craftymom101
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Post by craftymom101 on Aug 22, 2018 23:13:06 GMT
I have been scrapbooking since 2001 and have a lot of supplies in my stash that are old... some stuff is really, really old!
Tonight I challenged myself to use something that is at least 10 years old on a layout. I found a whole box of old My Mind's Eye embellishments and used a giant shimmer flower from the MME Wild Asparagus collection! Does anyone else remember that collection? It's from 2008. I also used chipboard flowers from the BasicGrey Sugared collection, from 2007.
I told my boyfriend that I'm using up some of my older supplies on pages and he replied "one page down, 10,000 pages to go until you use up all of your supplies!" 😂
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Post by Linda on Aug 22, 2018 23:24:30 GMT
I've been scrapbooking since 2002 - and a lot of my earlier supplies were bought on clearance or at scrappy yard sales or handed down from other scrappers so I have supplies back into the late 90s.
My stash isn't sorted by manufacturer - paper/cardstock is sorted by colour and embellishments/stickers are sorted either by theme or just dumped into a drawer (okay... so that part needs work). So I'm as likely to grab something old as something new.
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craftymom101
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Post by craftymom101 on Aug 22, 2018 23:48:26 GMT
My supplies need to be organized! Everything is put away on large shelves, but very little is truly organized in a way that makes sense to me. I need to hire someone to come organize my studio!
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Post by nicolep on Aug 22, 2018 23:56:58 GMT
Oh yes! I've been scrapping since 2004 and that MME Wild Asparagus collection had the thickest papers! I remember when they were released and I had to have them.
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Post by woodysbetty on Aug 22, 2018 23:59:30 GMT
I loved that collection from MME. I have been scrapping since 1999, have lots of older lines but the lots of newer ones too. I always bought paper I loved and then felt compelled to play with it. So I have lots of stuff but I never was afraid to use it up..fortunately, my buying habits has kept that from ever being a problem!!! DH call my room the scrap heap and says that its full of scrappy goodness...and you can never have too much scrappy goodness!! He's a bigger nut than me!!
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Post by stinkerbelle on Aug 23, 2018 1:35:47 GMT
i loved wild asparagus! i remember the displays they used and how fun it was to check out the goodies on each side i had a house fire and lost all my stuff in 2006, so most of my stuff is dated later than that. i had a lot of stuff donated to me, though, some of which is pretty darn old. craftymom101 you should join our team challenge next month! i've been using a lot of older stuff since joining. this month alone i used magic mesh, some fabric flowers, bling, and all kinds of other goodies
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Post by artisticscrapper on Aug 23, 2018 1:40:52 GMT
A while back I stopped saving things for special pages. I found that after a few years I was no longer loving it. So I’ve been pretty good at using somewhat current stuff but it doesn’t mean I don’t have a little of the year 2000 stuff still around.
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Post by msliz on Aug 23, 2018 2:14:34 GMT
... craftymom101 you should join our team challenge next month! i've been using a lot of older stuff since joining. this month alone i used magic mesh, some fabric flowers, bling, and all kinds of other goodies I hope we'll have a bunch of new signups next month! And we'll for certain have to have a challenge for using older supplies.
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Post by pilcas on Aug 23, 2018 2:23:55 GMT
I loved Wild Asparagus back then! I’m certain I still have some papers left.
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Post by camcas on Aug 23, 2018 4:27:49 GMT
I have been scrapbooking since 2001 and have a lot of supplies in my stash that are old... some stuff is really, really old! Tonight I challenged myself to use something that is at least 10 years old on a layout. I found a whole box of old My Mind's Eye embellishments and used a giant shimmer flower from the MME Wild Asparagus collection! Does anyone else remember that collection? It's from 2008. I also used chipboard flowers from the BasicGrey Sugared collection, from 2007. I told my boyfriend that I'm using up some of my older supplies on pages and he replied "one page down, 10,000 pages to go until you use up all of your supplies!" 😂 I am still hoarding some wild asparagus papers........
