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Post by anonrefugee on Jan 18, 2017 20:15:56 GMT
I scrap haphazardly, not in chronological order or real time. I know someone who tries to match her products with the age of photos. At first I thought it a little odd, but as I make kits it's got an appeal. It might make the pages reflect other trends of the time, or not?
Is there a list online documenting past styles or trends?
For example when I started, about 1995, color blocks and geometrical shapes were big. Creative Memories influence? LOL I know I wanted more!
1998 sticker sneezes were still happening, but I was still simple
Any suggestions for other years? I just realized I've had this hobby over 20 years!
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Post by maribeth on Jan 18, 2017 21:02:28 GMT
Another reason to miss the two peas gallery, at one time I would go way back in to the gallery to look at pages of those by-gone days of color blocks, sticker sneezes and everything else that was once great about this hobby. Good luck on your search, I will watch this thread to see if anyone has any ideas.
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Post by myboysnme on Jan 18, 2017 22:03:15 GMT
I can't relate to that idea very well. That seems like way too much work for unsatisfactory results so I would need to see the result.
Now I do recall Memory Makers magazine back in the day had a few issues with decades in them and it showed what colors and items reflected a particular decade. I'm sure the 70's for example included avocado and orange, smile faces, peace signs, busy patterns. The 50's probably included pink and aqua, silver and polka dots, for example.
But I don't think that's what you have in mind, is it?
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Post by crimsoncat05 on Jan 18, 2017 22:31:47 GMT
vellum and metal embellishments were big about then, too... eyelets on everything! (not for any purpose, mind you, just decoration-- lol!) Along with other heavy, clunky metal charms, etc. Paper tearing and fibers were also big for a while.
Those things went away for a period of time, but now it seems like both vellum and metal / clunky things are back again.
There was also the trend of foam stamps / stamping on layouts with them using acrylic paint. That seemed to go away, and now we have mixed media-type layouts, with watercolors, using texture pastes with stencils, etc. Which is kind of the same thing.
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Post by sleepingbooty on Jan 18, 2017 23:14:30 GMT
For anyone who wants to read up on the history of scrapbooking (granted, not the trends from the late 20th century until today), here is an academic article that is very enlightening.
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Post by crimsoncat05 on Jan 18, 2017 23:18:55 GMT
sleepingbooty, thank you for that link! I love information about things like this.
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Post by sophikins on Jan 19, 2017 2:44:47 GMT
I have been scrapbooking since 1996, twenty years. I think I could re-create any trend over time. As a post above mentions, many thing come around again, which is why I do not purge my stash. Even the "dated" papers can be used in small amounts if the colors are right, or in mixed media projects. I too scrap haphazardly, but then I put the finished pages into chronologic albums.
It is fun to look back on those trends like the color blocking, foam stamps with acrylic paint, chipboard, fibers, torn paper edges, eyelets, brads, monochromatic color schemes, metal embellishments, serious vintage, grunge, etc. The only trend that makes me cringe is cutting the photos into shapes (fortunately I thought it was not such as good idea at the time so I don't have too many pages with those). I also am not a fan of one tiny photo on a page surrounded by tons and tons of product.
I actually have all of my old Memory Makers, Creating Keepsakes and PaperKuts magazines, so I could certainly take a trip down scrapbooking trend memory lane.
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Post by grammadee on Jan 19, 2017 3:02:43 GMT
I tossed most of my magazines a couple of years ago, but this could make a really fun mix & match game: list 20 years and 20 trends, and try to figure out what goes with when...
And another question: when did we STOP inking every edge? Always starting with card stock? Matting every photo? Adding ribbons &/or flowers to every page? Fussy cutting? Hard core distressing? When did we quit sneezing stickers and start coughing up diecuts?
I actually keep my stash because every new trend adds a new option, and if I get bored with the new, I can always go "old school"--whatever that is!
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Post by artisticscrapper on Jan 19, 2017 3:04:07 GMT
I started scrapping about 15 years ago. Most layouts were done with card stock and maybe a little patterned paper
I remember that it was popular to cut photos into shapes-usually ovals or circles. Or some people would crop photos by cutting around the subject's head or silhouette kind of like a paper doll.
Another trend was heritage pages. These were layouts done with photos of a person's ancestors or copies of old family documents. The layouts were done in dark grays or sepia tones. Embellishments were usually silver or brushed gold.
