WHY and HOW you should START PAPER CRAFTING in 2023!
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New Year ~~ New Series!
Paper, ink, stamps, ephemera, blingy things !!!! What do I use, what do I buy, where do I start, how do I do this?????? Does the thought of starting a new paper craft overwhelm you???? Don't PANIC!!!!!! Maymay has you covered...
Today Maymay is kicking off a new series...Why and How you should START PAPER CRAFTING in 2023.
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Thank you so much Maymay for the new series. I love all of your videos, you inspire me in so many ways. I lost my mother in July of 2021, She choked on her dinner while I was talking to her on the phone and she passed. As if I didn't already know I knew then that every second is precious. I joined a quilting group with my church we meet once a week and I could not imagine living without those ladies in my life. The funny part about that story is I can't sew at all I just go to match fabric, iron, and have a good laugh. However I do hope to start quilting in 2023.
Can you stand one more thank you for making this video? Well you're gettin' one...Thank you! I have been at this for several years and I'm very much looking forward to this series. For me at least it is always good to see how someone else goes about the same project and maybe learn a better more streamline/economically/with different supplies...or better yet a tool you never knew you needed. I still go back to your "What's on MayMay's Desk" video every now and then.
Thank you for this MAYMAY! I think even when you have been crafting for a while, you need a reminder as to what, why and how! This will help me focus in on what I want to do without getting caught up in trying to organize all the products and end up not producing anything!
We all really need some type of therapy . Crafting is really an outlet for me. All types of crafting.
Thank you MayMay, I have purchased tons of craft supplies through the years, but don't know where to start. I am going to follow your new series and craft WITH YOU! This is my new goal. I am going to create something every day - even if it's something small. I need this to be something that brings me joy, not anxiety that I did it wrong! You and your trusty sidekicks are great inspiration! Thank you for what you do!
MayMay, i do 'everything PAPER!" from scrapbooks, cards, mini books, big books, cards, dies, mixed media (to a point - it's my newest endeavor)...but never sewing. I stopped short of buying Sillhouette or Cricket machines because i LOVE the tactile hand cutting, x-acto cutting, embossing, paper piercing and fussy cutting by hand. I spent 40 hours a week at a computer and didn't want to have to mess with -- what felt like a computer -- at night too.
Hello Maymay, I’m Kimberley, I’m new to your channel, I’m a mummy to two young children, I’ve just started my paper craft journey, I’m excited to watch your new series, thank-you, ❤ love from the UK 🇬🇧
Just watch this is morning, with the help of my hubby we removed everything from my craftroom. I am going thru everything and putting it back. I have 15 bone folders and at least 20 pair of sissors. I am not saying the amount of paper I have. I think it will be a no spend year for paper crafts this year.
Thank you thank you thank you. When you said that you bought things because they were beautiful and you loved them, I almost snorted my coffee, because that’s so me. I hope you won’t be offended, but I once saw a shirt that said, Paper Ho. I laughed and laughed because again, that’s me. Love your videos. Thank you so much.
Thank you. Thank you. I need this. I buy here and there and am overwhelmed at what I have. I'm 68 and pretty much homebound. I need this therapy.
Thank you so much Maymay for this series ❤ I wouldn’t miss it for the world. Take care! See you next Monday!
I’ve been a novice paper crafter for years now but every new year there is anxiety. Always catch myself behind in card making for bdays, holidays, etc. A series like this will get me back to basics and remind me what had me turn to paper crafting
Same here! I often feel a bit overwhelmed with all the supplies I have, but sometimes I just need to go ahead and use them so I don't feel like they are just taking up space.
I’m so excited about your series! Limited to no knowledge….searched loads of videos….thank the Lord I found you!!❤
I love hearing your story. I started on the top of the dryer…. It was so fun. However my first stamping was when I was a little kid. My grand dad had a business and had several stamps. A Tate stamp and business stamp recieved, invoice and other business stamps. That is when and how I truly started. I even made my own inks.. very juvenile, however I loved it! N with seriousness I have stamped sense 1987.. I have never looked back.
Thank you for doing this! I just started paper crafting at the end of last year and I feel a little lost. Sometimes it feels like I’m learning to drive by starting on the freeway. I stumbled upon your page and maybe it’s because I am also from Alabama, but watching your videos puts me at ease as you talk and takes a lot of the stress out of the process for me. I’m so excited for this journey with you.
