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