I am not a craft hoarder. I'm the curator of an extensive private craft supply collection. (Not my saying, but I have to remind myself occasionally). Yes to watching, buying, and organizing my stuff too much. I do, however, check my inventory. If I have something similar, I don't buy it. New tools, however, I don't usually succumb to the hype. Often, it's not really new, just reimagined, and I survived for decades before I retired only buying what I wanted for my yearly holiday cards, using the same die cutting machine, etc. I have bought new tools but I'm very selective. I don't need a glorified laminator, die embossing machine, etc. Looking forward to the summit.
Not only all of the craft stores, but one thing that bothers me is that when you sign up for a craft seminar, watch each crafter's video, then, to get the supply list or written instructions, you have to give them your first name and email address. So now you can be bombarded with emails (daily or weekly) from each crafter! Then you have to go in and unsubscribe from most of them, or it's just overwhelming! Don't know why if you get their "freebie" item, you have to be automatically subscribed. It would be nice if they sent you whatever you requested and ask you if you would like to subscribe to their emails. Wow - I'm done...just wanted to get that off my chest...you two are great!
Agree.. except, it's their marketing tool. Your info is worth a lot to them so they can afford to give you a free item for it. Probably best to avoid unless you really want to pay for the item with your info x
After about 5 years of stamping, I am now at the stage where I don't need the same items as the creator I'm viewing and starting to use my stash. Self realization takes awhile. Great "talk".
😱OMG!!!! Hello ladies, watching on replay and I feel like this is an intervention. I have so much and I know I need to destash but I can’t destash what I have not used 😳!!!! I have been trying to watch videos and then find something in my stash to put my own spin on a card idea. 🤦🏾♀️What to do? I have also limited myself to watching only certain makers. Thank you ladies for this video! It helps to know we are not alone! 💕
You two are my favorite card-making gurus. I love watching you and your realistic view of this hobby. Thank you for sharing your personalities, advice and humor with us.
I really enjoyed the discussion. I am an impulse buyer. Our financial income changed and I realized that II have 100's of REALLY cool Isupplies I have never used even once, and 100's of really COOL supplies I haven't used for years. I started combining my old and my new, learning and trying new techniques. I have a comfort zone which I am really good at, but I challenge myself all the time to watch new techniques or styles using what I have. Right now we are moving so I am going through the withdrawals of not being able to create ANY THING. We rent and our home is being sold and we haven't found a new place to live yet, so I don't even know what my new craft space looks like or WHEN I will get to craft again. I have left my craftroom to pack last. It is a huge undertaking because I have a huge filled to the brim room and 3 closets full of stuff. I should be eliminating things but I have to be ready to move when the house sells, so I can't take the time to make decisions about keeping things or not. I am shrinkwrapping most things, drawers ect. and will purge on the other end. Sigh....
I have ink pads I’ve owned for at least a decade and the company doesn’t make that line any more but I bought the reinkers and I’ll probably be able to use them for another decade. I also own wood mounted rubber stamps that are not made anymore but believe me I’m not getting rid of them because I love them AND still use them.
Watching on the replay - this is a great conversation. I have SO many stamps and dies and I’ve barely created any cards. I think there’s a perfectionism fear there that I have to overcome. I canceled all but one of my monthly kits because I don’t need any more stuff. I think investing on the education of how to do what you want to do is an amazing idea. And I like the idea of making an appointment to use what I have. Great ideas, ladies!
I just spent several days reorganizing colored card stock scraps. I actually THREW OUT 2 wastebaskets of small scraps and can now see the top of my desk!!!❤😂😅😊😊
Hi! I’m Mayra and I’m a craft hoarder. I buy craft supplies but don’t really craft as much as I used to. Recently started to window shop to help with the urge of buying right away. One step and one day at the time.
This topic is right on! I am a hoarder of craft supplies. And I am the person who has to buy a certain product so my card can look like the one I see I love this discussion. Please do more. You inspire me to use what I have.
I watch a lot of crafters, you two are in my top 5. One thing I've learned on my old off shades of green or peach, whatever... I take and ink blend over the top it and usually the color I want for my card. I love learning and I love crafting. Working hard to not be a hoarder, I need to do my first real purge. The upside is that I'm not adding to my supplies, my purchases really focus on staples white, black cardstock, adhesives etc. I have my steel cased Sizzix dies from years ago, and I still use them. Thank you ladies for your insight and humor and everything else you do for us fellow crafters.
Justine, I "window shop" also, put it in my cart and then think about it for a while. I still have beautiful papers from several years ago because they were too beautiful to cut into! Now I'm starting to just go ahead and use it! There will be more beautiful papers coming out later! I like your ideas of finding something similar, not having to buy new ones! Thank you gals for all of the great suggestions!
Caught this on the replay and enjoyed it so much. The other day I happened to glance into a corner of my crafting storage area and realized that the three oragami paper pads I purchased about 10 years ago contain about 2,700 sheets of 6x6 paper! I need to select the patterns I know I'll use and donate the rest--I'm sure that will be about 1,000! 😂🤣😂 I have a VIP pass for next weekend. Have already started watching these sessions-yay!
Yes I have old stamps n sets. I still use old tools yes, I have stopped buying things I don't need. I'm getting more selective to what I buy. No kits..love you ladies. Thank you for all your hard work.
I really appreciate these conversations. I have way more arty supplies than I will ever use up but I still like watching the videos. I had an interesting experience recently that had me thinking about my "stuff". I went to a scrapbook expo - quality companies, wonderful products and great classes on the schedule. I was glad to see good attendance for the businesses but for myself - I realized I already had many of the items available or things similar enough. I realized I already knew how to do many of the skills that were going to be taught. It gave me an appreciation for what I have. "Cute" stuff - I don't do. I saw a lot of kits - I'd rather do my own art. I need to do more creation and less shopping. But I hope more people get interested in creating. Thanks so much for your generous gifts of teaching and sharing thoughts.
