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Post by artbabe on Dec 23, 2022 16:03:11 GMT
I was looking through my old embellishment stash and I keep running across old things that were in vogue and now have totally disappeared.
Fibers
License Plates
Metal words (loved Making Memories!)
Fabric labels (like those found in the neck of t-shirts)
I remember bottle caps, too, but I never understood or purchased that one.
What embellishment trends do you remember?
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Post by honeypea on Dec 23, 2022 16:46:30 GMT
I loved bottle caps. I still have a couple.
I used those epoxy stickers a lot and they all look terrible now.
KI memories icicles.
Dymo labels. I still use that one quite a bit.
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Post by hoopsfn on Dec 23, 2022 16:53:40 GMT
Off the top of my head (and scratching my head as to why I bought so many) are those plastic slide frames that were popular for awhile. I bought bunches of them in so many colors. And I think I used 2 total.
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Post by pinklady on Dec 23, 2022 16:55:04 GMT
Making Memories metal. I have sooooo much metal.
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Post by breetheflea on Dec 23, 2022 17:12:17 GMT
Eyelets...
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Post by mikklynn on Dec 23, 2022 17:14:20 GMT
I never understood bottle caps, either!
I am sorry I ever used those clear 1" round epoxy embellishments. You could buy sheets of them and adhere to 1" round punched papers. They all yellowed and I am working on replacing them.
I never could get the hang of using fibers that didn't look terrible to me. I donated a whole bag of them years ago.
I liked layering with Magic Mesh, but can't see myself doing that again.
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Post by MDscrapaholic on Dec 23, 2022 17:14:43 GMT
Large, shaped brads. I think they were from Making Memories.
Chipboard tags, banners, letters, everything. Never used them.
Rub-ons. I did use those a lot, but it seems I bought a lot more than I used!
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Post by scrapperal on Dec 23, 2022 17:17:19 GMT
I was looking through my old embellishment stash and I keep running across old things that were in vogue and now have totally disappeared. Fibers License Plates Metal words (loved Making Memories!) Fabric labels (like those found in the neck of t-shirts) I remember bottle caps, too, but I never understood or purchased that one. What embellishment trends do you remember? I still use fibers on my cards. Still love the metal words (but so heavy!) and fabric labels. Zippers (never used them) and straws (gave them away) |
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Post by pantsonfire on Dec 23, 2022 17:50:16 GMT
Eyelets
Brads - especially the shapes and letters
Metal - bars, letters, words, shapes
Fibers, yarn, bakers twine
Cutesy due cuts of cartoon kids for any and all topics of scrapbooking
Beads
Ribbon
Fabric word strips
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Post by Elsabelle on Dec 23, 2022 20:22:44 GMT
Bar codes. 😆 Why?
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Post by Embri on Dec 23, 2022 20:27:19 GMT
I wonder if QR codes will go that way too, someday. Relegated to nothing more than a decorative element representing a bygone era. Not that barcodes are obsolete, but the ones for layouts were not functional as far as I know. |
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Post by amysolovay on Dec 23, 2022 23:22:21 GMT
License plates haven't totally died -- at least, there's a page of license plate stickers in my brand new Simple Stories "Let's Go!" sticker book.
There was a time when anything you would see in Somerset Studio magazine got popular with paper artists. Do you all remember the Scrabble letters trend? I think it was more popular with mixed media artists, but scrapbookers did it, too. People were using Scrabble letters to spell out their sentiments on all kinds of art and paper craft pieces.
I still have a baggie full of metal letters and words from Making Memories. I also have a few small metal frames from that time period, and a bunch of eyelets. I will never stop loving eyelets, but I have slowed down on using them.
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Post by amysolovay on Dec 23, 2022 23:23:58 GMT
I must have missed the bar code trend. But yeah -- why? *scratching head, trying to figure that one out.* |
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Post by sarahsprettypapers on Dec 24, 2022 1:16:10 GMT
I just rescued a set of Karen Foster metal words from my LSS that closed up earlier this year. They were the only package left (slightly torn from just sitting there for many years, the packaging says 2004!), and they needed to go to a good home. Just doing my civic, scrappy duty! 😉
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Post by FurryP on Dec 24, 2022 4:39:17 GMT
Naked chipboard
Scrapworks - can't remember what they are called, but they were those metal shapes with prongs that you would punch thru the paper and then bend them.
Junkitz had several that are not around anymore.
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Post by Embri on Dec 24, 2022 6:20:33 GMT
Scrapworks - can't remember what they are called, but they were those metal shapes with prongs that you would punch thru the paper and then bend them. Decorative brads? Or studs. Legs all around the outside would be studs. |
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Post by FurryP on Dec 24, 2022 6:36:13 GMT
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Post by Embri on Dec 24, 2022 7:07:55 GMT
Oh yeah, those are studs alright. Neat seeing them for paper rather than fabric!
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Post by amysolovay on Dec 24, 2022 14:04:16 GMT
I thought of one more: Decorating chalks!