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suzyuk111
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Post by suzyuk111 on Aug 23, 2018 9:28:03 GMT
I have been using up older papers from 2007/8 recently with my newer embellishments. I haven't thrown them out because when my daughter & I started scrapping, it was when we returned to holidaying in the US after 10 years and the £ was very strong against the dollar. Therefore we were in our element visiting LSS, Michaels, Walmart etc (think of children in a candy store lol). We had to buy an extra suitcase for our journey home because of the card pads etc. For the next few years we went to different US areas and visited LSS even though the £ dipped, the range of goods was something we didn't have in the UK so we shopped These days when I use the older papers, with most of them I have memories of when they were purchased of holidaying with my daughter. When she sees my LOs, even she will say "wasn't that the paper you got when we were in Anaheim?"
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Post by myboysnme on Aug 23, 2018 11:36:05 GMT
one page down, 10,000 pages to go This quote can be on my tombstone! I always use old supplies. Supplies are supplies to me! You can see on my wedding book redo I am painstakingly peeling off every sticker and element and putting them back together in a way that is more pleasing to me. Where I can, I reuse everything I used 15 years ago. I would not choose Susan Branch today most likely, but I liked many of those papers when I did the album. It's not so much the product but the way I scrapped that I dislike so much. "It's not them, it's me."
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Post by Linda on Aug 23, 2018 13:38:06 GMT
one page down, 10,000 pages to go This quote can be on my tombstone! mine also
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Post by mikklynn on Aug 23, 2018 14:41:03 GMT
I loved Wild Asparagus, too. I really get a buzz when I use some older supplies. It's like a win to me! craftymom101 Your BF is very funny!
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Post by Elsabelle on Aug 23, 2018 15:33:03 GMT
A while back I stopped saving things for special pages. I found that after a few years I was no longer loving it. So I’ve been pretty good at using somewhat current stuff but it doesn’t mean I don’t have a little of the year 2000 stuff still around. I learned this the hard way, too. I hoarded some circa 2004 summer themed Doodlebug and a Basic Grey collection for so long and now I don't remember what the fuss was all about. They could be on a layout in an album instead of gathering dust for OVER A DECADE. Now I try to use what I love while I still love it.
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Post by scrapnnana on Aug 23, 2018 15:56:54 GMT
I've been scrrapbooking since 1996, so I've got some pretty old things, too.
I mostly look to see if it goes with what I am doing, i don't worry about age. I had two coordinating pieces of patterned paper that I thought I would never use, but eventually those papers went perfectly with pictures I had to scrap.
The cutesy kid stuff can now be used on grandkid pages, or to make cards for them.
I once got rid of some hideous paper that had come in a paper pad/stack. A couple of crafty friends took them off my hands. They made some of the cutest cards with them, and the ugly parts of those papers were cleverly hidden under cardstock shapes. The ugly papers had been used for a splash of color. It taught me that you can use even the presumed unusable stash, if you are creative.
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Post by kelly8875 on Aug 23, 2018 18:08:48 GMT
I've been scrapbooking since 2002 - and a lot of my earlier supplies were bought on clearance or at scrappy yard sales or handed down from other scrappers so I have supplies back into the late 90s. My stash isn't sorted by manufacturer - paper/cardstock is sorted by colour and embellishments/stickers are sorted either by theme or just dumped into a drawer (okay... so that part needs work). So I'm as likely to grab something old as something new. This is pretty much me. Just back me off to the late 90s for supplies. I don’t care if it’s new or old, I’ll use it. Years from now when looking back at finished pages, no one is going to remember if it was old or new when the project was made.
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Post by refugeepea on Aug 23, 2018 19:25:03 GMT
I've been scrapping since 1995 after I visited a scrapbook store, I fell more in love with all things paper and stickers. I was a child of the 80's who already had a stuck on stickers collection!
I was inspired by the Donna challenge, so today I was putting together a binder of ideas. I was using my Provo Craft pattern paper that was cut down to 8.5x11 size to insert in page protectors. Then I put post it notes on them for ideas. I swear that paper has managed to reproduce! I thought it was all gone.
