Monday, January 21, 2008

an Extreme Crop weekend at LM

I am not participating in LM's Winter Scrapfest this year. I just figured there were too many other things going on for me to give it a good amount of attention. BUT.....this weekend was the Extreme Crop and I thought it might be nice to have some challenges to do! the hard part is remembering whether I cut a new piece of cardstock or not 3 days later! lol!!

BIRTHDAY ON ICE

cardstock: 2 pieces
patterned paper: 3
chipboard alphas: 13
felt: 2
ribbon: 1
brads: 2
ghost shapes: 2
misc embellishments: 2

EASTER EXCURSION

cardstock: 2
patterned paper: 1
ribbon: 1
flowers: 25
brads: 13
chipboard alphas: 6
alpha stickers: 9
stickers: 1
tags: 2

FUNNY BUNNIES

cardstock: 2
patterned paper: 6
ghost shapes: 6
rhinestones: 3
chipboard alphas: 12
ribbon: 1

FRIENDS PLUS PLUS

cardstock: 4
patterned paper: 4
chipboard alphas: 7
chipboard shapes: 4
brads: 6
rhinestones: 3
flowers: 3
paint (2 kinds....gonna count it twice)
stickles

heaven help me this is getting hard.....running total:

cardstock: 19 pieces
patterned paper: 26 pieces
chipboard alphas: 62 pieces
chipboard shapes: 6
buttons: 13
brads: 23
rub-ons: 10
flowers: 28
felt flowers: 12
felt: 3
ghost shapes: 8
rhinestones: 6
ribbon: 10
QK shapes: 1
QK alpha: 1
glitter/stickles: 2
misc embellishments: 5
stamp: 1
ink: 2
paint: 2
tags: 5
alpha stickers: 24
stickers: 1
pens: 2

okay....and now I have to start counting what I BOUGHT. so....do I count it when I order it or when I receive it?!?!? kinda think I should count it when I receive it.......but think it would be easier to count when I order it...... so here goes:

LM ORDERS & GT through 1-21

patterned paper: 20
rub-ons: 7 alpha sets
brads: 72
chipboard shapes: 6
misc embellishments: 2
buttons: "hundreds"

so other than brads and buttons I am WAY ahead of the game! lol!!

Wednesday, January 16, 2008

Webelo Woods

did you think I had stopped blogging already? more like stopped scrapping! sheesh!

WEBELO WOODS
cardstock: 2 pieces
patterned paper: 5 pieces
alphabet stickers: 11
chipboard: 2
felt: 1
brads: 2
ink

running total:

cardstock: 9 pieces
patterned paper: 12 pieces
chipboard: 26 pieces
buttons: 13
rub-ons: 10
felt flowers: 12
felt: 1
brads: 2
ribbon: 7
QK shapes: 1
QK alpha: 1
glitter: 1
misc embellishments: 3
stamp: 1
ink: 2
tags: 3
alpha stickers: 15
pens: 2

still haven't spent any money!! but LM did just get in a WAY CUTE new line from We R Memory Keepers.....so who knows! atleast now I know that I have space for 12 pieces of patterned paper, right?!?!?

Monday, January 7, 2008

Tastes Like Home

TASTES LIKE HOME
this started out in one direction and ended up in a different one....but I like it all the same!

patterned paper: 2 pieces (2 having been previously cut)
chipboard: 10 pieces
ribbon: 5
alpha stickers: 10
misc embellishments: 2

running total:

cardstock: 7 pieces
patterned paper: 7 pieces
chipboard: 24 pieces
buttons: 13
rub-ons: 10
felt flowers: 12
ribbon: 7
QK shapes: 1
QK alpha: 1
glitter: 1
misc embellishments: 3
stamp: 1
ink: 1
tags: 3
alpha stickers: 15
pens: 2

not bad considering I haven't spent any money yet......and it is already the 7th of January! lol!!

