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I'm so glad to hear from those who have been stamping for about a year! I've been stamping for a 15 months and was beginning to feel embarrassed about the amount of product I've accumulated in that time! Now I just know I'm in good company!
__________________ Jennifer, SU Demonstrator
"Remember not only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficult still, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment" -Ben Franklin
I have all my stamps in a book so I can find them by drawer and I have 1335 individual stamps plus wheels but I do not know how many are SU because I don't keep them by sets. I get them mounted, toss the plastic container to the use for something pile and file them by image.
Wow
I have been stamping for a couple years and have about 30 sets. I thought I had alot of sets. Where do you store all your stuff?? I guess its a good thing I have a small house.
I started stamping in December and in the beginning of January had 2 sets. I now have 29 with 3 more coming next week. woo hoo. I just counted this morning when I was thinking of a new storage option.
Ok...if I post my count can it be used in a court of law against me??!! Mmmmm....gulp....I have over 200 current and retired, I have a hard time parting with them so I dont really sell the retired ones. I have been a demo for 5 years. First set I bought was BUTTON BEAR! There is no way I would ever sell him! I have 60+ wheels also! Hmmmm...I know I still NEED more! I am hooked!
Happy stampin!
Lisa
This thread is making me feel good about myself. I only have 59 stamp sets and 5 wheels. "Only" 59!
It made me feel a lot better when I counted that 10 were "sell-a-bration" sets, 2 were hostess, 13 were bought used on eBay, and a few more were free with my hostess $. Not so much of a money pit after all.
Wow! Great topic! My best friend keeps her sets at my house because I have more room, and together we have about 110 SU current and retired sets. Also have a couple TAC sets, and many individual stamps. We have been collecting for about 4 years. I accumulated most of my stuff the first two years and just add to it. My husband sees what I have, but he has no idea of its monetary value! He would kill me. I also have everything listed in Excel, to keep track of it better. I don't buy quite as much as I used to, and I only have a small stack that I am trying to get rid of due to unuse.
Easily, I would have to say over 250 sets...some are duplicates...some will hopefully be sold after the new catalog comes out. I have been weeding out my wheels - probably only 20 wheels.
THANK GOD THIS IS A BUSINESS EXPENSE!
__________________ Jane Hignite The Card Sleeve Lady www.stampwithjane.com - an SU ONLY gallery/blog
Oh my g. . . .! Way too many! 300 plus SU sets! plus at least that many non SU stamps! And, I just bought 20, yes 20, Outline rubber stamps yesterday because they are so hard to fine and so very very cool. If DH only knew!!!! Suzanne
__________________ Suzanne
WAS hot shot executive. NOW Alexi's mom - PRICELESS!!
Just went downstairs to count...73! Plus some misc. singles, like all those $1 stamps from M's. Maybe I should take pics of them for insurance purposes!!
I have 55 current and 1 retired SU! set. I was a Scrapbooker to start and once introduced to SU! I knew right away I had to be a demo! I just signed up in September. I can't wait for the retired list and the summer mini.... I know they'll be a bunch more to grace my storage drawers
Someone else posted something about how many they had a few days ago, so I went and counted them. About 175. I had some packed for a show. That doesn't count the ones I'm trying to sell that are retired. I only keep the ones that I really like once they retire. I don't have the space. Now, Non-SU, I don't dare count those! If you look in my gallery, you can see how I have them stored. My mom made the mistake of trying to count them when we moved about 5 years ago. She said several hundred but I know there are more now.
Newbies, don't freak, I've stamping for almost 8 years and I've been a demo for 2.5!
Mo [And no, DH is not reading this, although - they are all on my bookshelf so I'm pretty sure he has a general idea!]
Wow!! I read these and am amazed. I think I have about 50 or so, but I do get rid of them as they retire. I do have a question though. For thoes of you out there with hundreds of sets and are not demonstrators, why?? I don't get it. I love being a demonstrator and it seems like if you love stamping that much you would want to get the discount and be a demonstrator? Just curious.
Lets see...170 SU, 20 some TAC, and an Iris Drawer full of misc single stamps. My best friend just signed with CTMH so those will be forthcoming...ugh...its good to catalog these for insurance purposes. Put a list in a safe place off site in case of disaster.
BTW..DH helped me catalog my sets and didn't blink an eye. Just said to make sure I stamped more.
Chris
Okay, but you must realize that I'm madly trying to buy up everything on my wishlist before I move back down-under again next year (to the dark side of the planet where there is no SU!!), so I have bought way more than I ever would have if I thought I would have access for any period of time ...
