Now I know I said I wasn't going to purchase any new scrapbook supplies this year unless I really needed it. I was speaking mainly about the "basic" supplies as in tape runners, albums, paper, stickers and other embellishment type things. Seems I have now every color brad or eyelet ever made, a whole drawer full of Jollees and Jolee type embellishments and paper well.
Good grief I don't even want to think about the amount of paper I have in my stash! Can one have to much paper???? All I know is I never seem to have exactly what I want when I sit down to scrapbooking. Like just yesterday, I decided I would "pre-make" a layout for some Fall pictures of trees and leaves. I also decided I was going to use my new Cricut. Good so far....
Other than the cartridges that came with my machine I purchases Doodlecharms which has some great leaves, acorns and that "bushel basket" I've been longing for.I got my papers out. I've been using CM's Gazebo palette for my 2007 album. I cut lots of leaves out with coordinating cardstock. I cut the title "Autumn Colors" out with my George cartridge in black.
Down in the bottom left corner of the left side page I placed my bushel basket full of leaves and a few leaves on the ground, along with the acorns. I scattered a few leaves across the top of the 2 page spread and then I was going to put the title across the top of the leaves. Sounds ok so far, huh? Looked like crap to me, lol I did all this watching a movie "Harts War". An hour and a half and I don't like it. It looks to plain or something or maybe its the background I chose which is sort of a peachy/apricot color. Now I know I could have gotten my crimper out and my punches and quickly punched lots of leaves. Maybe I would have liked it better. Maybe I could add a few brads here and there to gussy it up a bit,dunno Do you guys ever get "stuck" like that? Seems to happen to me more than I care to admit, lol. What do you do? Do you go ahead and create the layout knowing you don't particularly care for it or do you rip it all apart until you get that "perfect" design. I know the layout will be fine as it is but these are my photos in my album on my creation. hmmmm This is the very thing that inhibits myscrapbooking progress.
Then again I'm thinking $'s, Cricut machine, Doodlecharms cartridge, paper, Xyron, paper and my time. $250 would you guess???
*pouts* just not fair
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