breetheflea
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Post by breetheflea on Jan 31, 2024 23:18:10 GMT
When you have enough paper to scrap for eternity but...can't find a one that goes with the layout you are trying to make.
My second is grid layouts. How can I carefully cut and measure everything, and the grid is still wonky?
What about you?
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Post by Citygirl on Feb 1, 2024 0:17:54 GMT
Small inconsistencies in the pocket sizes of pocket pages drives me nuts!!
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Post by ScrapbookMyLife on Feb 1, 2024 1:15:10 GMT
When I patiently wait for a free shipping code, and then the item(s) I want....are out of stock.
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Post by artisticscrapper on Feb 1, 2024 2:46:40 GMT
When I buy paper online and I’m disappointed when I get it because the colors weren’t quite true.
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Post by scrappyrabbit on Feb 1, 2024 5:02:48 GMT
When you’re missing one letter you need from your alphabet stickers.
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Post by AussieMeg on Feb 1, 2024 5:47:45 GMT
When you have enough paper to scrap for eternity but...can't find a one that goes with the layout you are trying to make. I'm hearing you! Even though I am a digital scrapper, I still have the same problem. Just for fun, I just counted how many kits I have (OMG I have 951 kits and 27 paper packs!), and assuming that each kit/pack has at least 10 papers (most have more), I have about 10,000 papers to choose from..... and yet, I still struggle to find just the right papers a lot of the time.  |
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Post by riversong1963 on Feb 1, 2024 15:01:48 GMT
Outlining title letters with a pen, and then slipping and ruining the whole thing. Happens every time. So why do I still try it? SMH
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Post by Linda on Feb 1, 2024 15:06:32 GMT
the perfect embellishment is the wrong size or colour or...
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Post by mikklynn on Feb 1, 2024 15:43:42 GMT
There is NO time to play with all my fabulous stuff!
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Post by scrapnnana on Feb 1, 2024 17:12:41 GMT
When you have enough paper to scrap for eternity but...can't find a one that goes with the layout you are trying to make. This is mine. However, since I have a Silhouette, and a monthly subscription, I have realized that I can use the patterns to fill a cutting shape, cut it out, and use it just like I would if I were to die cut a sheet of patterned paper, with less waste. Another annoyance is when I sit down to create, and I have zero creativity. My mind goes blank. Yes, I can copy someone else’s layout or card, but I feel better about creating something myself. And sometimes, I have the ideas and the drive to create, but I don’t have time. |
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Post by papersilly on Feb 1, 2024 18:59:01 GMT
having so many paper scraps. i don't know why i keep them. it's not like i don't have TONS of new paper i could crack into. i really need to bag them and move on.
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amysolovay
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Post by amysolovay on Feb 1, 2024 20:37:00 GMT
Outlining title letters with a pen, and then slipping and ruining the whole thing. Happens every time. So why do I still try it? SMH Yes to all of the above posts from all of you, but this one gets me every time!! Most of the time, title letters need to be outlined to get the look I'm after, but I mess them up fairly frequently. This is one of the reasons I have gone to hybrid scrapping. I have pretty much had it with organizing letter stickers and trying to fix the look of my pages after outlining fails or alignment fails. It's easier to type, add a stroke and /or drop shadow, print and be done with it. |
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Post by amysolovay on Feb 1, 2024 20:44:12 GMT
the perfect embellishment is the wrong size or colour or... It's hard to fix if the perfect embellishment is the wrong size, but sometimes you can change the colors. If you have any reinkers, you could try using a paintbrush or ink blending tool + the ink and transform your embellishment or parts of it to make it the color you want it to be. This works best with simple shapes like frames; I have zillions of chipboard frames that I have repainted this way. It also works with other supplies beyond reinkers; I've used brush markers, Tim Holtz's sprays, old school decorating chalks, you name it. |
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Post by ScrapbookMyLife on Feb 2, 2024 17:13:47 GMT
I'm adding another.....
I wish "new" and "pre-order" products, specifically ephemera, embellishments and die cut packages, would show everything that's including in the package.
I've been browsing at A Cherry On Top, and several of the packaged items....only the front item or two can be seen. The rest of the items in the package cannot be seen.
Personally speaking I have to like or love at least half of what's included in an assortment package, to make the purchase financially worth it.
I don't purchase a packaged assortment, if I can't see all of it.
I don't know how to tag someone, but if someone could tag Matt from ACOT......so he could see this feedback, I would appreciate it.
