Are you a tidy or messy stamper?

[KellyLuvs2Stamp]

I am just trying to see if there is anyone else out there like me ... :confused: ... LOL ... I was stamping a whole bunch of stuff the other day and I noticed how once I was done with one project I put everything away before I started a new one. Even if I needed to use something for the next project I put it away ... Now, on the other hand I am always covered in ink, glitter or glue ... lol ... So tell me ... are you a tidy or messy stamper???

[basurok]

I'm messy! It looks like a tornado went through my room. I have bits and pieces of projects and mistakes all over the table (on the one end) and sewing machine/material/quilting supplies scattered all over the other side of the table. I usually leave the room with glitter on myself or ink...or something. ;)

[onelightningchic]

I am tidy to the annoyance factor! I only work on one project at a time, put everything away, then start over. I am also impatient though, so even though I am working on only one project, I have trouble waiting long enough for the ink to dry before starting with the color pencils and will many times smear the whole sheet. I have to make myself put it in the other room for an hours before I start on it so I dont mess it all up.

[lauralooloo]

can i be both tidy AND a disaster??? i get messier and messier as i work, to the point that i can't even think straight. . ..and then i clean clean clean!!!! (and then start all over again!)

[stamps4funGin]

well, I am not messy stamper as in ink all over me, but I have a hard time putting things away. My DH is always upset with me, I have a mess on the dining room table right now, and we try to eat there!:( gin
by the way, does anyone out there know a use for those pieces of strapping you get bundles of boxes (at work) wrapped in? these are about 1/2 inch wide, and I can get plenty of them each month, but hate to throw them away. the current ones are a white, almost clear color - can be used like ribbon maybe??? Gin

[tay0479]

I have to bring my stuff in from the garage every time I stamp so I am always doing more than one project. When I am working my living room table is a mess, not a disaster. I have to keep all my stuff in a reasonable order so my living room does not have stuff spread all about. When I am done I put everything back in its place nice and tidy.

[Deb Za]

I tend to work myself into a 12 x 12 space--and my work table is actually 60" x 24"! And that ends in an 'L' that has my computer in the corner, and then my Cricut, printers, etc.

But I do put things away between projects, and start with a clean space--even if I'm going to pull some of it out right away again. If I start with a junky space, I don't get anything done but cleaning it up.

[Ronie]

I am an "in-betweener". My table gets messy but I clean up, and put everything away before I start a new project. Messes drive me nuts, and I feel like it puts a damper on my "creative mojo". lol

[onelightningchic]

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Originally Posted by stamps4funGin

well, I am not messy stamper as in ink all over me, but I have a hard time putting things away. My DH is always upset with me, I have a mess on the dining room table right now, and we try to eat there!:( gin
by the way, does anyone out there know a use for those pieces of strapping you get bundles of boxes (at work) wrapped in? these are about 1/2 inch wide, and I can get plenty of them each month, but hate to throw them away. the current ones are a white, almost clear color - can be used like ribbon maybe??? Gin

I once used the ribbon you cut off the shoulders of a new dress on a card! Looked great and no one was the wiser

[amybeene]

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Originally Posted by lauralooloo

can i be both tidy AND a disaster??? i get messier and messier as i work, to the point that i can't even think straight. . ..and then i clean clean clean!!!! (and then start all over again!)

that's me!! i do the same thing!

[aprillower]

I am a bit OCD when it comes to tidiness anywhere in my life! I have a crawling baby and a 3 1/2 year old and keeping "clean" with them around is very hard. But I do at least have control over my stamping area so for the most part....most of the time it is very clean and tidy.

[Cook22]

In bewtween. I tidy up each evening, but while I'm working I can have trouble finding what I need because of all the paper (mostly) on the desk.

[Angela Riddell]

when I stamp my desk is a disaster! Piles and piles of stuff, I just work better that way. Wish it wasn't like that.

[LateBlossom]

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Originally Posted by lauralooloo

can i be both tidy AND a disaster??? i get messier and messier as i work, to the point that i can't even think straight. . ..and then i clean clean clean!!!! (and then start all over again!)

This describes me, too!

[nancystamps]

I am a messy stamper....my table looks like Edward Scissorhands came for a visit. I am very likely to ditch one card before it's done and start working on another idea that comes to me. I eventually clean it all up, I do hate to clean stamps though! I don't think there's a right or wrong way to stamp, whatever works for you is great!

[Moosekrazy]

Slob, totally. Ink all over my hands, paper and stamps all over my desk. But I clean up after every session. Some sessions take days, weeks even.....

[meerkat3]

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Originally Posted by Deb Za

I tend to work myself into a 12 x 12 space--and my work table is actually 60" x 24"! ....

12x12, huh? That big? I usually work myself down to something smaller than that! I like to have everything within reach, and since I work on my Dining Room table, well, it all eventually ends up there. I give classes once a month, though, so I have to do a clean sweep so all the ladies have somewhere to work; then it starts all over again.

[ineedthat]

I usually clean up between projects, but I am ALWAYS covered in ink. I look like I finger paint when I stamp. I get so mad when I smudge paper with my inky fingers.
But, when I am done with a final project, I do not like to totally clean up. After I've been sitting and working for awhile, I don't want to spend more time cleaning...although I NEVER leave my inks or stamps out. Just my paper. And all of the little scraps and bits that I cut.

