Okay. . . there, I said it . . . I’m . . . a . . . paper hoarder. {{Sigh . . . not that I don’t hoard stamps, inkpads, ribbon, fabric, books, and yarn . . . I’ll just focus on one today. }} Looking back I can’t imagine how this came to be but I guess I can take comfort that I’m in good company. Um . . . don’t deny it, some of you know exactly what I’m talking about – a walk through your studio would yield unopened packages of Basic Grey, Cosmo Cricket, Little Yellow Bicycle and who knows what else. For goodness sake, it’s only paper – right? I’m known to hoard trendy paper past its expiration date – I mean it’s trendy one day then it’s discontinued the next and guess who still has it in her stash? Does this sound familiar? I love this Basic Grey – Sultry. I seem to take more comfort knowing it’s in my stash that I do knowing it’s on a card that someone lingers over while browsing. Ugh. I’m trying to change but I think that the need to be thrifty often interferes. I drove myself crazy making this card because I wavered back and forth between "should I" or "shouldn’t I" for so long.
Just to show you what I mean I’ll show you the behind the scenes look at this card. Most of my cards are 6" x 6" and I love to use 140lb Watercolor paper for the base. From Hobby Lobby I’ve found that I am able to purchase this Strathmore Watercolor paper that 6" x 18". Once I score and cut a 6" square card base, I have a 6" piece left over for another card – efficiency bliss!
Then I delved into my Basic Grey – Sultry stash. Feeling quite liberated, I thought, I’ll actually use it today! But then look what the thought of using two pieces of the green made me do? I couldn’t cut into another sheet when so much of what I was using wouldn’t be seen. It was layered just as you see here. Is there help for me? Now it’s not that way with all papers, just some and I sure don’t know why I scrimp and save every scrap!! How about you?
This was a very quick card to put together. I simply stamped the flower with watercolor crayons direct to the rubber and spritzed with water before stamping down. That image was cut with the Spellbinders Labels Four die and popped up on a Spellbinders Labels One die – the entire panel is mounted on a piece of Basic Grey Sultry that is cut with the Spellbinders Ric Rac Scallop Pierceability. Easy!!
Card Recipe:
Stamps: Penny Black, Wordworth – Sentiment
Paper: Basic Grey – Sultry, 140 lb Strathmore Watercolor Paper
Ink: Black Brilliance
Accessories: Spellbinders Labels One, Spellbinders Labels Four, Spellbinders Ric Rac Scallop Pierceabilities, ribbon, bling, button, Conte Water Crayons
Thanks for stopping by and I hope your day is glorious!!
Awesome paper–stunning card! Basic Grey is such a favorite of almost everyone I think.
Recca, this card is just beautiful. You never cease to amaze me with your creativity and talent. Everything that touches your hands turn into a work of art. I wish I had just a small amount of your talent. Your eyes see what I could never imagine. Your blog is such an inspiration to me. Bless you and keep posting your lovely creations!
Becca, you had me giggling! I, too am a hoarder (hangs head in shame). But it makes me soo happy!! I have several Anna Griffin papers, particularly stripes, solids and florals (what’s left?). Yup- can hardly bring myself to use them, so there they sit all comfy and cozy. Whenever I have a special project to make (as in my Easter Gift/Name Bags for our family dinner) I then crack open the safe and swoon over my papers but only for a moment- right before using them with love.
I’m almost as bad with my beloved ink pads.
Your designs are soo inspiring and thank you once again for sharing them with us! I can hardly wait for my Sweet 16 Spellbinders winning sets to arrive, and I hope I can then create something as purdy as yours with my generous stash of goodies!
*Laughing hard* – I was thinking the exact same thing today. Why on earth do I have so much paper – many packages still in their USPS Priority Mail boxes! I thought about just dumping everything and starting over. Then, YOUR e-mail comes and I am enabled! Let’s face it, some of it is just too nice to lose or use, LOL. If you ever need a sheet of something, I just might have it!
Becca, your card is lovely! Everything is done to perfection! Thank you so much for sharing. I learn so much from you!