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Post by camcas on Jan 19, 2017 5:14:00 GMT
I also think there were fewer colour options...heritage with burgundy chocolate and cream,pastel or brights....not much else And.......not pink in everything!
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Post by camcas on Jan 19, 2017 5:15:00 GMT
I have been scrapbooking since 1996, twenty years. I think I could re-create any trend over time. As a post above mentions, many thing come around again, which is why I do not purge my stash. Even the "dated" papers can be used in small amounts if the colors are right, or in mixed media projects. I too scrap haphazardly, but then I put the finished pages into chronologic albums. It is fun to look back on those trends like the color blocking, foam stamps with acrylic paint, chipboard, fibers, torn paper edges, eyelets, brads, monochromatic color schemes, metal embellishments, serious vintage, grunge, etc. The only trend that makes me cringe is cutting the photos into shapes (fortunately I thought it was not such as good idea at the time so I don't have too many pages with those). I also am not a fan of one tiny photo on a page surrounded by tons and tons of product. I actually have all of my old Memory Makers, Creating Keepsakes and PaperKuts magazines, so I could certainly take a trip down scrapbooking trend memory lane. And Tim Holtz is releasing a new range of foam letter stamps!! Everything old is new again!
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Post by smginaz Suzy on Jan 19, 2017 5:53:11 GMT
Paperkins forever!
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Post by jennoconnell on Jan 19, 2017 6:27:42 GMT
Omg, I totally have a drawer full of Paperkins punches. I actually used them not too long ago to make custom characters for a layout an obscure computer game my guys like to play. I had never heard the term "sticker sneezes" before, so that made me LOL!!!
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Post by JaneB on Jan 19, 2017 6:32:05 GMT
I didn't realise how much I missed eyelets until I saw Vicky P use one on a tag she made. I don't think I'd know how to set one now, not that I managed it very well the first time around. When I first started digital scrapbooking in 2006 the trend was to make it look like paper. I had incredible digital paper tearing skills back then Then extraction became the in thing; real ribbons rather than digital and all sorts of odd objects I never managed to use. That was followed by fantasy-type layouts; children looking like fairies in enchanted woodland. I couldn't get the hang of that either.
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Post by crimsoncat05 on Jan 19, 2017 13:48:02 GMT
not being a digital scrapper, I didn't realize there were trends in that, too- although it stands to reason, doesn't it??
I like the phrase 'coughing up diecuts' lol!!
It seems like now the trend is to layer embellishments and papers, which is something that wasn't around before. I don't even do that MUCH layering, and some places on my layouts are probably easily 5 layers, if you count the background papers + photos + embellishments altogether. I'm sure that someone like mercytiara or shimelle would have closer to 10 (or perhaps more) since they layer a LOT.
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Post by Restless Spirit on Jan 19, 2017 13:48:55 GMT
I never could get into one 4 x 6 picture on a 12 x 12 page.
And I still have a bunch of little tins with little shaped buttons. Trees, baseballs, stars, every theme imaginable. There were even tutorial videos on how to remove the button shanks until scrapbook manufacturers started making buttons with no shanks. LOL
Are Prima flowers in little bottles still "in"? I remember when they were a really big craze and people were in mad, hot persuit of the different colors. I have one lone bottle that I've never even opened that I've had for eons.
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Post by refugeepea on Jan 19, 2017 16:17:13 GMT
anonrefugee you should keep updating your original post with different years. 1996- only 8.5x11 paper, giant die cuts, sticker sneeze, cut and paste die cut art, 2005-2007- I remember those being the years of very simple pages. Simple scrapbooks magazine. I think it was the backlash to cutting out photos in shapes. I can't remember the years so much, usually the trends like the heritage look on most layouts, acrylic stickers (that later turned yellow), paper dolls (from my minds eye), big chipboard letters,...
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Post by refugeepea on Jan 19, 2017 16:19:56 GMT
Are Prima flowers in little bottles still "in"? I remember when they were a really big craze and people were in mad, hot persuit of the different colors. I have one lone bottle that I've never even opened that I've had for eons. I still love those little things. I used them frequently, though not in abundance on my pages. I learned from my early days of scrapping. I liked the size and that they were basic colors. Which reminds me, I need to use them more.