I have always “fooled around” with something crafty. Like the rest of you, I NEED to do something creative whether I’m good at it or not. I have a Mary Engelbreit card from years ago that says, “Crafting keeps you sane”. I think with God and Crafting, life is almost perfect.
Excited about this new series. You have no idea how you've helped me in my paper crafting journey. I am thankful for you.
I also lost my mother August 2021, so I understand what you mean when you speak of the sudden abundance of time. God bless you, I appreciate your sharing of these wonderful ideas!
This is exactly what I need right now. I have jumped off the cliff and bought all the things, but I have no idea what I am doing! Looking forward to following this series and actually coming out with things I can be proud of - and skills that I can keep using going forward. Thank you so, so much x
Gosh, I needed to hear this video about 5 years ago! I've made a hobby of papercrafting as well as shopping for papercrafting. But at least I know I have everything I need (99.9% of the time) when I do card making or scrapbooking. 😊
You are so caring and thoughtful Maymay! Thank you for this!
Who folded magazines to make Christmas trees in girlscouts or grade school. We did that and cut out lots of snowflakes. Of course we put lots of glitter on both.
OMG Maymay this sounds like so much fun and packed with inspiration!! I'll find it extra interesting since I'm a die Hard scrapper and do make a few cards each year!! So Can't wait to see all that you'll be bringing and sharing as we take a journey with you re: START PAPER CRAFTING in 2023!! You never cease to amaze with all of your Brilliant ideas and oodles of Ingeniousity with all the supplies!! GIRL YOU SO ROCK!!
Joan Smith
MayMay, I look forward to following your new series. I felt like you were talking directly to me. I am the person who had to buy everything and have yet to make a single card. One beginner suggestion might be to focus on one style of card or theme and purchase only enough supplies to make several of the same card. Now all I have to do is practice what I preach. Thanks for all of your advice.
You have taught me how to do great folios. It took a while, but I'm doing it!!!!
I have been scrapbooking and making all things paper, cards, tags ,junk journals , about any paper project you can think of for over 20 years. I have 9 Grandchildren and scrapbooking is number one and card making number 2. So know I will enjoy these videos you will do.
I have been careful with what I have bought ,most of the time .but definately have bought tools and such I just do not use! It will be fun.
Thank you MayMay!I look forward to this series! God bless! Love hugs and prayers my friend! 💜😇💖🤗🙏💜
I found your channel this morning and can't get enough! I appreciate the tips you offer and the way you explain yourself. After the 2nd video, I subscribe! Then I found this one, love it. I've been a scrapbooker/paper crafter for almost 30 years. I started scrapbooking after attending a Creative Memories party and was envious of the fact that I did not have any photo albums to look through of myself as a kid... I've been paper crafting since. Your video made me realize I had forgotten my WHY and I need to rediscover that passion. Thank you!
I am looking forward to this series. I have spent the last year (or two), collecting papers, tools and other supplies. I haven't actually done but a couple projects and I really want to. Unfortunately, I have either been overwhelmed or unmotivated (unsure of where to start). This sounds like just what I need.
I watched a lot of another TH-camr for a long time before I finally decided to watch you as well. Lately, the other one has lost my interest for a number of reasons. I am so glad I found you.
I, too, started papers crafting in a corner of our family living space. Now that I have a dedicated room spilling over with excess inventory, I miss the days of fewer choices and a simple area in the room with my hubby.
It's good to watch you on your own like the old days! :) Enjoyed your first in the series.
Oh my gosh yes! While I love the videos with the gang my favorite is still MayMay alone, those used to be my Zen time back in the day!
Oh my gosh, the trap of buying everything! LOL, it gets me every time!! And oh my yes, I have needed to own alllllll the beautiful papers. All the beautiful fabrics, too. Lately I've been figuring out how to sort through the supplies and pare them down to what I'll actually use. My biggest success so far has been gifting fabric and batting to a friend, and receiving part of it back as bowl cosies. She got supplies for free and I get everyday use of the fabric I love--we both won!!
This is going to be fun! When I started card making (over 20 years ago now), I was thankful that I was in a stamping group, and got direction for what tools to buy. But as I've moved spaces within my condo (Due to my adult child leaving for university, then moving home again), my space is a hot mess, which I am trying to clean up. Thinking of getting rid of a few things, so this series will help immensely :)
I so need this series!! Thank you for all you do May may ,Vinnie and staff ❤
Thank you Maymay. I got back into card making almost a year ago and have fallen into this “buy everything trap”. Looking forward to the rest of this series.