Love the Wordsworth sentiment stamps. This one is wonderful, and you can’t go wrong with that gorgeous stamp either. As for paper hoarding, I think there should be a support group started for that – not to mention, stamps, ribbon, etc. etc. I’m sure you are in fantastic company with this little issue LOL :)
oh my Becca I love this card but I think you were talking 100 % about me I have so much that has never been touched. I belong to club scrap and club stamp and the pizza boxs have never been touched and were talking abouet 70 or so of them. so I try and give away stuff as much as I can I dont really make to many things. so I look at it this way I would rather say my name is colleen and I am addicted to paper than I am addicted to cocane. that is why this is a womens hobby they were we would dod that and need 1 of every color. thanks so much bless you
yes, it’s true. I am a hoarder too. I don’t know what I’m saving it for. I really just need to use my paper and make things!
Thank you for the motivation to get started. Another beautiful creation, Becca. Have a great day!
This is a beautiful card! AND thank you for your confession. I’m glad to be in such good company! I too have been a paper hoarder for such a long time! I even remember that first piece that I fell in love with. It was a scrapbook kit by Kathy Davis, and my favorite paper matched the cover of the scrapbook. Still have it, still love it and I did keep one sheet of the beautiful paper!
LOL…I know exactly what everyone is saying. I save the smallest scraps of paper, and do exactly the same with cottons for quilting.
Oh Becca another tempter,
just as I though that I had my addiction under control you come along with another fix, I love everything about this card and the colours are those amongst of my favourites …please keep sharing I can’t go cold turkey,
best Wishes Susan X
I have to say I thoroughly enjoyed your post today! Too funny! For me, that pretty much goes for everything! Ah well, good to know I’m not alone.
Thanks for affirming that I am not the only one with a problem….although a good one I think. So many times I have been in just the same spot.
I have a layout and knowing there is pretty paper being hid I almost always will take a square out that wont show. Who knows how I will use it or if I will but when it is that pretty it should not be hid.
My DH use to think I was crazy but I tell him when he uses all the tools he has in the basement that are still in the boxes he can discuss my stash.
As always you card is beautiful. God blessed you with a beautiful gift.
Val
I think this is a wonderful card! So pretty! It’s great that you took that first step to using some of that pretty paper. I too am a hoarder, so I know how difficult it can be. I love those Spellbinder dies, too. They make a card look so well finished. Thanks for sharing!
Rene’ Mewes
RM3116@charter.net
I confess…so am I!!! Two weeks ago we moved. Our friends stopped counting the boxes that said ‘craftroom’ when it topped at 50 with more to load. No, I have not unpacked all my ‘friends’. I truly miss them and can’t wait to welcome them to their new home. Yes, my son just commented today that I really have a PROBLEM! Will I quit…NO!!!
I love all your work and am happy to have the same Hoarder Disorder as you.
Hugs, Ginny
You are too much!! Maybe everyone should move every 10-15 years! I used to be like you (and probably everyone else…) I could have opened a store at my house with everything that I had hoarded over the years. Then the day came that I had to leave my home that I had spent 20 years in! When I moved I only took clothing and a few sentimental things as I was residing in a temporary place while I started a new job and essentially a new life. It was “cleansing time”! When my house sold, the old stuff that was “out of date” was donated and what craft supplies I brought with me were in 12 (did I say that many!!) boxes (large shipping boxes, I might add!) delivered by the movers. Another “cleansing” took place and my 12 boxes probably landed at four that I kept. Yes there are some papers, stamp sets, etc that I still think ” I will use someday” but I have learned how to clean out every few months and when I go to the store I am able to halfway restrain myself from buying something thinking that “oh I will use that someday”, because most times someday never comes.
Guess I got long winded there Becca!! Just wanted you to know that you are in the majority, not the minority!
Oh, Becca–I hear you, girl! I’m in the same quandary. But I’m getting better at giving away things that I know I’ll realistically never get back to using, assuming they keep making new stuff. . . ;-) Your card is perfectly lovely!
SHHH, don’t tell all. Yes i am a hoarder…of every element of papercrafting. Paper, ink pads, stamps, paint, unopened project kits, embellies galore. The list goes on and on. AND i need so much more. LOL, ms.cheryl
Boy did you hit home with your paper hoarder statement. I have some of the most elegant marbled paper I have hoarded for more than 15 years. The sheets were cut to 5 1/2″ or 6″ squares when I got it. It was so expensive and I have to this day only made one card with it for fear of not having it any longer. Unfortunately that isn’t the only paper I have hoarded.
Great card by the way.
