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Post by Linda on Sept 27, 2018 16:41:43 GMT
serendipity squares?
the old stacks of paper from Michaels with the weird patterns? and the same patterns in different colours (those were actually pretty useful)?
eyelets?
making your own pinwheels?
CADD page toppers?
I'm scanning old layouts - probably from 2002-2003 - the photos are 2000 - and wow have supplies come a LONG way...
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MDscrapaholic
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Post by MDscrapaholic on Sept 27, 2018 16:45:24 GMT
I do remember serendipity squares! They were fun to make and use.
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Post by gmcwife1 on Sept 27, 2018 16:55:07 GMT
I remember all of those, and swaps! Eyelets and the squares were pretty common swap themes too
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Post by Linda on Sept 27, 2018 16:57:24 GMT
gmcwife1 -yes - swaps...I remember doing swaps for eyelets and later snaps and then brads...and of course the serendipity squares and paper piecing
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Post by jstblondie on Sept 27, 2018 17:01:46 GMT
I'd think it would be fun to show your remember when's . Some of us are newbies.
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Post by Linda on Sept 27, 2018 17:24:59 GMT
jstblondie - I'm not sure I'm brave enough to show my early scrapbook layouts...I'm barely brave enough to share my current ones
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Post by breetheflea on Sept 27, 2018 20:13:22 GMT
I still have a few sheets from The Slab 3 (or was it 4?) from M's from 2003. One is pink and looks sort of like bubbles and the other is pink and looks like paint splatters. It turned out to be a good deal if you consider how many years it's taken me to use up all that paper/versus how much I paid for it
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Post by Linda on Sept 27, 2018 20:43:29 GMT
I still have a few sheets from The Slab 3 (or was it 4?) from M's from 2003. One is pink and looks sort of like bubbles and the other is pink and looks like paint splatters. It turned out to be a good deal if you consider how many years it's taken me to use up all that paper/versus how much I paid for it <iframe width="28.420000000000073" height="3.8799999999999955" style="position: absolute; width: 28.420000000000073px; height: 3.8799999999999955px; z-index: -9999; border-style: none;left: 15px; top: -5px;" id="MoatPxIOPT0_20828731" scrolling="no"></iframe> <iframe width="28.420000000000073" height="3.8799999999999955" style="position: absolute; width: 28.42px; height: 3.88px; z-index: -9999; border-style: none; left: 1356px; top: -5px;" id="MoatPxIOPT0_48227636" scrolling="no"></iframe> <iframe width="28.420000000000073" height="3.8799999999999955" style="position: absolute; width: 28.42px; height: 3.88px; z-index: -9999; border-style: none; left: 15px; top: 134px;" id="MoatPxIOPT0_93174687" scrolling="no"></iframe> <iframe width="28.420000000000073" height="3.8799999999999955" style="position: absolute; width: 28.42px; height: 3.88px; z-index: -9999; border-style: none; left: 1356px; top: 134px;" id="MoatPxIOPT0_31649033" scrolling="no"></iframe> pretty sure I have that pink bubbles paper still also. They certainly were a good deal - esp. with a coupon.
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Post by KelleeM on Sept 27, 2018 20:58:40 GMT
I have a ton of Slab and Christmas Slab papers in a box to give away. I used to do swaps on the CKMB. I have a 6 by 6 album of pages made by other scrappers about themselves. I’m guessing I’m in 40 other people’s albums too!
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Post by Linda on Sept 27, 2018 21:04:12 GMT
I have a ton of Slab and Christmas Slab papers in a box to give away. I used to do swaps on the CKMB. I have a 6 by 6 album of pages made by other scrappers about themselves. I’m guessing I’m in 40 other people’s albums too! I wonder if any of those scrappers made their way over here... I didn't do any pages like that - I did do a 6x6 page swap where we each signed up for a month (and did a 2-page spread ready for photos) and a Deluxe Cuts template swap where we all signed up for a theme and template and swapped the ready for photos page. I remember Brazzil cardstock being a requirement for swaps like that. I didn't do a ton of swaps - I couldn't really afford to - but the ones I did were at Lifetime Moments (the TwoPeas swap board was too intimidating for me and then it shut down anyway)
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Post by KelleeM on Sept 27, 2018 21:14:59 GMT
I just pulled out my album and looked at it. sueg is in it as well as aKathy.
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Post by artisticscrapper on Sept 28, 2018 0:56:32 GMT
This must have been a little before I started. I remember eyelets and how we had to use a setter and a hammer to pound them into layouts. I was so happy when they started selling colored brads. I remember the slabs as well but I never bought one so I don’t remember the designs.
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Post by crafty on Sept 28, 2018 1:22:27 GMT
I remember!
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dald222
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Post by dald222 on Sept 28, 2018 4:34:16 GMT
i remember all of those things
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Post by LisaDV on Sept 28, 2018 12:35:14 GMT
I remember. Although I'll admit, I've made tiny pinwheels way more recently.
