scrappington
Pearl Clutcher
in Canada
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Post by scrappington on Mar 1, 2017 16:21:38 GMT
Its March already.
My organizing and purging is going well. I am meeting a scrappy friend for tea tomorrow to drop off a box of stuff and some other bigger items for her.
I have some items I would like to go thru this evening to see if I can add more to the purge box.
I have my monthly art journal class this Sunday. Looking forward to that.
I have a bunch of stuff I want to work on this month. But I don't want to start anything until the organizing is complete.
Not to much left to do.
My retreat is in 2months and 4 days.
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Post by crystalb on Mar 1, 2017 19:46:55 GMT
I did a little reogranizing today, organized my homemade kits by major type/theme. Rearranged some things, just trying to get motivated. Your retreat sounds fun scrappington, how long is it? I have one coming up in April. I can't wait! |
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Post by scrapaddict702 on Mar 1, 2017 19:56:22 GMT
I just posted about this, but I have taken into my possession tons and tons of pictures that my sister had in her house. She has to move and the house is in complete disarray. While my husband helped move big things (because muscles...I have none) I rummaged through the places where it made sense photos would be. I now have a huge box with probably 4 or 5 thousand pictures of mostly my niece's life, a pile of photos that is mostly of my childhood (plus a few random stragglers of my niece), an album of a huge family trip and then a couple of other boxes of miscellaneous photos that I found that have photos of people I don't even know in them.
My objective, provided we don't get bad news at my husband's job this month (another long story), is to try and go through all of the photos and remove anything that I feel is mine to keep and then create another pile of things I want to scan but need to eventually return to my sister and then stuff the bin full with the pictures that just need to be returned to my sister whenever she gets settled into a new home. It is honestly a project that I never thought I'd take on because I never thought there were still enough pictures out there of my childhood. I can't wait. I just hope that we don't get that bad news from my husband's job (bad news is a mojo killer) and that I can get another portable scanner wand thing and get moving on it.
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Post by grammadee on Mar 1, 2017 20:17:20 GMT
My goal is 31 additional pages by the end of March. That will be a total of 104 for 2017.
I am hoping to get back to scrapping on the weekend. Itching to get started on Calvinball!
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Post by scrapaddict702 on Mar 1, 2017 20:51:26 GMT
I'm probably the only one super excited, but I am looking forward to seeing what Elle's Studio has in store for her birthday month celebration...and it kind of excites me that her business's birthday is the same month as my birthday since I'm a total fangirl! Anyone else intrigued by the scratch cards? I hope I like the pen that is coming in the subscriber kits this month!
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Post by mikklynn on Mar 1, 2017 21:04:18 GMT
I've been on a roll lately, with feeling good about scrapbooking and really enjoying myself. I shouldn't whine, but I'll be on vacation next week and I don't want to leave my scrapping! I will have lots more to scrapbook  |
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Post by scrapaddict702 on Mar 1, 2017 22:16:00 GMT
I've been on a roll lately, with feeling good about scrapbooking and really enjoying myself. I shouldn't whine, but I'll be on vacation next week and I don't want to leave my scrapping! I will have lots more to scrapbook Oh, I hear you. Even GOOD things that take away from your routine can make it hard to get back into a rhythm. Every time one of the Grandmas visit, I find myself struggling to hide myself away to make anything and then it takes a week, a month, some bit of time to get back into things. It took me until just the past couple of months to get into a groove with scrapbooking during the day while my oldest was in school and my younger 2 napped...then I got sick and while I'm not fully better, I can make stuff if I want to, I just don't have the mojo back, yet. |
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Post by myboysnme on Mar 1, 2017 22:56:37 GMT
I am heading to see my mom this weekend and there is an LSS in her town, so I told her I am going to stop there before I come over. She always has new product so I am excited to go and pick up a few things and try to get her to confirm a crop in July when we come to town for CKC. I am also scanning photos to send over to Walmart to reprint for scrapping this year. Here is one of them - my son and I at a Civil War event around 1994. I love this picture!  |
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Post by dasmith2 on Mar 2, 2017 0:19:07 GMT
I bought quite a few things last month, so I am back in the freezer for March. I spend a lot less than I used to, so I'm happy with that. I have a lot on my counter right now to sort into page kits so I can get to scrapping again. Hoping for a little time tonight after supper The only crops I know of are 45 min away so I scrap at home alone. But I have you guys to "talk" to and lots of challenges here, and I am so content with that. I really love this group |
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Post by anniefb on Mar 2, 2017 0:42:03 GMT
I'm doing a few one off type layouts involving pics of my niece or using up some story kits. I want to make a start on my vacation album from my latest holiday but want to get a few things out of the way first.
