Time to dust off the ol' blog!

so once upon a time I started this blog in an attempt to keep track of my scrapbook purchases and uses. that bit the dust over 2 years ago! but, with the closing of LM, I am nervous about posting things online only to have the site close and to have lost everything I posted. so, this blog will now serve a new purpose! I will still post the layouts on a scrapbook site (and link here) if I am doing a challenge, virtual crop, whatever. but this will be my main posting ground for my work.

why don't I just post on my regular blog? well, because they serve 2 different purposes. just like when this one was created originally, the viewers might be totally different. I don't want to annoy any potential readers (Buehler, Buehler) at my main blog with the posting of COPIOUS amounts of layouts and craft projects! lol!! likewise, if someone just wants to see a layout, I don't want to bore them with my ramblings. thus 2 blogs!

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!