I'm a hoarder that buys but doesn't craft a lot. I have started to craft an hour a day! I signed up for the free ticket but never received one. I hope to get it by next weekend. I plan on watching some of the videos. Have a blessed weekend
Thank you Justine and Laurel for making this video! My only regret is I wish I had seen this when I first started card making! Had I done so, I could have saved a ton of money. Seeing your video has, one the other hand, made me realize that I am not alone is making these errors. In that I can feel some relief and less guilt. 🙄 However, having realized the errors of my ways, I plant to “let it go” by purging what I won’t use and get back to simplifying my card making. Once again, thanks!! Cheers! 😊🇨🇦
Awesome video... After years of DTs & crafting... I was so done with my crafty hoard... I had enough to open my own store... I ended up gifting away what I could, till I ran out of people and places and then I tossed the rest... new, used, opened, or whatever, straight into the dumpster... I had to get it out to give me a fresh start... and now, I am where I need to be, crafting and enjoying my supplies... 40 black trash bags, 20 bankers boxes of 12x12, 6x6, and all kinds of cardstock, and endless stamps and dies...It's the best thing I have done and now I only create for myself and love it. Now I only buy if I run out, if I really need it, or if I really love it after I have left it in my cart for a week or more... and if something comes in, something has to go out...
For me, its all about the fact that I have learned what I enjoy. Sometimes I still want new things. I have let go of some things. I'm changing up my organization and getting to the point where my craft area is joyous. In July I did a 93 card personal challenge to build up my stash. I have some card set gifts to give, I have a ton of Thanksgiving cards to make (about 80), and a steampunk journal to gift in November. I want to have 100 cards made by the end of October, and that journal finished by the end of the first week of November.
Caught this on the replay. I’m not a hoarder but tend to watch too much card making videos and then order the products they used. I’m now overwhelmed with “stuff” still in packaging. Who to give dies to? Churches& schools don’t have a Sizzix & I CANT throw them away🤦🏻♀️Help!
I think sometimes you can give them to adult homes or places for developmentally disabled adults. They use them in craft hours. At least they would take the paper, if nothing.
Exactly! I bought all the cute critters!! And now I rarely touch them. But they’re so cute…however, I have started to purge them little by little. I’ve started using them at least once and that makes it’s easy to decide with most whether I keep or destash them.
Hello Ladies!! I am watching on the replay and what a fun session! This hits home for me because just yesterday I was telling my hubby that I really need to stop buying 'stuff' because I am running out of space to put it all!!! NO joke! I even vowed not to buy another crafting item for the entire month of September...I failed miserably! 🙄 What I am now trying to do is 'use what is in my stash'...we all know we are told that several times and I am going to get my courage up to go through my stamps, dies and paper and gift it somewhere within my community. It just needs to be done. Thank you both Justine and Laurel for the encouragement I needed to stop HOARDING craft supplies!! Love you both!! (I am signed up and looking forward to the Crafting Summit next weekend!)
I like the way you girls think . I don’t buy as much either because I am getting really older and don’t always have the energy to make cards or craft and everything so expensive today . Some time I really don’t know where to starts and sometime missing a piece . I do watch a lot of videos on TH-cam. 😊
I do have a lot of older supplies but I do use them. I have the first 2 Cricut Machines and still use them. Never felt the need to get the latest and greatest upgrade. What I do hoard is the left over embellishments and diecuts from kits. I need to get better at destashing of those items.
Great video with lots of good points. I have several monthly subscription kits/products. Two are kit subscriptions I’ve been doing for 2-3 years. When I first got back into paper crafting in 2020 after 20 some yrs, they helped build up my embellishment stash with kit extras like sequins, Nuvo drops, pastes, ephemera. But the reality is I only really LOVE a few of those kit stamps and dies, and now have loads of embellishment products. This past year I have been following a few creators who regularly come out with pattern paper templates (cut up sheet and make multiple cards). I’ve been making multiples, using those templates or using layering stamp, die or stencil sets to make multiples of same design but swapping out color paper or ink. I usually put simple generic sentiments that can be used for different occasions. I then either donate or gift sets of these cards. I was also an independent demonstrator for one company, but lived in a saturated area, so when I couldn’t meet the sales quota would end up buying products that were limited edition but that I didn’t really like. So, bottom line, I have quite a stash, even after making bulk cards.
I do think frequent releases do make it difficult for me. Then I get it and forget what video it was that inspired me. Now I have an overload of product. 😢 This video was so needed. Thank you both so much.
Such a fabulous video, girls! I came on late and watched some of the Live.... now, I'm watching the recording. After this video, I'm going to get a huge garbage bag and toss away things I have NOT used at all!. Keep making your videos! TY
don't toss them, OMG that makes me cringe - give them to charity, or church, or some young people starting out who can't afford a lot. the possibilities are endless. If you have, consider sharing, not tossing out.
Great video; so many valuable insights and tips! I would also add to be careful about attending conventions or using raffle tickets for items at events. Even if you head to a convention with the best intentions(aka window shopping only), the bottom line is that if you see stuff, you will buy it. If you must go to a convention, always have a plan and make a shopping list; I made this mistake when I attended my first Scrapbook Expo, and it really hurt my pocketbook! If you put in for raffle prizes, first make sure it's something that you truly need and can/will use. And remember that if you decide that you really don't want/need any of the raffle items, you are not offending anyone. Simply give your tickets to a fellow crafter or two; that's what I do. When de-stashing, the next time you go to a crop or other event, speak with the host to see if there will be a freebie table for people to contribute items. You can then donate stuff from your stash. Or you could see if the host would be willing to raffle off some of your stuff if it's in good condition. This is a great way to get rid of duplicate items or cut down on excessive hauls. You could also check with your local scrapbook store to see if they ever have garage sales; my local scrapbook store hosts these events sometimes. At the garage sales crafters arrange with the store owner to set up a table to sell the crafty items that they no longer want.
