scrappington
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Post by scrappington on Jun 28, 2018 12:48:20 GMT
Happy Thursday Peas... It is a long weekend here in Canada this weekend, and if your in Ontario this weekend its going to be horribly hot.
I did commit to the garage sale at my lss for Aug 25th. Need to start pulling and pricing.
Life has been in the way lately and nothing has been scrappy in my life. But things have gotten better and plan this weekend. Is air-conditioning (unfortunately--not central air..have a floor one) and scraprooms.
I have been looking online and stuff for something to buy and I'm shocked there is nothing that is really grabbing my eye. I went to two different Mike's this week and nothing either. Not sure if I should be worried or relieved.
That is all I got right now.
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Post by kiwigirl on Jun 28, 2018 12:58:58 GMT
I totally get that you're not loving the stuff that's out at the moment, me either! I need Crate Paper to do a new line, something really cool, Notes & Things Two-Point-Oh would make me happy! You're lucky to have a LSS to go to though! I would love to be able to sell stuff at a garage sale at one, I have so many stamps it's not funny and never use the blimmen things!
I typed up my DT blog post for July 1st so that's done and dusted, always nice when it's finished. Hopefully I can get some more points for my team before Sunday now! And I need to choose some products to work with for my August 1st blog post..... hoping something awesome turns up soon!
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Post by guzismom on Jun 28, 2018 13:15:39 GMT
Well, if it's scrappy randomness, here goes:
Right now I am scrapping photos that are not really exciting. They are fish photos from a SCUBA trip in November. I take hundreds of fish photos each trip. I have already scrapped the best ones; but these are good too, so I made them into collages. I don't usually scrap chronological, so theoretically I could scrap something else. But I feel like these are just hanging around and I will feel better when they are done, so I soldier on.
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Post by grammadee on Jun 28, 2018 14:31:13 GMT
Received an order from Paper Wishes yesterday. Some glue refills they had on sale awhile back. Some specialty papers for Christmas card making. Replenished my supply of Happy Birthday dazzles stickers. And a Paper House Color Washed paper pad It has a wonderful blend of waatercolour backgrounds and gold foil geometrics. The pages are cardstock, and white on the backs, so I am looking forward to card making with them. I am feeling a little lost this morning without a scrappy project to work on. I have been crafting almost every day this month. Finished 30 pages and about 40 cards. Yesterday I sorted through my scraps and put a ton of stuff away in my craftroom. This morning I am sitting here in the bit of time I have before diving into a cleaning project elsewhere and thinking I. WANT. TO. DO. SOMETHING. CRAFTY!!!! But I don't have much time and I don't want to make a mess.
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Post by mikklynn on Jun 28, 2018 15:11:54 GMT
Well, if it's scrappy randomness, here goes: Right now I am scrapping photos that are not really exciting. They are fish photos from a SCUBA trip in November. I take hundreds of fish photos each trip. I have already scrapped the best ones; but these are good too, so I made them into collages. I don't usually scrap chronological, so theoretically I could scrap something else. But I feel like these are just hanging around and I will feel better when they are done, so I soldier on. It feels so good to finish a big project like this. I usually just put this type of photo in pocket pages and call it good.
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Post by justjac on Jun 28, 2018 15:34:05 GMT
I have to make a wedding card tonight and that will be it for me in June since we are leaving town Friday for the wedding. I bought a bag full of brand new 6x6 paper pads off a lady who is destashing. Only one winter one (I was hoping for more Christmas), but I know of at least two YouTube series on scrapping with 6x6 pads, so I'm hoping for inspiration in June.
In the city nearby the wedding we're going to, there is supposed to be a scrappy garage sale at a LSS, so I hope to have time to check that out.
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Post by LisaDV on Jun 28, 2018 15:44:30 GMT
Yesterday was dd's 13th birthday and I've got a couple of HAVE TO get done house projects. One has to get done ASAP as the more important project had to be put on hold for it. So my crafty time is really limited. I created 2 pages last week and I'm trying to get process videos of them done so I can post the video and the layout photo at the same time. I'm still learning on the video making end of things and I struggle. It really makes you appreciate those that do process videos. I need to finish the 2nd by tomorrow. I upload at night, so one will go tonight and one will go tomorrow.
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Post by Linda on Jun 28, 2018 15:53:22 GMT
no scrapping the rest of the month for me. I'm hoping we can get the other bed out of DD11's room this week (where to put it is part of the issue) so she and I can start moving her stuff OUT of the family room (where I scrap) and back into her room.