This trend was already on its way out, or maybe it was completely out, when I started scrapping in 2006. I discovered it, at the time, because I saw a bunch of projects in the craft magazine back issues that used it.
I wanted to try it, too. A bunch of other scrappers were unloading their chalk palettes on ebay, -- so I bid on a bunch of them. I got one big palette from Craf-T products, and I also got a Making Memories tool kit that included 3 smaller containers of chalks. Later, at a JoAnn store, I found another couple of smaller chalk palettes.
I still have all of them and still use them all.
I'm reasonably sure none of the dedicated scrapbooking chalk I have is archival quality, but I love it. I have wondered if it would be the same thing to just buy colored chalk from the kiddie art supplies aisles at JoAnn or Michaels and use that on my layouts.
The decorating chalk is really useful for subtly changing paper colors in a small area or adding color to an area that needs it.
It's a little messy, because some chalk dust escapes with each application. However, it's way easier and less messy than inking -- without the need for the extended cleanup you have to do when you use ink. I usually apply the chalk with cotton swabs or spongy makeup applicators. I just keep an applicator for each of my most frequently-used colors so they don't need to be washed after use each time. I do wash them every once in awhile if I notice them getting dusty or yucky, but other than that, cleanup is as easy as just putting them away when I'm finished using them.
As easy and useful as the decorating chalk is, I'm puzzled that this stuff ever went out of style. I love ink blending but HATE cleaning up after it, so it is a no-brainer to reach for chalks instead of inks when I'm just trying to apply a quick bit of color to an area that needs it.
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Post by Embri on Dec 24, 2022 14:41:04 GMT
I'm reasonably sure none of the dedicated scrapbooking chalk I have is archival quality, but I love it. I have wondered if it would be the same thing to just buy colored chalk from the kiddie art supplies aisles at JoAnn or Michaels and use that on my layouts. Sounds like soft pastels or conté. Both are traditional art supplies. They're quite different from children's chalk, which is calcium carbonate. Soft pastels are mostly pigment, bound with resin or a gum base. People get them confused because they're sometimes called chalk pastels, when there's no chalk in them. |
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Post by artbabe on Dec 24, 2022 15:57:29 GMT
I just used KI Memories icicles on a layout! I need to put that on the sharing page.
I also had Scrapwork Hugz. I wonder if those are still hiding in my stash somewhere.
I remember when eyelets were huge. I have no idea where my eyelet setter is now.
Brads- all sizes and shapes. I still pull those out once in a while. I just used some very old star shaped ones on a layout. A Cherry on Top still has shaped ones and I'm tempted to buy a few kinds- I think they have beer and cats, and I could use both.
Lots of metal. Lots and lots of metal. Making Memories had all kinds and I loved all of it. I'm only bummed because some of them had eyelet attachments, and again, I have no idea where my eyelet setter is. I really need to use up my non-eyelet stash though.
Film strips were popular for a hot minute. I still have a roll of Tim Holtz film. And I remember the slide frames too.
I definitely chalked a lot of layouts. I mostly used it around the edges of the paper. I've replaced that with ink.
Flowers. Oh my gosh, flowers, flowers, flowers. I think that went on for several years. Remember when everyone collected bottles and bottles of them? I still have quite a few. I scrapbooked boys and I always took it as a challenge to sneak a flower on a boy layout.
I had so much naked chipboard and I was always too lazy to cover it with paper. I had the little file you used to sand the edges smooth. I have no idea where that is, either. Most of the time I either painted the chipboard or used it naked. Who has time for all of that cutting, gluing, and sanding? I've kept some of it but I took a lot to school for my students to trace around.
October Afternoon mini letter stickers. I think that type of alphabet is coming back, though. I've noticed them in some lines lately.
There was a line called Architecture (Ranger, maybe?) that had all kinds of hinges and fleur de lis, gingerbread, and other architectural elements. The pieces were resin, metal, and glass. I still have some of that saved up, too. I haven't done a vintage/heritage style layout lately- I need to try to use that up, too. That line also included really nice rub ons.
I also remember printed acetate pieces that you layered over your photos. I used those a couple of times.
Flags- October Afternoon used those a lot at one point- Basically die cuts mounted on toothpicks. I liked those but I really should have made my own.
Pins- both sewing type picks and pins with caps for the points. I never understood using the ones without caps. Ouch.