Laurel, I have started just focusing on a few companies instead of all of them. It's a relief that I started focusing on. I do have 2 monthly kits, but if I want to add another, I have to get rid of one. Also, my thought process of having kits, if I don't seem to use the kit after a few months, then drop the kit subscription.
This was a great discussion. I realized so many of the topics you mentioned were just like me i.e. tons of patterned paper, complete set collector, and talk about kit subscriptions. I have so many kits unopened and unused. I wish I had known some of the facts about ink pads that you shared earlier because it probably would have saved me from investing in to many different brands. I am getting better about checking through my supplies before purchasing something new. I wish I was able to look at my stash and come up with my own designs. I'm a great borrower of others designs. I'm getting better about trying to use what I have in my stash to make similar cards that I like.
Thank you ladies watching this on reply just reminded me to put the next kit on skip. I have sooo many stamps and dies collecting in the craft space because I have fallen in love with stitching dies. I will go use something in the morning. It's night here in New Zealand. Love your video❤❤❤
I was hearing your voice, Justine as I was die cutting a scrap (of a special color of packaging that I was hoarding!) and not wanting to use and the voice said ,"It's Just Paper!." 😂😂😂
That was great! I can totally relate to a lot of what you said. I am still rather new to card making and have found myself trying to buy everything I see content creators using. I am getting better about that because it is expensive! I tell myself that I don't have to have it just because they do. Especially sets that include the stamps, stencils and dies all together. I can fussy cut and use the markers that I have. It's hard, but I'm getting better at it! I think I just have natural tendency to want to collect things. Not sure why. I'm working on it though. Thank you for all of the great advice! I will definitely use it!
Thank you ladies! Watched the replay. I’m a craft hoarder, working on cleaning and using my stash, this video was intended for me! Signed up for free ticket. 😊😊😊 Thanks!!!!!
Thank you for the laughter and the ouch. I do hoard supplies but have been in the process of decluttering and making crafts with what U have a priority. 😂 Looking forward to Stress Free Card making!
Thank you for a fun chat. I have my free ticket. I need to look at the schedule you sent and make a plan. Thanks for the tips on deciding which videos to watch. I do own a lot of stuff and three companies ink pads -- SU as I inherited a lot from my mother, Gina K Designs as she was the first video person I was learning from (mini ink pads), and Lawn Fawn full size pads. A few colors are the exact same across all three companies. I know Gina K and Lawn Fawn are the same formula and style of pad. I will see you next weekend.
Our style and tastes change and evolve over time, and it takes discipline to purge items. Especially if I didn't use them! I try to purge several times a year, and i donate the item to my local senior center. Im also over not using pretty or special paper! Exactly, thats why I bought it. I have friends who bought cards from me, and still havent used them because " they are so pretty, only for a special person". Use it up!
Watching replay - Justine, your first comment about social media HIT THE NAIL ON THE HEAD FOR ME!!! Absolute truth in that!! But I have been doing it for a couple years, can’t say I’m a newbie and will grow out of it 😮
OMG! Love this video! Can totally relate!!!! Watching the replay. I too have more supplies than I really need and haven't used! Love videos that show us how to use what we have in our stash!
I think we need to give ourselves permission to make crap. We need the practice, and most of the time, it takes a little while to perfect that technique. You can use the “crap” to add layers to your card, where no one will see. It’s okay to make crappy work
Great live I bought a limited edition and saw one card with that set because only a few people were able to get it so I had no ideas never again Here’s another thing the expense of a stamp set and die set is crazy I haven’t crafter or made a card in 3 years and do want to get rid of all my stuff but it’s hard for me to let it go and I have a lot of stuff
I definitely watch too many videos and don’t craft enough. I feel a real pressure to make what I see and then I don’t have the confidence to just sit and create myself as they would never be as good.
I have so many supplies I spend more time organizing my craft room (yes, I have a ROOM!) so I can cram in more supplies 😭. It's overwhelming to DECIDE what to make so I make cards when I need one. And, because I have such a huge collection I fixate on making the PERFECT card for each person...and often don't get it made in a timely manner so no card gets sent 😭😭😭
Thank you for this video. I have not participated in Stamptember in 2 years and the first year was hard but how many LF Christmas stamp sets do we need? And I was tired of missing out on a couple of artists Stamptember release cuz ppl were buying multiples and reselling at 300% mark up on eBay and the shop refused to limit purchases from each account. I don't do monthly kits anymore, either. Also...if you buy something -- not just craft items -- get out those fancy dishes and ENJOY them!! Seriously, THANK YOU FOR THIS VIDEO!! Everything art is beautiful to someone but not everyone and that's okay!!! Have fun and craft on!!! ❤️❤️❤️
Hi from Vancouver Island…I learn new techniques from you tube..don’t go on Instagram much at all. Love papers, not using my stamps..loving learning alcohol inks.
Thanks, great stuff and really relevant. I think there can also be a bit of a feeling that these are small companies and I want to support them. I almost feel badly if I don't buy something from their release like I am being disloyal.
Watching the replay...I have so many items and I miss making bulk cards...I organize more than anything... Once I organize I sit there like, now what?! 😫 I only make when I need to send to someone.
It’s true everyone on TH-cam uses specific dies and stamps to show a technique . Makes us think we need that to to make that card. Then we buy a cheaper similar product and it just doesn’t work out right
I definitely can't keep up with all of the new releases from the company I do stamping classes for. I feel pressured to continue to buy things I probably don't need so I can show it to my customers. I do keep my favorite retired items especially sentiments and Christmas. I don't have a place for everything I have. Some things I have never used. With running my business I have so little time left to purge. Very frustrated!
I'm more into techniques. This way I can go my own way. I think the longer you do cardmaking, most of us realize that we can't buy everything and that we probably have something in our stash that we can do the technique. I'm more into buying elements than buying a particular stamp. Although, there are a few times I buy a particular stamp as I just really really like it - LOL. I've never bought $75 of stuff just so I don't have to pay shipping costs. I think that's overkill even if you don't have a stash. I've been doing this almost 25 years so I rarely buy unless it's to replenish something I've run out of like cardstock.