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I'm SOOOOO glad for this rewind! I've been watching some of your older videos lately and wishing I could see some of them recreated and updated with all the cool things we have access to now. Happy 2023 y'all, can't wait for this series! 🤗🤗🤗🤗
thank you Maymay. This is definitely a series I NEED
10:36 Ohmagoodness! I’m pretty sure we’re soul sisters! I have been wanting to start card making but am too overwhelmed with all the STUFF. I did scrapbooking when my kids were young and figured I could tap into that if I can find it in my memory bank. I am currently into quilting. I started quilting in 2012 but have been doing it on the regular since 2019. And I’m a Southerner. I live in Atlanta. Wish we could have coffee together 😊. Looking forward to your series.
I buy so much and have so much that I could open my own store lol. Half of it I don’t even know how to use but thought I would get around to learning. I bought a scan and cut over 2 years ago and haven’t even turned it on 🤦♀️🤦♀️. I think I’m going to love this series Maymay. Thank you for doing this.
i get that about your own store! My husband back in the 80s referred to my craft room as "Michael's West" and now that i've discovered these other great manufacturers (and have an affinity for 'the right tool for the job'), I have ample supplies for any and all of my creations - so much so that hubby doesn't even go in there any more for fear of avalanche!
Funny thing…I DID own a small store. When my business partner’s parents got really ill, we decided to close. The product that didn’t sell in our closing sale, we split and brought home. Oh My word! Fortunately, I do have a dedicated craft room, and I still “selectively” buy new stuff.
I will be watching. I have so much paper and stuff. I go into my craft room and feel so overwhelmed. I really need to downsize, so will be watching
My first craft was also a latch hook rug! It was a Christmas wall hanging with different lengths of yarn to give it dimension. I ❤️ that thing!!
Mine was too! And then potholders ❤
OMG-- I made so many latch hook projects. Even my brother got in on the fun. I am sorry to hear about your mother's passing.
I absolutely love this idea for a series! I need this and will be watching!! I too have done many crafts through the years…hooked rugs, crochet, calligraphy, painting on windows for holidays, sewing clothes and crafts, cake decorating, fondant sculpting, wreath making, clay, dollar tree crafts and finally paper crafting, which I started in 2020. So looking forward to all your information and fun along the way!! Thank you!!
My first crafts as a child were loom pot holders and latch hook wall hangings!!! I am a paper crafter (making scrapbooks). I have dabbled in painting, sewing, quilting, needlepoint, knitting, you name it. I keep going back to paper!
Great series to have. I wish I had this when I started. How did I start? I was walking through a mall in the late 80s maybe '90... and saw a kiosk full of wood blocks, ink pads, embossing powders, and tons of absolutely gorgeous cards that were more beautiful that store bought. i saw a lady demo a card. I was instantly hooked and bought $100 worth of supplies. A broke college student at the time and those were my only supplies for years. It was at Christmas time so they were all Christmas themed. I still have my first red rubber nativity set, and 2 of the 3 embossing powders form that purchase and they still work! But I never got any more tools... for around 30 years. Yup. And I never learned any more techniques, so I was doing single layer, not ink blending... just stamping. Needless to say I stuck to mostly gorgeous to-from tags that were colored and sparkled up. and very simple cards. Everyone loved the candy cane, fir branch, and bow stamp I did. I last used it probably 5 or 6 years ago, it's still in my collection. Saw a Tim Holtz demo video probably 15-20 years ago and was blown away, but I was in broke mode and did not have means to purchase anything. Five-ish years ago (a couple years before the lockdown) I started to expand my stamp collection and got a bunch of alcoohol inks. Never could master them but still love them. I now have tools, and inks and more varied stamps. Is there really any other season besides Christmas??? LOL Yes, yes there is and I am 'acquiring' some other seasonal stamps and dies to fill that gap!! I have a crafty stamping friend who hoards supplies and sometimes ends up with duplicates that she gives to me! She has literally given me $100s worth of stamps, dies, and supplies. Truly blessed there. Anyway, thanks Maymay... I look forward to your series here and I know I'll learn something wonderful from you, I always do!
I'm just now jumping back into some scrapbooking things after a long hiatus due to the craziness of life. This was the first video that popped up in my subscription feed and I'm so glad that I took the time to watch it. I'm excited for this series as a jump starter to using the supplies I collected during time I didn't have to scrapbook. Thank you.
Just started paper crafting and overwhelmed is an understatement. I had to stop buying until I start to make some things. I am looking forward to the rest of this series, I’m sure it will be helpful.💜 Thank you!