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msliz
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Post by msliz on Jun 28, 2018 16:17:35 GMT
no scrapping the rest of the month for me. I'm hoping we can get the other bed out of DD11's room this week (where to put it is part of the issue) so she and I can start moving her stuff OUT of the family room (where I scrap) and back into her room. I did the same thing with DD15's room back in May, swapping out furniture and everything, but a ton of her stuff is still sitting in my craft area waiting to be sorted (and a lot of it donated or thrown out, I hope). It seems like there's always something going on that keeps us from getting to it. Best of luck getting it done so you can get back to scrapping!
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Post by kiwigirl on Jun 28, 2018 17:31:32 GMT
I went to my craft room about 47 times today, sat down and looked at the background I've created with the photo sitting on top of it..... sighed..... and left again. I'm getting nowhere!
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Post by DawnMcD on Jun 28, 2018 17:57:25 GMT
I have a layout using a SG sketch laying out on my desk with all the accent paper and a few embellishments but I cannot find a background paper I like so I keep wandering in there trying one or two get frustrated and leave it again. LOL I do have some camping papers I would like to get but just keep talking myself out of it. Hoping to get a wedding card made before the weekend.
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scrappington
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Jun 26, 2014 14:43:10 GMT
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Post by scrappington on Jun 28, 2018 18:23:57 GMT
I went to my craft room about 47 times today, sat down and looked at the background I've created with the photo sitting on top of it..... sighed..... and left again. I'm getting nowhere! Maybe try putting it aside and starting a new layout. Or changing photo or background
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Post by LavenderLayoutLady on Jun 28, 2018 19:29:16 GMT
Randomness: I want to scrap, but I am just drained. I ran a bunch of errands. Set up kiddie pool and let them play.
And ants are killing my mojo!
Seriously.
So, a flying termite died on my window sill, without my knowledge. I woke up to a line of tiny ants coming from under the baseboard, to get the dead bug.
Oh hell no!
Thankfully this is all in one corner, contained.
So, I have four terro ant baits and those ants called all their friends, and on heck I just want them to die quick and leave the inside of my home alone.
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Post by anniefb on Jun 28, 2018 19:51:51 GMT
Not much scrapping recently since my crafting time is limited and I’ve been working on either ornaments or cards but I’m looking forward to doing a few layouts in July for challenges.
My main issue is that work is interfering too much with my craft time - including work related events. Tonight we’re off to see a league (rugby league) game with clients. I’d much rather be at home in the warmth watching Netflix and doing some stitching!
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Post by joyfulnana on Jun 28, 2018 20:12:20 GMT
I have a two page LO that has been sitting on my table waiting for a title and journaling for two weeks. I have no mojo to finish it. I'm hoping the July challenges are going to give me a jump start. Of course that hasn't stopped me from shopping lol. I just got the EP school papers this week lol
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Post by mikklynn on Jun 28, 2018 20:17:02 GMT
Randomness: I want to scrap, but I am just drained. I ran a bunch of errands. Set up kiddie pool and let them play. And ants are killing my mojo! Seriously. So, a flying termite died on my window sill, without my knowledge. I woke up to a line of tiny ants coming from under the baseboard, to get the dead bug. Oh hell no! Thankfully this is all in one corner, contained. So, I have four terro ant baits and those ants called all their friends, and on heck I just want them to die quick and leave the inside of my home alone. Ugh! I went through the ant invasion this winter. It's so gross when they first find the Terro!
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Post by workingclassdog on Jun 28, 2018 21:23:49 GMT
I'm stuck trying to move my space to the family room. I keep thinking about it but doing nothing about it.
THEN I have over 500 pictures of my trip to Germany and Paris and most are on my Iphone in some weird format and they will not load onto my computer (PC). I am soooo frustrated by it. I read I could put them in Dropbox and then my computer, which I did, but after doing 500 of them one by one.. I opened one and they are like the size of a stamp. I can't enlarge it either. ALL that work for nothing. So now what do I do? Ugggg.
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Post by infochick on Jun 28, 2018 21:44:13 GMT
I totally get that you're not loving the stuff that's out at the moment, me either! I need Crate Paper to do a new line, something really cool, Notes & Things Two-Point-Oh would make me happy! I would really love it if Crate Paper would do re-releases of some of their older collections the way that Grapic 45 does. They have such a good catalogue of older collections that I wish I could snap up now.