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scrappington
Pearl Clutcher
in Canada
Posts: 3,139
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Post by scrappington on Mar 2, 2017 1:03:37 GMT
Well checked off a bunch off my list of things I have to do in scraprooms tonite. More stuff to the purge box.
I should say boxes. Well a bunch leaving tomorrow as I drop it off at a friend's house.
Not sure how much she will take. We shall see.
My retreat is from friday at 10 30am until Sunday at 1 30pm. We are driving up the night before and spending night as it is a 3.5 hr drive. We are leaving right from work. So going to be a long day but worth it then leaving really early and being tired on friday. Costing us and extra $50 so not that bad.
I was going to do more tonite but just realized it's 8pm and we'll laundry doesn't get put away by itself so I've learned.
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Post by myboysnme on Mar 2, 2017 12:24:40 GMT
we'll laundry doesn't get put away by itself so I've learned. As evidenced by the clean laundry in my laundry room and family room that no one has bothered to fold for a very long time..... |
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Post by mikklynn on Mar 2, 2017 13:21:25 GMT
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Post by myboysnme on Mar 2, 2017 15:09:17 GMT
Thank you!  The baby is 23 now! |
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Post by LisaDV on Mar 4, 2017 13:56:23 GMT
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Post by LisaDV on Mar 4, 2017 14:36:17 GMT
I'm participating in CalvinBall, I couldn't stand at my work desk due to just having the stomach flu so I decided to work digitally. I picked my vacation photos from 2016. It was several days with 6 destination. I had 20 pages at the end of yesterday and just 2 days but one destination. The first day of the trip was completed with the project life app. I ALWAYS put off vacations and events with lots of photos. I can't even tell you how good it feels to have these started. I'm really hoping to get through the whole vacation this month.
But first, as soon as this section is done, I have to go play with real paper. I'm feeling much better and starting to get a bit twitchy not having real materials in hand.
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Post by grammadee on Mar 5, 2017 23:33:03 GMT
Today I ran out of page protectors. Thought I had an extra package of them, but it turned out to be PL divided protectors. So I placed an order with my CTMH rep, but don't know when I will get them. This means the pages will be piling up on the coffee table!
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Post by LavenderLayoutLady on Mar 6, 2017 10:25:52 GMT
my son and I at a Civil War event around 1994. That is just the most absolutely perfect photo! |
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Post by LavenderLayoutLady on Mar 6, 2017 10:28:23 GMT
I finished a fairly simply layout last night that i had been working on for the past few days now. I used a bunch of new things that I just bought in the past few weeks, so it made me feel good (and justified dipping my toes out of the freezer).
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Post by LavenderLayoutLady on Mar 7, 2017 1:50:52 GMT
My Snapfish order came today! Sweet! I only just ordered on the third! It is mostly school related photos, which I love to scrapbook, so I'm looking forward to creating with them. And there are a couple photos that help tell a story, which I love too. I also took the time to pour all my new sequins into my sequin jar. Holy sequins, Batman! Seriously, ridiculously a lot of sequins. Anyone need sequins? And i was laughing because anyone into sorting things by color would probably have a heart attack if they looked at my "all the colors mixed in one big jar" container of sequins.  |
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Post by carolynhasacat on Mar 7, 2017 2:32:10 GMT
I also took the time to pour all my new sequins into my sequin jar. Holy sequins, Batman! Seriously, ridiculously a lot of sequins. Anyone need sequins? And i was laughing because anyone into sorting things by color would probably have a heart attack if they looked at my "all the colors mixed in one big jar" container of sequins. Sequins are maybe the only thing I sort by color, so yes, that would give me a heart attack!! I scrapped a cut file today that I cut on my silhouette ages ago. It's been sitting around for months, and I finally just scrapped it. Feeling accomplished today. Calvinball is propelling me right along! |
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Post by scrapaddict702 on Mar 7, 2017 3:05:49 GMT
Maybe, just maybe, within the next week or two I will feel like a normally functioning person. Whenever I sit down to scrap, even if just for a few minutes, something calls me away almost immediately. Either my phone rings, a child needs me or my nose decides it's the perfect time to start running and as soon as I blow it, it runs again. I barely have time to grab a few supplies and open the packaging. When I first started it I tossed cards on top of slots they looked good in, the second attempt was figuring out where to use a month specific card on my title card and then sticking down number thickers, and the last time was just grabbing a Tim Holtz word sticker book and choosing one to add to the card. At the pace I'm going, I'll be lucky to finish the spread by the end of March, hahaha!!