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craftymom101
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Post by craftymom101 on Aug 23, 2018 21:56:40 GMT
suzyuk111 what a sweet memory! My bf and I talk often about moving overseas but my one reservation is the lack of available scrapbook supplies! How silly is that?! I will join the challenges in September! I usually forget to add up my points which is why I generally don't join.
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Post by dald222 on Aug 23, 2018 23:58:19 GMT
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Post by kate on Aug 24, 2018 4:05:23 GMT
I have some verrrrrry old papers from Keeping Memories Alive. They've been in an unopened drawer for *ahem* quite a while. Guess what the style is? The currently-trendy "loose watercolor" with splatters. It's crazy! I might even have to use my new watercolor pencils on them!
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Post by alyssam on Aug 24, 2018 4:05:40 GMT
I'm currently using K&co Que Sera Sera on a layout... Still love it! Anyone else have this line? I pull it out about 1-2 times every tear. 😂
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Post by Chinagirl828 on Aug 24, 2018 6:28:35 GMT
I love the Wild Asparagus papers, the weight and texture was beautiful. I have one lonely sheet from an old 26th and Market (?) collection that I can't quite make myself use but I still love it too.
I'm pretty good about using the stuff I buy but I do get a probably disproportionate sense of joy from using something particularly old.
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Post by sunshine on Aug 24, 2018 11:28:58 GMT
I haven't scrapped in a very long time. I had considered clearing out my supplies, but I'm glad I didn't. I think I have enough supplies to get me thru years!
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Post by ferblover on Aug 24, 2018 12:41:17 GMT
I have some Hot off The Press paper pack books if anyone needs them My kids have them really I guess but even they think they are too outdated to use for their crafting. I should just recycle them at this point lol!
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Post by kitbop on Aug 24, 2018 13:10:38 GMT
I would not choose Susan Branch That's too funny! One of my very first 2001 products was a kit by her from M's. LOVED Wild Asparagus. It's somewhere in my stash, although I did do a big purge a few years ago. One of the things I got rid of in that purge that I regret was the stacks - from M's - of "Rob and Bob", and also this really bright colourful/rainbow paper (was thin) by a specific lady designer (OK, I went to my stash and found some embellies that matched the paper. It was Christina Cole. Anyone else remember this line?) and oh my gosh I wish I hadn't got rid of those!!!
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Post by kiwigirl on Aug 24, 2018 14:01:48 GMT
I would not choose Susan Branch That's too funny! One of my very first 2001 products was a kit by her from M's. LOVED Wild Asparagus. It's somewhere in my stash, although I did do a big purge a few years ago. One of the things I got rid of in that purge that I regret was the stacks - from M's - of "Rob and Bob", and also this really bright colourful/rainbow paper (was thin) by a specific lady designer (OK, I went to my stash and found some embellies that matched the paper. It was Christina Cole. Anyone else remember this line?) and oh my gosh I wish I hadn't got rid of those!!! I remember Christina Cole! Very colourful! I may have a couple of sheets in my stash but I think maybe 1 or 2 only. And I remember Rob & Bob too!
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Post by woodysbetty on Aug 24, 2018 18:18:41 GMT
Not really a supply but I just came across my 2Peas tee-shirt...a little faded but still loved!!! IMG_0472 by Marybeth Cully, on Flickr
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Post by Chinagirl828 on Aug 24, 2018 21:06:23 GMT
One of the things I got rid of in that purge that I regret was the stacks - from M's - of "Rob and Bob", and also this really bright colourful/rainbow paper (was thin) by a specific lady designer (OK, I went to my stash and found some embellies that matched the paper. It was Christina Cole. Anyone else remember this line?) and oh my gosh I wish I hadn't got rid of those!!! Oh my, I remember when Rob and Bob was THE thing to have. woodysbetty that's a blast from the past!
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Post by anniefb on Aug 24, 2018 23:14:29 GMT
I now purge stuff if it’s clear I’m not going to use it. For many years I ‘saved’ things to use for special layouts or just the right project etc and ended up tossing a lot of things because either my style had changed or the product just hadn’t lasted.
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