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Post by Linda on Sept 28, 2018 13:26:55 GMT
I remember. Although I'll admit, I've made tiny pinwheels way more recently. me too - although my last attempt wasn't too successful - I think they work better with thinner paper
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Post by riversong1963 on Sept 28, 2018 14:46:51 GMT
I remember all those things! I loved serendipity squares. I made something similar a few years ago with some old round stickers. It was so much fun! And I still have some 6 x 6 scrapbook pages that were shared among some of us who belonged to a message board group. I sometimes wonder whatever happened to them. Does anyone remember when we swapped titles, borders, and journaling squares? Remember when pages just "had" to have borders on them? And the paper piecing swaps? Ah, those were the days!
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Post by 3girlsmomma on Oct 4, 2018 17:00:35 GMT
I totally remember the squares! Thank you for the reminder! I remember when Creative Memories was the only way for me. How could I ever use another product? I donated a bunch of slabs to my kids school for the art room. I still love eyelets and brads.
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Post by myboysnme on Oct 4, 2018 17:28:27 GMT
Serendipity squares were short lived but so versatile. I liked making and using them. They were cute idea.
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Post by LavenderLayoutLady on Oct 4, 2018 21:15:01 GMT
I do!
I still have eyelets, and the silent setter from provocraft, though I don't use metal on my layouts anymore.
I only just learned how to make pinwheel a couple years ago. So pretty! I like adding a sequin or enamel dot to the center.
Anyone remember photo slide frames? Is that what the were called? For the life of me, I couldn't make them work.
I loved those huge slabs! LOL. I still really like paper pads.
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Post by Linda on Oct 4, 2018 21:19:50 GMT
LavenderLayoutLady - I never managed to figure out the photo slide frames but I remember when they were all the rage. I still really like paper pads also - I'm not an embellishment heavy scrapper so they work out well for me.
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Post by LavenderLayoutLady on Oct 4, 2018 22:42:27 GMT
lindaI like paper pads because it takes no effort to coordinate several papers for a layout.
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Post by hmp on Oct 4, 2018 22:54:36 GMT
Off to google serendipity squares... could some of you post photos of your layouts? I don't think of these things as old fashioned. It's just that styles have changed. These manufacturers have to stay in business somehow. Getting us to change our styles keeps them in business. I do think complicated designs and mixed media styles that look like you need a degree in graphic design or fine art have turned off some people from the hobby. While I still scrap, my style is very simple. There is no way I will ever post a layout. No way. Not ever. Nope. No, no, no. While you all are wonderful humans, I find your talent in this arena extremely intimidating. Ok, enough ruminating. Off to scurry back under my rock and make a layout using serendipity squares, even though I have no idea what they are (yet)
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Post by Linda on Oct 5, 2018 0:12:05 GMT
hmp Here's a good how-to about serendipity squares. www.families.com/what-is-a-serendipity-squareWhile I still scrap, my style is very simple. There is no way I will ever post a layout. No way. Not ever. Nope. No, no, no. never say never - I didn't post my layouts and cards for a very long time. I also have a very simple style - very linear, light on embellishments, light on patterned paper, heavy on cardstock. But once I started posting layouts (thanks to the challenges), people started saying such nice things about them - it was very encouraging. We all have different styles - some are simple, some very involved, some super artsy, some much more linear....it's all good - we're having fun!
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Post by stinkerbelle on Oct 5, 2018 4:17:57 GMT
i remember all those things i remember a friend sent me some serendipity squares and they were so cute but oddly enough they had pussy willow stickers on them! and fuzzy stickers at that. i remember my favorite alpha template was named "watermelon" and i used it a ton. remember when rebecca sower's line came out? those were so gorgeous! what about the dymo craze? i bought a vintage one off ebay that does cursive script and i kept it because it's awesome (although it's totally buried in my closet right now, oops). and i remember when jolee's came out too. one of my friends was a CK HOF winner and she was sent the entire line. i was so jealous (but in a good way)! and then when i realized the darn things were so tiny as to be practically unusable, i didn't like them so much. and then another company, whose name escapes me at the moment, brought some out that were much larger and they were fantastic! i can remember standing at the huge display they had at walmart and just wishing i could buy them all. all the swaps! for awhile there i was in tons of them and even hosted one of my own called A to Z embellishments that was really fun. i really do love a lot of products we have now, but man, it's so sad there are so many great things we don't have anymore
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Post by woodysbetty on Oct 5, 2018 12:27:53 GMT
I remember. Although I'll admit, I've made tiny pinwheels way more recently. Me too!! They are on a page I made just a few months ago!!
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Post by pennyscraps on Oct 5, 2018 14:52:15 GMT
I'm scanning old layouts - probably from 2002-2003 - the photos are 2000 - and wow have supplies come a LONG way... We are like the vintage Virginia Slim ads..."We've come a long way baby!" And I don't think there's much to "show off" on my early layouts, except the occasional plain jane die cut or sticker sneeze!!
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Post by dasmith2 on Oct 6, 2018 17:50:02 GMT
It would be fun to make these things in today’s style
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