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I do use my crimper lately for cupcake cards.....I crimp the bottom half of the card or maybe the "cupcake paper" and pop it up because after all, a cupcake liner is crimped right?!
Ooooo, clever idea! Now I'll have to buy the PTI cupcake set I've been wanting and dig my crimper out.
Ooooo, clever idea! Now I'll have to buy the PTI cupcake set I've been wanting and dig my crimper out.
Too funny, how many of us have bought more things so we can use something we don't use. I think that is how I ended up with lots of things currently collecting dust in my stamp room.
But I have to admit using a crimper on a cupcake stamp is a great idea.
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Too funny, how many of us have bought more things so we can use something we don't use. I think that is how I ended up with lots of things currently collecting dust in my stamp room.
But I have to admit using a crimper on a cupcake stamp is a great idea.
That could be a whole new thread! I'm the queen of that maneuver with all the great ideas on SCS.
I'm curious what you have in your crafting supplies that has sat unused for a year or more yet you still don't want to part with it. Why do you hang on to it?
Here's my list Crimper - Unused for at least 2-3 years. I hang on because nothing else does this and just maybe I'll need it. Ditto Stampin' Pastels - At least 3 years. Never really used these much but they came in my starter kit waaaay back in the day. Ditto Glass Ornaments - I think I want to use them but am never happy with the results so there they sit. Someday I'll see "the perfect sample" in the gallery to case. Eyelet Setter - Over a year since I've had my Cropadile yet I just hang on... not even sure why!
Whats collecting dust in your house?
my BIA. i haven't had the time or desk space to use it.
& my watercolor crayons
my BIA. i haven't had the time or desk space to use it.
& my watercolor crayons
Oh AJ, I remember when you were soooo excited to have the BIA arrive. Really...never even used? Its one of those things I've thought about buying but don't even have plan for what to use it on.
I'm seeing a lot of things on this list I've considered but passed on (MM Tag Maker for one).
I love the cupcake crimper idea!
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I just bought some Halloween Stamps... I don't think I have ever done a Halloween craft or card - still I guess I can be a boy scout and be prepared! :lol:
Oh AJ, I remember when you were soooo excited to have the BIA arrive. Really...never even used? Its one of those things I've thought about buying but don't even have plan for what to use it on.
I'm seeing a lot of things on this list I've considered but passed on (MM Tag Maker for one).
I love the cupcake crimper idea!
i used it once...just not as often as I thought I would. I will get back to it- I have lots of ideas, just not enough time.
Oh you all are talking about stamping. I was gonna say my husband, or mop LOL.
Sorry, back to your regularly scheduled thread;-)
Crackin' up here :-) !!!
I have tons of eyelets that I will never use but can't get rid of
The Fastenater (big stapler)
Original Quickutz - I have great shapes but never use them since I now have the pazzle
Too much more to list but just to give you an idea... I have an entire wall of stuff that I look at and wonder - What was I thinking??
I have all kinds of stuff I don't use......most of them have already been mentioned. But after reading this I am really glad I never bought a Fastenator. I've picked it up and looked at it many times, but never caved. LOL.
Mark the holes on the paper and poke them with a paper piercer. One way to do this is to tap the staple on an ink pad and then press it to the paper to mark the holes. Poke w/paper piercer. If the fastenator staples are wider, you could just slice the lines w/an exacto.
After you poke the staple through, turn the paper over and use a popsicle stick to bend the edges back.
I do this all the time. The staples go exactly where you want them. (I got the ink pad idea from Erin Lincoln. Before that I was laying the staple next to the spot where I wanted it on the paper and marking it with a pencil.)
Also, with the grommets, just use a hole punch to make the hole instead of the tool. I took a class w/a Making Memories person once and this is what she suggested to do. Make the hole, insert grommet, turn paper over, and use popsicle stick to bend back tines.
Hope this helps someone use some supplies that just gathering dust!
Helen
the ink marking idea is great! I have also heard about using a mouse pad under the paper, then push the staple through and use the popsicle stick. I am throwing out the stapler itself TODAY. I swear. I think.
[quote=SeattleStamper;14910107]I'm curious what you have in your crafting supplies that has sat unused for a year or more yet you still don't want to part with it. Why do you hang on to it?
Here's my list Crimper - Unused for at least 2-3 years. I hang on because nothing else does this and just maybe I'll need it.
I use this at least 4 times a year. i cut scrap cardstock into quarters and run each quarter through the crimper. i then use the crimped cardstock to place in my envelope to protect those bumpy embellishments that i just insist on using on my cards. the crimped cardstock does not really add any weight to my envelope and does a great job protecting my cards.
I'm curious what you have in your crafting supplies that has sat unused for a year or more yet you still don't want to part with it. Why do you hang on to it?
Here's my list Crimper - Unused for at least 2-3 years. I hang on because nothing else does this and just maybe I'll need it.