From a master artist. Buy basic rainbow colors of any ink etc. These inks CAN be blended and ALL colors are derived from the basis colors folks. Black and white are not considered a "color". As an artist who sculps, oil paints etc. One brush or canvas can far outweigh the cost of an ink pad or blending brush (hence, cards are my play - fine art is work :)). I stick with Ranger inks. I won't buy others. I have all the basic colors and am not drawn into the NEW stuff unless I absolutely WANT it. I stick with my colors that I LIKE. I stick with stamps for things I like to do. Maybe it is the artist in me that gives me this frame of mind. Most times I can think and create far beyond most on TH-cam. Just wanted to throw some artist advice for the newbies to card making. I agree - DO MORE and spend less. CREATE don't just learn. Learn techniques and then DO them. Hope this helps. If not - go price a fine artist brush - just one - ha ha ha
Watching the replay. I do watch cardmaking videos and I tend to buy a LOT of the things I see but don’t really need. 😳. I do agree with Laurel though…I don’t buy any gnome or Halloween stamps because that’s not my thing. I am a clean and simple card maker, or at least I think I am.
It's a compliment to be like you ladies,making same cards, I have used what I owned, no $$to buy what always new on market..I have detached like 3x in 20 yrs. Lol
(Second time typing this. First time was deleted when an ad popped up... - sometimes I want to 😵 YT..) With having ADHD, (recently diagnosed) I've learned that if something's out-of-sight, its also out-of-mind. So I try to display my most used craft products as "decor" when I can. The ADHD also means I switch from one craft to another fairly often. With much trial and error, I've learned that even if I'm bored with something, I just need to box it up and store it until I get the "itch" again... That way I'm not repurchasing the more expensive tools, etc. - repeatedly! Of course many supplies work with multiple crafts, so those are the ones that I try to keep easily accessible. Some crafts I turn to often when I have a few minutes to do something I really enjoy. I'll have enough supplies to keep me busy once I retire (in 10 years) - at least until I'm 109, I'm pretty sure!!! Maybe someone will do a class on how to organize for people with ADHD.... 😉
Michele, I just found out that I, too, have ADHD, and am learning a lot about what I need to do to start stamping again! I have a list of things that I wanted to buy, and I am now going to go through and choose the paper only instead of entire kits! I just ordered a ticket for next weekend!!!! TYFS
Bought all CTMH papers and inks and now they are no longer so I feel I need to get all the Stampin Up colors. Now I need to spend time using up the paper that is old or give it away. So instead of just watching videos, start watching one and make the project and share.
I have a lot of card making supplies and probably over a hundred cards made. I like to gift my cards to people in sets containing bday, sympathy, anniversary, thinking of you and blank cards. I make a lot of cards and I buy something if it really strikes me as something different. I rotate my supplies by having a small acrylic bin on my work table with dies and stamps I hvnt used in a while. That way I make it through my collection every couple of years.
I wanna be free flowing with my crafting like Laurel. I have watched so many videos that I'm really overwhelmed & can't decide where to start after awhile away from craft times.
Guys, I was SO ranting one night about how much time my daughter spends on her phone. I'm like, what the heck? Why are you watching people playing games? Why don't you grab a friend and play a game? 3 seconds later, it hit me! How much time do I spend on my phone WATCHING PEOPLE MAKE CARDS, instead of making my own cards??? 🤦😂😂😂 Technology has us enslaved, for sure!
I have way too many stamps and dies as well as way too much paper. I have stopped buying since the PCGO summit but now I'm watching too many videos, especially with all the cool summits!
I watch a lot of you tube crafting but don’t always have time to create there and then. Instead I write down the techniques I want to try on “Mojo” cards and pull out a card when I am stuck for ideas.
What ever about what we all have 'collected' I am in the throes of trying to empty my Mum's craft room (she passed 3 years ago!) it's so hard to find homes for the stuff and throwing it away is horrifying. I am in Ireland so we don't have the same options for re-use as maybe States. I was thinking about a charity that could take craft stuff and give to maybe schools or groups or re-sell?
I have an abundance of craft supplies so went on a “no buy” session. Did not buy for 8 months except for staples like glue. Splurged for a couple weeks on a few of my perceived needs. Now back to not buying. I no longer watch videos that use expensive supplies that I do not own. I have more stamps that I will use in the next year or more. Interested in videos that teach me how to better use what I already use. I am no longer interested in difficult techniques. I am interested in quick and easy cards. I’d rather make more cards that are easy and fun. Card making should be fun not hard work.
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I am not a craft hoarder. I'm the curator of an extensive private craft supply collection. (Not my saying, but I have to remind myself occasionally). Yes to watching, buying, and organizing my stuff too much. I do, however, check my inventory. If I have something similar, I don't buy it. New tools, however, I don't usually succumb to the hype. Often, it's not really new, just reimagined, and I survived for decades before I retired only buying what I wanted for my yearly holiday cards, using the same die cutting machine, etc. I have bought new tools but I'm very selective. I don't need a glorified laminator, die embossing machine, etc. Looking forward to the summit.
Not only all of the craft stores, but one thing that bothers me is that when you sign up for a craft seminar, watch each crafter's video, then, to get the supply list or written instructions, you have to give them your first name and email address. So now you can be bombarded with emails (daily or weekly) from each crafter! Then you have to go in and unsubscribe from most of them, or it's just overwhelming! Don't know why if you get their "freebie" item, you have to be automatically subscribed. It would be nice if they sent you whatever you requested and ask you if you would like to subscribe to their emails. Wow - I'm done...just wanted to get that off my chest...you two are great!
Exactly. Well said.
Agree.. except, it's their marketing tool. Your info is worth a lot to them so they can afford to give you a free item for it. Probably best to avoid unless you really want to pay for the item with your info x
After about 5 years of stamping, I am now at the stage where I don't need the same items as the creator I'm viewing and starting to use my stash. Self realization takes awhile. Great "talk".