And the new catalog is coming out soon, and my wishlist will be even longer than ever - oh what to do!! Anyone want to take a trip to New Zealand on a regular basis to deliver my "stuff" after I go back??
That said, I have 26 wheels, and 188 sets of stamps - 72 retired and 117 current. Hopefully that will keep my little stamping hands busy for a while.
__________________ School days are the happiest days of your life, provided of course, your kids are old enough to go!!
I can't beleive that you are asking such a personal question. HAHA
Stamps are like a girls shoes and purses you never ask how many the one who dies with the most wins. hehe I have around a 150 sets and 20+ wheels please don't tell the boyfriend he might kill me. Have a great week ladies.
Crystal
__________________ Crystal Wessley Spring is beginning to spring!
I have been a SU! demo since June 04 and before that I had never held a stamp in my hand!!! Since June I have went from 0 to 67 sets, 8 wheels, 3 Jumbo wheels!! (plus tons of accessories and all 48 colors of classic pads, c/s, & reinkers plus all the embossing powders, light box, etc and the best part is I have recovered my kit cost and not spent anything out of our family funds, plus made a little money... so when my hubby asks.. I can truthfully say it was all FREE!!! So he can't say a word LOL!!!
When I first tried stamping and became a SU demo 2 years ago, I dreamed of the day when I would have 50 sets. Surely that would be plenty, right? When I reached 50, I decided I HAD to have 100, then I would be set. When I had 100 sets, I figured that 150 sets would complete my collection. When I counted 150 sets in my cupboard, and my wishlist had about the same # of sets on it - I realized that my collection would never be complete until I had everything in the catalogue. But then, there's a new catalogue every year, isn't there? And minis every quarter?
If anyone has a cure for this insane addiction... I don't want it! I'm having a blast and at least SU is a good quality product that retains its' resale value (at least that's what I tell my dh!).
Rebecca
__________________ With 2 little kids, I've got enough stress So my style is quite simple - 10 minutes or less. My gallery's not fancy, but for me it's just right. And I learn more everyday from this WONDERFUL site!
I've been stamping for about a year, and I have between 25-30 sets, plus some non-SU. DH thinks it's too many. He asked how I could possible remember what's in each set.
Maybe I should have him read this thread - then he'll realize I don't have near enough!
__________________ Sara
MOM to Jacob and Tyler - 2 years old!
Creative Memories Consultant www.mycmsite.com/sforsman
Wow! I'm shocked. I thought I had a lot. I've been stamping for 2 years and own about 15 sets. I usually don't bring them out when my husband is home (thankfully he travels with work), but one day he saw them and commented that I must have spent $200 or so on them. Yeah, sure. Ha ha!
That is so funny! My DH also looked at my stamp sets once (I have 100 or so SU, 10-15 TAC&CTMH, and I don't know how many individual ones) and commented "Wow honey you must have a couple hundred dollars in stamps there". It was all I could do to hold in the hysterical laughter, so (trying not to cause too much trouble) I just said "Oh, at least". I don't even want to begin to think of all the money I've spent on everything from stamps, inks, embellishments, paper, storage, etc. I would probably pass out!
I have never counted until now. I have 37 sets...oops 41. (I keep my Christmas stuff in a separate area.) I have been stamping for almost 3 years. I am an active stamp trader and keep rotating my sets, so I am always moving things in and out to suit my ever-changing tastes. ;)
314 stampin up stamp sets
60 regular wheels
19 jumbo wheels
4 plastic boxes non stampin up stamps
2 large boxes retired stamps (really need to dig these out and sell them)
First SU set bought 1995 (should have signed up then)
SU demo since March 2003
I've only been stamping since last August became a demo the end of September. So in 8 months I have collected: 142 stamp set (about 10 to 15 are retired) 6 jumbo wheels 7 regular wheels
__________________ ~*~ An-Denise ~*~ {My Gallery} Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely but... to skid in sideways, with a bottle of Tabasco in hand and screaming woohoo! what a ride!
I have about 300 TAC sets but now with the sneak peek sets and the sets that I will get at the TAC Seminar that will definitely grow! I also have about 30-40 SU sets left, and a number of Hero Arts and Penny Black stamps.
What can I say? I loooove STAMPS! (you have to say it an Austin Powers voice, hehehe)
Nicole
__________________ Nicole L.
The Angel Company Demonstrator #1260
Team Leader of The Elegant Diva Stamp Angels! Email
Gulp!
Oh my goodness
and million dollar answer...
