I won the scrapbooking lottery!!!!

Its kinda sad but my bff is going through a divorce and decided she didn't want to scrap anymore... so im getting her stash... im keeping it for awhile just in case but im excited to sort it..

That is a great find! I don’t need anything but my sister has decided to let her scrapbook stuff go and offered it to me. I am going to be VERY choosy as to what I decide to keep.

anaterra I think that’s a great idea to wait and give her opportunity to change her mind as her life starts to calm down a bit.

I feel that way, when I find now discontinued favorite brands  on a re-sale (ebay) website.

I walked into a Michael’s several years ago and right by the door was a huge display aid pocket pages $1 per pack (I think—could have been $1.50?). I bought so many packs LOL. IIRC they were MM brand—not exactly sure because o took them out of the packaging and have them stored in binders. I do know they were not the PL brand, but they were the same layouts.

They had 12x12 protectors, too, but I was already well-stocked on those. Costco used to carry a 100-pack or maybe 50-pack, and I was there early one morning as they were marking those down to $2.00 per box. I bought a bunch of those and still have over half of them left.

And then there was the time a friend and I were in Michael’s while they were marking down Cricut Cake machines. We each bought one for $25 and a boatload of supplies to go with them—mats for $1 a pack, blades for 50 cents, cake cartridges for $2. And all of it sitting unused in my scrap room in spite of the best intentions I had of being the mom/teacher with the most awesome cupcake treats LOL.

Many years ago dollar tree sold knockoffs of the cropper hopper paper holders with a handle on top. Each one holds two plus 12x12 paper pads. I bought a few boxes.

They still hold my paper today and are an essential part of my organizational process. I’m amazed how well they’ve held up.

I bought a bag of Reese Eggies while in the US a few weeks ago and savoured/hoarded them but ate the last one Friday. I was so sad they were gone since I can't find them locally. Found them on Amazon yesterday and have a bag being delivered today. Yes, they are for scrapbooking Don't they count??

I don't think I've ever scored an amazing find like you ladies above - I am so envious of kmage and her albums, and twinsmomfla99 and their albums/refills! Those are necessities that I hate spending the $$ on (want the pretty things instead) and it would feel so amazing to stock up!

I too got a cricut cake machine for 25.00! I totally forgot about that, lol. I use it as my traveling cricut, you can get a deep blade housing for it (or a regulary housing, but I could not find one of those to buy) and a regular or deep blade, and it functions just like a normal Expression. I used those cake cartridges all the time for scrapbooking.

I posted mine last month. Quickutz used to have capital, lowercase, numbers, and random other function dies all in one set. They were originally $130. I found two different ones at my local second hand store for $4 each. That place is really hit or miss. I do love finding dies and punches there.

The other one was years ago I got 22 WRMK albums for $2.50 each. They were going for $29.99- $39.99.

Oh, I also go an XXL Navigator for $25 at Hobby Lobby. It was mislabeled for $49.99 (should have been 149.99) and when I asked the person at the front, she said that it was supposed to be another 50% off for craft storage.  I did not argue with her, but she clearly had no idea what she was doing.

lg My scrapbooking lottery was the day you told me you had and then so kindly sent me the page protectors I thought were a pipe dream!! 💕

I have been lucky several times..

Once I found an entire lot of scrapbooking items for $20. A big plastic tote of stamps (Like storage, big totes).. I couldn't hardly lift it, a CIS bag, lots of misc do-dads, lots of junk to toss..

Friends who have stopped scrapping has given me lots of items. I have one that told me she was going to give me her stash.. (it's huge, she never ever bought one of anything)... haven't seen it yet, but she is usually good on promises.. (I'm not counting on it though)

I had a friend in the business who published how to books and she was always gifted products from various companies, she would give me her leftovers, which was a ton. She did a lot of classes too. (ummm I wonder what happened to her)

Before Tuesday Morning closed, I used to hit the SB lottery there occasionally, usually with lines of papers that I love, such as Graphics 45. It’s been a very, very long time since I scored such a rare find. I guess the closest thing for me would be the enormous discounts I’ve gotten on some favorite Heartfelt Creations papers during their going out of business warehouse sales. I don’t know if that counts, but I am delighted for those here who got something they needed or wanted that may have been a long shot of ever finding.

I found the Quickutz 12 inch scallops die, I have been looking for that one for awhile. Woohoo!

I am happy I got it for a good price. The only sad part is looking at the prices the QK I paid so much for back in the day are being sold for, it's great if you are a buyer though. I am keeping my QK so I guess I shouldn't worry about resale price anyway.

Thanks. Because they were pricy at the time I was pretty selective in what I bought, mainly basic shapes that I could get a lot of use out of and a few alphabets that I really liked. So I think that's why I still use them.