current purchase total

Somewhere along the way I have started counting stickers and rub-ons by the piece and not by the package - so I guess we'll just go with it and understand the totals are a little off.

alphabet rub-ons - 5
alphabet stickers - 1347
BIA covers - 6
BIA pages - 60
bling - 64
brads - 118
buttons - 746
card bases - 100
cardstock - 324
chipboard alpha/num - 380
chipboard shapes- 324
cricut cartridge - 2
dew drops - thousands
die cuts - 32
embossing folder - 1
fasteners - 12
felt - 215
flock - 12
flowers - 555
glimmer mist - 3
glitter paper - 30
ink pads - 6
journal blocks - 32
lace cardstock - 2
mini album - 3
mini brads - 155
misc. embellie - 1o
O wires - 6
patterned paper - 568
pens/markers - 29
pins - 40
plastic shapes - 69
reinkers - 2
ribbon (yds) - 285
rub-on alphabets - 1
rub-ons - 57
sequins - 100
shaped brads - 44
stamps - 142
stickers - 358
stickles - 9
tags - 35
transparency - 3

current used items totals

Haven't posted in a while, but I have been keeping track of what I've used and bought. So here's my new used items totals.

alphabet rub-ons - 13
alphabet stickers - 107
alterable item - 1
binder rings - 3
bling - 5
brad - 20
buttons - 96
card bases - 35
cardstock - 83
chipboard alphabet - 14
chipboard shapes - 7
chipboard sheet - 1
colored pencils - 14
cricut - 5
diecuts - 2
embossing folder - 1
embroidery floss - 82
eyelets - 16
felt - 7
fiber - 39
flowers - 157
glimmer mist - 2
glitter - 2
ink - 83
journal blocks - 7
mini albums - 2
mini brads - 40
misc. embellishment - 7
paint - 9
patterned paper - 88
pen/markers - 12
plastic shape - 1
qk shape - 3
rain dots - 40
ribbon (inches) - 1311
rub-on shapes - 3
scraps - 65
sequins - 9
shaped brads - 8
stamps - 82
staples - 4
stickers - 9
stickles - 25
styrofoam balls - 11
tag - 1
transparency - 2
trim - 31

Haven't posted any scrappy stuff in a while so here's some things I've made in the past month or so

new category

I find myself in a quandry. I feel that anything that exits my stash should be included somehow on here. However, when I sell or RAK or donate an item I wouldn't feel right adding it to my used items. So I am starting a new category for those items.

RAK'd/SOLD/DONATED
buttons - 50
eyelets - 5
flowers - 306
paint can - 1
patterned paper - 8
ribbon - 36

updating purchase total

alphabet rub-ons - 5
alphabet stickers - 8
BIA covers - 6
BIA pages - 60
bling - 40
brads - 110
buttons - 600
card bases - 100
cardstock - 186
chipboard alpha/num - 380
chipboard shapes- 116
cricut cartridge - 2
dew drops - thousands
embossing folder - 1
fasteners - 12
felt - 215
flock - 12
flowers - 455
glimmer mist - 3
glitter paper - 30
ink pads - 4
journal blocks - 32
lace cardstock - 2
mini album - 3
mini brads - 30
misc. embellie - 1
o wires - 6
patterned paper - 554
pens - 13
pins - 40
plastic shapes - 69
reinkers - 2
ribbon (yds) - 277
rub-on alphabets - 1
rub-ons - 2
sequins - 100
shaped brads - 44
stamps - 63
stickers - 20
stickles - 9
transparency - 2

New used totals

So here's what I have used on recent projects. Some you can see in previous posts and some I forgot to take pictures of and now I either can't or am too lazy right now to take the pictures. On with the counting!

