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Post by rrp23 on Jan 28, 2018 22:57:22 GMT
That i have an awful lot of ugly striped paper in particular. Not that i hate stripes, but for some reason, it seems to look cheap.
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Post by myboysnme on Jan 28, 2018 23:18:07 GMT
Last year I purged about 600 pieces of unloved paper and sent it to the peas. Yes, it cost me money to get rid of it but that was my sort of way to say to myself, "You have all this stuff, instead of buying more how about spending that money on paying it forward?"
Anyway, 600 pieces of paper did not make a noticeable dent in my stash. That is a crying shame.
Now stripes I can totally see myself keeping those for the day the scrapbook apocalypse comes and there is no scrapbook paper and stripes will work with everything. That's my hoarder mentality.
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Post by infochick on Jan 29, 2018 0:14:41 GMT
I have some ugly paper too. Lots. Usually courtesy of poorly chosen paper pads or pads with some odd sheets in them. I use it to back pages where I have patchworked nicer paper on top or to use as a working surface when I am stamping and embossing.
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Post by canadianscrappergirl on Jan 29, 2018 1:34:09 GMT
Yes purge any you don't love. Don't keep it if you don't love it! Oh and don't keep it to use for another purpose free up your space for something you love!
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Post by Deleted on Jan 29, 2018 1:45:48 GMT
My dgs does orgami. He loves ugly paper.
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Post by mamakven on Jan 29, 2018 2:07:55 GMT
My dgs does orgami. He loves ugly paper. That’s so smart! |
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Post by 950nancy on Jan 29, 2018 2:08:26 GMT
Last year I went through every sheet of paper (and I have many feet of paper) and I got rid of a stack two feet high. I donated it to few ladies who make page kits for a crop and they donate the proceeds to a women's shelter. I used to buy two packs of everything. I always make two sets of pages, so I needed two packs. Nope. Some of those packs have 3-4 sheets of the same paper in one pack.
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Post by mikklynn on Jan 29, 2018 3:00:27 GMT
I keep a box ready all the time for my unloved papers. I give it to my SIL, who manages an assisted living center. The residents make cards with it.
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Post by msliz on Jan 29, 2018 4:04:53 GMT
We should have an ugly paper challenge.
I have a bunch of K&Co. dark muddy moody florals and botanicals that I bought at a tag sale because I liked the other papers in the packs. I'm bound and determined to use them on something!
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Post by mom on Jan 29, 2018 4:54:37 GMT
I am finishing up December Daily right now, but as soon as I am done I feel a MAJOR purge coming on. I don't have a huge stash - but I have a bunch that I will never use (hello SC, HS, MME and OA papers). Thickers/FJ Alphabets too. They are piling up and I just never use them.
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Post by mikklynn on Jan 29, 2018 13:17:21 GMT
We should have an ugly paper challenge. I have a bunch of K&Co. dark muddy moody florals and botanicals that I bought at a tag sale because I liked the other papers in the packs. I'm bound and determined to use them on something! I've used ugly papers as a base for layering portions of other papers, for example, if I want the top half and bottom half of a layout to be different. The ugly paper gets covered up. |
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Post by ExpatBackHome on Jan 29, 2018 14:37:48 GMT
I’ve started using my ugly paper as a small mat. You can only see a very small part of the pattern and that helps to cover its ugliness. Luckily I don’t have much ugly paper though  |
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Post by grammadee on Jan 29, 2018 14:51:37 GMT
To misquote a common saying: If you don't love it, set it free.
Just by reading comments about new releases on this board, it's easy to see that one person's ugly is another person's perfect.
I filled a box this fall with papers I was not in love with anymore and gave them to my niece who teaches elementary school for her classroom.
One crop I attended had an "ugly paper" bin. The store started with papers that had not sold in a long time. Anyone could use whatever they wanted, and/or throw in whatever they didn't want, and then there was a challenge to USE papers from that bin. I have seen a similar system in one LSS, sort of like a paperback exchange: bring one; take one.
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Post by anniefb on Jan 29, 2018 21:20:32 GMT
I purge anything I don’t love and won’t use anymore. My craft room is small and I definitely don’t want to take up precious space for something I’ll never use.
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Post by papersilly on Jan 29, 2018 21:44:25 GMT
i did a major paper purge a few years ago. i'm talking large Priority Boxes filled with paper and shipped off to someone else. i have a small stack of papers in the purge pile right now but it's growing.
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Post by Really Red on Jan 30, 2018 1:42:12 GMT
It just makes me feel better to hear how much paper you all have. It really does.
The Peas made me buy an envelope maker, which was one of my better purchases. All the ugly paper now is made into envelopes. My cards look so much better with these fun envelopes. Even the ugliest papers make pretty envelopes!
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Post by streetscrapper on Jan 30, 2018 1:46:02 GMT
I don’t have a lot of paper but I do have my fair share of ugly sheets that are in paper packs. I usually use those sheets for envelopes or boxes for card set gifts.
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Post by artisticscrapper on Jan 30, 2018 2:59:00 GMT
Most of my ugly paper was free stuff I got from classes or at LSS crops. The rest was made up of the papers I didn’t want in paper pads or paper packs. I always thought I could make it work somehow by using bits and pieces of the paper on layouts or cards. Nope. If you hate it, you hate it and your never going to want to use it. I save a little of it if it has a white B side to use as scratch paper tp test stamps or paints. The rest goes straight to the donation pile.
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Post by mikklynn on Jan 30, 2018 3:24:31 GMT
I just purged partially used sticker and chipboard sheets from my Christmas stash. I cut out anything I might use, but much went in the trash. If it didn't get used by now, it needed to go.
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Post by woodysbetty on Jan 30, 2018 12:03:17 GMT
Ugly paper purges are why I stopped buying random paper pads... |
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Post by pas2 on Jan 30, 2018 17:47:39 GMT
My ugly paper gets used for test cuts on my Cameo, work surfaces, envelopes, page backers, especially if the B side is white and gifted to others. I'm slowly making a dent in that ancient stash of mine. I didn't know I still owned some Provocraft and Francis Meyer paper.
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Post by wonderwoman on Jan 31, 2018 1:24:18 GMT
Last year I purged about 600 pieces of unloved paper and sent it to the peas. Yes, it cost me money to get rid of it but that was my sort of way to say to myself, "You have all this stuff, instead of buying more how about spending that money on paying it forward?" Anyway, 600 pieces of paper did not make a noticeable dent in my stash. That is a crying shame. Now stripes I can totally see myself keeping those for the day the scrapbook apocalypse comes and there is no scrapbook paper and stripes will work with everything. That's my hoarder mentality.  |
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Post by pastlifepea on Jan 31, 2018 14:36:20 GMT
Oh man, I bought two of the Cropper Hopper 12x12 paper storage things that were PACKED with paper from Goodwill. I wanted the holders so the papers were just a bonus. It was a blast sorting through all of it and there were some really cool things in there but some hideous uglies. It was all at least 10 years old. I've donated a TON of stuff to DD's high school art department. They are thrilled to get it because we all know public schools have a limited budget.
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Post by dasmith2 on Feb 1, 2018 3:01:15 GMT
I just purged 2 inches of pp, I probably have 9 inches or so left. I do have a lot of pp pads though and have started purging them as well but that'll be a process.
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