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Post by Delta Dawn on Sept 6, 2016 4:50:47 GMT
I have collected scrapbooking supplies for longer than I have been a Pea which is about 12 years. I have done tons and tons of layouts which is 100% fact but I haven't actually put photos on a page in about 5 years. I have still collected supplies.
I scrapped a 2 page layout tonight. I really did. It is not good, but that doesn't matter as I did the layout and it's all original work! OMG I actually scrapped! BFF can't believe it either. I am sure she is laughing at how bad I am at it, but I did scrap it!
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chendra
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Post by chendra on Sept 6, 2016 5:09:02 GMT
It's a slippery slope. Don't stop now!
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Chinagirl828
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Post by Chinagirl828 on Sept 6, 2016 5:50:47 GMT
While I admit half the fun of scrapping in the collecting (and hoarding) of supplies, I do love the using stuff up part too. Congratulations on getting back into the swing of things.
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Post by Dalia on Sept 6, 2016 6:46:16 GMT
I took a break from scrapbooking, but not from collecting. I bought stuff and haven't scrapped since 2010, I justified all my hoarding by telling myself it would help me get into the swig of things, it hasn't. I just don't know how to get back into it, I think I lost my SB groove.
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Post by Delta Dawn on Sept 6, 2016 7:08:16 GMT
It was hard to do this layout that's for sure. My ink had turned from brown to greenso I had to throw it out. It was my favourite distress ink but it was old. It had gone off.
I would have liked to have used more embellishments but it turned out fine the way it is.
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Post by woodysbetty on Sept 6, 2016 11:06:35 GMT
Yay for you!!
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Post by grammadee on Sept 6, 2016 12:51:04 GMT
Congrats, Delta Dawn ! There is no such thing as a bad scrapbook page. Don't judge it: celebrate it! I have tried to cut back on hoarding the artsy supplies if I am not using them. Nozzles clog. Ink pads dry. Glues and paints harden. Media become gooey. But paper and embellishments are still there waiting when you come back. And if scrapbooking is forever, it doesn't matter if you are using 12 year old supplies on today's LO. Don't know if Ranger fixed that brown distress ink, because it was an issue at one time. I had a couple of bottles of the stain go green on me when they were new. |
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Post by mikklynn on Sept 6, 2016 15:23:32 GMT
Go Delta Dawn. I agree - no bad pages! It's all good. Keep going. |
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Post by myboysnme on Sept 6, 2016 16:20:13 GMT
There is no such thing as a bad scrapbook page. Don't judge it: celebrate it! Grammadee you have obviously never seen my early work. Of course most of it has been rescrapped into an acceptable form. I have also seen original heritage photos cropped into bizarre shapes and that is bad. Very bad.
My true confession SBR is that the last 2 or 3 conventions I've been to plus my last 2-3 or more visits to an LSS I have not put anything away, so I have to think about what bag it might possibly be in when I am looking for something. 
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Post by alissa103 on Sept 6, 2016 21:53:43 GMT
High fives! So excited for you!
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Post by checkwheelsdown on Sept 6, 2016 22:10:23 GMT
Yay elannah! Now keep on going! My confession: DS2 has been living in the bedroom portion of my scrap room while searching for work. He finally secured a short term job in another state! Now I get to scrap whenever the mood hits since he's vacated the room for the time being. Woohoo! Freedom to scrap! I'm such a bad mom.  (Really, I'm torn. He left yesterday and I miss him already!) |
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Post by LisaDV on Sept 7, 2016 0:09:25 GMT
Delta Dawn, YAY! I agree, no bad scrapbook pages. It's all about recording the memory. --I've been using my SU inks from 2002-03 and found this year that the craft burgundy went bad. So even if you were using your stuff, it can get old and yuck. Hope you can keep on creating!