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Post by joblackford on Feb 2, 2024 17:17:51 GMT
I'm adding another..... I wish "new" and "pre-order" products, specifically ephemera, embellishments and die cut packages, would show everything that's including in the package. I've been browsing at A Cherry On Top, and several of the packaged items....only the front item or two can be seen. The rest of the items in the package cannot be seen. Personally speaking I have to like or love at least half of what's included in an assortment package, to make the purchase financially worth it. I don't purchase a packaged assortment, if I can't see all of it. I don't know how to tag someone, but if someone could tag Matt from ACOT......so he could see this feedback, I would appreciate it. You can just type the @ symbol and mattacot to tag him (for future reference) Here you go! tagging Matt at ACOT |
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Post by grammadee on Feb 2, 2024 17:20:36 GMT
My second is grid layouts. How can I carefully cut and measure everything, and the grid is still wonky? I will call and raise you one--How can cut everything AND glue everything onto a grid LO and then no matter how many times I try can NOT take a photo that doesn't look like the whole LO was washed in hot water and left to dry on its own? |
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Post by joblackford on Feb 2, 2024 17:26:12 GMT
having so many paper scraps. i don't know why i keep them. it's not like i don't have TONS of new paper i could crack into. i really need to bag them and move on. I was just sifting through my cardstock scraps yesterday and decided the white ones have to go if I don't stamp and cut them into something usable in the next couple of weeks. I use them, but I also make them faster than I use them, and I literally have reams of the stuff. Every scrap seems to be the wrong size for what I need. In non scrappy life the same thing happens with our shipping box stash. So, so many boxes but can I ever find one that is just the right dimensions? |
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Matt at ACOT
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Post by Matt at ACOT on Feb 2, 2024 19:02:46 GMT
I'm adding another..... I wish "new" and "pre-order" products, specifically ephemera, embellishments and die cut packages, would show everything that's including in the package. I've been browsing at A Cherry On Top, and several of the packaged items....only the front item or two can be seen. The rest of the items in the package cannot be seen. Personally speaking I have to like or love at least half of what's included in an assortment package, to make the purchase financially worth it. I don't purchase a packaged assortment, if I can't see all of it. I don't know how to tag someone, but if someone could tag Matt from ACOT......so he could see this feedback, I would appreciate it. Sorry about that - I 100% agree and I thought we were doing this already. There are a few rare cases where we just don't have the images from the manufacturer, but more often than not they're included. I just went through all of our current preorder ephemera and it looks like we did miss the secondary images on some items in the recent AC and Simple Stories lines. I added those in so you should be able to see now, and I'm sending a reminder to everyone that does product setup for us. Feel free to reach out if there's anything else we missed and I'd be happy to take a look. |
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Post by 950nancy on Feb 2, 2024 22:15:28 GMT
When I print 12 months of pictures (I do 2 of most layouts) and I forget to hit 2 and only order 1. Usually pull out my PM-400, but whaaaaaa!
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Post by ScrapbookMyLife on Feb 3, 2024 0:16:29 GMT
I'm adding another..... I wish "new" and "pre-order" products, specifically ephemera, embellishments and die cut packages, would show everything that's including in the package. I've been browsing at A Cherry On Top, and several of the packaged items....only the front item or two can be seen. The rest of the items in the package cannot be seen. Personally speaking I have to like or love at least half of what's included in an assortment package, to make the purchase financially worth it. I don't purchase a packaged assortment, if I can't see all of it. I don't know how to tag someone, but if someone could tag Matt from ACOT......so he could see this feedback, I would appreciate it. Sorry about that - I 100% agree and I thought we were doing this already. There are a few rare cases where we just don't have the images from the manufacturer, but more often than not they're included. I just went through all of our current preorder ephemera and it looks like we did miss the secondary images on some items in the recent AC and Simple Stories lines. I added those in so you should be able to see now, and I'm sending a reminder to everyone that does product setup for us. Feel free to reach out if there's anything else we missed and I'd be happy to take a look. Thank you Matt! As always great customer service! |
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Post by waffles on Feb 3, 2024 1:14:55 GMT
