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Post by mikklynn on Jan 22, 2023 13:05:28 GMT
I've started just tossing unwanted embellishments immediately. For the most part, it's those teeny tiny ephemera pieces. Or, some element I know I will never, ever use from the ephemera package.
A little later, when I've used maybe half of a sticker sheet, I cut out the elements I think I will use, then toss the rest of the sheet.
Do you do this or is it blasphemy to you?
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Post by jeremysgirl on Jan 22, 2023 13:41:29 GMT
I do the same. Since I pocket scrap, I also take any paper I've used and cut into 4x6 or 3x4 squares and stick them with my pocket cards. Anything left gets recycled. When I scrapbook, I keep two cans beside me. One for garbage and one for recycling.
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Post by blemon on Jan 22, 2023 14:20:03 GMT
I do the same. But I have a box/envelope of stuff for a teacher at a local school who does scrapbook projects.
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Post by artbabe on Jan 22, 2023 14:36:59 GMT
I go to a scrapbook retreat every February. Anything I don't want goes into a box and I take it to the scrapbook retreat. The other people on the retreat don't shop near as much as I do so they like to go through my discarded stuff. I love how things I don't want become really fun things for them.
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Post by jediannie on Jan 22, 2023 17:56:20 GMT
I give some stuff I don't like to my 7 year old and other stuff I'll toss. I used to save all the stuff I wouldn't use in a box and send it to my friend who did cards and mini scrapbooks with her class but she doesn't do that anymore.
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Post by stormsts on Jan 22, 2023 18:01:11 GMT
Anything I know I won't ever use immediately goes in a box for my grandkids to use.
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Post by FurryP on Jan 22, 2023 18:18:06 GMT
I should do that more often. I don't do it enough. Mostly go thru it when I get around to purging or the package starts to get smaller.
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Post by ss on Jan 22, 2023 18:37:51 GMT
I WOULD NEVER
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Post by cmpeter on Jan 22, 2023 19:08:34 GMT
I generally toss them into my destash bin. Then I will offer them to a friend or take them to a retreat to give away. I've also bundled them together and given them away on our local buy nothing Facebook group.
I've also tossed a few random ones now and then that I don't think anyone would really want.
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Post by PaperAngel on Jan 23, 2023 0:44:50 GMT
I have a designated donation box in my craft room for unwanted paper scraps, embellishments, stamps, etc. Once full, I donate its contents to a local charity (recently, an after school art program for at-risk students).
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Post by papersilly on Jan 23, 2023 1:57:27 GMT
I will gather stuff up and give them away to a beginner crafter
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Post by Chinagirl828 on Jan 23, 2023 7:35:27 GMT
I happily get rid of pieces I know I'll never use, my space is just too small to store things I don't love (or even like). I really dislike all the FJ girls but I have a friend who loved them so I would save them up and periodically mail her an envelope of girls.
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Post by myboysnme on Jan 23, 2023 13:40:11 GMT
Those itty bitty hearts and little tiny stuff in an embellishment pack? They are all over my house because they fall out when I open the package. Pure trash IMO.
I rarely toss much but have gotten better abour trashing stuff at all. I trash most paper scraps smaller than 6x6.
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Post by hop2 on Jan 23, 2023 13:50:26 GMT
I’m getting better at it.
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Post by amom23 on Jan 23, 2023 15:14:14 GMT
These days I have no problem tossing anything that I realistically won't use. After all these years I know myself and my style pretty well.
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Post by christinec68 on Jan 23, 2023 15:17:03 GMT
These days I have no problem tossing anything that I realistically won't use. After all these years I know myself and my style pretty well. Same here. I don't have a system of when I purge them or anything but I don't hesitate to get rid of things I know I won't use. |
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Post by tinksmommy on Jan 23, 2023 15:43:00 GMT
I do the same thing with unwanted embellishments and paper scraps. I’m trying to reduce my stash to just things I love and will use.
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Post by grammadee on Jan 23, 2023 15:43:19 GMT
I should do that more often. I don't do it enough. Mostly go thru it when I get around to purging or the package starts to get smaller.  I am between FurryP and ss on this one. I have the hardest time discarding even the tiniest piece of patterned paper or card stock, let alone diecuts of stickers. But from time to time I clear out the extra diecuts, toss a sticker sheet with a few [for me] unusable stickers on it. And the supplies I offer up for my dgs's crafting are ones I don't feel the urge to use myself. |
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Post by pantsonfire on Jan 23, 2023 16:14:36 GMT
If there is something I don't need or will never use, I see if it is something dd could use. If not, it gets tossed into recycling. And I don't feel bad about it because otherwise it would take up space.
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Post by infochick on Jan 23, 2023 16:30:44 GMT
I was using a paper collection this weekend and realized that there are a lot of die cuts that really aren't my style. So much so, that I am kicking myself for buying the particular pack of embellishments. I'm going to go through all the embellishment packs and get together what I won't use to add to my garage sale pile.
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Post by judyc on Jan 23, 2023 16:43:53 GMT
I have never tossed embellishments or hardly anything else, but I should. I just tell myself I never know what I might use -- and I don't know -- although I do know what I like and don't like so I could start by getting rid of supplies I don't like, for example embellishments that were part of a kit or class I took.
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Post by scrappyrabbit on Jan 23, 2023 17:03:30 GMT
Stickers I don’t love end up on happy mail envelopes!
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Post by mbanda on Jan 23, 2023 18:10:23 GMT
I need to be better about purging embellishments I know I won't use. I tend to hang on to them "just in case" but realistically I know I'm not going to use them.
I love the idea of taking them to the retreat I go to twice a year. I do have a small bag of punches I am taking this time so maybe next time I will have embellishments I can take.
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Post by Elsabelle on Jan 23, 2023 18:41:04 GMT
I have started doing this, too. Yesterday it was a big acetate piece with a man and a little girl walking a dog. I will never need that.
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Post by mikklynn on Jan 23, 2023 18:59:08 GMT
I used to save things for my grandchildren to play with, bu they are too old now.
I also used to save all the random animal embellishments for my niece, but honestly, she's a hoarder and driving my sister crazy, so I stopped.
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Post by mayceesgranny on Jan 23, 2023 19:15:33 GMT
Nah ... first I let them pile up for 10-15 years, setting them aside for my grandkids to use, and then when I realize they don't want them, I spend approximately 5-7 days sorting through them and then I toss 90% of them out.
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Post by 950nancy on Jan 23, 2023 20:08:57 GMT
We have a second hand craft store in town and I just toss the stuff I won't use into a small box and take it with me when I stop by the store.
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Post by stacey562 on Jan 23, 2023 21:13:03 GMT
I keep a bag and place all unwanted embellishments in there. I go to a crop with garage sale tables and will put $1-$2 on the bag. Most often is sells. I actually do this with all unwanted items. I just keep a box/bin and price as I go.
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Post by scrappymeg on Jan 23, 2023 22:40:01 GMT
I toss them if they are a color, style, or shape I know I will never use (these are usually embellishments or die cuts that come as part of a scrapbooking kit). I don't know anybody that scraps in close proximity to me, otherwise I might save them to pass on, but I have no regrets.
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Post by amyl on Jan 24, 2023 11:36:57 GMT
I keep a bin of things I won’t use. Once full, I put smaller things ziplock bags and papers in a larger bag and take to a local thrift store that benefits an inclusive preschool. They say my stuff always sells. I happy to be rid of it and glad they can make a few dollars.
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