Morning Becca –
Obviously you are not only if the comments above are anything to go by. You at least use the paper, not me. I can honestly say that I have never made a card with patterned paper yet. Oh I have loads of patterned paper, but when I go to use it, I start to think, maybe that will look too busy, or it might be better as part of a collage. And oh my God, if its two different sides, then its, this side is better, oh but then the back side is wasted, so nothing gets used and everything ends up layered in solid colors! I keep telling myself that I must start using the patterned paper, especially after seeing what a wonderful job you have done with your card. I just love the colors and that pattern. Again another lovely job by you.
Thanks
Elaine Allen
So Becca,….where was I the day you were going thru my scraproom and were looking at my unopened packages of BasicGrey and Cosmo Cricket?? Just today I was agonizing over the placement of a template on some “speciality” Easter paper I had purchased at Archiver’s. I’m telling you…..using that double sided paper is sheer agony, isn’t it?? I can’t tell you how relieved I am to learn that I am in good company. Thanks for sharing. Linda S. in NE
Great comments. I feel much better now! I love how you cut out from the piece of paper that would largely be covered. I think that was very clever. I would call you a responsible steward of your paper. Now doesn’t that sound much better than “hoarder”!! LOVE your cards and all the wonderful ideas you share.
Hello. My name is Cheri. I’m a paper addict.
Know just what you mean, Becca! I think I have paper in my stash that’s from 5 years ago (or more). Whenever I go to the craft store, I promise myself that I won’t buy ANY MORE PAPER – but still do anyway. ::sigh::
I take comfort knowing that I’m not the only one. But thanks for the tip for how to save some of that gorgeous paper – I gotta try that!
hmmmm – do you know I totally understand that thought! It is hard to cut into the one piece you have a particular print in case you would want it for something else!!! LOVE that label design you did on this card – really neat look.
I am glad you did! I was just thinking today “what a waste of paper” when I saw Dawn tape down her layers, which is normal and standard, in her video. I think it is great that you cut out the middle of the green paper to use on another project. Well done.
Becca, Today’s card is absolutely BEAUTIFUL. I have to say, YOU ARE NOT ALONE in hoarding paper. I’ve got paper that I’ve had for 20 years (yes, that long). I won’t use it because I can’t find it anymore and MIGHT need it. Some of it is just too pretty, too nice, even though I know the recipient would enjoy the card, would they “understand” the paper. And of course, as you said, it’s not just paper. I could open my own paper store, glitter store, sticker store, and of course stamp store…etc…A friend who is on hold to help me move was telling another friend that she recruited that when she helped her move her that was not even an inch of what was to come once we hit my craft room. She couldn’t believe it, wait til she sees…
What a beautiful card and such an inspiration!
I can’t possibly own up to being a hoarder but I will confess to being a collector (sounds much better – lol!!) ….. of all things craft related!
Very pretty card. Wow, watercolour for the base. That’s a high quality card for sure! TFS.
What a Glorious card, love it and the papers. I can totally relate to the paper fanatic thing. I have more than most stores!!
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Totally a glorious card, I love papers and have more than most stores also.
Becca
I, too, am a paper hoarder. I’m not alone! Not just the colors, but the textures, and the possibilities call out to me when I see papers just awaiting my purchase. I just have to have these glorious papers, and rescue them from the shelves…… thanks for sharing my addiction
Oh Becca – you have opened Pandora’s box!!! I thought I was the only one who didn’t open boxes on receipt……I have loads of paper…. unused!!!!Now I’m in a quandry over buying a cd of beautiful papers!!!
It’s guidance I need. I can hardly move in my little loft room – I just keep moving the boxes around…..
Your card is beautiful and just might inspire me to use some of my stash…keep the inspiration coming please, I need your influence.
Hugs.
HW(UK)
xx
Hi Becca! I see I’m not the only one! I’m in good company though:)
Beautiful card, as always. IRIS, SAVED BY GRACE!!
Ha! Becca! I’ll bet we could paper the walls all around the world if we all brought our stash together, by golly I have so much other stuff that I could really add a splash of glitter to it too! Your card was beautiful! I have the #4 set on order, but I really want that otogan set, which isn’t to be had around here anywhere! Thanks for all you do for us! You are a sweetie! stella:-)
Becca,
I to am a paper hoader/collector. I agree “collector” sounds better.
Like everyone else, I could open my own craft store. LOL. To be honest, I would love that. The card today is just lovely. The colors are just beautiful.
Have a great day,
~~Diane~~
Hi, my name is Cheryl, and I too am a paper hoarder. Is there a support group for us? I laughed as I read your post…so true…for so many of us! Your card is absolutely gorgeous…so perfect and lovely! So I guess I need to go use some hoarded DP today!! TFS!
