MDscrapaholic
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Post by MDscrapaholic on Aug 26, 2018 18:49:02 GMT
When I buy new paper I usually buy the whole collection pack if I like most of the papers or the theme. They come with complementary stickers/ tags and I can usually use the B side of the papers if I don't like the main side. I just killed my Authentique "Thrilling" collection pack! I only have a couple stickers left and one or two tags/PL cards! The paper was gorgeous and I had a lot of fun matching them up. I think I bought it in 2013 so it's taken me FIVE YEARS to use it up. WTH? I don't know why, but I feel like I just accomplished something big! (Can you tell I have a lot of mostly used up collection packs but none that were used up completely?) Since I'm now making scrapbooks for all my grands (5) I do scrap the same photo more than once, and having these collection packs seem to make it really easy. Anyone else feel the same way? It's so good to be using up my stash - later this year I will need to buy more Halloween paper! On to the next one!!  |
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kitbop
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Post by kitbop on Aug 26, 2018 18:53:01 GMT
Nowadays, I only buy the collection if I would buy each piece separately anyways - otherwise, I prefer to pick and choose.
I used to buy collections a lot - but tired of them within a few layouts - so am currently working on "rediscovering" them in my stash!
Congrats on finishing one off!
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msliz
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Post by msliz on Aug 26, 2018 19:10:21 GMT
I've never bought a whole collection, just pieces I thought I could use. I think using the last of a collection is pretty awesome, just from a motivational standpoint.
Now kill another one!
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Post by mary on Aug 26, 2018 19:26:54 GMT
There's only two or three collections I love enough to buy all of, so the problem is that I don't want to use them all up! It gets harder and harder to find older collections if you want to get duplicates the more time goes by!
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Post by joblackford on Aug 26, 2018 19:28:12 GMT
I LOVE the feeling of using something up!
I make cards so I only buy 6x6 pads and the die cuts most of the time, but using it all up is my goal every time. I killed two pads this week. It's just the most satisfying thing.
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Post by anniefb on Aug 26, 2018 19:28:52 GMT
I can’t think of the last time I bought a full collection- mostly I just buy a few pieces here and there.
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MDscrapaholic
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Post by MDscrapaholic on Aug 26, 2018 19:47:11 GMT
I can’t think of the last time I bought a full collection- mostly I just buy a few pieces here and there. I do that if I have special photos in mind to use with the paper, but when I "shop" for paper now, it's usually at CKC Lancaster. There's no LSS near me anymore. I got a lot of my stash from a kit club (Scraptastic), but I stopped that as I didn't seem to be using them. What someone else thinks "goes together" doesn't always mean the same thing to me. I did keep the kits together, so hopefully someday I'll be able to kill one of those too! |
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Post by Linda on Aug 26, 2018 21:06:26 GMT
yay for using it up!
I do buy packs but just at TM or on clearance at HL - I don't usually keep them together though...not sure I would know if I killed one or not
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Post by joyfulnana on Aug 26, 2018 22:06:52 GMT
I pretty much only buy collections packs. I purged most of my paper earlier in the year and of course had to start over, and there seem to be only one or two sheets in each one that I don't see myself using. Since purging so much I try to make sure I really love it before I buy now. I would totally love to "kill" them all lol. I love using up all of something!
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Post by artisticscrapper on Aug 27, 2018 2:34:41 GMT
I rarely kill a collection but I do manage to do some serious damage to them. I’ll use a lot of the paper and embellishments but at some point I get tired of them and move on to something else. Later on the remainder gets purged or put into the general population. This is why I started buying individual papers. I’ll buy the matching embellishments but those are easier for me to use up.
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PaperAngel
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Post by PaperAngel on Aug 27, 2018 5:56:28 GMT
I've never bought a whole collection, just pieces I thought I could use. I think using the last of a collection is pretty awesome, just from a motivational standpoint... Ditto. |
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Post by camcas on Aug 27, 2018 9:50:53 GMT
Pinkfresh is my current collection fave!
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Post by myboysnme on Aug 27, 2018 11:54:46 GMT
I do not think I have bought an entire collection, but I can totally see myself using all the Echo Park Baby girl kits that I bought for my granddaughter to be. I have already used some of the papers on her ultrasound pics.
I also bought pretty much everything for a baby girl collection with foxes and stars and such and cannot wait to use it!
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Post by scrapnnana on Aug 27, 2018 13:02:15 GMT
I have a few collection packs, mostly Graphic 45. I have made a big dent in some of them, but have not used up an entite collection, so yes, I think you have definitely accomplished something in doing so!
It's always good to use your stash.
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Post by stinkerbelle on Aug 27, 2018 14:45:54 GMT
kudos to you!! your pages are awesome, too, which is even better  i'm pretty sure the only collection pack i've ever killed was one from echo park and it was when i did shimelle's perfect collection class. oh and possibly the BG oh baby boy and girl packs because i went on a BG baby scrapping bender once. i have plenty laying around only partially used, many many more that are still brand new  most of those come from TM or even HL when they have sales; normally i don't buy them because there's too many things in them i don't care for. hmm, maybe we need a challenge... |
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MDscrapaholic
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Post by MDscrapaholic on Aug 27, 2018 16:03:36 GMT
hmm, maybe we need a challenge... We definitely need a challenge! Collection packs now usually only contain 10-12 papers, which is not a lot if you use two sheets per layout! Waiting to see what you come up with! |
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Post by susancinpa on Aug 27, 2018 16:20:19 GMT
Congratulations! That is definitely an achievement in my book.
I have only ever used 1 whole collection pack - Carta Bella's Beautiful Moments. Then I went & bought it a second time when it was on sale 50% off at Hobby Lobby. Have only used a few pieces of the second one. I still have most of the 6x6 for it, too.
I have never used an entire 6x6 paper pad, either, nor any of the large paper pads I have bought.
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Post by justlisa7 on Aug 27, 2018 20:07:47 GMT
I have rarely used a whole collection pack, if ever. I do not buy them too often unless I love pretty much all the papers.
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Post by stinkerbelle on Aug 27, 2018 21:31:39 GMT
hmm, maybe we need a challenge... We definitely need a challenge! Collection packs now usually only contain 10-12 papers, which is not a lot if you use two sheets per layout! Waiting to see what you come up with! or if you scrap smaller than 12x12, so you automatically have scraps with every page you make! i'll think on a challenge  |
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