😱OMG!!!! Hello ladies, watching on replay and I feel like this is an intervention. I have so much and I know I need to destash but I can’t destash what I have not used 😳!!!! I have been trying to watch videos and then find something in my stash to put my own spin on a card idea. 🤦🏾♀️What to do? I have also limited myself to watching only certain makers.
Thank you ladies for this video! It helps to know we are not alone! 💕
Hi my name is Lori, and I'm a paper, rubber stamp and craft supply HOARDER! xo
You two are my favorite card-making gurus. I love watching you and your realistic view of this hobby. Thank you for sharing your personalities, advice and humor with us.
I really enjoyed the discussion. I am an impulse buyer. Our financial income changed and I realized that II have 100's of REALLY cool Isupplies I have never used even once, and 100's of really COOL supplies I haven't used for years. I started combining my old and my new, learning and trying new techniques. I have a comfort zone which I am really good at, but I challenge myself all the time to watch new techniques or styles using what I have. Right now we are moving so I am going through the withdrawals of not being able to create ANY THING. We rent and our home is being sold and we haven't found a new place to live yet, so I don't even know what my new craft space looks like or WHEN I will get to craft again. I have left my craftroom to pack last. It is a huge undertaking because I have a huge filled to the brim room and 3 closets full of stuff. I should be eliminating things but I have to be ready to move when the house sells, so I can't take the time to make decisions about keeping things or not. I am shrinkwrapping most things, drawers ect. and will purge on the other end. Sigh....
My 11 year old great granddaughter got boxes of stuff that is no longer my style and we're both thrilled!
Watching the replay - YES!!!!! I watch and buy more than I craft!!
I have ink pads I’ve owned for at least a decade and the company doesn’t make that line any more but I bought the reinkers and I’ll probably be able to use them for another decade. I also own wood mounted rubber stamps that are not made anymore but believe me I’m not getting rid of them because I love them AND still use them.
Watching on the replay - this is a great conversation. I have SO many stamps and dies and I’ve barely created any cards. I think there’s a perfectionism fear there that I have to overcome. I canceled all but one of my monthly kits because I don’t need any more stuff. I think investing on the education of how to do what you want to do is an amazing idea. And I like the idea of making an appointment to use what I have. Great ideas, ladies!
I just spent several days reorganizing colored card stock scraps. I actually THREW OUT 2 wastebaskets of small scraps and can now see the top of my desk!!!❤😂😅😊😊
I sopped getting Michael’s notices and feel much more at peace. I can always check online when Ineed a specific supply…
Hi! I’m Mayra and I’m a craft hoarder. I buy craft supplies but don’t really craft as much as I used to. Recently started to window shop to help with the urge of buying right away. One step and one day at the time.
This topic is right on! I am a hoarder of craft supplies. And I am the person who has to buy a certain product so my card can look like the one I see I love this discussion. Please do more. You inspire me to use what I have.
I watch a lot of crafters, you two are in my top 5. One thing I've learned on my old off shades of green or peach, whatever... I take and ink blend over the top it and usually the color I want for my card. I love learning and I love crafting. Working hard to not be a hoarder, I need to do my first real purge. The upside is that I'm not adding to my supplies, my purchases really focus on staples white, black cardstock, adhesives etc. I have my steel cased Sizzix dies from years ago, and I still use them. Thank you ladies for your insight and humor and everything else you do for us fellow crafters.
Absolutely brilliant, please do this again, so fun and informative to watch. Thanks and have a great day ladies x
Justine, I "window shop" also, put it in my cart and then think about it for a while. I still have beautiful papers from several years ago because they were too beautiful to cut into! Now I'm starting to just go ahead and use it! There will be more beautiful papers coming out later! I like your ideas of finding something similar, not having to buy new ones! Thank you gals for all of the great suggestions!
Caught this on the replay and enjoyed it so much. The other day I happened to glance into a corner of my crafting storage area and realized that the three oragami paper pads I purchased about 10 years ago contain about 2,700 sheets of 6x6 paper! I need to select the patterns I know I'll use and donate the rest--I'm sure that will be about 1,000! 😂🤣😂 I have a VIP pass for next weekend. Have already started watching these sessions-yay!
Yes I have old stamps n sets. I still use old tools yes, I have stopped buying things I don't need. I'm getting more selective to what I buy. No kits..love you ladies. Thank you for all your hard work.
I really appreciate these conversations. I have way more arty supplies than I will ever use up but I still like watching the videos. I had an interesting experience recently that had me thinking about my "stuff". I went to a scrapbook expo - quality companies, wonderful products and great classes on the schedule. I was glad to see good attendance for the businesses but for myself - I realized I already had many of the items available or things similar enough. I realized I already knew how to do many of the skills that were going to be taught. It gave me an appreciation for what I have. "Cute" stuff - I don't do. I saw a lot of kits - I'd rather do my own art. I need to do more creation and less shopping. But I hope more people get interested in creating. Thanks so much for your generous gifts of teaching and sharing thoughts.
I'm a hoarder that buys but doesn't craft a lot. I have started to craft an hour a day! I signed up for the free ticket but never received one. I hope to get it by next weekend. I plan on watching some of the videos. Have a blessed weekend
I’m the same! And that’s what I need to do is schedule an hour of crafting a day.
Thank you Justine and Laurel for making this video! My only regret is I wish I had seen this when I first started card making! Had I done so, I could have saved a ton of money. Seeing your video has, one the other hand, made me realize that I am not alone is making these errors. In that I can feel some relief and less guilt. 🙄 However, having realized the errors of my ways, I plant to “let it go” by purging what I won’t use and get back to simplifying my card making. Once again, thanks!! Cheers! 😊🇨🇦
Awesome video... After years of DTs & crafting... I was so done with my crafty hoard... I had enough to open my own store... I ended up gifting away what I could, till I ran out of people and places and then I tossed the rest... new, used, opened, or whatever, straight into the dumpster... I had to get it out to give me a fresh start... and now, I am where I need to be, crafting and enjoying my supplies... 40 black trash bags, 20 bankers boxes of 12x12, 6x6, and all kinds of cardstock, and endless stamps and dies...It's the best thing I have done and now I only create for myself and love it. Now I only buy if I run out, if I really need it, or if I really love it after I have left it in my cart for a week or more... and if something comes in, something has to go out...