Saturday, January 5, 2008

To The Top

TO THE TOP
.....but it brings up another issue. what about the cardstock I cut into but then change my mind? what about the stuff I try and end up throwing away because I messed it up? I honestly think I should count it. after all we need to give ourselves the opportunity to experiment and possibly fail, right?!?!? so for now that is what I am going to do!

cardstock: 2 pieces
patterned paper: 2 pieces
tags: 3 (messed one up! lol!)
ribbon: 1 piece
chipboard: 3 pieces
alpha stickers: 5

I also used 2 pens. 1 for journaling and another to outline those alpha stickers. guess I should count that I used those also?!?!?

running total:

cardstock: 7 pieces
patterned paper: 5 pieces
chipboard: 14 pieces
buttons: 13
rub-ons: 10
felt flowers: 12
ribbon: 2
QK shapes: 1
QK alpha: 1
glitter: 1
misc embellishment: 1
stamp: 1
ink: 1
tags: 3
alpha stickers: 5
pens: 2

Misty's Housewarming card.....

the party is this afternoon but I highly doubt Misty will be checking out my blog in the next 5 hours! lol!! this card uses no new cardstock. that means I didn't start a new sheet, right?? seems like a lot of cardstock but I guess it is kinda cool to know I used a bunch of scraps!

ribbon: 1
QK shapes: 1
QK alpha: 1
glitter: 1
chipboard: 1 piece
misc embellishment: 1
stamp: 1
ink: 1

okay, so another rule.....I am SOOOO not tracking adhesive!! I know I buy too much but so what! we all NEED adhesive. period. end of statement. AND.....since even I am not so anal to count each individual type of embellishment, I am making a catch all for things like that hat pin. afterall......I have had those 6 or more months it isn't like I am going to go on a crazy hat pin tear, right?!?!?

so....running total:

cardstock: 5 pieces
patterned paper: 3 pieces
chipboard: 11 pieces
buttons: 13
rub-ons: 10
felt flowers: 12
ribbon: 1
QK shapes: 1
QK alpha: 1
glitter: 1
misc embellishment: 1
stamp: 1
ink: 1

Wednesday, January 2, 2008

beginning ground rules....

I expect these to be modified to suit my own purposes throughout the year. there will be some inherent issues like the fact that I use brads in 3s but have to buy in 25s?!?! the same thing with chipboard alphabets. sure love those....and I even like to mix and match them so hopefully I can actually REALLY completely use some!!

anyway.......if I CUT into a full piece of cardstock, for the purposes of this accounting I will consider it used. if I use an ALREADY cut piece of cardstock I will not count it (having assumed I counted it when I originally cut into it, right?!?!)

brads and the like will be counted individually as used and bought as accurately as possible. if the freakin' package of buttons says "approximately 63 buttons" I am not going to count them to confirm the number.

ribbon will be counted each time used. I just don't know how to get around this. I considered trying to keep track of it like cardstock.......but how much time would I be wasting trying to figure out whether I had already cut it?!?!?

I haven't decided to count embellishments like a felt flower as felt or a flower. I don't want to be as detailed as knowing what kind of flower it was or what kind of felt it was. perhaps I will start by calling it a felt flower and see how things go?!?!?

stamps and inks will be counted each time used and once when purchased. so see.......I can buy 10 sets of stamps and it will be balanced out by using just 1 set 10 times! lol!! (seriously....that is not my intent but it isn't like I am going to keep tic marks on the bottom of each stamp and ink pad) paint and the like will be counted the same.

anyway......with that......I will update with individual layouts and then keep a running total. this should be VERY interesting......to me.....probably no one else........and that is just fine!

THE HUNT
cardstock: 5 pieces
patterned paper: 3 pieces
chipboard: 10 pieces
buttons: 13
rub-ons: 10
felt flowers: 12

and with that we are started.....I am going to just enjoy this moment......where I have used more than I have purchased! lol!!

let the accounting begin....

the sole purpose of this blog is to help me keep track of supplies purchased and used. I would love to see at the end of the year that I used something close to what I purchased. ACTUALLY.....I would love to see that I USED more than I BOUGHT.....but let's not push it! lol!!