The first step of recovery is admitting the problem, Becca! Thanx for sharing another beauty w us today (my birthday, whoo hoo!).
grins,
– SueB
I am making cards as a fundraiser for my church if anyone wants to purge some of their stash I can put it to good use. Wonderful card as always Becca!
blessings
Crystal Joy
Becca, I, like so many of the other subscribers from above, am a collector and hoarder!!!!!!!!!!!!! I hoard stamps, ribbon, embellishments, papers, all kinds of coloring mediums, etc., I probably have enough to open my own store…LOL! I love this card and the simplicity of it. You tie your bows so beautifully…what is your secret?
Pinky
good for you for actually USING the paper. sometimes i can NOT cut into it. especially if it’s the last one……i am not alone. that is comforting.
and i can recognize paper while viewing others cards…..and i have two store racks (gotten from a LSS going bust) full. and i still am tempted to get more….an alarm should sound when i touch paper in the store. buying online avoids the alarm so i have been going to PTI alot recently and i must say their stuff is yummy. now i will have to get the watercolor paper from HL that you mention here. drat
of course, same feelings go for stamps…..but at least they dont “go away”.
This is so true it hurts.
I don’t mind using my 6 x 6 pads of paper but I have a huge box full of my 12 x 12 which I am loath to cut into…it’s too bug for cutting, right!
I too adore Basic Grey Sultry and all BG paper really and Kay & Co. We are a lost cause I think.
If anyone knows an anidote please let me know before I become lost forever under a huge pile of 12 x 12 nevermore to see the light of day.
By the way Becca the card is stunning as always and have just bought my first Pierceability so intend to have a go. With 6 x 6 Sultry of course.
J. xx
We are supposed to save all our scraps, right!! We may be able to use them on another project. Thanks for the beautiful cards and inspiration. God Bless, Faye
Becca,
I too am/was a paper hoarder but in the last year
I have been cured. It took moving to another state and having to go through my scrap-room that converted me. I donated a ton of stuff and then there were a lot of papers that were not necessarily the latest in trends but i still really liked it, that’s when I decided 25-50-100 years from now when my albums would be passed down to future generations it would all be out of date anyway I was using what I had!!! I still buy some paper occasionally but not like I used too and if something new comes in the old goes out!
Dawn, NE
We are two peas in a pod! I do the exact same thing, I just can’t waste scraps. And even weirder, I had that EXACT sheet of BG paper and made myself do a card with it this week because I wanted to use it finally. LOL, I think I like your card better though ;)
Hate to say it Becca, but you are just a “novice” LOL I’m 73 and been a paper hoarder my entire life. Like most of us I have trouble “parting” with papers. I love to look at them and hold them but when I took a card class 2 yrs. ago I realized that it was time to start using some of the papers. It has been fun going through stashes of papers that I’ve moved the 4 times over the years and come up with ideas for their use.(some of these are from HS days—1950’s) I know my girls will only toss them so I’d rather use them in my cards than see them lost forever in the dump. You’re lucky if paper is all your hoard—I hoard stuff for beading, decorative painting, embroidery, etc. etc. etc. :O)
Barbara
Since it’s “Paper Hoarder Confession Day” LOL I must confess my own obsession with hoarding paper and having just as much trouble using my “favorites”, which are soooo many LOL Beautiful card! Thanks for the detailed description. Awesome sneaky cut out of the green for the front hee hee … keep up the great work, girl!
Gorgeous card! I think we all have a bit of ‘paper hoarding’ in us.
I have the same disease! I love paper, but it hurts me to actually use it! Oh, I must reform my wicked ways ~ thanks for sharing.
I also have a question about Hampton Arts stamps. I ordered some from their ebay site, thanks for enabling! How do you mount them? I am not sure what to do since they have adhesive on the back.
Thanks for sharing all your FAB work. Your blog is top of my list of favorites.
This is a sweet card Becca ~ I have to agree with you on the paper issue… in fact, I would have punched a second shape from the center of the green backing before assembling the card…so my ‘favorite stash’ would continue…. bad I know…. thanks for sharing!
I so know what you mean – you’d come across many older papers if you were in my room too. Although I decided this year that I would make a big effort to start using paper as soon as I got it, haven’t quite got there yet, but I have started to use some of the older stuff.