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Post by anonrefugee on Jan 19, 2017 17:04:49 GMT
refugeepea good idea! I should be able to do it by tonight. Should it be by year? 1995- 1996- 1997- 198- I love the reminiscing and now have a tiny amount of regret about tossing my magazines!
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Post by sophikins on Jan 19, 2017 17:39:04 GMT
The "everything old is new again" comment made me think of lettering. Hand lettering was big thing in the late 1990's. Lindsay Ostrom had several great books on fancy lettering and creative doodles. (you can still find them on Amazon, or on my bookshelf) That trend seems to be coming around again, mostly with planners but also calligraphy, and I even saw Shimelle use paint to make her own brush lettering title in her new class (Designing Decisions) just last month.
I also can't believe how popular manual die cutting has become. I remember buying plastic templates to trace out circles and stars and then cut them out with scissors by hand.
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Post by refugeepea on Jan 19, 2017 17:59:18 GMT
refugeepea good idea! I should be able to do it by tonight. Should it be by year? 1995- 1996- 1997- 198- I love the reminiscing and now have a tiny amount of regret about tossing my magazines! Maybe Mid 90's-2000 2000-2005? Or break it down when the SB industry was really active into just 1 year? I'm not sure I should look through my scrapbooks to see what trends I tried at the time. I'm usually 6 months-1 year behind whats popular.
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Post by woodysbetty on Jan 19, 2017 20:18:16 GMT
I remember when chalking was bigger than inking!!!
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Post by camcas on Jan 20, 2017 0:23:57 GMT
Oh yessssssss....chalking .......I did that too!
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Post by Linda on Jan 20, 2017 1:38:46 GMT
me too on chalking
remember paper piecing?
and serendipity squares?
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Post by crimsoncat05 on Jan 20, 2017 1:57:34 GMT
I still have my set of chalks!! I think a couple are broken, and a couple more colors are almost gone, but I do still use them from time to time!
serendipity squares... when you adhere strips / pieces of paper down next to each other and then cut that resulting sheet of 'decorative' paper into pieces? I think?
scrapbooking memory lane- ahhh, good times!
what was the era of distressed / almost grungy everything?? mid-2000s?? All the patterned paper almost looked 'dirty' it was so distressed-looking.
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Post by Linda on Jan 20, 2017 2:34:18 GMT
serendipity squares... when you adhere strips / pieces of paper down next to each other and then cut that resulting sheet of 'decorative' paper into pieces? I think? yes - you glue scraps of paper randomly overlapping onto a backgrounc sheet, covering it all. You can stamp and emboss and add eyelets etc... too and then cut into small squares to use as embellishments. I might have to use some scraps and do a set...I bet they would be nice on cards...even today
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Post by myboysnme on Jan 20, 2017 2:38:51 GMT
My aunt sent me a scrapbook my dad kept in the 1940's that is all about Babe Ruth. I never had any idea my dad was into Babe Ruth or even baseball really. It is brown tooled leather with those cream pages and nothing but newspaper clippings. So if she has pics from the 1940's seems like that is a good example of a scrapbook. My mom kept one in high school - she graduated in 1952 and I few years ago I sprayed all of her papers and clippings with archival mist and reattached all the things she saved with acid free adhesive. It basically looks exactly like she made it. The cover is printed cardboard with records and poodles and other 50's iconography. Again, cream pages.
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Post by scrapaddie on Jan 20, 2017 15:37:26 GMT
How about shabby chic title strips... Cross the page or down the side. Wire. Metallic floss behind pictures. Chalks ( I still user these a lot). Cutting pictures in shapes. Paper dolls. Paperkins
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Post by scrapaddie on Jan 20, 2017 15:38:41 GMT
serendipity squares... when you adhere strips / pieces of paper down next to each other and then cut that resulting sheet of 'decorative' paper into pieces? I think? yes - you glue scraps of paper randomly overlapping onto a backgrounc sheet, covering it all. You can stamp and emboss and add eyelets etc... too and then cut into small squares to use as embellishments. I might have to use some scraps and do a set...I bet they would be nice on cards...even today I forgot about those! They were fun. I loved to stamp and gold emboss on them!
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Post by scrapaddie on Jan 20, 2017 15:40:48 GMT
me too on chalking remember paper piecing? and serendipity squares? I remember paper pieced pages selling on eBay for GOOD. Money! One seller sold hers for over 200.00 for a double page spread. She was fabulous!
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