What have you used or used up?

adhesive...

I just finished off a bottle of Undu. I've had it forever it seems!

I used up a set of pre-patterned card bases that's been kicking around my stash for at least a decade and I'm working through the matching paper (which, as it turns out, didn't really work with the bases) as well.

Although my first step in selecting papers is to peruse scraps (stored in two stackable letter trays - one for solids & another for patterned/specialty scraps), I consider it a small victory when both trays are empty (which is rare, given I use paper sparingly in strips, blocks, etc. & one sheet may be used on multiple layouts).

Congratulations everyone on using your supplies (& making room or justification for buying more)! 

I'm not sure if this counts, but I used up a rubber stamp alphabet.

It was one of those wood mounted sets with each letter mounted to a 1/4" stick of wood.

Well I guess rubber only last so long (20+ years). I haven't used it in a while and pulled it out today and could not get a good impression. They were done, like rounded off and not crisp.

Crazy!

So not proud but I used them up. I had to buy a new set. Found a very similar font on AliExpress.

I went through a ton of adhesive. I use Scotch double sided tape and I have so many empty ones. My school used to have a program where they would send empty tape containers to a recycling place but that place stopped taking them. I've got to see if there is another place that will recycle them- I hate to see all of that plastic going into a landfill.

I killed quite a few small NJFB kits.

more adhesive and a pack of white cardstock...and apparently all my light blue cardstock as well.

spin-off question ...I feel like I almost never actually use stuff up...I use it but there are still letters on alpha sheet or papers in the pad or collection kit or stickers on the sticker sheet etc...the only things that I can consistently 'use up' are specific colours (shades) of cardstock or basics like adhesive, white/black cardstock, trimmer blades, page protectors...everything else I just use some of...

I haven't figured out a way to sit down and make x number of layouts with a collection kit and then turn the scraps into cards and then be done with it. Instead I make a layout and then weeks later another layout and then next year one more and so on...and then it never seems to be finished.

That’s what makes this hobby so fun.. it’s endless. And finishing something up is so satisfying!

For pieces I still like: I generally keep my collections/kits/paper pads together, and when I get down to just bits in pieces I might break it down. So scraps in the scrap bin, stickers with the rest of my stickers, etc. I try to focus on kits that have just a little bit of life left in them, so I can actually use them up. Another thing I will do is if I’m down to some bits and pieces, I’ll combine it with a similar kit.

For pieces I’m sick of/don’t like: break it down to be given away, use the white side of the paper, add stickers to envelopes that I mail out.

I have recently finished a couple of 6x6 pads making cards. It's a good feeling to actually use the papers! And, I have fun with it. I pick a 6x6 pad to use up, a few sketches, a couple of stamp sets to go with it, cardstock, and maybe some gems or enamel dots. And, I make cards until I can't anymore! LOL!

I also grabbed a bunch of strips from my scrap box recently and made around 40 strip cards. They are not all completed yet, but I did get the main part done.

I think that's totally OK. I think scrapbooking is much more of a "stash" hobby, at least for most people. And you're a pretty up to date scrapbooker so it might not make sense for you to use a lot of one collection at one time. The main thing is that it works for the way you craft. As long as you can manage what you have and use what you've got (sooner or later) I think you're doing it right

(And not everyone gets a good feeling from using things up. My husband is my opposite - he always buys more before he runs out of anything. Empty makes him anxious! I breathe a sigh of relief as the fridge empties before shopping day, he definitely does not!)

I guess the question would be whether it actually makes sense for you to buy collection kits, etc. I don't think you can ever use up an alpha sticker sheet completely without using them for non-word purposes, and I only use up picture sticker sheets by adding the leftovers to an ephemera journal or giving (or throwing) them away. But if not using things up bothers you, buying single sheets or smaller quantities might be the answer. 

I used up 2 packs of purple and orange adhesive gems! I also went thru my small scraps to throw away, and mail out as happy mail to redditors.

No where near used up, but I am using my old bazillion bazzil swatches. I have well over 100 3x3 bazillion swatches from back in the day. I’m using them in my memory planner as tags & other die cut things.

Can always find the perfect color. Lol. I’ll probably be sad when they are gone