Love the card Becca as always, tfs
It was such fun reading all the comments – I can only add 2 words… me too!
ok, I will jump into this foray,,, but my story is a tad different,, I hoard and wonder what my kids will think when they go though my stuff but I have papers from China my dil brought back for me when they went to adopt their daughters. I absolutly don’t want to use it. It’s so beautiful but doing absolutly no good just sitting there. Looking at your card has got my mind spinning and hopefully will get me off my duff and use some of that wonderful paper. Keep up the good work Becaa, its an inspiration to all of us. Blessings, Becky
LOL. Oh, Becca! I love the “sisterhood” of stampers!
I, too, am a paper hoarder. It’s in storage boxes in three closets, under the bed, in a cabinet, in file boxes, and stacked on my desk. And what am I going to do on the first day of Spring Break??? I’m heading to Hobby Lobby for the 1/2 price sale on – you got it – PAPER!!
Isn’t life just grand????? I’m so happy to be a stamper!!
Happy day to you and yours!
Kim
Beautiful card!
Paper holder have to giggle I use paper fetish, I love paper and the more I have to choose the better.
A girl can never have too much paper
Jen
I’m actually relieved to know that I am not the only hoarder. I buy tons of beautiful papers, but then I have such a hard time running them through the Expression or cutting with a spellbinders die. I save just about every scrap. I have them sorted into sizes. Long strips that come off the edge get punched with Martha Stewart dies so they will be ready for a project. Smaller scraps get put into a box for when I need a circle or some other small punched object. I even keep the small dots that come out of the paper punches in medicine jars for shaker cards. It’s just so hard to let go of fragments from these gorgeous papers. I’m glad that I’m not the only one!! :)
Haha, you are not alone!!! The best part is, I sat yesterday with that same green paper, wondering if I would ever find green paper again??? To use or not to use??? Then gave up half way ‘cos I did not like the card? It must be a disease. I love your blog Becca
please keep inspiring me!!!!
Jill
I am a paper hoarder for sure! I sometimes don’t even remember what’s all in my stash… still looking for the best way to store it… i.e…. by color or Mfr, etc.
And I will do this trick every now and then. I love it!
I am a paper COLLECTOR. It sounds so much nicer than hoarder!
very pretty!
Becca, It is good to be in like company!!! Since you seem to be saner that me, I will consider it consolation to continue in my paper hoarding too! When I see a Michael’s or Hobby Lobby ad for half price paper, I can’t help myself. Ha, Ha. And then I have to justify more paper holders to keep my stash since the other holders are full and brimming over!
I keep every little bit of paper. I am an addict! Another thing that fuels my addiction: I work for a printing company and I’m around paper that gets thrown away every day. There is this one paper that we use to print pocket folders. It comes 26″ x 40″, but our press cannot run that large size. It gets cut in half to 26″ x 20″. Still a problem size. So they cut 7″ of the 26″ size and there is a nice 20″ x 7″ strip left. It is 110# white laid stock. How can anyone throw this away??? Well, the first time I realized they were throwing it away, I begged for it. All 2000 sheets of it. It sat in the back of my car for ages until we went out of town and needed the space. I still have tons of it, and use it for bases for my cards all the time, but I’m sure I’ll never use all of it unless I give it away. A friend and I made a pact (actually I drug her kicking & screaming) to only have whole sheets of paper left by the end of the year. We could give them away or use them or throw them away. It didn’t matter, they just had to be gone. That night I sat down and made 15 cards out of some beautiful paper that I’d held on to for months because it was too pretty to throw away! I feel your pain! Thanks for sharing!
I’m with you all the way sistah!!! I can’t bear to throw away a scrap cause “you never know”. It’s definately a disease but given choice, I’ll keep it.
Hey, Becca….I am with you girlfriend!!! Paper hoarder, button hoarder, ribbon hoarder, embellishments of every description……oh well…I am now trying to be more conscientious in my purchases and trying to use what I have on hand….
I love this card….I just wanted to mention that I also use the negative image from the Big Shot Die Cut on another card….no wastage of paper here!!!!
God Bless….thanks for your beautiful creations!!!
Cindy Lou
Becca,
You made me chuckle because my friends & I always moan about our hoarding habits! Now, when I actually use one of my ‘precious finds’ I just smile & proudly think “Look at me NOT hoarding!”
btw -your work is AWESOME!
I too am a paper hoarder. Had to dig into the stash last night to find the right colors for a class card I am working on, I finally picked Basic Gray 2 scoops. I will be casing this card and can envision some Karen Neubeger paper I have.
