breetheflea
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Post by breetheflea on Jul 27, 2017 15:40:44 GMT
what theme do you constantly need/shop for more?
I never have enough birthday embellishments, but we are a family of 6 so I do a lot of birthday layouts every year... School is a close second.
I need to find a good deal somewhere and stock up or start buying two of everything.
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msliz
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Post by msliz on Jul 27, 2017 15:46:41 GMT
I'm always on the hunt for pretty white snowflakes.
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Elsabelle
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Post by Elsabelle on Jul 27, 2017 15:48:50 GMT
The tend to only buy summer or beach themed supplies. I have a few fall themed items, which I love, but unfortunately we don't get that lovely fall weather in my neck of the woods.
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scrapnnana
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Post by scrapnnana on Jul 27, 2017 16:04:09 GMT
Renaissance Fairs. We go to at least one every year, sometimes as many as two or three.
It is next to impossible to find anything with that theme, except for childish looking. We are all adults. Childish papers and embellishments aren't going to work for me.
However, this is one reason I love having an electronic cutter and a ton of stamps. I can make my own embellishments and background papers as needed.
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Post by myboysnme on Jul 27, 2017 17:13:40 GMT
Renaissance Fairs. We go to at least one every year, sometimes as many as two or three. It is next to impossible to find anything with that theme, except for childish looking. We are all adults. Childish papers and embellishments aren't going to work for me. However, this is one reason I love having an electronic cutter and a ton of stamps. I can make my own embellishments and background papers as needed. I am a complete theme scrapper and I have 2 huge bins of papers and embellishments for medieval events and activities. What type of stuff do you like to find? I use lots of papers with crowns and harlequin diamonds, distressed papers, metal, gems, flourishes, fleur de lis... Here are a few pages to give you some ideas of what I use:   _ Attachments:
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Post by myboysnme on Jul 27, 2017 17:16:12 GMT
Renaissance Fairs. We go to at least one every year, sometimes as many as two or three. It is next to impossible to find anything with that theme, except for childish looking. We are all adults. Childish papers and embellishments aren't going to work for me. A few more - one blurry - sorry...    |
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Post by myboysnme on Jul 27, 2017 17:28:55 GMT
OK now I will answer the question: I always think I need birthday but I don't. I have lots of it. I have lots of everything.
I have wonderful fall stuff and no need for it anymore except Thanksgiving. When the kids were young I'd ask them to go out in the leaves so I could scrap it.
I also love winter stuff and just don't need it anymore, sadly, except for some of my earlier pics I haven't scrapped yet.
The kind of stuff I like to find is sort of everyday, around the house theme stuff, like kitchen, family room, bedroom. I know that sounds strange but I get some stuff from Scrap your trip with furniture and household items. I'm talking suburban life, city life, rural life...
I am also scrapping lots of history stuff and while I do have a box exploding with theme stuff for historic sites and reenactments, I have collected those over many years. The popularity of wood papers has really helped with many of these photos. I use bricks and stone papers too. I have picked up lots of burlap, lace, and other textures to work with these pictures.
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Post by mikklynn on Jul 27, 2017 17:45:51 GMT
I would like more variety in my hockey supplies. I have quite a bit, but really, how much can you do with 1 sport?
It's for my grandson's hockey scrapbook. I probably need to look on Pinterest and galleries for inspiration, not shop!
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scrapnnana
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Post by scrapnnana on Jul 27, 2017 19:59:47 GMT
Those are great Renaissance pages! Thanks for sharing them!
The LSS near where I used to live had difficulty finding anything that looked even remotely like Renaissance.
Graphic 45 came out with a line last summer or so that was perfect, so I bought a bunch, but it was a rare find, and the colors don't go with my newer Renaissance costume. They work great with the older costume. I also bought the stamps that went with the line, so I can make my own background papers and use the colors I want.
I also have a lot of cutting files I can use.
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breetheflea
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Post by breetheflea on Jul 27, 2017 20:21:40 GMT
Those are great Renaissance pages! Thanks for sharing them! The LSS near where I used to live had difficulty finding anything that looked even remotely like Renaissance. Graphic 45 came out with a line last summer or so that was perfect, so I bought a bunch, but it was a rare find, and the colors don't go with my newer Renaissance costume. They work great with the older costume. I also bought the stamps that went with the line, so I can make my own background papers and use the colors I want. I also have a lot of cutting files I can use. What about the Once Upon a Time stack from DCWV? I have only scrapped one Renaissance Fair photo but those papers were perfect... |
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Post by pennyscraps on Jul 27, 2017 21:30:31 GMT
Surprisingly to myself, I discovered last year that I really stink at documenting birthdays! For all of us. So, I've been trying to build up my birthday stash. Lawdy knows I am SET on Christmas!! For days.  |
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Post by 950nancy on Jul 27, 2017 21:34:13 GMT
Surprisingly to myself, I discovered last year that I really stink at documenting birthdays! For all of us. So, I've been trying to build up my birthday stash. Lawdy knows I am SET on Christmas!! For days. Tuesday Morning has had an abundance of birthday papers in the last year or so. |
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Post by pennyscraps on Jul 27, 2017 21:36:24 GMT
I struggle going there. I don't know why...I did pick up Jillibean's Souper Celebration and PhotoPlay's boy birthday line.
