I thinking?!

Also, everything else you said and everything else everyone said. I do not know what I was thinking with stamps and punches (except circle, square and heart)