purchasing and using totals through 4-20

after that last run-down I had pretty much slowed down on the purchasing.....

patterned paper: 19
alphabet stickers: 3
rub-ons: 2
ribbon: 4
brads: 44
chipboard album

that brings purchasing totals to:

cardstock: 51
patterned paper: 125
journaling cards/die cuts: 15
rub-ons: 11 alpha sets, 3 image
stickers: 8 alpha, 1 image
brads: 176
chipboard shapes: 31
foam shapes: 20
felt shapes: 20
misc embellishments: 5
buttons: 236
stamps: 2
acrylic alphabets: 1 set
stickles: 2
ribbon: 17
tools: 5
chipboard album

and, VERY small in comparison, here is my total usage to date:


cardstock: 40 pieces
patterned paper: 47 pieces
chipboard alphas: 72 pieces
chipboard shapes: 32
buttons: 14
brads: 67
alpha rub-ons: 69
image rub-ons: 1
flowers: 39
felt flowers: 16
felt: 5
ghost shapes: 9
rhinestones: 7
ribbon: 17
QK shapes: 1
QK alpha: 2
glitter/stickles: 4
journal/die cuts: 6
misc embellishments: 13
stamp: 1
ink: 4
paint: 6
tags: 5
alpha stickers: 106
stickers: 2
pens:54
tools: 3
chipboard album

well alrighty now.....

someone posted recently over at LM about how great all this accountability has been! yeah.....while the person who started it is floundering. oh well!! so this is my attempt to get back on the wagon.....

Poppy or SUPER POPPY!!!
patterned paper: 5
chipboard shapes: 6
chipboard alphas: 10
QK alphas: 1
alphabet stickers: 2
pen
ribbon
brads: 2

We Are Not Lost!
cardstock: 4
patterned paper: 3
alphabet stickers: 12
stickers: 1
brads: 6

Arrow of Light
cardstock: 2
patterned paper: 2
journal card/die cuts: 2
chipboard shape: 1
rub-ons: 13
paint
misc embellishment
ribbon

One Decade
cardstock: 2
patterned paper: 3
journal card/die cuts: 4
chipboard shape
alpha stickers: 15
ink
tools: 2 (circle punch and CM circle cutter)

The Bergs Come to Boise
I am not including the items that I used but didn't buy and account for as purchases!
chipboard album
chipboard shapes: 18
brads: 12
stickles
alphabet stickers: 14
rub-ons: 16
misc embellishment: 4
ribbon: 4

I'll do another post with a grand total after I post my purchases.

Oh sheesh!

seems the new CHA releases are doing me in......

patterned paper = 51
alphabet stickers = 1 set
image stickers = 1
alphabet rub-ons = 1
brads = 54
ribbon = 6 yards
chipboard/blackboard shapes = 5 packages
journaling cards/die cuts = 3 packages (really SHOULD start using these!!)
felt shapes = 1 set
misc embellishments = 3
tools = 5 (though these aren't really NEW tools....just add ons to a tool I already have!)
buttons = 36

I will do a running total later along with a couple layouts I have managed to eek out between shopping sprees!

June 15th

that was the last time I bought cardstock!! my goal was to purchase no more cardstock until the end of 2007 and I made it. I then started wondering just how long I COULD go without buying any cardstock. that day was yesterday!

I am still doing clean-up of those old layouts and I needed a certain color/texture to match the first page but didn't have it. trust me....I looked EVERYWHERE!!! anyway, I ended up buying 1 piece of cardstock. and since I did that I went ahead and ordered 50 sheets of Kraft from LM! Kraft is a basic though..... like adhesive, right?!?! so I am still feeling pretty good about not buying oodles of cardstock. oh.....but since I had to drive to the lss for that 1 piece of cardstock.....yeah.....well......I bought 2 sets of alpha rub-ons that LM was out of! lol!!

usage for the new extra pages:

cardstock: 5
patterned paper: 3
alpha stickers: 6
felt flowers: 4
flowers: 1
buttons: 1
brads: 10
rhinestones: 1
misc embellishments: 3
ink: 1

bringing total usage to:

cardstock: 32 pieces
patterned paper: 34 pieces
chipboard alphas: 62 pieces
chipboard shapes: 6
buttons: 14
brads: 47
alpha rub-ons: 40
image rub-ons: 1
flowers: 39
felt flowers: 16
felt: 5
ghost shapes: 9
rhinestones: 7
ribbon: 11
QK shapes: 1
QK alpha: 1
glitter/stickles: 3
misc embellishments: 8
stamp: 1
ink: 3
paint: 5
tags: 5
alpha stickers: 63
stickers: 1
pens: 4

and including my purchases that new total is:

cardstock: 51
patterned paper: 55
journaling cards/die cuts: 12
rub-ons: 10 alpha sets, 1 image
alphabet stickers: 4
brads: 78
chipboard shapes: 26
foam shapes: 20
misc embellishments: 2
buttons: "hundreds"
stamps: 2
acrylic alphabets: 1 set
stickles: 2
ribbon: 7

a little tidying up.....