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Post by LisaDV on Jun 28, 2018 21:59:35 GMT
And ants are killing my mojo! Ants suck. I've been using peppermint on cotton balls to keep them at bay. But you have to resaturate the cotton balls often and I forget. Luckily, they're home invasion attempts only last a couple of weeks in the late spring/early summer. I think next year, I'm going back to terro. THEN I have over 500 pictures of my trip to Germany and Paris and most are on my Iphone in some weird format and they will not load onto my computer (PC). I am soooo frustrated by it. I read I could put them in Dropbox and then my computer, which I did, but after doing 500 of them one by one.. I opened one and they are like the size of a stamp. I can't enlarge it either. ALL that work for nothing. So now what do I do? Ugggg. That is so frustrating! I just wanted you to know I empathize with you. I can't upload from my phone it puts random dates that weren't the date the photos were taken on my photos. I've taken to downloading from icloud. Do you have icloud for your photos and have you tried that?
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Post by LavenderLayoutLady on Jun 29, 2018 2:05:55 GMT
So, decided I needed to sort my stickers/embellishments into new gallon zippy bags by categories that I scrap.
I have:
Easter & Spring
St. Patrick's day
Valentine's day
Halloween
Thanksgiving & Autumn
Christmas
Birthday & party
School
Alphabet & Numbers
Lego
Cartoon, tv, books, movies
Planes, trains, automobiles
Travel
Zoo, animals & insects
Snark & memes
Random
What I have learned from this experience:
I have way more Zoo embellishments than I actually go to the zoo. I've gone once in five years, and even after scrapping 9 pages, I still have so much.
I need Christmas embellishments. I didn't buy them last year, and just used what I had. Now I have three random stickers.
My left over alpha sheets have none of the letters I need for my kids' names. Scrapbook companies, I implore you... Sell alphabet sheets by the letter.
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Post by lostwithout2peas on Jun 29, 2018 3:48:07 GMT
I will join in tonight. I have this big new wonderful craft studio to scrapbook in, when I used to have no where to scrap and I just can't seem to settle in and get to work. I'm feeling completely overwhelmed because I have not printed pictures in over a year and a half. I'm the type of person that prints all her pics and has them on hand organized in those iris photo containers labeled and ready to go. Everytime I start to sit and get my butt to getting an order ready to be uploaded to print, I get so overwhelmed.
And then when I tell myself to just sit and scrap I get overwhelmed with what to scrap. I feel like I have so many important events to do and just can't focus on one. I feel like I am all over the place and just can't focus. But the last year of my life has been very unsettling, and lots of change and trials have occurred. And some are ongoing. So I think a lot of that is affecting my ability to scrap.
Sigh, I remember the days when I would say to myself, I would just get so much scrapping done if I just had a space of my own!! 😂
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Post by kiwigirl on Jun 29, 2018 7:14:54 GMT
We all understand @charliegirl, I'm sure we've all been there. I think you need to cruise on Pinterest, find a LO you and lift it. Pick the first photo you see and just start there. Once you've broken the seal, hopefully you'll be off and running!
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Post by LavenderLayoutLady on Jun 29, 2018 9:43:26 GMT
Last night finished two layouts while listening to an audiobook. Fairly simple layouts, but still good.
It was good to be able to reach for embellishments and have them all organized, so no wondering if "that perfect sticker" was still lost in the void. No hunting. Just take out the bag labelled Birthday, and embellish.
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Post by myboysnme on Jun 29, 2018 10:47:18 GMT
I noticed another free shipping code for scrapbook.com and I had some stuff in the cart, but not enough to get free shipping yet so it is just sitting there.
My son drove 12 hours to Boston for a Red Sox game and drove back same night (he's young and insane) but sent me about 20 pictures of his trip to scrap. I also saw the first ultra sound photos of my first grandbaby and am totally ready to scrap baby stuff! They will find out sex in a few weeks and then I will really go nuts just in time for CKC I hope!
A crop friend organized a 12 hour crop for 4th of July so I got an extra little cropportunity for July to make up for what I will miss when I go to CKC. We don't crop at CKC like we do at Expo.
