Hi, I'm guilty of...

I'm guilty of starting projects and not finishing them (I'm looking at you, December Daily 2014-2017...).

Not photographing and posting my layouts on my Instagram account.

Having enough supplies to open my own store. Without a craft room, I have stuff stashed in every room of the house and I can't find ANYTHING! One day, when my kids start leaving the nest, I will have a craft room again...

Buying more supplies than I can ever use. Organizing the supplies. Not using the supplies but buying more supplies. Rinse and repeat.

I am guilty of having FOMO most of the time. But I will say I have been so much better this year.

Overbuying too many supplies for a special set of pictures. Most recently my daughter was in a wedding so I overbought wedding scrapbook stuff and will have so much left over.

I am guilty of not printing photos.
I told myself I would keep up, but I haven't. 
I told myself that I would upload and have multiple walgreens albums ready (uploaded and edited), so when they have a special (print 100+ for .10cents or .12cents.....I would be ready to send the album-order over electronically. I planned to have several albums ready to go.....but I haven't even uploaded one photo. 

I do this, but it’s planned that way. When I buy paper or embellishments for a particular photo/set of photos I put it/them in a plastic sealable bag (like they pass out in classes) or a plastic snap envelope, depending on how much I have. Then if I’m not ready to scrap it right then (because I need something else, need to scan and print photos, or just am not in the mood) I file it with the others, usually in date order. So everything is together when I am ready to do more work on it. Sometimes I’ll take it out and play around with layouts and sketches, jot down notes and journaling ideas and put it back. This way I’m not working on anything I feel I have to work on, it’s all what I want to work on. 

I’m guilty of being more of a collector than I am a scrapper. I’m okay with that. People collect stamps why can’t I collect paper crafting supplies? 


I’m exactly the same. But my main goal is to have fun playing with my supplies rather than to get so many layouts in a specific time frame so that’s okay with me. It usually takes me at least a couple of years to make a set of holiday cards because I pick them up and put them down after doing just a portion so much! 



Yes, this right here! Especially since my pages are more streamlined with touches of patterned papers and embellishments. Why did I need 4 different embellishment packs from the lastest 49 and Market collections???

If I have a favorite photo or two, I will buy enough paper and embellishments to make an album for it. Gotta make sure I have all of the right stuff.

Yesterday my son and I took a little mountain trip to photograph the Rocky Mountain goats. bighorn sheep and marmots that frequent the rocks at the top. We also found the elusive pika! Been searching for that guy for years. He was two feet off of the trail just yelling at us. I have soooooooo much nature paper that I could create ten albums. Will that stop me from buying more? Ha. No, it will not.

I have a system that works well for me. I stamp out the images when I buy a new stamp set. That goes in my reference book. Same system for dies. Guilty of having an occasional shopping spree and being too tired or doing other things and not logging or even using my great new goodies.

Also guilty of about 90% of the already mentioned items, especially overbuying and wanting the full set (kind of go together).

Oh and this tread just reminded me I need to get my pictures printed.

I’m guilty of buying more than I will ever be able to use. I also KNOW this and say I won’t buy something but FOMO gets me. I even prefer having less supplies and being creative with what I have… yet I still overbuy. It’s almost like a separate hobby than the actual creating.

…thinking that if it is on sale, I should get 2. Or three.

Also, I want everything to match. So if I buy 1 album and I love it, I have a really hard time keeping myself from replacing every album I own with that new album.

Finally, my big issue is getting very excited about a project, planning it all out, buying all the stuff and then never getting around to it.

…buying supplies because they may not be available years from now if i need them (49 & market)

…thinking i will start doing mixed media when i don’t like to get my hands dirty — i have all the tim inks and sprays but can’t bring myself to “go there”. i will try using some gloves but im not convinced

…buying products i can create with my silhouette or scan n cut - like metal dies. why? this was my justification for purchasing the tools in the first place

…not purging things i know i’ll never use — baby & toddler products, wood stamps, club scrap collections

it was nice to get that off my chest. now back to shopping🤣

I'm guilty of ordering copies of the same photos. Why do I never learn to order when I'm not distracted by children?!

When I’m batch printing, I default to mostly 4x6. If I have a lot of photos from a certain event, I may combine a few into 2 3x4s. Or if I have photos that are more contextual, such as the flowers and cake from a wedding, where I don’t need the whole big photo but just want the photos as part of the details. But when batch printing, 90% or more are 4x6 just to keep it simple. I print more than what I normally end up using, to give myself options, and also remember a lot of photos can be cut down if needed.

Let me know if you decide to purge the CS kits -- the papers are such high quality and even the page kits are good for card making!

It finally happened. I have been shopping rather recklessly, though I'm getting better. I've got a better sense now than I did a year ago of my style, techniques and brands I prefer, and those that don't work for me and/or I don't enjoy.

I am officially outgrowing my space. Or I officially need to start purging more diligently. Because while I haven't duplicated a purchase or completely forgotten that something I bought exists in there are all, I have misplaced a purchase for the first time.

I KNOW I bought A2 card boxes from Clear Bags. I know that they're in there somewhere. I just haven't the slightest clue where. I thought I had pulled one out for a gift for early October, but I'm not finding that one either.