so for the LM newsletter I frequently do just 1 page of a 2 page layout. 1 pagers look better in the newsletter......but those that know me know I rarely only have a few shots for a layout! lol!! so the past few days I have been trying to do those 2nd pages......and I am getting a little nervous about it. seems that while waiting a certain flower is no longer being made. I am worried that a few of the papers I need for those 2nd pages might not be available when I get around to doing them! lol!!

but....instead of listing each page out (because I am not going to scan and post them anyway) I will just do a total to add to my total. I also did a little bit of shopping to pick up a few things I had forgotten on my previous trip.

usage:

cardstock: 3 pieces
patterned paper: 5 pieces
brads: 8
ribbon: 1
felt shapes: 2
flowers: 10
ghost shapes: 1
rub on alphas: 10

bringing total usage to:

cardstock: 27 pieces
patterned paper: 31 pieces
chipboard alphas: 62 pieces
chipboard shapes: 6
buttons: 13
brads: 37
alpha rub-ons: 40
image rub-ons: 1
flowers: 38
felt flowers: 12
felt: 5
ghost shapes: 9
rhinestones: 6
ribbon: 11
QK shapes: 1
QK alpha: 1
glitter/stickles: 3
misc embellishments: 5
stamp: 1
ink: 2
paint: 5
tags: 5
alpha stickers: 47
stickers: 1
pens: 4

purchases:

patterned paper: 2
alphabet stickers: 1 set

bringing total purchases to:

patterned paper: 55
journaling cards/die cuts: 12
rub-ons: 8 alpha sets, 1 image
alphabet stickers: 4
brads: 78
chipboard shapes: 26
foam shapes: 20
misc embellishments: 2
buttons: "hundreds"
stamps: 2
acrylic alphabets: 1 set
stickles: 2
ribbon: 7

so far I have used 3 more pieces of paper than I have bought! lol!! also......if you are following along at home you might enjoy reading this thread over at LM.

a little bit of using and a little bit of buying.....

so I had to do some layout for LM. some of the products for the layouts were in my stash and some I got from CHA. I am not counting the stuff I brought home from CHA with. really I had no control over what I was given (I am not complaining.....) so I don't think it should count as stuff I purchased, right??

Princess in Training
cardstock: 2
rub-ons alphas: 10
glitter

State Fair Heroes
cardstock: 1
paint: 2 (black & silver)
alpha stickers: 9
alpha rub-ons: 18
brads: 3
pen

Lego MindStorm
cardstock: 2
paint
alpha stickers: 4
pen
brads: 3
alpha rub-ons: 2
image rub-ons: 1

so that brings usage to:

cardstock: 24 pieces
patterned paper: 26 pieces
chipboard alphas: 62 pieces
chipboard shapes: 6
buttons: 13
brads: 29
alpha rub-ons: 30
image rub-ons: 1
flowers: 28
felt flowers: 12
felt: 3
ghost shapes: 8
rhinestones: 6
ribbon: 10
QK shapes: 1
QK alpha: 1
glitter/stickles: 3
misc embellishments: 5
stamp: 1
ink: 2
paint: 5
tags: 5
alpha stickers: 47
stickers: 1
pens: 4

not bad, right?!?!? and now for the buying.....

3 sets alphabet stickers
1 set alphabet rub-ons
21 pieces patterned paper
12 journaling cards/die cuts
2 Stickles
7 yards ribbon
20 chipboard shapes
20 foam shapes

so that brings purchases to:

patterned paper: 53
journaling cards/die cuts: 12
rub-ons: 8 alpha sets, 1 image
alphabet stickers: 3
brads: 78
chipboard shapes: 26
foam shapes: 20
misc embellishments: 2
buttons: "hundreds"
stamps: 2
acrylic alphabets: 1 set
stickles: 2
ribbon: 7

now I really need to get scrapping!

just because I am not scrapping......

doesn't mean I can't buy!!!

brads: 6
rub-on images: 1 set
stamps: 2
patterned paper: 12
acrylic alphabet set: 1

so my running total is:

patterned paper: 32
rub-ons: 7 alpha sets, 1 image
brads: 78
chipboard shapes: 6
misc embellishments: 2
buttons: "hundreds"
stamps: 2
acrylic alphabets: 1 set

there would be an entry here.....

IF I had done any scrapping.

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!!

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?!?!?

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!!

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

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!!