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Oh! I was an inker too, but specifically a brown inker. On everything. Then I noticed one of my friends who inked the edges in a matching colour and it was such a lightbulb moment for me. I like the subtle dimension that an inked edge can give and I feel that it hides the white edge I get when I cut my PP and makes it looks finished, but now that I have been inking in a colour that coordinates well with whatever I have cut I like it so much better. Now the only time I ink in a brown is if I am working with a cream based collection and the die cuts/stickers have a white border (why do they do that?).

I mat my photos. All my photos. Even those going into pocket pages get trimmed down and matted. I want to break free and actually consider if a photo mat is needed. I am recovering as I used to be a triple or quadruple photo matter, but I want to get better at evaluating if a mat is required, or if I am just doing it out of habit.

Oh me too! Cat's Eye Chestnut Roan. On everything. I'd still be doing it too, if they hadn't gone out of business!

Oh Chestnut Roan, you were my favorite brown ink! I bought a few inkpads when they went out of business but when I checked them all recently they were all dried out. I did try an ink refresher spray which worked a couple of times but the color was a bit off.

i want to stop accumulating scraps. that would be a huge step forward for me.

that's a good idea! i've been cutting mine down with tab punches.  i use tabs quite a bit in junk journals but now i have a million tabs.  i feel like i'm hoarding scraps like i got wind of a paper famine. LOL. i just need to stop. 

I used to mat all of my photos and journaling. I think pocket scrapping cured me of this.

I used to hoard supplies and really struggled to use them. I had a eleventyhundred step mental evaluation process to determine if my project deserved to use XYZ.

Now I realize the only wasted supplies are the supplies that don’t get used.

I used to .... scrapbook?

I haven't made a page since February, I think 

me too c. 2002/3

I used to...peruse entire walls bursting with a rainbow of Bazzill cardstock, aisles filled with multiple racks of patterned papers, pegs full of embellishments & tools, etc. I miss LSSs (including Memories & Archivers locations), the in-person supply shopping experience, & the plethora & diversity of companies, styles, & creativity in the industry during its heyday.  

For me, it’s more of an ongoing tendency I need to quit.

I keep almost every scrap of paper. I do sort it by color, though, and I do use scraps. The problem is that I have so much paper (thanks to working at the LSS back when I had one, and to the former glory days of TM hauls), that I don’t need to hoard scraps. However, I am also a card maker, and the youngest daughter of parents who lived through the Depression, so throwing away something in good condition that can be used for something else just goes against my upbringing.

Pre-covid, I taught a card class and sometimes got out my scraps and die cuts for the class members and let my group of gals make cards with them. I’m not going back to doing classes anytime soon. In the meantime, the scraps and die cuts seem to multiply like rabbits……

I used to say I would never get into stamping because stamps are not cheap and the more themed ones have limited use. Inks are not cheap either if you want a whole rainbow of colors.

Well....at least 1/4 of my craft room is dedicated to stamping related tools/supplies. Cards are like a mini scrapbook page that I can finish so much faster, and no photos needed!

Well, I've gone through a couple phases. First, I really like VersaMagic Jumbo Java chalk ink. www.franticstamper.com/Tsukineko-Versamagic-Dew-Drop--Jumbo-Java_p_47226.html It's by Tsukineko, and I haven't been able to find it locally lately, although it used to be in a 4 pack from M's or JA. I do use the Tsukineko Brilliance Jumbo Java pigment ink though. JA still has that.

I also have been doing (as Shimelle does) use Distress Dye ink in Walnut Stain with a foam dauber, but now I have kind of switched to using VersaFine Clair in Pinecone with a dauber.