[kathat]

I'm completely messy. My work desk is a mess and my crafting area is a mess. I do try to clean it up when it gets to the point that I can't take it anymore but I do my best work in a tiny area surrounded by piles of things I might need.

Here you go--I just took a picture of my space in my office at work. I have an L shaped desk but even if I do turn to my left, there are piles there, too :-)

[loramarie03]

I am a messy messy stamper and scrapper. The only thing that saves me is I can only work on my projects in the kitchen so I have to clean up every time I'm done. Otherwise I'm pretty sure my stampin and scrappin room would be a big mess...

[Clownmom]

I was working on a project the other night and it looked like a bomb went off in my stamping area. Stuff all over. I still can't find my Xyron X!

[look-inkgood]

I am an Inbetweener...I create and pile, create and pile until my workspace is cramped, then I have to put stuff away. I just can't stop to tidy up when the creative juices are flowing, but this does create the interesting phenomenon of losing little things under stacks of dp...

[cardjunkie]

I am like you Kelly. Once a project is finished,I put everything up and start the next one( even if I will be using some of the same things). What does that say about us??? LOL

[buttons2]

I'll work on projects until I can't find something, then I stop and clean everything up then start over.

Wanda

[cat_woman]

I start out clean because I have to use the dining room table. So I haul all my stuff out, make a huge mess, then put it all away (most days - maybe the next day if its a big project) and start over for the next project.

[starbucks_stamper]

Completely a messy stamper. My table looks terrible and I am about at the point where I must put stuff away because I am starting to lose stuff!

I have a table where I work and am down to a about a half a size of grid paper (that is visible) to actually stamp, everything is piled around it. It looks awful, but actually I stamp better this way! So it works for me

I am pretty neat about everything but my stamping space, which is strange.

[stampinmomnh]

I have a tendency to be a little **** when it comes to that. I usually clean and organize before I start. As I use things I will put them back. I have to make sure I have a specific place for everthing because I will move it then spend forever looking for stuff.

[stampingonit]

I'm messy! My stamp space is covered with papers, stamps etc right now..if I wanted to stamp I'd have to make room first lol

[angelanne21]

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Originally Posted by stampingonit

I'm messy! My stamp space is covered with papers, stamps etc right now..if I wanted to stamp I'd have to make room first lol

Ummm, me too! Actually, right now my stamp room is home to a stray cat and her 4 kittens! Hopefully, I'll get it back, soon!

[jtax]

I said 'in between' but if you looked right now you would have to say VERY messy! I just 'lost' my desk to my daughter - it really IS her desk and she is going to take it back to school next month! So, I have to find new homes for all the stuff that was in all the cubby holes and on the hutch... I'll be back in order soon!

[StampedSue]

In between also! I start off tidy and then usually end up with a mess!

[CAcardcreatin']

MESSY!! However, my crafty space is in my bedroom and I cannot stand going to sleep with a mess (or with the closet door open- is that weird?), so I always clean it up at night

[stampinchicago]

My space is very messy...stacks everywhere....but while I create, I'm very neat in that area. I pull out everything I need and put it away as soon as I'm done. I clean my stamps as soon as I use them. This often works against me as I then decide to use them again to decorate the back of the card...clean them...and then stamp the envelope! So I guess I'm really both!

[nwlovestostamp]

I am neat and tidy all the way...sometimes to a fault because I often put something away that I need for my next card! I find that I even tidy up my friend's space when we are stamping together! Luckily she doesn't mind...at least I don't think she does!

[Stampin' Annie]

I am messy, but I'm working on becoming a tidy girl. I'm in the process of redoing my stamping space, so now that I have more storage, I am hoping to stay clean. (I promised my DH that if he let me spend $ to redo it, stuff wouldn't be all over the place!) So far I'm doing okay. I try to clean up a little after each card, or at least at the end of a stamping session.

[jackie1]

I keep my area clean, I decided what I am going to do and take out what I need before I start and put it away as soon as I am done with it. I am compulsive about makeing sure that my stamps are cleaned each time I use them and they have to be put away as soon as I am done with them. If I am doing several projects the only things that I leave out is the cutter and the stamp scrubber. Stamps that I have that I know I would like to color, I stamp several times on sheets of paper, this way when I want to color them I already have them stamped and the ink is dry so I don't have to worry about waiting time. Some days that is all I do is stamp and color this way if I am in a hurry I just grab something I have already done that goes with what I am making.

[itwrx4me]

It's seems like as I work I have less and less room to work in! So I guess I'm a messy crafter in general!

[Speedystamper]

It can get pretty messy when I am having a creative burst, but I don't need to have every thing put away before I start another project. HOWEVER, I almost always tidy up at the end of each day so that I can start the NEXT day totally calm and fresh. My mojo can't get going if I'm wading through yesterday's mess, so I clean, but usually only at the end of the day. That qualifies me as an in-betweener, I guess.

[jpmayo]

I make a complete disaster area when I stamp!

I should get some of that crime scene tape to put up around my table when I am working!!!

I usually have about a 6in x 6in area to make a card, I just take my arm and push everything to the right to make more room;)

[jennyostamps]

total train wreck here!!! I wish in some ways that I could be a bit more organized and tidy as I generally spend way too much time looking for the thing "I just had". But in the same breath, i feel that cleaning all the time takes away from my time (which is so limited to start with) to create and work. I generally spend one day a month cleaning up the area and let the scraps fall where they may.