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Post by grammadee on Mar 7, 2017 13:05:38 GMT
Maybe, just maybe, within the next week or two I will feel like a normally functioning person. Whenever I sit down to scrap, even if just for a few minutes, something calls me away almost immediately. Either my phone rings, a child needs me or my nose decides it's the perfect time to start running and as soon as I blow it, it runs again. I barely have time to grab a few supplies and open the packaging. When I first started it I tossed cards on top of slots they looked good in, the second attempt was figuring out where to use a month specific card on my title card and then sticking down number thickers, and the last time was just grabbing a Tim Holtz word sticker book and choosing one to add to the card. At the pace I'm going, I'll be lucky to finish the spread by the end of March, hahaha!! Gotta love your determination! It's hard being creative when you are feeling crappy. And interruptions kill the buzz for me. |
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Post by LisaDV on Mar 7, 2017 13:18:57 GMT
scrapaddict702, hope you feel better quickly. I was working on a layout last night and really wanted to sew some of the pieces. I bought a cheap teeny tiny sewing machine to keep on my desktop just for this purpose. It only does straight stitches. The tension is all out of whack and it's not working properly. I have to go research how to get it fixed, but right now, I don't want to waste the time either. I probably do it later today.
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Post by dasmith2 on Mar 7, 2017 13:31:50 GMT
Maybe, just maybe, within the next week or two I will feel like a normally functioning person. Whenever I sit down to scrap, even if just for a few minutes, something calls me away almost immediately. Either my phone rings, a child needs me or my nose decides it's the perfect time to start running and as soon as I blow it, it runs again. I barely have time to grab a few supplies and open the packaging. When I first started it I tossed cards on top of slots they looked good in, the second attempt was figuring out where to use a month specific card on my title card and then sticking down number thickers, and the last time was just grabbing a Tim Holtz word sticker book and choosing one to add to the card. At the pace I'm going, I'll be lucky to finish the spread by the end of March, hahaha!! I hope you start feeling better and can get back to scrapping soon |
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Post by dasmith2 on Mar 7, 2017 14:00:34 GMT
scrapaddict702 , hope you feel better quickly. I was working on a layout last night and really wanted to sew some of the pieces. I bought a cheap teeny tiny sewing machine to keep on my desktop just for this purpose. It only does straight stitches. The tension is all out of whack and it's not working properly. I have to go research how to get it fixed, but right now, I don't want to waste the time either. I probably do it later today. Maybe this link can help with adjusting your tension? Sewing machines are really a pain when they aren't working right
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Post by dasmith2 on Mar 7, 2017 14:01:57 GMT
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Post by dasmith2 on Mar 7, 2017 14:03:39 GMT
Sorry, I am not that good with links etc but I think it showed up on my second post.... lol
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Post by sueg on Mar 7, 2017 17:20:43 GMT
I haven't done any scrapping since I got back from Australia at the end of January, as so much was dumped on my craft desk and not put away until last week. As the only reason it was cleaned up was because we had visitors, nothing has been done since.
I have decided I want to reorganise my desk set-up, so that is next on my program. I had hoped to get started today, but it was suddenly 5pm and nothing done. Maybe tomorrow?
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Post by grammadee on Mar 11, 2017 2:08:01 GMT
Received some happy mail today. I had pre ordered the BB emoji dies. And to save on shipping ended up ordering some pearl swirls and a bunch of wood grin pp. My pizza box arrived today. Not sure what I will do with these goodies, but happy mail makes me happy.
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The baby is 23 now!