I use this at least 4 times a year. i cut scrap cardstock into quarters and run each quarter through the crimper. i then use the crimped cardstock to place in my envelope to protect those bumpy embellishments that i just insist on using on my cards. the crimped cardstock does not really add any weight to my envelope and does a great job protecting my cards.
Great idea on the card protector idea!
I also thought I'd share what I do with all my eyelets. I love buying up little tin buckets or bread pans at the Target Dollar spot and edging the rim in eyelets using my cropadile. I did this weth red, white, and blue for the 4th of july with a citronilla candle inside to be used outside. I also rim lunch box scrap pails with eyelets and that is one of the first things people comment on.
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I saw this in a Jewelry Magazine. I believe it's the one put out by Paper Crafts.
Anyway, they used the eyelets as BEADS! String unflattened eyelets onto stringing wire, and finish off with clasps.
We did this with my Cadette troop. The girls made some awesome bracelets. My daughter made one that was mostly black interspersed w/hot pink and turquoise eyelets. One girl used all earth tones.
You can use the eyelets facing all the same way, or put them in pairs with the flat sides together. Try lining them up and you'll understand what I mean.
It sounds really goofy, but these bracelets were really nice. And, for teenage girls to actually wear them, you know they had to think so, too! As long as you finish them off with actually jewelry clasps, they will look classy. I have one, too.
BTW, no one who saw them ever guessed that they were eyelets.
It's a great way to get rid of lots of eyelets in your stash.
Funny so many people are saying pastels. My Technique Club is using pastels to do the poppin' pastels and the chalkboard technique tonight! I also love using pastels with my blender pens. The thing that has been sitting forever...eyelets and eyelet setter.
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Here is what I have that I haven't used in a couple of years:
Crimper - have all those great CB embossing folders
pastels - only had them for customers, never really like them.
alphabet stamps - don't scrapbook but I need to start
glitter all the SU color stacks - use stickles
colored embossing powder - just use black, white & metalics
eyelets - love brads
decorative edge scissors
water color pencils - just got copics and love them
rub-ons about 10 SU packages - never used one of them
micro beads & other SU beads - used to use them with sticky strip
wheel guide - used to demo only
tearing edge - used to demo, just tear myself unless I'm using vellum
vellum
I recently took these items out of my craft room:
staples - multiple colors
stickers - hundred and hundreds of them and the fancy binder they're stored in
decorative edge rulers
stencils
I think I have a few more items to purge. I'm such a horder!
Pearl-Ex - I don't think I've touched the stuff in at least 2 years, probably more.
Colored Embossing Powder - I HAD to have them, barely touched them.
Chipboard - I had some very grand ideas for all of it, and well, let's just say I've managed to hoard it very well!
Too many things to mentions and not just with stamping... So many different crafts, cross stitching (floos, magazines, patterns, aida cloth, linen, various hoops), ceramics (paints, paint brushes), rug hooking (bags of cut wool), sewing (fabric and more fabric),
some of it not touched for years.... and I cannot bear to think about throwing any of it out...
My name is Donna and I am a craft hoarder. Am I at the right meeting?
I have a large collection of brass stencils most of which have never been used. On the other hand, I'm surprised to hear others say they never use the Perfect Layers tool--I use mine all the time!
Anyway, they used the eyelets as BEADS! String unflattened eyelets onto stringing wire, and finish off with clasps.
You can use the eyelets facing all the same way, or put them in pairs with the flat sides together. Try lining them up and you'll understand what I mean.
It sounds really goofy, but these bracelets were really nice. And, for teenage girls to actually wear them, you know they had to think so, too! As long as you finish them off with actually jewelry clasps, they will look classy. I have one, too.
It's a great way to get rid of lots of eyelets in your stash.
Helen
Now THAT is a great idea. I'm stealing it...but now I think I need. more. eyelets----Bwahahahahahaha!!!!
Until I got the gasket thing I did not use my brass stencils. That makes them works really well in the cuttlebug.
Shoot--who was it that said their dh--take mine please! I never use him but he is a mess. I'm just warning you. I will send a dozen pair of pantyhose too. They haven't been used in 4 years.
I also thought I'd share what I do with all my eyelets. I love buying up little tin buckets or bread pans at the Target Dollar spot and edging the rim in eyelets using my cropadile. I did this weth red, white, and blue for the 4th of july with a citronilla candle inside to be used outside. I also rim lunch box scrap pails with eyelets and that is one of the first things people comment on.
This is a great idea. Now I can use my eyelets and all those tin buckets I bought at target that I have not used.
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I agree about the eyelet bracelet!!!!! I have just the young lady I'd like to make these with. But I also would have to buy some, as I really only have one little container. Also rimming (is that a word? I'm tired) tins with eyelets is a cute idea.
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SU watercolor pencils
all my embossing powder, I hardly ever heat emboss anymore
crimper
hundreds of eyelets
SU wheels
those old plastic shape templates, can't believe that's how I used to cut circles out
metallic papers (silver, gold and copper)
colored hemp twine (I only use the natural)
That's all I can think of for now, I'm sure there's more hiding that I've forgotten about.