Thank you, MayMay...this was a much needed video!!! Can't wait to see what comes next!
Thank u for this series. I bought a Cricut before Christmas and I still have not used it. I don’t even know why I did. Anyway I came across you and decided paper crafting is for me. I ordered the scoring board and a scrapebook kit. I handed over my Cricut to my sister and niece and said Happy Birthday and Merry Christmas. I also gave them a vinyl bundle and transfer tape. Vinyl cutting just is not for me. I want to work with paper and make albums. You r showing me what a wonderful new world it is and I am excited! Again. I say Thank you.
Great video. I have way too much but I can’t stop buying it. As girls say ‘we want more, we want more!’ Whatever craft I am doing I go all in 110%. 😮
I wish I had seen this when I first started my crafting journey. I went to a big scrapbook convention and every Make & Take I did I would buy $30-60 worth of supplies for that craft. Fast forward 4 months and 2/3 of the supplies I bought I either couldn’t remember how to use them or had decided that the technique/craft wasn’t one I wanted to do. Did I learn from that? Oh, no. I did it for 3 conventions a year for about 5 years then spent the next 7-8 years destashing.
Great series idea! Some of us need to know WHY & have goals. You are wise. It’s great to hear your insights. My kids are grown too & my life has changed so much! I love papercrafting but I also love creating Home Dec, organizing, cooking, sewing, yardening…
Plus, it doesn’t make noise that wakes up the kids.
Thats how i started to!!! I still love to do the latch hook rugs from time to time. I love sewing to. I just love c crafts. And i have 3 boys. I know your struggle.
Looking forward to this series, thanks for sharing Maymay.
I do all kinds of crafts and just got into cardmaking. I love all the crafts just in cardmaking. Thinking of purging all the other crafts just for paper crafting.
Ahhhh the infamous latch hook rug/wall hanging! Crafting is awesome therapy and I am looking forward to your new series!!
This is fantastic! I'm one who suffers from overwhelm. I see all the things in store on online and then walk away or click away because I don't know where to start. Looking forward to next week. 🙂
I am looking forward to this series. I am a little different from most people because I have never really made any craft. My mother did not sew or knit or do any kind of craft. When I retired a few years back I wanted a hobby so I like you turned to TH-cam and found card making and journal making. It looked easy so I thought I would give it a try. Well to me it looked a lot easier then it was. I bought a ton of stuff. My whole office is full of things and to be honest I have hardly used any of it. I really don't know how to color very well so when I use stamps and I have to color it never looks good and also what weight cardstock to use and paper when you make cards or journals. People on TH-cam when they make a project so many tell the weight of the paper but not the brand and there is a difference in brands. I cannot tell you how much cardstock and paper I have bought so I got frustrated and just quit so I saw where you were doing this series so I am hoping this helps me. Thank you for this series. I think it will help a lot of people and you are a great teacher.
I love this idea and can't wait for next week's video! Thanks for sharing!
Looking forward to this MayMay!
Very excited about this series. I've crafted for years but am looking forward to learning new things!
Oh yes...the hook and latch rug kits! And paint by number, plus the little loom for making all the pretty colored pot holders! Lol
Since then, it has been quite an array of things. I love to crochet, do counted cross-stitch, sew, and paper craft...which is high up on that list. Plus, I make journals and other paper related projects. I started with watching videos on making journals...mostly vintage. Now, I'd rather use brighter colors in my paper crafting.
I'm so very excited for your new series!
Thank you!
❤️ Suzy
I am making 65 Birthday Cards for next year
This is a fantastic series. I can't wait. It even helps those that have been crafting! You and your crew are ALWAYS so helpful and kind. I absolutely love this channel and I will be a subscriber for life! Thank you for all you do for us and the community. May blessings be with all of you as well as the entire community!
This is such a great idea - I plan to be a regular! You and Shannon are such delightful ladies - thanks for sharing with us.
I love hearing the history of your paper crafting. Crafting is my therapy too. It is an outlet. But I also love to create. You have been my all time best and most influential teacher. I have learned more from you than anyone else over these past 5 years. I love your tutorials and the variety of things you have taught us.
I've been crafting since elementary school. This series speaks to me because it will help me refocus what really like to do and what I need to let go of. I'm doing a declutter/purge/organizing project for me crafts. I'm working on letting go of things that I have owned for 20 years, but never used. Watching your videos does more for me than just teach a project!
