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Post by crystalb on May 25, 2017 13:52:10 GMT
What are you buying or using like crazy right now? What are you hoarding?
I don't know about y'all but I go through stages with things.
I just went through a sequins stage where I was buying/hoarding and using them up like crazy.
Then it was stencils and templates for a little mixed media.
Now I am all about woodgrain. I am all about buying every.single.piece of 12X12 woodgrain paper (or putting it on my wishlists) I can find. I am super excited about the Simple Stories woodgrain that is coming out but will have to wait for a good coupon!
What about y'all?
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scrapnnana
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Post by scrapnnana on May 25, 2017 14:11:30 GMT
For me it seems to be certain things, usually the same things. I am a paper addict, so when I find packs of paper I like at Tuesday Morning, I buy them, especially 25 sheet packs of diagonal plaids. I'm not sure why, but I am a sucker for diagonal plaid papers. They are versatile, and great for boy pages. I have four sons and five grandsons.
I also hoard cardstock in various colors.
And stamps. And dies, especially Heartfelt Creations.
With stamps and cardstock I can create my own background papers, for those times when my paper hoard isn't enough.
Recently, though, I did buy a Fuse and a few Fuse related items. I'm debating on whether or not to buy more.
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Post by dig-it-al on May 25, 2017 14:13:35 GMT
Stencils, gelatos & faber-castell pens for mixed media. I'm in love with art journaling. It's a way for me to create my very own artwork and not share or display. Maybe I should call it my secret diary!
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Post by AmandaA on May 25, 2017 14:15:39 GMT
I have a "problem" with mini alphas. I try not to hoard them but it happens.
I do love me some woodgrain too. I have a piece of Jen Hadfield's gold wood grain paper that I am hoarding for the perfect project. I will probably hoard it until I don't love gold or woodgrain anymore knowing me.
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Post by myboysnme on May 25, 2017 14:25:00 GMT
I bought all kinds of beach paper last week. Finally got some fun beach photos.
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Post by crystalb on May 25, 2017 14:34:23 GMT
I love that we are all different. scrapnnana I loved making my own background paper when I served on Counterfeit Kit ages ago. I need to get back to doing that. goodness knows I have enough stamps to do so! And flock and embossing folders and powder lol. Thanks for the jog in my memory! dig-it-al I like your idea of a secret diary. I never create just to create. I either make pages or gifts. Maybe I should try to switch my brain and allow it to have fun for funs sake! AmandaA I adore tiny/mini alphas too! I am still hoarding and using my Cosmo Cricket ones, they are my favorites! Girl use that paper, don't waste it! myboysnme YAY! We are not beach people but woohooo! I am glad you have fun photos for fun paper, that is always nice! |
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Post by Linda on May 25, 2017 14:37:33 GMT
judging from the nearly 300 photos DS sent me of Legoland Japan - I need to buying Lego paper and embellishments like crazy. Alas - not much shopping for me...my next purchases will be prints and adhesive
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Post by moraie on May 25, 2017 14:43:11 GMT
I sold/gave away all my stamps, ink pads and stencils a few years ago, so for the last year I've been "rebuilding" my collection. I never cared for dies, so I didn't have many, but I recently realized there is life outside of my Cameo, so that's my latest obsession. (Yay for China!) crystalb I hoard woodgrain too. I love the AC woodgrain cardstock and Ella and Viv papers. Woodgrains |
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Post by crystalb on May 25, 2017 14:51:32 GMT
I sold/gave away all my stamps, ink pads and stencils a few years ago, so for the last year I've been "rebuilding" my collection. I never cared for dies, so I didn't have many, but I recently realized there is life outside of my Cameo, so that's my latest obsession. (Yay for China!) crystalb I hoard woodgrain too. I love the AC woodgrain cardstock and Ella and Viv papers. Woodgrains the AC woodgrain cardstock is on my wishlist and so are the Ella and Viv papers! Great minds! Save |
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Post by grammadee on May 25, 2017 14:56:21 GMT
I "collect" woodgrain, and collections and extras that support photos of: little boys, the farm, hockey, baseball, baking. Also masculine papers & collections, dies & embossing folders.
I like the IDEA of paper piecing scenes, so I have collected a lot of TE "little bits" dies. So I am all ready to craft a farm scene, several Christmas or winter scenes, vehicles on roads... And I have sun's rays and clouds and grass and hills and fences and... Problem is that the REALITY of paper piecing is way more work than I usually have time (or patience) for... But I have a nice collection!
Last year I was on the hunt for bicycles--pp, diecuts, dies, cb, whatever. Glad I was b/c now I have some Learning to Ride a Two Wheeler pic's to scrap.
