tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-81864613467944029972011-08-01T10:10:33.994-07:00The Cr8ive Lifenoreply@blogger.comBlogger11100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8186461346794402997.post-38539168376397998312010-01-02T05:26:00.000-08:002010-01-02T05:47:53.302-08:00You know, one of those "scrappers" who collects everything "new, revolutionary, exciting, fun or HOT HOT HOT" in scrapbooking but has not scrapped a single photo?<br /><br />I have been buying album after album for almost 2 decades. One for each baby (we have 4), one for DH's Navy career, one for myself, one for Girl Scouts (the girl baby has grown a lot!), one for Cub Scouts (the oldest boy has grown up too), one for family recipes...on and on...<br /><br />Then I started teaching cake classes at AC Moore and that FED my collection because I was there every weekend...<br /><br />Then came the <a href="http://www.acmoore.com/forum/">AC Moore forum</a> where I "met" friends who scrapped and they told me of wonderous tools I "had to have" so I got a Cuttlebug...Fiskars punches...Stickles...Crop-O-Dile...Big Bite and other things I had no idea how to use!<br /><br />January 2008 I bought a Cricut Expresion. So I started collecting cartridges...joined the <a href="http://www.cricut.com/messageboard/">Cricut message board</a>, met some nice people who said they would send the Cricut Protection Services after me if I did not take it out of the box and so I have used it now about a dozen times...<br /><br />Then I needed paper...so I organized Swaps on my favorite forum.<br /><br />Then I joined a Stamp Club...stamps, ink, embossing powders, heat gun...<br /><br />So how many pages have I done?<br /><br />ZERO. ZIP. ZILCH. NADA!<br /><br />Yep, I confess I am a scrap collector and I need help!<br /><br />My biggest problem with all of this is there is SOOOOOOOOOOOOOO much information...<br />so many places to look...<br />and read...<br />and see...<br />and plan...<br />and AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!<br /><br />STOP THE INSANITY!<br /><br />WHEW, OK, back on track.<br /><br />I need a place where I can SEE and the DO which is why I loved Stamp Club. I went to my stampin' friend's house and she had the projects all planned and showed us what to do.<br /><br />I figure there must be more people out there in the world like me.<br /><br />That is why I am starting this blog in conjunction with my other blog <a href="http://thecr8ivelife.blogspot.com/">The Cr8ive Life</a>, because my "New Year's Resolution" is to SCRAP my Stash!<br /><br />I am starting with a series of 8x8 lay outs for an album I am sending to my grandmother. But I will post more on that in a bit. Right now I want to know who is with me on this journey? Come follow me and we will SCRAP our way through 2010!<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">Please:<br />1. Follow me publicly<br />2. Post a comment here to introduce yourself.</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8186461346794402997-3853916837639799831?l=monkeyseemonkeyscrap.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>The Cr8ive Lifenoreply@blogger.com3