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Post by artisticscrapper on Feb 25, 2021 3:15:04 GMT
Now that I’m back into scrapping I’ve taken a tour of my ‘permanent’ stash, especially stamps and dies. I’m challenging myself to use each one on a layout or card within the next six months. If the stamp or die is part of a set it counts for the whole. Christmas themes don’t count since I won’t use them in this time period. I think this will help me to see what I like and what’s just sitting there looking nice but being useless.
Anyone else have a personal crafting challenge to share?
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Post by 950nancy on Feb 25, 2021 3:19:02 GMT
Right now my personal challenge is to finish my last vacation book. I only have maybe 8 more double layouts to go. Not sure why this one is so hard to finish. I keep doing anything but working on those pages.
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Post by cmpeter on Feb 25, 2021 3:21:03 GMT
Just to keep up with weekly PL. I haven’t missed a week this year...although the year is young. :-)
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msliz
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Post by msliz on Feb 25, 2021 3:27:01 GMT
I once set myself a challenge for one of my vacation scrapbook projects. For the entire album, I was only allowed to use scraps, washi, and a pack of this paper I wasn't happy with, and my background papers were the white reverse sides of some of the ugliest papers in my stash. (When you buy pads of paper, sometimes you only like half of what's in there, but you don't want to waste, so ... )
I think your die challenge is a great idea. I have a bunch of alphabet stamps I don't reach for anymore. Once I bought a die cut machine, my titles were just easier to make that way. But stamps are nice too, and sometimes it's worth it to make the extra effort.
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Post by Jessica on Feb 25, 2021 3:27:24 GMT
My current challenge is to finish 2018 PL by the end of the month. I'm currently scrapping Thanksgiving so this is doable. I'm then planning to start 2019 and my goal is to use a stamp on each page...I'm making up for lost mojo and I've been in a total groove. To help with that, I join in on the 2peas crops when I can. It's got the social benefits of a crop but the benefits of scrapping from home with all your stuff. Anyway, I digress. Good luck with your challenge!
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scrappinwithoutpeas
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Post by scrappinwithoutpeas on Feb 25, 2021 3:30:39 GMT
"Finding time in the work week to scrap" probably doesn't count, huh? I work full-time (currently WFH), and even without my commute, I still find it difficult to have time leftover for scrapping on most weeknights.
I am trying to challenge myself to use more of the hundreds of letter stickers I purchased (in every possible font, size & color) before I got my Cameo and started cutting all my page titles & embellishment words electronically.
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vexedangel
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Post by vexedangel on Feb 25, 2021 3:52:29 GMT
I have a few this year. My 3 biggest right now are 1)use 2021 items, 2)frozen til 50 pages(challenge here), and 3)20 layouts for our first Disney album. I like your plan!!
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Post by huskermom98 on Feb 25, 2021 4:16:30 GMT
I had challenged myself to finish baseball 2019 pictures before my annual crop in mid-March, but then I tested positive for Covid on 2/9 & had to isolate in my bedroom. I mostly felt like I had a bad cold, but I still didn't feel like scrapping. Once I did feel better it was either too cold to be at my desk in the always-cold-in-the-winter basement or I didn't want to disrupt DH who was working from home in the same basement while we were all quarantined. He goes back to work tomorrow so maybe I can get more done...either way I'm not taking baseball pictures to my crop...not when I have lots of football & soccer pictures to do too!
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cbscrapper
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Post by cbscrapper on Feb 25, 2021 5:20:15 GMT
I’m challenging myself to use my stamps in my 2020 JYC/DD album that I’m currently working on, and to finish that album soon! I’m also doing the 50 layout challenge, and am about halfway. I’m hoping for some progress on all fronts this weekend!
I like your idea of sorting through stamps and dies and using unopened packages - I may take on that challenge once I’ve finished Christmas.
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breetheflea
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Post by breetheflea on Feb 25, 2021 14:16:32 GMT
I try to stamp something on every page, even if it's just the date.
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Post by Citygirl on Feb 25, 2021 15:11:37 GMT
I need a challenge to use my stamps more!
Right now I’m doing a LOAD challenge for February and have kept up. My yearly challenge is at least one dedicated craft day per month & make at least one art journal page every month.
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Post by grammadee on Feb 25, 2021 15:27:16 GMT
Great question, artisticscrapper. If I challenged myself to Use. Every. Stamp. I would have to give myself longer than six months, I think! Just finished the 50 page challenge without buying any new supplies, and probably could do another 500 if I wanted to, but I love the new pretties, so I let myself off that wagon. I need to assemble my dgs's album(s) for his high school graduation. Most of the pages have been copied from family album pages, but I need to do get them into page protectors, see what is missing, and then do any pages needed to fill the gaps. And get the original pages back into their proper albums. At some point I should probably scrap the cruise I was on in 2016 when I got called back for my brother's funeral. Have the photos all sorted, the day to day journaling done, a giant tub of Travel scrappy supplies: just need to get it assembled onto pages. BTW, does anyone know of a die or a stamp with a small donkey? On that cruise, I took my dgs's toy donkey Jack, and many of the photographs--and most of the highlights--have a pic of Jack in them. I was thinking of adding a small donkey image on each LO (you know, like people add little Mickey ears...)
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Post by Really Red on Feb 25, 2021 16:06:27 GMT
It's all 3 of my kids' "golden" birthday this year (the day the turn the same number as their birth day). I am DETERMINED to make them a book of their lives 0-18. I have a few months to get this done
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jediannie
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Post by jediannie on Feb 25, 2021 17:04:32 GMT
My challenge is to use the plethora of embellishments I have. I tend to make basic layouts with little embellishment mainly because I forget what I have and now that I have them all organized I'm hoping it will be easier to search through. I also like the stamp challenge, to use stamps on every layout. That would definitely take me all year or more! LOL
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Post by karinec on Feb 25, 2021 18:43:02 GMT
Ugh just trying to finish my DD and my PL album before I have to finish packing my scrap room for moving. Gonna be tight, I’ve only got til the end of next week.