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msliz
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Post by msliz on May 25, 2017 15:00:22 GMT
I've been buying 6x6 pads and really enjoying the variety without the cost of the 12x12s.
I've also been buying dies wherever I can find them inexpensively.
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Post by mikklynn on May 25, 2017 15:08:02 GMT
I've been finishing off my hoard of enamel dots. It's very satisfying to use up a package. ETA Don't worry, I still have plenty  I also love any woodgrain paper, especially gray tones. I haven't been buying much, because I am out of space! I'm on a mission to use up some of what I have. |
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Post by scrapcat on May 25, 2017 15:29:48 GMT
Any food/baking/cooking/gardening type of paper or embellishment. And there are so many "domestic" type lines out right now. I realized that's my favorite stuff to scrap: food, what I make, what we grow, etc. Some of the papers I love so I bought 2 or 3! But yea, generally always paper for me  |
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Post by LavenderLayoutLady on May 25, 2017 16:40:13 GMT
I still use a lot of enamel dots and sequins.
I've been on a dreamcatcher and feathers kick for a little while. I have stamps, I fussy cut, and I have a bohemian style of paper pad that has feathers on it.
I'm trying not to buy right now (not much room, plus too much supplies, paired with a needed freeze), but any time I find stamps at a thrift store for cheap ($2 for 30 stamps!) I can't walk away from it. It's a sickness.
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Post by beccanay2 on May 25, 2017 17:12:11 GMT
Since getting into mixed media...in my scrapbooking and art journaling... most of my purchases are stencils and stamps with a few inks here and there. I also recently upgraded my original Sizzix ("big red") to a Big Kick, and have been adding to my die stash as well.
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Post by marg on May 25, 2017 17:15:46 GMT
I just received an order from Cartwright's Sequins - they are gorgeous. I bought about 20 different kinds. I'm obsessed with sequins right now and am using them on cards and scrapbook pages.
I also just re-discovered Ali Edwards' stuff, so I've been buying a lot from her store, and I just received her story kit and stamp subscriptions for my birthday. I'm ready to start really telling our family stories again, after a few years of not wanting to scrapbook at all because my son got really sick, my husband sold his business, and I had to go back to work, all within the same few months.
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Post by carolynhasacat on May 25, 2017 17:50:53 GMT
Stencils and sprays and stuff for mixed media. I think I'm one step behind you, crystalb. Maybe next it'll be wood grain for me. |
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Post by lostwithout2peas on May 25, 2017 17:59:43 GMT
Anything Air force, military or American themed! Absolutely loving pink paislee's sweet freedom collection. And also graduation themed stuff, because there has been quite a few graduations happening in the past few years and lots more coming in the future. So if I see a great line, I'm grabbing it cause they are hard to come by!
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Post by streetscrapper on May 25, 2017 18:18:20 GMT
I think the easier question would be "what are you NOT buying like crazy right now?" 😳😳
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Post by hutchfan on May 25, 2017 18:31:40 GMT
I have been ordering many things from Etsy for my Traveler's Notebook. And I really love the wood veneer and acrylic from Color Cast Designs so I been ordering from her.
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Post by justcindy on May 25, 2017 19:09:46 GMT
What are you buying or using like crazy right now? What are you hoarding? I don't know about y'all but I go through stages with things. I just went through a sequins stage where I was buying/hoarding and using them up like crazy. Then it was stencils and templates for a little mixed media. Now I am all about woodgrain. I am all about buying every.single.piece of 12X12 woodgrain paper (or putting it on my wishlists) I can find. I am super excited about the Simple Stories woodgrain that is coming out but will have to wait for a good coupon! What about y'all? Crystal, I could have written this response! So wierd!  I want to make some shaker cards for some birthdays coming up, so I've been buying sequins and the like, and for some reason I've wanted to try my hand at using messy stuff with stencils, but I don't have any. I have a silhouette so every time I pick one up at HL or put one in my cart, I think that I can make it, so I can spend the $ on something else, Ha! And i just finished a page I had started a couple of years ago ( actually it's an entire album project....a vacation we took with my Dad, and he passed away while I was working on the album...I had to put it away til it was easy for me to work on it again) and the page I was working on had thin strips of dark woodgrain paper on it...and I started looking for more since it went really well with beach pictures, which I have a ton of. SO FUNNY!! |
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Post by justcindy on May 25, 2017 19:13:55 GMT
I think the easier question would be "what are you NOT buying like crazy right now?" 😳😳 Ugh....THIS. I go through stages...over the years, I've noticed my pattern, that I buy the majority of my scrapbook stuff in the spring....I live on the gulf coast so I always have beach and summer pictures to work on, and the yellows, pinks, oranges, and all the aquas and other blues!! SWOON!!!! So, it's the usual for me....summer lines, and colors.....sigh....luckily there's not really an autumn in Texas, but if there were, I'd find a way to put turquoise and yellow on the pages.  |
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Post by anniefb on May 25, 2017 19:56:43 GMT
I just stocked up on staples but not much other than that. Oh I just did buy some new velum to try - an assorted pad from Grafix.