treat holder
scraps 2
ink 1
stamp 1
ribbon 3
misc 1

glitter window cards
card base 3
scraps 3
glitter 1
ink 8
stamps 10

Sorry cards
card base 2
pattern paper 1
flowers 2
brad 1
ink 1
pencils 4

penguin layouts
cardstock 16
pattern paper 2
stamps 4
ink 2
pencils 6
cricut shapes 1

flip book
cardstock 2
pattern paper 3
ribbon 30
ink 1
stamp 1

blush mini album
mini album 1
pattern paper 3
journal block 1
flowers 7
stickles 1
rain dots 18
paint 1
trim 8
stamps 2
ink 2
plastic 1
pens 2

inspiration can
paper 1
scraps 3
ribbon 25
stickles 4
mini brads 1
alphabet stickers 11
flowers 28
paint can

tiny notebooks
chipboard sheet 1
chipboard shape 1
paint 1
glimmer mist 1
pattern paper 3
alpha stickers 10
flowers 2
mini brads 1
binder rings 3
ribbon 20
ink 1

Grandma Helen at 1
scraps 2
brads 2
ribbon 21
pen 1
ink 1
cardstock 1

inchie cards
card base 4
paper 2
ribbon 4
felt 2
embroidery floss 2
bling 4
sequins 9
mini brads 7
pen 1
ink 8
stickles 1
stamps 13
rub-on shapes 2
flowers 4

embroidery hoops
paper 4
sticker 1
alpha stickers 9
stickles 5
paint 1
embroidery floss 80
buttons 20

great-great grandparents
pattern paper 2
flowers 16
stickles 1
ink 1
pen 1

all american girls
cardstock 2
pattern paper 1
ink 2
scrap 1
QK shape 1
cricut font 1
rain dots 11
stamp 1

my grandparents
pattern paper 1
scrap 1
cardstock 1
trim 12
pen 1
paint 1
ink 2
chipboard alpha 14

a year to remember
felt 1
cricut font 1
ink 1
pattern paper 2
cardstock 2
ribbon 15
pen 1

top ten reasons. . .
ink 2
pattern paper 1
cardstock 1
stamp 2
ribbon 18
buttons 17
fiber 17
pencils 4

christmas balls
balls 4
ribbon 200
scraps 13

new totals
alphabet stickers - 36
alterable item - 1
binder rings - 3
bling - 5
brad - 3
buttons - 67
card bases - 22
cardstock - 37
chipboard alphabet - 14
chipboard shapes - 3
chipboard sheet - 1
colored pencils - 14
cricut font - 2
cricut shape - 1
embroidery floss - 82
felt - 2
fiber - 17
flowers - 78
glimmer mist - 1
glitter - 1
ink - 45
journal blocks - 7
mini albums - 2
mini brads - 19
misc. embellishment - 2
paint - 6
patterned paper - 40
pen - 7
plastic shape - 1
qk shape - 3
rain dots - 32
ribbon (inches) - 373
rub-on shapes - 2
scraps - 38
sequins - 9
shaped brads - 2
stamps - 48
stickers - 8
stickles - 19
styrofoam balls - 4
transparency - 1
trim - 20

Here's what I made . . .

for National Scrapbook Day (it was Saurday, in case you were wondering). There were special classes and challenges for the weekend at lifetime moments.

This is the front of a mini album I made. You can see the rest of the album here.

This layout of my Grandma as a toddler was for a class making ribbon flowers.

The cards were for a class where you had to make inchies. Inchies are a 1" square of paper that you decorate.

These tiny notebooks are my favorite thing made over the weekend.

This jar is to put scrapping and card making prompts/ideas in for when I am stumped or feel like being creative, but can't decide what to work on.

Lastly, is a fun home decor item. I'm not sure yet where I'm going to hang it - either in my scrap room or the stairway.

Did some scrapping over the weekend

There was an extreme crop at lifetime moments over the weekend and these are the layouts I got done for some of the challenges. The first layout was for a challenge about the year you were born. It needs some embellishments, but I can't decide what so I posted as is to meet the challenge deadline

These next two I used some heritage photos. I borrowed (without his knowledge when I watched the dogs once) some photo CDs from my dad with a bunch of old family pictures. I am having a lot of fun scrapping them.

The last layout I used pictures of my grandparents that I took at our family reunion last summer.