For me, its all about the fact that I have learned what I enjoy. Sometimes I still want new things.
I have let go of some things.
I'm changing up my organization and getting to the point where my craft area is joyous.
In July I did a 93 card personal challenge to build up my stash. I have some card set gifts to give, I have a ton of Thanksgiving cards to make (about 80), and a steampunk journal to gift in November.
I want to have 100 cards made by the end of October, and that journal finished by the end of the first week of November.
Sometimes what I want from the kit is more expensive than just getting the kit
Caught this on the replay. I’m not a hoarder but tend to watch too much card making videos and then order the products they used. I’m now overwhelmed with “stuff” still in packaging. Who to give dies to? Churches& schools don’t have a Sizzix & I CANT throw them away🤦🏻♀️Help!
I think sometimes you can give them to adult homes or places for developmentally disabled adults. They use them in craft hours. At least they would take the paper, if nothing.
Love everything you both brought up! Always appreciate your input and being 100% real.
Watched the replay.
Exactly! I bought all the cute critters!! And now I rarely touch them. But they’re so cute…however, I have started to purge them little by little. I’ve started using them at least once and that makes it’s easy to decide with most whether I keep or destash them.
Hello Ladies!! I am watching on the replay and what a fun session! This hits home for me because just yesterday I was telling my hubby that I really need to stop buying 'stuff' because I am running out of space to put it all!!! NO joke! I even vowed not to buy another crafting item for the entire month of September...I failed miserably! 🙄 What I am now trying to do is 'use what is in my stash'...we all know we are told that several times and I am going to get my courage up to go through my stamps, dies and paper and gift it somewhere within my community. It just needs to be done.
Thank you both Justine and Laurel for the encouragement I needed to stop HOARDING craft supplies!! Love you both!! (I am signed up and looking forward to the Crafting Summit next weekend!)
I like the way you girls think . I don’t buy as much either because I am getting really older and don’t always have the energy to make cards or craft and everything so expensive today . Some time I really don’t know where to starts and sometime missing a piece . I do watch a lot of videos on TH-cam. 😊
I watch more than I craft definitely
I do have a lot of older supplies but I do use them. I have the first 2 Cricut Machines and still use them. Never felt the need to get the latest and greatest upgrade. What I do hoard is the left over embellishments and diecuts from kits. I need to get better at destashing of those items.
Great video with lots of good points. I have several monthly subscription kits/products. Two are kit subscriptions I’ve been doing for 2-3 years. When I first got back into paper crafting in 2020 after 20 some yrs, they helped build up my embellishment stash with kit extras like sequins, Nuvo drops, pastes, ephemera. But the reality is I only really LOVE a few of those kit stamps and dies, and now have loads of embellishment products. This past year I have been following a few creators who regularly come out with pattern paper templates (cut up sheet and make multiple cards). I’ve been making multiples, using those templates or using layering stamp, die or stencil sets to make multiples of same design but swapping out color paper or ink. I usually put simple generic sentiments that can be used for different occasions. I then either donate or gift sets of these cards. I was also an independent demonstrator for one company, but lived in a saturated area, so when I couldn’t meet the sales quota would end up buying products that were limited edition but that I didn’t really like. So, bottom line, I have quite a stash, even after making bulk cards.
Such a thought provoking discussion. Thanks for bringing this up for discussion
I do think frequent releases do make it difficult for me. Then I get it and forget what video it was that inspired me. Now I have an overload of product. 😢 This video was so needed. Thank you both so much.
Such a fabulous video, girls! I came on late and watched some of the Live.... now, I'm watching the recording. After this video, I'm going to get a huge garbage bag and toss away things I have NOT used at all!. Keep making your videos! TY
Donate to schools
don't toss them, OMG that makes me cringe - give them to charity, or church, or some young people starting out who can't afford a lot. the possibilities are endless. If you have, consider sharing, not tossing out.
Loved your live interaction! Great advice! Looking forward to the summit.
Yes , I have my free ticket . Hope to try getting something done 😊
Great video; so many valuable insights and tips! I would also add to be careful about attending conventions or using raffle tickets for items at events. Even if you head to a convention with the best intentions(aka window shopping only), the bottom line is that if you see stuff, you will buy it. If you must go to a convention, always have a plan and make a shopping list; I made this mistake when I attended my first Scrapbook Expo, and it really hurt my pocketbook! If you put in for raffle prizes, first make sure it's something that you truly need and can/will use. And remember that if you decide that you really don't want/need any of the raffle items, you are not offending anyone. Simply give your tickets to a fellow crafter or two; that's what I do.
When de-stashing, the next time you go to a crop or other event, speak with the host to see if there will be a freebie table for people to contribute items. You can then donate stuff from your stash. Or you could see if the host would be willing to raffle off some of your stuff if it's in good condition. This is a great way to get rid of duplicate items or cut down on excessive hauls. You could also check with your local scrapbook store to see if they ever have garage sales; my local scrapbook store hosts these events sometimes. At the garage sales crafters arrange with the store owner to set up a table to sell the crafty items that they no longer want.
Oh yes, this is excellent advice!!!!
Watching the replay, I am so sorry I missed it, I was out all day. Love the live, great seeing you both.
I heard say Laurel, that having CP inks and Distress Oxide is all you need, and I completely agree and that's what I have.
:You ladies have stepped on my toes throughout this video!!!!! Thank you.
Laurel, I have started just focusing on a few companies instead of all of them. It's a relief that I started focusing on. I do have 2 monthly kits, but if I want to add another, I have to get rid of one. Also, my thought process of having kits, if I don't seem to use the kit after a few months, then drop the kit subscription.
