Scrappy CONFESSIONAL: unpopular opinions, spending, etc.

I love the look of glitter/texture paste with stencils but I hate, hate, HATE cleaning paste off stencils so much that I would totally throw them away after using them if it weren't so irresponsible and expensive to do so! Instead, I just never use my pastes or stencils! Foolproof strategy, right?

Pink is my signature color. And one of dd's favorites so I like pink for her.

We totally need a spin off thread to dissect this one! I am right there with you :-)

1. I also like pink lol
2. I do not like the style of basic grey papers and I don’t understand the constant basic grey nostalgia on this board

I like pink, flowers, and cute. I even like the kawaii faces, but even though I love Doodlebug they seem to be running them into the ground.

I have never been a big shopper or collector but once I started scrapbooking I had to have it all. I keep thinking there will be a day when I am tired of it but I still get excited seeing new collections and thinking how I could use them. And yes there are times when I am glad my scrapbook delivery gets there when nobody else is home although nobody would scold me for it.

Got turned off from “celebrity” scrapbookers when companies like CK started making scrapbooking competitive with contests like the “Hall of Fame”. I volunteered at a scrapbook convention at the height of it and heard some mean girl comments from some of the “celebrities” in scrapbooking that people at 2 Peas worshipped which really turned me off.

I am a slow scrapbooker. My first crop was with CM and I still remember the CMC giving a prize for the most pages done. People were churning out pages, slapping down pictures with a triangle or sticker sneeze, and I knew then I would rather go at my own pace and be pleased with my pages.

I don’t care if I use products that are “old”, I get a kick when I use something that has been in my stash forever and I still love things I bought when I started in the 90’s.

I don’t buy mixed media stuff any more because it seems like by the time I use it the stuff is dried up. I love the options with having cutting machines but sometimes when I think of cutting something out with a bunch of pieces I get too lazy. Funny because when I first started scrapbooking I used to hand cut letters and shapes from stencils.

I hate other peoples handwriting in my album. It’s hard for me to use it. I cringe at “get someone else’s voice in your album” challenges.

I scrapbook for me. Don’t really care about the future generations and if they get my “story”. My kids can burn all my albums when I die and I would not care a lick.

I don’t journal on every layout. I frequently scrap a ton of one or two photo layouts on one event / subject and don’t feel the need to journal.

Sometimes I “phone it in” on a layout and that’s perfectly fine. I don’t feel the need to be some super creative mind blowing person on every layout.

I do what I want. Period.

I thought of another confession. I like choices. I like that I have several paper collections for my most used themes to choose from. I love mixing and matching papers, stickers, embellishments, all of it on my pages. I am also maybe a little glad that I don't have the temptation of Tuesday Morning anymore, I grew my stash quite a bit due to TM-and now I want to pare down the consumables a bit through using them instead of growing my stash!

I’m one of those BG nostalgia people. For me, I have a reason why. It was the first paper company that I fell head over heels in love with. It was the elephant paper from Oh, Baby! Girl. I couldn’t believe it cost about $15 for some paper and letter stickers. I was a newlywed and new teacher. Spending that much on paper…it was mind boggling to me. It didn’t stop me from looking at it, petting it, and falling even more in love each and every time I saw it. Every time I pull out any BG to use, I’m transported back to that first moment of love and feel it all over again. 

There are very few things in my life that bring such strong positive feelings - Paper Mario, Zelda Wind Waker, lilacs, and using the ice cream cone cookie cutter to make Christmas cookies. The Basic Grey stuff (it’s delicious!*) is one thing I can use regularly compared to other super nostalgic things on my list. 

*sorry…it “grey stuff” appears together, I break out into song. Daughter (13) hates it but my third graders love it and will sing along. 😂

I loved BG Christmas lines and a few others. The oranges and greys and blues. The links and greys and teals. Sigh.

I like your rules!

My niece took snorkeling photos of my grandson with her underwater camera. I begged for them, was promised them, will never get them.

ETA - I love pink, too.

I don’t like…..
Pink,wood veneer,metal anything,pink,Ali edwards handwriting,or …gasp…project life cards…..😵‍💫😜

I’m in the process of trying to organize stuff in my craft room. At the moment, patterned paper and collections. Here’s my confession - I have more patterned paper than I can use in a lifetime but I have a hard time getting rid of any of it. Side note - I absolutely hate the word purge. Even though I already have a lot, I keep buying more supplies. For example, we’ve only been to Disney World 3 times and don’t have plans to go any time in the near future. I have more than enough stuff to scrap those trips but the new Simple Stories collections are so tempting.

I miss the height of scrapbooking when there were so many kit companies. There was even a message board dedicated to kit clubs. I miss the excitement of the first of the month, seeing new kits. For a while, Not Just for Boys Kit club filled that gap. I like the page kits bit miss the bigger kits. None of the other clubs are appealing to me. Most are too pink or flowery or use too much American crafts. Here’s my next confession (don’t hate me) I don’t like Maggie Holmes, Amy Tan, Paige Evans or Vicki Boutin collections. I like watching Vicki’s you tube videos, I think she’s incredibly talented and creative, but I think her collections would be challenging for me to use.

Jennifer McGuire could sell ice to an Eskimo. Her favorite things videos, even the older ones, are dangerous to watch.

I keep buying stencils, but have only used a few of them.

I’m on team anything but pink (and orange.  My 2 least favorite colors, especially together)

I have major FOMO. I overspend on supplies, especially stamps and I don’t use them nearly enough. Recently I’ve caught myself buying duplicates of stamps I already own ugh. If Ali Edwards ever goes out of business I’ll be able to make DITL & WITL albums until the end of time.

Since I’m working on my PL right now I am currently annoyed with how inconsistent the pockets are on page protectors and how it feels like everything will just fall out.

I also get annoyed with small business owners & creatives who preach “shop small” and then spend their busy season whining about how burned out, overwhelmed they are. I don’t need to hear about your social media whoas, or breaks. I love the Commit30 planner but the owner really needs to outsource their social media.