I have a confession

I'm addicted to shopping for scrap supplies at Big Lots. I just can't help myself. I know that it's not the "latest and greatest", but I don't care. Today I found some embellishments that match paper I already have in my stash. There's just something about buying an item for a dollar at Big Lots that would cost me five or six or, sometimes, even more at the scrap store that makes me feel so thrifty. I may end up giving some of this to one of my friends that is just starting to scrap and/or donate some for prizes for my scrap group. Here's what I got for under 25 dollars today:
brads 60
cardstock 2
chipboard alpha/num 51+51+56=158
flowers 60
pattern paper 39
pins 40
plastic shapes 37
ribbon 2 cards with 6 yds ea = 12
stickers 5
and the deal of the day . . . a 25 yard roll of heidi grace ribbon (only a dollar!!!) - definitely will be sharing this

So that brings my total purchases to:
alphabet stickers - 2
brads - 60
cardstock - 26
chipboard alpha/num - 184 (yikes, better get to using some of these!)
chipboard shapes- 30
fasteners - 12
felt - 150
flowers - 87
ink pads - 2
journal blocks - 2
mini album - 1
mini brads - 30
misc. embellie - 1
patterned paper - 53
pens - 6
pins - 40
plastic shapes - 69
ribbon (yds) - 41
rub-on alphabets - 1
rub-ons - 2
sequins - 100
shaped brads - 44
stamps - 3
stickers - 12
stickles - 1
transparency - 1

First round of purchases

Stuff I bought in the last month. Normally, wouldn't have gotten this much, but part of it is for a swap and part of it I got for a steal from a store that's going out of business. I'm not going to count the things I got in my goodie bag or from the make and take at the crop I went to last weekend.
alphabet stickers - 2
cardstock - 24
chipboard - 56
fasteners - 12
felt - 150
flowers - 27
ink pads - 2
journal blocks - 2
mini album - 1
mini brads - 30
misc. embellie - 1
patterned paper - 14
pens - 6
plastic shapes - 32
ribbon (yds) - 4
rub-on alphabets - 1
rub-ons - 2
sequins - 100
shaped brads - 44
stamps - 3
stickers - 7
stickles - 1
transparency - 1

First set of layouts and cards

Stuff I've made during the last month.
thank you cards

penguin cards

black and white hello cards

hi cards

sympathy cards

get well cards

dad with great grandpa

great-great grandparents

grandma, grandpa, aunts

dad at 4 months

bookmarks

hocking hills

cedar point

girl scout mini album

grandma's first communion

Totals for items used:
alphabet stickers - 6
bling - 2
buttons - 30
card bases - 13
cardstock - 12
chipboard - 2
flowers - 19
ink - 12
journal blocks - 6
mini albums - 1
mini brads - 10
misc. embellishment - 1
paint - 2
patterned paper - 14
pen - 9
qk shape - 2
rain dots - 31
ribbon (inches) - 37
scraps - 12
shaped brads - 2
stamps - 14
stickers - 7
stickles - 7

my take on scrapping accountability

I was inspired by some people over at http://www.lifetimemoments.com/ to start a scrapping accountability blog (you can visit their blogs by clicking the links to the right). Here it is. I suspect that I buy far more supplies than I use (ok, let's be honest, I know I buy far more supplies than I use). So for me this is about using the supplies I already have and not overbuying new supplies.

Here are the rules I will follow:
-all embellishments will be counted by the piece and by type (if I buy a pack and it says an approximate number this is the number I will use for the purchase amount)
-ribbon will be tracked in inches when used and yards when purchased
-paper/cardstock will be counted once for each new piece
-scraps will be counted once on a project (ie. if I make a set of cards and use the same scrap on all the cards it will be counted once; if the scrap goes back in the drawer it will be counted again the next time it's taken out)
-ink, paint, pens, stamps will be counted each time they are used and once for purchase
-stickers will be counted individually when used and by the pack when bought
-I'm not counting adhesive
-these rules are flexible and I will change/add things as needed