Becca! You saved the day again. I`m 58 but none of my daughter`s do any crafting they will also throuw all my things away. I`m starting to purge the things i don`t use anyway. But the paper i`m gonna keep and like you use it on my cards or scrapbooks. Thanks again for more ideas.
Hey, Becca!
It’s so funny to hear people admit they hoard, too! I usually buy assorted items, but then have the hardest time parting with any of it! Buttons, ribbons, paper…I scrimp and save every little piece and trim any parts that don’t show, if possible!
I’m trying to ease up a bit, especially since we will be moving this summer – what better time to start a little purging! I will be donating what I don’t use to a local service project – Cards for a Cause.
I’m learning how to use watercolor crayons, so your card is just what I needed! As always…beautiful!!!
Happy stamping!
Angi
great card. you’ve been peeking in my window. LOL. i also hoard paper.
looking at paper at my LSS is like shopping at Costco/Sam’s Club. better buy some now because it won’t be there next month. there are times i want to be in my craft room but not make a card. so i start reorganizing. i look at some of the paper i haven’t used and wonder “what was i thinking”. some of it is plain, weird or just not me.
once a year i take paper, embellies, etc. to my girls scrap weekend and put it out on the table with a help yourself sign. it’s amazing what other people can do with my rejects.
Why do we think that we must be the only person who hoards…..paper, ribbons, etc. I guess I’m really glad that I am not the only one with this sickness…….I have two shoe boxes just for Basic Grey 6×6 pads and another one for miscellaneous. My husband has no clue what is in my craft room and I’m not going to enlighten him….I HAVE stopped buying for the foreseeable future. I need to get it all organized into some usable semblance of order before I buy one more thing……and as we have a major flooring project going on just now, my guess is that I will try to go to CHA Spring 2011. ;)
Becca, you are not alone (sadly). I am also a hoarder of paper. I have pleny of Anna Griffin paper that I’m still saving for that special occasion.. I can’t help myself , I just look at those sheets and say maybe next time. Hope to see more of the cards you create with your “special” papers.
Charlene R.
*LOL* I’m guilty too. Aren’t we all? It seems that it’s sometimes more fun buying the paper and stamping stuff than using it. It’s too hard to cut into a new sheet of paper! And then it’s a real rush when you finally use some nice paper and make a beautiful card. What a great hobby we have. :D
Trish
Becca,
You are not alone, I think all truly obsessed paper crafters hoard stuff. Lets see where shall I start….I hoard paper, ribbon, buttons, prima flowers, brads, many other misc. embellishments, etc. I’m sure there’s more, but you get the point.
Absolutely gorgeous card. I love how you used the watercolor crayons on the stamp and spritz before stamping, that flower stamp is perfect for that method. Love that DSP too; it is hard to go wrong with Basic Grey these days.
Lisa A.
I hear you Becca…..my dearly beloved may soon be tasked to build me another lovely cabinet for my paper! Maybe we need to start a support group!I’m so bad about certain papers that I make cards for my dearly beloved with them so that I don’t have to really give them away!
Tee hee. Beautiful card again as always!
You are not alone! I, too, am a paper hoarder. I soooo need to at least USE some of my stuff. Very pretty card.
Oh that is lovely, beautiful papers, so glad you were able to cut into it! Thanks for the idea to use watercolor paper for my base to. And I will have to try your coloring direct to the rubber and then stamping :)
OOOOh Becca…I just LOVE how you’ve done the button over the ribbon like that. Elegant yet whimsical.
Hey from Nova Scotia (cold and snowing as I speak)
I am fairly new to this, but I am getting the swing of the hoarding thing.
I have a thing for paper and ribbon. I love them.
I could just sit and look at them all day. They have such wonderfully delicious colours and designs, I think I have to have them all, so I buy them. Today I left my husband in the car while I went to paper store to pick up a few sheets for my scrapbooking pages of our trip to the Domican. Needless to say I was there so long he fell asleep and I came out with more than I went for. Guess I’m not alone.
Love the most recent card by the way. Gorgeous as usual!!!!
Toodles from the icy north.
Becca,
It just means we believe “Waste not, want not”, for how one cuts and layers their papers. As for hoarding, one can never have too much of a good thing!
Annie
Hi Becca, another beautiful card from you.
