Biggest crafty regret

Oh! I thought of another one. Prima flowers. I have FAR too many Prima flowers. And I have no idea how to use them effectively on cards or scrapbook pages.

The biggest regret I have is buying the little things. You know the stuff that’s cheap—so you pick it up. Not because you love it. But because it’s cheap and you could make it work someday.

I should have just saved my money and bought what I wanted.


I no longer do that, but all that money and stuff that has been purged. Such a waste.

People will definitely buy the Basic Grey. You might be able to get full price for Basic Grey because it is coveted but when pricing paper I choose to go cheap, because my theory is that the goal is to get rid of something that is taking up space in my house- any money is a bonus. I sold a bunch of stuff at a garage sale a couple of years ago- I sold it for incredibly cheap but it made me so happy to see it flying out of there- my craft supplies were some of my best sellers. There was a teenager that left with a huge pile of it and it made me happy to fuel her craftiness.

What lines of Basic Grey do you have? I'm willing to pay full price if it is a line I want.

I heavily purged a couple of years ago and I regret getting rid of some of my papers- especially the Chatterbox. I brought a lot of different papers to school for my art kids to cut up, which they love, but sometimes I see a scrap of beautiful pink/purple Chatterbox and it makes me sad.

I regret the raw chipboard, because I was too lazy to cover it, but again, I took it to school and the kids like to trace them.

I regret any epoxy I bought, because I've had to pull it off of old layouts (it all yellowed) and find other things to put in it's place. I regret October Afternoon Flair- it is so cute but it rusts and I can't figure out how to get it off the page without tearing the layout.

I'm sure I'll think of more stuff later.

Yes to regretting epoxy! I wish Doodlebug would find another material to make their cute embellishments. I am always tempted, then have to remind myself that it will yellow.

Regarding getting flair off the page - have you tried Undu adhesive remover? It works great!

I don’t have many regrets. I have been able to sell on everything I shouldn’t have purchased or didn’t get enough use out of.

The one thing I do regret and wish I could purge completely is my 12x12 paper.

I do not do 12x12 layouts and never have done. I dabbled with the idea and made about five layouts before I decided it wasn’t for me.

I now have a load of 12x12 paper that is cumbersome to sell on. I need to start cutting it up and using it for pocket pages.

Buying items just because they were a good deal. I’m talking to you, Tuesday Morning! I also regret buying cutesy stamps.

I did a huge purge about a month ago. I felt so guilty about wasting so much money, but it was a relief to get rid of that stuff.

I donated a bunch of it to our local library. Some I tossed out.

Most of my regrettable buys are things that were trendy. I didn’t really like them in the first place but I got sucked in. Foam stamps with acrylic paint, the grunge look, and unfinished chip board are high on the list. The big one is the original Cricut and, of course, all those cartridges. It was just too much work and too many choices for me.

coloradocropper LOL at the Blade Runner. People at crops and on forums would talk about how awful that thing was. It became kind of a joke. Thank goodness I was warned off of that one.

yep!

Me too!!

I regret the MM Slice and allllll the cartridges I bought on clearance. That thing worked great... two or three times. Then it started cutting wonky, and it was already discontinued. As a cardmaker, it was *in theory* kinda the perfect cutter: scalable, but small footprint (unlike the Cricut).

Which leads me to another regret. *sigh* Allllll those Cricut catridges. I got an old-school Cricut as a hand-me-down, so the price of the MACHINE was right, but the cartridges were not that cheap. And because it takes up so much room to use, I rarely get it out. And because I so rarely get it out, every time I use it is like the first time - I have to read the manual and re-learn how it works.

I use my Gemini and dies all the time! I don't know why I can't get into the groove with the electronic cutters.

Christmas stuff might be another regret. I am helpless before beautiful Christmas papers, sentiments, embossing folders, etc. I could happily make Christmas cards for the rest of my life with what I already have, but every year I manage to buy some new bit of Christmas loveliness. I need to purge the cheap stuff and the random wood-mounted snowman stamps.

My cricut.

My dh gave me one for Christmas one year and it was so unbelievable sweet but I've used it maybe 10 times.

I would LOVE to get rid of it but have no idea who would even want it.

I guess if I really think about it, it was just too much for me to deal with. I am disabled with limited use of my hands and not having any place for it to be easily accessed was the biggest issue along with the cost of the cartridges.  If I had a bigger crafty place then I could have it setup and ready to use but I don't so it sits in my closet.  I will get it out and try to sell it.