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Post by myboysnme on Jul 27, 2017 21:51:06 GMT
Those are great Renaissance pages! Thanks for sharing them! The LSS near where I used to live had difficulty finding anything that looked even remotely like Renaissance. Graphic 45 came out with a line last summer or so that was perfect, so I bought a bunch, but it was a rare find, and the colors don't go with my newer Renaissance costume. They work great with the older costume. I also bought the stamps that went with the line, so I can make my own background papers and use the colors I want. I also have a lot of cutting files I can use. I must see your garb! My son is one of the knights in the photos. His group is having a medieval feast at our neighborhood club house in Sept. I also loved that Graphic 45! I find a lot of what I use in paper pads and embellies in places like Hobby Lobby. |
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Post by refugeepea on Jul 27, 2017 22:36:34 GMT
Birthday
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Post by justjac on Jul 27, 2017 22:44:31 GMT
Play and drama things. I bought a couple of digi kits that were great. I also bought a Hollywood one Graphic 45 did. It's not quite the same, but it will do. I have a lot of most others that suit me: Christmas, birthday, travel. I have more Halloween and Fall than I need.
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Post by Mary W on Jul 28, 2017 0:05:43 GMT
Lately it's been outdoor themes, particularly hiking and kayaking. Previously it was military (dh was Navy, son was Air Force) and police. Now I have so much of it that I don't ever want to see it again! I have more Christmas than I will ever use, but I'm sick of looking at it and want some of the new stuff. But I can't justify, in my own mind, spending money on new when I have so much to use. I also have a lot of baby stuff, and the youngest is now 3. I guess I need more grandchildren!
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Post by pas2 on Jul 28, 2017 0:17:43 GMT
Play and drama things. I bought a couple of digi kits that were great. I also bought a Hollywood one Graphic 45 did. It's not quite the same, but it will do. I have a lot of most others that suit me: Christmas, birthday, travel. I have more Halloween and Fall than I need. I've had such a hard time finding play and drama papers, can you give me info on the digi kits? There was a line by Photoplay i believe but i was only able to nab a few pieces. |
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Post by melanell on Jul 28, 2017 1:08:42 GMT
Fall, Winter, School, & Nautical/Seaside. I use those a lot. In fact any earth tone sets, whether fall or not get a lot of use in my albums. They go so well with anything outdoors.  |
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scrapnnana
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Post by scrapnnana on Jul 28, 2017 5:04:44 GMT
Those are great Renaissance pages! Thanks for sharing them! The LSS near where I used to live had difficulty finding anything that looked even remotely like Renaissance. Graphic 45 came out with a line last summer or so that was perfect, so I bought a bunch, but it was a rare find, and the colors don't go with my newer Renaissance costume. They work great with the older costume. I also bought the stamps that went with the line, so I can make my own background papers and use the colors I want. I also have a lot of cutting files I can use. What about the Once Upon a Time stack from DCWV? I have only scrapped one Renaissance Fair photo but those papers were perfect... Yes, I bought that one when it was available, too, but thanks for mentioning it. I had forgotten about that one. |
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Post by scrapnnana on Jul 28, 2017 5:22:59 GMT
myboysnme, I will try to get a picture up, but it probably won't be till next week. I have a house full of family arriving tomorrow.
We were going to participate in a medieval feast with some friends, but they kept postponing it. Now we live in another state.
My husband dresses in black and silver. I dress in black and blue, but the blue is more prominent. That blue is the problem for most of the Renaissance papers that I have. My older outfit had green and burgundy. It sounds terrible, but it looked fine, and it matched the papers pretty well. My newer outfit is nicer, but the blue color is a hard one to match.
Our two sons both dress in chain mail and black. We don't dress like royalty, but more like middle class Renaissance, with our two mercenary guards. We also wear shoulder puppets (dragons and griffins). One of our sons has even figured out how to make his puppet look like it breathes fire. He is so good at maneuvering his puppet that people often think it is real at first.
We are such geeks.
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Post by justjac on Jul 28, 2017 17:11:03 GMT
Play and drama things. I bought a couple of digi kits that were great. I also bought a Hollywood one Graphic 45 did. It's not quite the same, but it will do. I have a lot of most others that suit me: Christmas, birthday, travel. I have more Halloween and Fall than I need. I've had such a hard time finding play and drama papers, can you give me info on the digi kits? There was a line by Photoplay i believe but i was only able to nab a few pieces. I was checking and a couple of the kits I bought don't seem to be available any more. No one kit was perfect but I mixed and matched. One that is available is www.sweetshoppedesigns.com/sweetshoppe/product.php?productid=34711&cat=&page=1It's called Now Showing. It's about movies but had pieces I could use. Here's another store.gingerscraps.net/Its-Showtime-BUNDLE-by-MagsGraphics.htmlAnd the last: store.gingerscraps.net/On-Stage-Kit.htmlHope this helps! |
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Post by crazy4scraps on Jul 29, 2017 4:30:57 GMT
School stuff that ISN'T primary colors. I swear, do these people designing this stuff never go to an elementary school (or even a mass merchant retailer at back to school time) to see what the kids are wearing these days? I need school stuff in purple, pink, teal, bright orange, bright blue. Even the boys don't wear traditional primary colors. It's so frustrating that none of the premade stuff or even the papers match the colors in my pictures.  I also need stuff I can use for friendship pages, both adult and kid oriented, female and male. I have tons of pictures of friends and it would be fun to have some scrappy stuff that somehow showcases those kinds of relationships. Swimming stuff that isn't competitive / swim team. More like swimming in the lake, swimming lessons, going to the pool. Lake cabin life, things like bonfires, s'mores, pontoons, fishing off the dock, swimming in the lake, jet skis, paddle boats, BBQ, etc. There have been some collections like this, but they could lose all the red and black buffalo plaid and the generally 1970's colors (avocado, rust, gold, brown). Nobody we know decorates their lake homes like that anymore. |
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