I laughed at what you’ve written today, it seems it does’nt matter where a papercrafter lives we all seem to have been bitten with the same hoarding bug. I too have special papers that I am loathe to use, and periodically take them out to look at, then put them away again unused. Don’t know what I’m saving them for, just feel they are too nice to use.
Marion UK
Good evening, Becca. I think, in the light of all the comments that have gone before, it is a proven fact that crafters are hoarders. I, too, love my paper and in the past I have bought 2 sheets of the same paper so that I can use one and keep the other for stroking lovingly and returning to the stash. I also have a penchant for stamps even though I am not a stamper. I see a stamp and I must have it, thinking “I really must try this stamping lark”. Then it goes in to my box and never sees the light of day. I’m coming down with stamps. Then, of course, there’s ribbon….. I think I’ll stop :)
Your card today is beautiful :)
I am just amazed at how many combinations/ designs you come up with. I am so one dimentionals
Another beautiful card! Not only am I a paper hoader but I am also an embellishment hoader!! I love beautiful brads, buttons, ribbons, flowers, yikes!!
It’s so good to hear that I am not alone! Paper Hoarding is a sickness. I rather pleasant sickness I might add. We really do need to start a support group. Who could we possibly tell all these secrets to who would not think we are a little “off”? Just like this weekend, I accidently went to JoAnn’s and they happen to have a great sale on paper. I felt it was my duty to help stimulate the economy, but leaving some of my “green” paper in exchange for a variety of their paper.
I need help!
Love your work. Again, it’s an inspiration.
Becca, This card is just stunning!! Every card you design always makes me want to be you! But I am a paper hoarder also! Even ribbon! I buy and buy but just have a hard time using them. It seems like I just can not get enough of all the wonderful paper out there! I do believe it is a sickness. But what a fun one! Have a great day!
Becca, I never knew that there are so many paper hoarders until I started reading the card blogs (June 2008). As long as I can remember, I have had an obsession with paper and pens. Starting in second grade, we had to use fountain pens. What do fountain pens use????? INK!!! I always “collected” expensive stationary and pretty journals, not that I used them. I just love paper. I also have several fountain pens, Koh-I-Noor technical pens, etc. etc. At work I use my own pens and pencils, not what the company provides. My skin would crawl if I had to use one of those 20 cent Big pens. The same goes for DP. I even have saved 1/2 inch strips of striped DP, because I thought I may use it. Even I roll my eyes, when I catch myself doing it. It is a weird obsession but obviously widespread. I wonder if there is a medical term for it….lololol – paginaphobia….lololol.
I almost forgot! Another stunning card, Becca. I also like watercolor paintings.
You are so sweet and funny! ;) I have “out dated” paper too…but I consider them treasures. I don’t worry about trends – I use what I like. The only problem with this is when people like the card [or scrapbook page] they ask me where did I get the paper from. LOL. Either it’s out of stock or I can’t remember!!! Paper to people like us – is like fabric to quilters! Enjoy your paper because it never goes out of style. -Con.
LOVELY!
Yikes…I had to go and buy more today…too bad I work so close to the scrap booking shop!!!
I too am a paper hoarder! Love paper–can’t get enough of it. Love that card–beautful! Well worth cutting that gorgeous paper. I have so much stuff now that my challenge is to use what I have instead of thinking I have to buy more. Still buy more, but trying very hard to use some of my humongous stash!!!! We are so BAD!!
Paper hoarders of the world unite and rule!
We are confident in the knowledge that we are saving trees by not being wasteful and always look for ways to recycle! Enjoy your craft!
Glad I’m not alone in my addiction. I always say I have more paper than time, but someday, hopefully, I find time to use all this paper. I have to laugh as Hobby Lobby has 50% off paper, so I’m off today to add alittle more to the stash. Ha.
I am so happy to be a part of such a wonderful group of addicts. Your card is so beautiful…
I am in Massachusetts..where is the closest Hobby Lobby? 50% off paper?
Becca thanks for the inspiration..your cards are gorgeous!
Becca what a beautiful card, I just love all of your creation.
Great card as always. I have two pads of Sultry. Basic Grey is my weakness! At least I have switched from 12×12 sets to 6×6 pads. But yeah, I have some of everything back to gypsy. Sad. I keep saying no more. But then the colors of Marakech (sp?) are so different. Gotta have a strong blue, they haven’t done a strong blue before… and it is combined with pretty orange/yellow shades. And then porcelain… such soft colors — they truly will work so well with so much. I wonder if there is a 12 step program!