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Post by freeatlast on May 26, 2017 2:30:58 GMT
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Post by crystalb on May 26, 2017 12:21:50 GMT
I "collect" woodgrain, and collections and extras that support photos of: little boys, the farm, hockey, baseball, baking. Also masculine papers & collections, dies & embossing folders. I like the IDEA of paper piecing scenes, so I have collected a lot of TE "little bits" dies. So I am all ready to craft a farm scene, several Christmas or winter scenes, vehicles on roads... And I have sun's rays and clouds and grass and hills and fences and... Problem is that the REALITY of paper piecing is way more work than I usually have time (or patience) for... But I have a nice collection! Last year I was on the hunt for bicycles--pp, diecuts, dies, cb, whatever. Glad I was b/c now I have some Learning to Ride a Two Wheeler pic's to scrap. I used to like the IDEA of paper piecing too but yeah I don't have the patience. I barely have the patience for fussy cutting a few things here and there. We are getting busier and busier as the kids get older so maybe that is why, or maybe I am just not a patient person lol. Save |
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Post by crystalb on May 26, 2017 12:23:24 GMT
I've been finishing off my hoard of enamel dots. It's very satisfying to use up a package. ETA Don't worry, I still have plenty I also love any woodgrain paper, especially gray tones. I haven't been buying much, because I am out of space! I'm on a mission to use up some of what I have. I almost stopped breathing for a second! LOL! Save |
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Post by crystalb on May 26, 2017 12:25:13 GMT
Stencils and sprays and stuff for mixed media. I think I'm one step behind you, crystalb . Maybe next it'll be wood grain for me. Well I do have good taste LOL! Just kidding I am having fun hen I find time and energy. the past two weeks have been so busy I can barely see straight! Save |
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Post by dasmith2 on May 26, 2017 12:26:41 GMT
I've been adding to my embellie stash. The last thing I bought was a Gossamer Blue Grab bag. I'm done spending for a while......probably lol
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Post by crystalb on May 26, 2017 12:27:36 GMT
What are you buying or using like crazy right now? What are you hoarding? I don't know about y'all but I go through stages with things. I just went through a sequins stage where I was buying/hoarding and using them up like crazy. Then it was stencils and templates for a little mixed media. Now I am all about woodgrain. I am all about buying every.single.piece of 12X12 woodgrain paper (or putting it on my wishlists) I can find. I am super excited about the Simple Stories woodgrain that is coming out but will have to wait for a good coupon! What about y'all? Crystal, I could have written this response! So wierd! I want to make some shaker cards for some birthdays coming up, so I've been buying sequins and the like, and for some reason I've wanted to try my hand at using messy stuff with stencils, but I don't have any. I have a silhouette so every time I pick one up at HL or put one in my cart, I think that I can make it, so I can spend the $ on something else, Ha! And i just finished a page I had started a couple of years ago ( actually it's an entire album project....a vacation we took with my Dad, and he passed away while I was working on the album...I had to put it away til it was easy for me to work on it again) and the page I was working on had thin strips of dark woodgrain paper on it...and I started looking for more since it went really well with beach pictures, which I have a ton of. SO FUNNY!! You have good taste! Great minds and all! I am glad you are at a place you can work on the album again.Hugs for your heart! Save |
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Post by crystalb on May 26, 2017 12:29:03 GMT
Seems like we all have our things. It is exciting to see the different things!
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I want to make some shaker cards for some birthdays coming up, so I've been buying sequins and the like, and for some reason I've wanted to try my hand at using messy stuff with stencils, but I don't have any. I have a silhouette so every time I pick one up at HL or put one in my cart, I think that I can make it, so I can spend the $ on something else, Ha! And i just finished a page I had started a couple of years ago ( actually it's an entire album project....a vacation we took with my Dad, and he passed away while I was working on the album...I had to put it away til it was easy for me to work on it again) and the page I was working on had thin strips of dark woodgrain paper on it...and I started looking for more since it went really well with beach pictures, which I have a ton of. SO FUNNY!! 