1. When I sit down to scrap and people start annoying me about stupid stuff like dinner.
2. Running out of adhesive. I always fight with it hoping to get one more use.
3. White out tape. I see people use it flawlessly but mine comes out horribly every time.
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Post by amysolovay on Feb 3, 2024 15:36:35 GMT
1. When I sit down to scrap and people start annoying me about stupid stuff like dinner. 2. Running out of adhesive. I always fight with it hoping to get one more use. 3. White out tape. I see people use it flawlessly but mine comes out horribly every time.   I lol'ed at "stupid stuff like dinner" --TEEHEE! |
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Post by scrappinwithoutpeas on Feb 5, 2024 4:05:58 GMT
Similar to breetheflea in the OP, I have tons of paper but couldn't find the other halves of the 2 papers I cut to make the left side of a double-page LO...ya know, weeks ago.  So today I sat down to (finally) get to the right side of the double-page LO and those two half sheets were nowhere to be found in the iris case for this project. After searching through multiple other bins of paper where I thought it could be, I finally realized maybe it was under the [huge] pile of scraps from the more recent cards I've been making...yep, sure enough - that is where both pieces were. Good thing too, because while I found an entire uncut sheet of one of those 2 PPs, I have no more of the other one - the already-cut one was the last sheet of it. Finished the LO and now I really am out of that PP. So now I apparently need to clean off that side of the desk - who knows what else is lurking under the scraps?  I usually clean as I go but I've been pretty sporadic lately, plus I've been switching between card-making and scrapbook pages. |
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Post by breetheflea on Feb 12, 2024 17:48:48 GMT
I thought of another one: alphabet stickers where each letter is a different color, but there aren't every color of every letter. I always end up with a word that is pink, orange, blue, blue or something, and it looks dumb.
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Post by justjac on Feb 12, 2024 18:40:01 GMT
I hate when stickers won't come of the backing easily. I end up with the backing attached like it's a die cut or the sticky part left on the backing, so I guess that's also like a die cut if the sticker survives and doesn't rip. I also hate stickers that aren't 100% cut out. I usually end up ripping them before I realize that my scissors are needed.
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Post by FurryP on Feb 12, 2024 19:31:16 GMT
1. When I sit down to scrap and people start annoying me about stupid stuff like dinner. 2. Running out of adhesive. I always fight with it hoping to get one more use. 3. White out tape. I see people use it flawlessly but mine comes out horribly every time. You are too funny! But it’s true. Sometimes I try to hide inder the desk when I hear someone coming towards the room. LOL |
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Post by kmage on Feb 12, 2024 22:56:22 GMT
1. When I sit down to scrap and people start annoying me about stupid stuff like dinner. Similar to this...when I sit down to scrap and no one seems to understand that it takes me 1 hour to get situated on a project, 1 hour to pick paper and embellishments, 1 hour to figure out a layout and then get a snack and start scrapping! Why does everyone thing that when mom scraps, she'll be done in an hour and then can help/drive somewhere/watch something/listen to someone/make food/take the dog out and so on and on...sometimes it doesn't even seem worth it to start. |
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Post by rymeswithpurple on Feb 13, 2024 17:40:49 GMT
I thought of another one: alphabet stickers where each letter is a different color, but there aren't every color of every letter. I always end up with a word that is pink, orange, blue, blue or something, and it looks dumb. THIS. I have an idea for a future scrapbook and I want this so desperately for the cover page idea I have. I'll make it work when it comes time to do the page, but I find myself thinking about this a lot. |
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Post by nicolecardella on Feb 16, 2024 21:25:12 GMT
I have one that I am probably completely alone in. Can we do away with calling diecuts ephemera? The definition of ephemera is souvenirs essentially. Like a movie ticket. Or a pamphlet. A die cut that looks like a movie ticket is still just a die cut. Let’s save ephemera for ACTUAL ephemera. Rant over. Thank you for letting me get that off my chest 🤣
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Post by Linda on Feb 17, 2024 4:02:38 GMT
When you’re missing one letter you need from your alphabet stickers. yes - as I frankensteined an 'e' from two 'c's today... |
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So today I sat down to (finally) get to the right side of the double-page LO and those two half sheets were nowhere to be found in the iris case for this project. After searching through multiple other bins of paper where I thought it could be, I finally realized maybe it was under the [huge] pile of scraps from the more recent cards I've been making...yep, sure enough - that is where both pieces were. Good thing too, because while I found an entire uncut sheet of one of those 2 PPs, I have no more of the other one - the already-cut one was the last sheet of it. Finished the LO and now I really am out of that PP.
I usually clean as I go but I've been pretty sporadic lately, plus I've been switching between card-making and scrapbook pages.