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Post by tc on Feb 25, 2021 18:43:22 GMT
I suppose you mean beyond, um, START? I still like scrapbooking, but my craft time for the last few years has focused on cards, cross stitching, and gift creation. I thought I'd be the mom who had a completed baby book and a scrapbook per year for their kid. Uh, not so much my reality. My kid turns 8 in a few weeks and there's not much by way of scrapbooking to show for his life. And the baby book never did get filled out. My goal at this point is 1 page a month for our family album with the opposite page being a calendar that has journaling/notes on events we attended/did that month. And I can't even seem to do that. I got a little caught up at the start of the pandemic because I was WFH and didn't have the travel time taken out of my day anymore - but I went back to the office and that catch up fell apart too. I'd like to at least get our family album (remember, one page per month) caught up. And then try to tackle the stacks and stacks of memorabilia I kept around hoping to get back into a regular scrapbooking habit. My other problem is I'm a scrapbooker who neglects to take photos in the moment! So I have to beg my DH to scroll through his album of more than 10K photos to find some event from July 2019 and he is, understandably, reluctant.
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Post by melanieg on Feb 25, 2021 19:51:44 GMT
My friend and I did "some" shopping on the CTMH Boxing week sale. We have an agreement that we have to use everything we ordered this year. We dont have to use up an entire paper pack or package of card backs, but we do have to use some of it.
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scrapnnana
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Post by scrapnnana on Feb 25, 2021 20:04:30 GMT
Just doing it.
I have a page in progress that has been sitting on my craft table for weeks. It’s part of the Disney album that I have been working on here and there for at least a couple of years.
Cards are just so much quicker, so when I have a few minutes to craft, I usually make a card. I need to make scrapbooking more of a priority.
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Post by marg on Feb 25, 2021 20:28:36 GMT
Now that I’m back into scrapping I’ve taken a tour of my ‘permanent’ stash, especially stamps and dies. I’m challenging myself to use each one on a layout or card within the next six months. If the stamp or die is part of a set it counts for the whole. Christmas themes don’t count since I won’t use them in this time period. I think this will help me to see what I like and what’s just sitting there looking nice but being useless. Anyone else have a personal crafting challenge to share? I started a personal challenge to go through my stamp sets and dies one-by-one and use each one, starting at the first one in my bin (rather than just randomly grabbing one). I keep track on the Tally app, and put a little green dot sticker on each stamp set (or die) as I use it. Since Sept. 21 when the challenge started I've made 52 cards, but some of them are duplicates.
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Post by riversong1963 on Feb 25, 2021 23:00:37 GMT
My personal challenge is to pick 3 stamps or stamp sets from my stash each month and use all of them. I'll be using other stamps and supplies with them. I think this will help me use things that I haven't used in a long time, and "might" have forgotten about.
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Post by myboysnme on Feb 28, 2021 2:28:12 GMT
My personal scrapping challenge is to organize my stash. I have been working on it steadily the last few days. I am up to my ears in paper and stickers. I am determined to make a noticeable dent this time. So far, I don't see any dent at all. It just grows and grows. The biggest challenge will be dealing with paper that doesn't fit a category in a way that I am likely to consider using it.
I know that as I organize I can put my unscrapped photos with the product I want to use. I have been able to do that with about half of my photos from the past year or so.
Which leads me to my second personal scrapping challenge. I need more scrapping time at crops. I am signing up for pretty much any crop I can. Most of them are CM crops and cost money. But I don't care. I really need to scrap almost every weekend. Right now I only have crops on 2 Fridays and 1 Saturday.
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Post by Chinagirl828 on Feb 28, 2021 3:27:43 GMT
My goal is to get some breathing room back in my storage. To do that I really need to focus on using patterned paper, blue/green embellishments, and PL cards. I also want to reduce the number of alpha stickers/thickers I own so I've been pulling out ones that are nearly used up and trying to make a last couple of words/titles before tossing them.
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Post by LavenderLayoutLady on Feb 28, 2021 20:19:34 GMT
Using up stuff is my goal.
I have a small (by pea standards) stash, and yet it feels never ending.
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Connie
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Post by Connie on Mar 1, 2021 3:02:07 GMT
I challenge myself on every layout to use something beyond paper, photos and journaling. It can be enamel dots, washi, inking, liquid media or a punch. It makes me use up my supplies which could fill a store.
PS I read your posts for years and this is my first!
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cbscrapper
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Post by cbscrapper on Mar 1, 2021 3:58:48 GMT
I challenge myself on every layout to use something beyond paper, photos and journaling. It can be enamel dots, washi, inking, liquid media or a punch. It makes me use up my supplies which could fill a store. PS I read your posts for years and this is my first! Welcome! Glad you’ve joined in the conversation!
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Post by Ramona on Mar 1, 2021 11:50:42 GMT
My personal challenge is just to keep scrapping! I do need to use up my stash, but I have a lot of pictures that I want in albums. I have told myself even if I just put the photos 4 x 6 dividers, get them in an album!!
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Post by hop2 on Mar 1, 2021 13:45:34 GMT
My goal is to figure out what I still use and make a purge box for what I don’t use. I have never really purged much of anything but I think I had better do it.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 1, 2021 15:13:20 GMT
I have a few...
1. Start scrapping again
2. Use my QuicKutz dies more often (not just cards or tags)
3. Try to mix in older papers with newer paper lines.
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