I never got into paper crafts until I joined a card making and a card sending group for senior citizens in 2020, but I'm burnt out on ideas. A lot of the 'fancier' tutorials on YT can get confusing or overwhelming and supplies for them can get expensive. Not to mention, too thick/heavy to send in large quantities every month. Hoping maybe your series will help my slump. Your videos are inspiring & explained SO well: always in a calming, patient tone. Thank you so much for all you do.
I am looking forward to this series! I get easily overwhelmed by all the choices,styles and techniques that are out there. I realized that I my visions of grandeur, when I am only learning to crawl, totally disable me…and then I get discouraged and do nothing. Hence, all of my supplies sit in a closet for years.
I absolutely LOVE this, Maymay, and I can’t wait to watch the upcoming videos in this series. I just went to my semi-local scrapbook store yesterday & spent a mini fortune 🤦🏽♀️ but I was very selective. I picked up a couple full price paper packs, lots of clearance items and a pair of Cutterbees just like yours! 😉. Then tonight, I started making prayer journals from a single Mintay 6x6 paper pack, while following your 2 part video😊. Next up will be the composition notebook converted to gratitude journal. Thank you so much for your inspiration and strong faith. I just love watching your Sunday devotionals. Much love to you and your small village, aka team ❤. Happy 2023!🎉
~Joanalee, Iowa
This series is a great idea! A few years ago I stopped painting, which was my "main" creative outlet. I decided to try cardmaking. I looked at a bunch of you tube videos but really connected with you and your personality. I watched your videos on how to get started and what main things I needed and it has been wonderful ever since! So, thanks Maymay!!
Happy New Year Maymay, Vinnie and Gang!🎉🎉 I’m a long time subscriber and paper crafter. Great new series, always interested in anything you have to say about paper crafting!🤩 Until your next video, have a FANTABULOUS day my friends!🕊🥰🙋🏻♀️💜tfs
Looking forward to your new series!
Thank you, Maymay, this is a GREAT idea. See you next Monday. 🩵
That was wonderful hearing your back story!!! Thanks for sharing that! Your story is a lot like mine! I have done crafting my entire life but it got put on hold while raising 3 kids! I am back and I am enjoying it so much! I love how everything has changed! Anyways… thanks for sharing and I look forward to next Monday!!! Much love and blessings!
This will be a great series for me. I just had two new crafters at my card class today and one is very interested in getting into paper crafting whole hog. I believe this series will better help me help her. Great idea for a series.
Thank you for sharing your story and doing this series, super excited for all the upcoming videos.
Watching replay. Thanks
What perfect timing! I was just sharing with my sister about how to get into papercrafting without buying everything. Thank you for sharing your experience.
Sounds like fun! I'm intrigued
Thanks for this series! Like you, I got my start as a kid with latch hook and my mother has always been a “stitcher” - cross stitch, plastic canvas, etc. Can’t wait to see what you have in store for us. ❤
Thank you MayMay. I have been crafting for a long time. I did go out and buy all kinds of paper and they didn't match anything. I need this now. I do not know how to purge what I am not using. Looking forward to this series.
I am excited for this series. Thank you
Yep! Just like you I bought every single paper crafting tool and paper, from you, this last year (check my account), and I’m not sure how to use most of them.
I only send cards I make to people who love me, and I know they say oh isn’t that sweet.
I have so many stamps and ink pads, that when I used them (first and last time) I had ink blotches all over the card, and ink stains from my elbows to my fingertips. And that stuff does not wash off.
Looking forward to this new group of videos. Thank you.
i have a question that maybe you can address in your series. i have a few of your stamps that I use for card making but would like to add a few more to my stash. Can you name some of your stamps sets that you think would be a good fit for a beginner card maker?
Thanks so much! You look beautiful!
I’ve started sewing too
I’m excited for this!
What a great idea! Looking forward to this series!
What a great idea! I love hearing other's why, how & when they've started crafting and what the next steps are.
I’m so happy you are doing this thank you!!
Fantastic !!! Looking forward to all the videos to come !!!
Maymay I’m so excited over this series. Thank you!!
I’m looking forward to this new series!
I started with X-stitching, then quilting, and now cardmaking. Looking forward to next Monday!
Hello MayMay Happy New Year thank you i cant wait for this series im excited.
This is so on time, Maymay! I've been crafting a long time and as I've put on my big canvas bag CREATIVITY SAVES MY SANITY! LOL Sometimes it is great to go back to page one and restart. Thank you so much for all you do!
Love this!!!
What a great idea for a series. I can hardly wait until the next video next Monday.