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Post by kitbop on Jun 29, 2018 12:19:48 GMT
It's dance recital day in our house so I took the day off work. My dd is in competitive dance, so the year end show is BIG. Lots of photos to be taken at dress rehearsal today! And I started a journal this morning - going to treat it like a "day in the life". Ontario this weekend its going to be horribly hot. We also have the floor AC. It's currently in the bedroom where DD and DH are still dozing, but it needs to be moved to the main floor pronto! Humidity! My LSS has a %15 off if you spend $50 today, but I'm honestly not sure there is $50 worth of stuff I want! The selection these days is so diminished from the big years of scrapbooking And I don't want to buy just for the sake of shopping IYKWIM. Hopefully I can get some more points for my team before Sunday now! I don't even remember which team I'm on or who is on my team with me!!! Have to tally my points. Hoping to get 1 more layout done tonight. I would go scrap now, but don't want to start because we have costumes to organize and I have a compulsive need to stay on top of busy days! I went to my craft room about 47 times today, sat down and looked at the background I've created with the photo sitting on top of it..... sighed..... and left again. I'm getting nowhere! I have one of these right now too. I had a background completed but pulled it apart because I hated it. Going to start fresh. Ants - uuuuuuuuugh. We have diatomaceous earth we use for grease ants when they appear. They are my nightmare because they are so small and so many... At least the diatomaceous earth isn't toxic so I don't worry about the animals. THEN I have over 500 pictures of my trip to Germany and Paris and most are on my Iphone in some weird format and they will not load onto my computer (PC). I am soooo frustrated by it. I read I could put them in Dropbox and then my computer, which I did, but after doing 500 of them one by one.. I opened one and they are like the size of a stamp. I can't enlarge it either. ALL that work for nothing. So now what do I do? Ugggg. I am using Flickr now for this - so easy to upload photos off my iphone, then download to my PC for editting. I know it's an extra step, but it's less frustrating than arguing with a machine for an hour Happy year end recital day everybody!!!
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Post by KikiPea on Jun 29, 2018 12:46:50 GMT
Happy Thursday Peas... It is a long weekend here in Canada this weekend, and if your in Ontario this weekend its going to be horribly hot. I did commit to the garage sale at my lss for Aug 25th. Need to start pulling and pricing. Life has been in the way lately and nothing has been scrappy in my life. But things have gotten better and plan this weekend. Is air-conditioning (unfortunately--not central air..have a floor one) and scraprooms. I have been looking online and stuff for something to buy and I'm shocked there is nothing that is really grabbing my eye. I went to two different Mike's this week and nothing either. Not sure if I should be worried or relieved. That is all I got right now. Sorry you have been having a tough time. Hopefully, you can find something that inspires you, and you can get your scrap on! I have to see stuff in person. I have some papers I fell in love with at convention that I had seen in a kit before at Hobby Lobby. I never would have purchased it at HL because I would not have used some of the kit. Seeing it in person, and as an individual piece, I just had to have it for a special photo, and I LOVE it! It's really hard for me to buy things online, unless I've seen it before.
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Post by grammadee on Jun 29, 2018 12:51:03 GMT
kitbop you are on OUR team! Loving what you have done so far. Hope you get more time to play tomorrow and can get your points in to stinkerbelle . Team A: "Stinker's DIVAs"? stinkerbelle *team leader LisaDV christinec68 craftymom grammadee Linda highkeycrafting kitbop DawnMcD tonyatoo tammiem2pnc1 justjac
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Post by mikklynn on Jun 29, 2018 13:02:19 GMT
I'm stuck trying to move my space to the family room. I keep thinking about it but doing nothing about it. THEN I have over 500 pictures of my trip to Germany and Paris and most are on my Iphone in some weird format and they will not load onto my computer (PC). I am soooo frustrated by it. I read I could put them in Dropbox and then my computer, which I did, but after doing 500 of them one by one.. I opened one and they are like the size of a stamp. I can't enlarge it either. ALL that work for nothing. So now what do I do? Ugggg. I would try putting the Shutterfly app on my phone, then upload a few photos to see if they can be edited in Shutterfly. I have good luck with the app. It automatically uploads every photo from my phone.
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Post by susancinpa on Jun 29, 2018 13:04:35 GMT
Still recuperating from my scrap retreat last weekend.
This was the first time I had made up page kits. I'm a bit disappointed. I completed 20 8.5x11 layouts -- about the same as when I don't pre-plan anything. The embellishing still ate up a good chunk of my time.
I also found that some of my page kits just did not work. I do not know what I was thinking when I pulled papers for some of the layouts. Then there was one page kit that I didn't have any photos with.
I still have at least 20-25 page kits remaining. Hopefully I'll have better luck with my layouts at the October retreat.
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Post by workingclassdog on Jun 29, 2018 15:04:36 GMT
I'm stuck trying to move my space to the family room. I keep thinking about it but doing nothing about it. THEN I have over 500 pictures of my trip to Germany and Paris and most are on my Iphone in some weird format and they will not load onto my computer (PC). I am soooo frustrated by it. I read I could put them in Dropbox and then my computer, which I did, but after doing 500 of them one by one.. I opened one and they are like the size of a stamp. I can't enlarge it either. ALL that work for nothing. So now what do I do? Ugggg. I would try putting the Shutterfly app on my phone, then upload a few photos to see if they can be edited in Shutterfly. I have good luck with the app. It automatically uploads every photo from my phone. Thanks.. I'll try that is weekend!
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