This was a great discussion. I realized so many of the topics you mentioned were just like me i.e. tons of patterned paper, complete set collector, and talk about kit subscriptions. I have so many kits unopened and unused. I wish I had known some of the facts about ink pads that you shared earlier because it probably would have saved me from investing in to many different brands. I am getting better about checking through my supplies before purchasing something new. I wish I was able to look at my stash and come up with my own designs. I'm a great borrower of others designs. I'm getting better about trying to use what I have in my stash to make similar cards that I like.
Ive started scanning my favorite paper and reprinting it on my phaser. Voila! Never gone
Thank you ladies watching this on reply just reminded me to put the next kit on skip. I have sooo many stamps and dies collecting in the craft space because I have fallen in love with stitching dies. I will go use something in the morning. It's night here in New Zealand. Love your video❤❤❤
I was hearing your voice, Justine as I was die cutting a scrap (of a special color of packaging that I was hoarding!) and not wanting to use and the voice said ,"It's Just Paper!." 😂😂😂
That was great! I can totally relate to a lot of what you said. I am still rather new to card making and have found myself trying to buy everything I see content creators using. I am getting better about that because it is expensive! I tell myself that I don't have to have it just because they do. Especially sets that include the stamps, stencils and dies all together. I can fussy cut and use the markers that I have. It's hard, but I'm getting better at it! I think I just have natural tendency to want to collect things. Not sure why. I'm working on it though. Thank you for all of the great advice! I will definitely use it!
Thank you both so much for this video. It really helped me decide on several things. I am also looking forward to the summit.
Thank you ladies! Watched the replay.
I’m a craft hoarder, working on cleaning and using my stash, this video was intended for me!
Signed up for free ticket.
😊😊😊
Thanks!!!!!
Thank you for the laughter and the ouch. I do hoard supplies but have been in the process of decluttering and making crafts with what U have a priority. 😂 Looking forward to Stress Free Card making!
Thank you so much for this conversation- I’m definitely a person who falls prey to the marketing emails and the limited release phenomenon.
Thank you for a fun chat. I have my free ticket. I need to look at the schedule you sent and make a plan. Thanks for the tips on deciding which videos to watch. I do own a lot of stuff and three companies ink pads -- SU as I inherited a lot from my mother, Gina K Designs as she was the first video person I was learning from (mini ink pads), and Lawn Fawn full size pads. A few colors are the exact same across all three companies. I know Gina K and Lawn Fawn are the same formula and style of pad. I will see you next weekend.
Our style and tastes change and evolve over time, and it takes discipline to purge items. Especially if I didn't use them! I try to purge several times a year, and i donate the item to my local senior center. Im also over not using pretty or special paper! Exactly, thats why I bought it. I have friends who bought cards from me, and still havent used them because " they are so pretty, only for a special person". Use it up!
You can mix ink pad brands, as long as they are the same kind, (dye with dye and pigment with pigment)
Watching replay - Justine, your first comment about social media HIT THE NAIL ON THE HEAD FOR ME!!! Absolute truth in that!! But I have been doing it for a couple years, can’t say I’m a newbie and will grow out of it 😮
OMG! Love this video! Can totally relate!!!! Watching the replay. I too have more supplies than I really need and haven't used! Love videos that show us how to use what we have in our stash!
I think we need to give ourselves permission to make crap. We need the practice, and most of the time, it takes a little while to perfect that technique. You can use the “crap” to add layers to your card, where no one will see. It’s okay to make crappy work
Great live
I bought a limited edition and saw one card with that set because only a few people were able to get it so I had no ideas never again
Here’s another thing the expense of a stamp set and die set is crazy
I haven’t crafter or made a card in 3 years and do want to get rid of all my stuff but it’s hard for me to let it go and I have a lot of stuff
I definitely watch too many videos and don’t craft enough. I feel a real pressure to make what I see and then I don’t have the confidence to just sit and create myself as they would never be as good.
You are giving amazing advice ! ❤
Watching on replay from Lakewood, NY.
I have so many supplies I spend more time organizing my craft room (yes, I have a ROOM!) so I can cram in more supplies 😭. It's overwhelming to DECIDE what to make so I make cards when I need one. And, because I have such a huge collection I fixate on making the PERFECT card for each person...and often don't get it made in a timely manner so no card gets sent 😭😭😭
Watching reply its great a lot of info and tips awesome advice! Thanks beautiful Ladies this has been a great help!!! 😊💕
Excited, From Phoenix AZ
All I can say to you two is WHAT a GREAT VIDEO❤ and are just so funny. What a great team you are. 🥰
Thank you for this video. I have not participated in Stamptember in 2 years and the first year was hard but how many LF Christmas stamp sets do we need? And I was tired of missing out on a couple of artists Stamptember release cuz ppl were buying multiples and reselling at 300% mark up on eBay and the shop refused to limit purchases from each account. I don't do monthly kits anymore, either. Also...if you buy something -- not just craft items -- get out those fancy dishes and ENJOY them!!
Seriously, THANK YOU FOR THIS VIDEO!!
Everything art is beautiful to someone but not everyone and that's okay!!!
Have fun and craft on!!! ❤️❤️❤️
Hi from Vancouver Island…I learn new techniques from you tube..don’t go on Instagram much at all. Love papers, not using my stamps..loving learning alcohol inks.
Oh the beads thing hits so close to home…..
Thanks, great stuff and really relevant. I think there can also be a bit of a feeling that these are small companies and I want to support them. I almost feel badly if I don't buy something from their release like I am being disloyal.
Watching the replay...I have so many items and I miss making bulk cards...I organize more than anything... Once I organize I sit there like, now what?! 😫 I only make when I need to send to someone.
It’s true everyone on TH-cam uses specific dies and stamps to show a technique . Makes us think we need that to to make that card. Then we buy a cheaper similar product and it just doesn’t work out right
I loved this video! My two favorite card makers!