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It is too bad we couldn't have a auction of some type to sell/barter the unused items. Ones unused stamping materials are another's "I got a great Deal on this" stuff!!
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It is too bad we couldn't have a auction of some type to sell/barter the unused items. Ones unused stamping materials are another's "I got a great Deal on this" stuff!!
That's true!! I still emboss and I'll still buy a light box and crimper. I have two brass templates I've never used because I don't have a light box. It's just so relaxing and fascinating. I went to a workshop last spring and she used the crimper. I was surprised. She had a narrow piece of paper and we crimped it and then a shorter one and we crimped it and tied it like ribbon. Maybe that's an old technique but I had never saw it and I thought it was a cute idea.
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I never pick up my perfect layers tool. Actually those little things are so thin that I loose them in my drawer for months on end. But I should try to sell it.
I sell my stuff twice a year. Huge clear out. So I don't really have too much other stuff that doesn't get used.
That's what I should do - but I've been stamping for 7 years now without a clear out and the thought is very overwhelming..... I don't know if I can deal with facing the reality of all the things I have accumulated that I never used. All of them seemed like a good idea at the time though.....
I had tons of unused items and filled my suitcase when I flew back to the US. I sold them all on ebay and some here on SCS and made more than I expected (I didn't expect much, but still it's money I didn't have before :-)). You just never know if there are people out there who still want these supplies we don't use anymore. Things I sold are lots of stamps, brass stencils, Pearl-Ex, pads, tags.
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Now THAT is a great idea. I'm stealing it...but now I think I need. more. eyelets----Bwahahahahahaha!!!!
Joy
I am definitely stealing this idea, as well (sorry....PIRATE! LOL). I haven't bought beads in a while...but I still have tons of findings and Beadalon. I see Christmas shaping up quite well! :-D
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It is funny what one person will use that another won't. I saw crimper, and chalks mentioned several times. I use mine so much that they sit out on my desk. As my crafting budget has dwindled, I have been trying to find a way to use what I have before buying anything more. The only thing I bought that never worked like I thought it would is the little marker blowy thing like Vee mentioned.
My cropodile and eyelets. I'm just not an eyelet fan! Why I don't get rid of them is beyond me.
Bind it all - I think about using it all the time but I'm too intimidated and am afraid of ruining coils. So instead I let it collect dust. I should just do it! LOL
Border scissors - you know the ones that cut scallops or zig zags, etc. I can never get them to cut straight so I don't use them but then I also won't get rid of them. Go figure.
Pearl Ex - I love the look but I just don't stamp anything fancy enough that needs it. And still, I hang on to them.
What's wrong with us? LOL ;)
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My SU wheels and the wheel guide. Bought the wheel guide because I could never get straight lines with the wheels. Still can't get straight lines and all of it sits collecting dust.
I was the same way - then, I unmounted my wheels! Yes! I unmounted my wheels! Just peel the stamp off the wheel, use tack it over and over or EZ Mount and a really long block and use it like a long strip stamp. I LOVE it. I use them all the time now. Before, I could never get them straight and was frustrated because I didn't have the ink cartridges in all the colors. Now I can easily get it straight (just as long as I apply it to the block straight which is easy with a gridline block) and I can use my regular ink pads!
Can you tell that I love this system? :mrgreen:
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It is funny what one person will use that another won't. I saw crimper, and chalks mentioned several times. I use mine so much that they sit out on my desk. As my crafting budget has dwindled, I have been trying to find a way to use what I have before buying anything more. The only thing I bought that never worked like I thought it would is the little marker blowy thing like Vee mentioned.
Oh, add that to my list too. I never use that thing!
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My cropodile and eyelets. I'm just not an eyelet fan! Why I don't get rid of them is beyond me.
Bind it all - I think about using it all the time but I'm too intimidated and am afraid of ruining coils. So instead I let it collect dust. I should just do it! LOL
Border scissors - you know the ones that cut scallops or zig zags, etc. I can never get them to cut straight so I don't use them but then I also won't get rid of them. Go figure.
;)
I use my decorative scissors a lot. I found a good method to get a straight line. I turn my cardstock over and draw a line 1/4" from the edge, then cut along that line. Just line the edge of the scissor blade with the pencil line. When I'm done cutting, I just erase the pencil line and I have a perfect decorative edge.
My name is Donna and I am a craft hoarder. Am I at the right meeting?
No, no, no, none of us are hoarders (hey does being in denial make it not so? Please?!?!?) LOL
I try very hard not to hoard but boy I don't succeed well. I am doing craft camps this year, teaching/hosting, and so I have decided I am going to put out a small table and put a bunch of stuff on it I know I won't/don't use, with a sign that says "Free to a good home". I have a feeling it will all be gone. LOL.
Oh, and I don't have a paper addiction. I don't, I don't, I don't. (I'm pretty good at the whole denial thing, aren't I?)