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Post by crazy4scraps on Sept 7, 2016 3:50:06 GMT
Go you, Delta Dawn! My confession is that in spite of having a basement full of stuff already (and countless boxes of crap lined up to purge), I'm still secretly thinking about buying MORE stuff this weekend when I go to a scrapping fundraiser crop with my friend! The Doodlebug Halloween paper that just came out that looks like multicolored paint splats would be PERFECT for the costume I'm working on for DD for Halloween this year and I MUST have some. It truly is a disease. |
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Post by vjlau on Sept 8, 2016 5:11:29 GMT
I love organization items. So, my guilty pleasure is buying things like that. I'm known for buying "just the right container" for something, and then 2 weeks later finding something even better - and then buying it. It's not good - but so so fun! |
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Post by amblet on Sept 8, 2016 7:47:09 GMT
The layout is good and more important done. My confession I have not met a pp that I can say no too and more keeps finding its way into my house. This is a problem as my apartment is tiny.
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Post by Delta Dawn on Sept 8, 2016 9:15:22 GMT
There was so much junk in with all those supplies. I had that big, big drawer of ribbon that all had to go. I mean there was a ton of it. It is all gone. I don't know what happened to all the fibers. They must be in the storage locker or something. I don't know, but there was plenty of them, too. I really want to scrap another layout and don't know when I will get to do it with the scrap room in the shape it is in. I mean it's so bad down there. Maybe I should just stay up all night long and work on it.
I went from 24 full Cropper Hopper vertical paper holders to about 3 and there is room now for the stuff I want to keep. That to me is progress.
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Post by Delta Dawn on Sept 8, 2016 13:31:10 GMT
Still working at getting stuff put away. I have to go do some more now. I have good music to listen to and i think I can get 2.5 more hours of work on it done before I have to go to work. It's 6:30 and if I work until 9 and then get ready to go I should be fine.
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Post by sarahbee on Sept 8, 2016 14:48:40 GMT
I have a guilty secret to confess...I own a perfectly lovely ATG, but my preferred adhesive is actually the cheapo HL store brand photo-safe glue sticks. |
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Post by Delta Dawn on Sept 8, 2016 14:52:10 GMT
I have a guilty secret to confess...I own a perfectly lovely ATG, but my preferred adhesive is actually the cheapo HL store brand photo-safe glue sticks. Yeah, me too. I just got some Tomobo dots and I am loving them! I had 7 ATGs and I like the dots better. Sad but true. |
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Post by angel97701 on Sept 10, 2016 2:59:41 GMT
I finally put away rubber stamp and die purchases that have been sitting on the shelf for 18 months  It felt great! I also went through all my unmounted stamps and revisited the images to know what I have. Then this afternoon I made a card for my JFF DT. Used some of my new to me supplies! |
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Post by nlwilkins on Sept 10, 2016 6:48:25 GMT
Oh my, I discovered another form of the craft. Polymer Clay - no it does not go with photos, but the cute things you can make are endless. that is my confession. So now it is rubber stamping, art journals, Bible Journaling, Happy Planner and lets not get into the yarn and fabric stuff. But, as long as I have closet room, I will keep it all!
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Post by karensay on Sept 11, 2016 2:45:26 GMT
I still have about 100+ kits from 12 years ago.
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scrapheart
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Post by scrapheart on Sept 11, 2016 4:07:30 GMT
Yay for you! My confession, sometimes I look at my past orders at ACOT to figure out if I actually have a certain whatever before I start the hunt in my stash for it!
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Post by Delta Dawn on Sept 11, 2016 7:14:34 GMT
I still have about 100+ kits from 12 years ago. You're my hero! I still get Paisleys and Polkadots and I used 5 of them today! Love her kits! |
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Post by nancydrew on Sept 11, 2016 10:05:24 GMT
YAY! That's awesome! Good for you! My confession is that even though I have two very large craft tables in my scrapbook room, I'm scrapbooking right now in a space about 2 feet by 2 feet because the rest of the space is covered with clutter....
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It felt great! I also went through all my unmounted stamps and revisited the images to know what I have. Then this afternoon I made a card for my JFF DT. Used some of my new to me supplies!