I definitely can't keep up with all of the new releases from the company I do stamping classes for. I feel pressured to continue to buy things I probably don't need so I can show it to my customers. I do keep my favorite retired items especially sentiments and Christmas. I don't have a place for everything I have. Some things I have never used. With running my business I have so little time left to purge. Very frustrated!
Ty for this. Love your hair, Laura!
Laurel! 😊
See and hear you!
I'm more into techniques. This way I can go my own way. I think the longer you do cardmaking, most of us realize that we can't buy everything and that we probably have something in our stash that we can do the technique. I'm more into buying elements than buying a particular stamp. Although, there are a few times I buy a particular stamp as I just really really like it - LOL. I've never bought $75 of stuff just so I don't have to pay shipping costs. I think that's overkill even if you don't have a stash. I've been doing this almost 25 years so I rarely buy unless it's to replenish something I've run out of like cardstock.
From a master artist. Buy basic rainbow colors of any ink etc. These inks CAN be blended and ALL colors are derived from the basis colors folks. Black and white are not considered a "color". As an artist who sculps, oil paints etc. One brush or canvas can far outweigh the cost of an ink pad or blending brush (hence, cards are my play - fine art is work :)). I stick with Ranger inks. I won't buy others. I have all the basic colors and am not drawn into the NEW stuff unless I absolutely WANT it. I stick with my colors that I LIKE. I stick with stamps for things I like to do. Maybe it is the artist in me that gives me this frame of mind. Most times I can think and create far beyond most on TH-cam. Just wanted to throw some artist advice for the newbies to card making. I agree - DO MORE and spend less. CREATE don't just learn. Learn techniques and then DO them. Hope this helps. If not - go price a fine artist brush - just one - ha ha ha
Watching the replay. I do watch cardmaking videos and I tend to buy a LOT of the things I see but don’t really need. 😳. I do agree with Laurel though…I don’t buy any gnome or Halloween stamps because that’s not my thing. I am a clean and simple card maker, or at least I think I am.
loved it!
It's a compliment to be like you ladies,making same cards, I have used what I owned, no $$to buy what always new on market..I have detached like 3x in 20 yrs. Lol
Watching on replay. Good topic
I love kits and bundles! That's the problem!
Watching replay! Would be doing the summit but I have another weekend crafting event! Thanks Justine & Laurel!
(Second time typing this. First time was deleted when an ad popped up... - sometimes I want to 😵 YT..)
With having ADHD, (recently diagnosed) I've learned that if something's out-of-sight, its also out-of-mind. So I try to display my most used craft products as "decor" when I can.
The ADHD also means I switch from one craft to another fairly often. With much trial and error, I've learned that even if I'm bored with something, I just need to box it up and store it until I get the "itch" again... That way I'm not repurchasing the more expensive tools, etc. - repeatedly! Of course many supplies work with multiple crafts, so those are the ones that I try to keep easily accessible. Some crafts I turn to often when I have a few minutes to do something I really enjoy. I'll have enough supplies to keep me busy once I retire (in 10 years) - at least until I'm 109, I'm pretty sure!!!
Maybe someone will do a class on how to organize for people with ADHD.... 😉
Michele, I just found out that I, too, have ADHD, and am learning a lot about what I need to do to start stamping again! I have a list of things that I wanted to buy, and I am now going to go through and choose the paper only instead of entire kits! I just ordered a ticket for next weekend!!!! TYFS
Bought all CTMH papers and inks and now they are no longer so I feel I need to get all the Stampin Up colors. Now I need to spend time using up the paper that is old or give it away. So instead of just watching videos, start watching one and make the project and share.
Love you guys,
I have a lot of card making supplies and probably over a hundred cards made. I like to gift my cards to people in sets containing bday, sympathy, anniversary, thinking of you and blank cards. I make a lot of cards and I buy something if it really strikes me as something different. I rotate my supplies by having a small acrylic bin on my work table with dies and stamps I hvnt used in a while. That way I make it through my collection every couple of years.
I wanna be free flowing with my crafting like Laurel. I have watched so many videos that I'm really overwhelmed & can't decide where to start after awhile away from craft times.
It's human nature to want to have what the "teacher/instructor" has. I don't want to get in trouble for not being prepared. LOL!!!
Guys, I was SO ranting one night about how much time my daughter spends on her phone. I'm like, what the heck? Why are you watching people playing games? Why don't you grab a friend and play a game? 3 seconds later, it hit me! How much time do I spend on my phone WATCHING PEOPLE MAKE CARDS, instead of making my own cards???
🤦😂😂😂 Technology has us enslaved, for sure!
I laughed so much at myself but still laughed….very great info
I have way too many stamps and dies as well as way too much paper. I have stopped buying since the PCGO summit but now I'm watching too many videos, especially with all the cool summits!
Oh I have to have the full set. My mind thinks it's incomplete. 🤪
I watch a lot of you tube crafting but don’t always have time to create there and then. Instead I write down the techniques I want to try on “Mojo” cards and pull out a card when I am stuck for ideas.
I sometimes stress buy. And I follow Justine’s It Just Paper releases like a hawk
What ever about what we all have 'collected' I am in the throes of trying to empty my Mum's craft room (she passed 3 years ago!) it's so hard to find homes for the stuff and throwing it away is horrifying. I am in Ireland so we don't have the same options for re-use as maybe States. I was thinking about a charity that could take craft stuff and give to maybe schools or groups or re-sell?
Nice chat ~ I'm looking forward to the summit! ^.^
I have an abundance of craft supplies so went on a “no buy” session. Did not buy for 8 months except for staples like glue. Splurged for a couple weeks on a few of my perceived needs. Now back to not buying. I no longer watch videos that use expensive supplies that I do not own. I have more stamps that I will use in the next year or more. Interested in videos that teach me how to better use what I already use. I am no longer interested in difficult techniques. I am interested in quick and easy cards. I’d rather make more cards that are easy and fun. Card making should be fun not hard work.