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Post by amysolovay on Dec 24, 2022 18:21:01 GMT
I'm reasonably sure none of the dedicated scrapbooking chalk I have is archival quality, but I love it. I have wondered if it would be the same thing to just buy colored chalk from the kiddie art supplies aisles at JoAnn or Michaels and use that on my layouts. Sounds like soft pastels or conté. Both are traditional art supplies. They're quite different from children's chalk, which is calcium carbonate. Soft pastels are mostly pigment, bound with resin or a gum base. People get them confused because they're sometimes called chalk pastels, when there's no chalk in them. Nope. That's a good guess, but I can say for sure that these decorating chalks are not either soft pastels or conte crayons. I have worked with soft pastels a little bit and extensively with conte crayon (I was a studio art minor in college). The decorating chalks I'm referring to are exactly like children's chalks in texture, but back in the day, they were available in actual palettes, sort of like eyeshadow palettes. Edited to add: I have no idea what the chemical composition of these is, though... |
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Post by amysolovay on Dec 24, 2022 18:46:02 GMT
Artbabe, I sure hope you can find your eyelet setter. The one I use is a cheapie that cost all of 3 bucks when I bought it back in 2006ish. I just looked for one online now, and couldn't find any except the We R Memory Keepers one that looks like a Crop-a-Dile. I'm guessing that one is probably worth the money, but ouch, you'd have to really want to set a lot of eyelets to make that investment.
YES, I totally remember the jars of flowers that everyone had. I think people were using them as scrap room decorations as much as they were using them for embellishing their layouts, haha. Those were the days, weren't they?
Re "Architecture" -- Now that you mention it, I vaguely remember a brand called "Architexture". Is it possible that is the brand you're thinking of? But maybe it isn't; I'm not sure whether the brand I'm thinking of had any association with Ranger. I wish I could remember the details better...but I just don't.
I definitely remember the acetate sheets. I used to have a website dedicated to clear albums, and I used a lot of those acetate sheets on the clear albums I used to make. I used bunches of Hambly transparencies, but there were a lot of other fantastic brands making transparencies besides Hambly. There were lots of vellum papers and embellishments, too, come to think of it.
If anyone needs the digital version of those slide frames, Katie Pertiet has bunches of those available at her website. I have a few of them from her digital kits I downloaded, and I have been printing some of my 2"x2" pics with those frames already attached. I think they are cute if used in moderation.
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Post by Embri on Dec 24, 2022 20:19:32 GMT
Sounds like soft pastels or conté. Both are traditional art supplies. They're quite different from children's chalk, which is calcium carbonate. Soft pastels are mostly pigment, bound with resin or a gum base. People get them confused because they're sometimes called chalk pastels, when there's no chalk in them. Nope. That's a good guess, but I can say for sure that these decorating chalks are not either soft pastels or conte crayons. I have worked with soft pastels a little bit and extensively with conte crayon (I was a studio art minor in college). The decorating chalks I'm referring to are exactly like children's chalks in texture, but back in the day, they were available in actual palettes, sort of like eyeshadow palettes. Edited to add: I have no idea what the chemical composition of these is, though... Huh, interesting! I've no idea then what those could be. Maybe they are some kind of chalk-pigment-binder hybrid? Conté and soft pastels are both rather expensive, so that could make sense if they were trying to cut down on the cost? |
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Post by grammadee on Dec 24, 2022 21:56:50 GMT
Still use eyelets and brads.
Really miss magic mesh.
Don’t miss rub ons.
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Post by AussieMeg on Dec 24, 2022 22:05:12 GMT
Making Memories metal. I have sooooo much metal. Me too! I loved the MM metal embellishments, and had a ton of them. I was saving them for special layouts, and then of course I stopped scrapping and most of them didn't get used. Grrrr. I also had a gazillion and fifty eyelets and brads in every colour and shape under the sun. |
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Post by artbabe on Dec 27, 2022 17:52:23 GMT
Nope. That's a good guess, but I can say for sure that these decorating chalks are not either soft pastels or conte crayons. I have worked with soft pastels a little bit and extensively with conte crayon (I was a studio art minor in college). The decorating chalks I'm referring to are exactly like children's chalks in texture, but back in the day, they were available in actual palettes, sort of like eyeshadow palettes. Edited to add: I have no idea what the chemical composition of these is, though... Huh, interesting! I've no idea then what those could be. Maybe they are some kind of chalk-pigment-binder hybrid? Conté and soft pastels are both rather expensive, so that could make sense if they were trying to cut down on the cost? I think they were just very pigmented children type chalk. I also use to work with soft pastels quite a bit and the scrapbook palette chalks didn't seem like that. I think they were a lot less powdery than soft pastels. There wasn't a lot of fallout. |
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Post by papersilly on Dec 27, 2022 18:46:11 GMT
Making Memories metal. I have sooooo much metal. not just MM but other brands for me too. i love metals and that's why i struggle with purging them. i got rid of all my epoxy and fabric stuff but the metals are harder to toss. |
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Post by artbabe on Dec 28, 2022 15:19:04 GMT
Someone mentioned staples in another thread. I forgot how popular that used to be. I love my tiny attacher and used to use it a lot. Time to dig that out, too.
I also remember when hand stitching and machine stitching were all the rage.
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Post by disneypal on Dec 28, 2022 15:29:01 GMT
That was the first thing that came to mind. I LOVED eyelets (actually I still love them, but don't really use them much anymore). I never was a fan of think and bulky embellishments like the bottle caps |
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