Three Things : Stuff I Still Love
The scrapbooking industry is really pretty crazy in the amount of new product that is continually coming out all the time. Today in Three Things I want to celebrate three of my favorite things that have been around a while, that are standing the test of time.
American Crafts Mumbo Jumbos : Large, classic typeface. Great for initials.
7gypsies Photo Turns : I love using these as directional items on a layout. Normally I use three if any to create a visual triangle of elements.
Avery Metal Rimmed Circle Tags : Ok, so these aren't technically a scrapbook product, but they are something I have been using since the very beginning and continue to use today.
Thinking back on these products made me remember other things I used over and over:
1. Mrs. Grossman vellum letter stickers & black alphabet stickers from Sharon Sonneff.
[ layout 2003 - and man I really used both those products over + over again ]
2. The old PSX Antique Type stamps & Liz King for EK Success Letter Stickers (thanks Shimelle). Every once in awhile you can find the stamp set ebay.
[ layout 2003 ]
3. SEI Vellum (and check out the metal circle tag where I took out the white inside).
[ layout 2004, © CK Kids Idea Book ]
4. I came across this one the other day when I was organizing my albums. Look, more metal rimmed circle tags and a random piece of fabric. I am still loving transparencies and rub ons (the white on the green cardstock is a transparency from Karen Russell, the black accents are rub ons).
[ layout 2005 ]
What products have you been using forever? Which ones do you miss?
Office Tags
Chatterbox Patterned Paper--mainly the blues and greens LOVE IT> I will be SAD when I use it all up
those teeny tiny flowers that come in the pack by JOLEES.
that's all I can think of that's old......
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I totally remember when you were in your vellum letter sitckers/sonnets letter sticker phase! I remember thinking that you must have a TON of them. LOL.
The big Ameriacn Crafts letter stickers are still a favorite of mine, too.
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I found that I kept buying more and more of the cool, new stuff...and then never even got around to using it. my "new" method is to simplify and take it back to the basics...your style has been a great influence to me. So, we're back with basic rub-ons, patterned paper and cardstock. simple stuff that I can get DONE without too much thought.
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Good heavens! Could that boy of yours be any cuter?! I think not! I know I'm off topic but I don't care. That boy is a doll!
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Three Things!!
These are always some of my favorite posts, Ali!
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Ah, the memories... those layouts took me back in time. :)
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I love paint! I paint anything I can put my paws on. Paper, cardboard, metal, transparencies- you get the picture!
Rub-ons!! Who doesn't love those?! They go anywhere and everywhere.
I also love to use a piece of cardboard as my 'page'... Most recently I cut up the top of an Office Depot box lid to make a page... Tore off some of the brown backing for a more worn look, painted it (of course) and did my layout on top. Turned out better than I imagined.
Thank you for all of your inspiration!
Sarah
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Hero Arts has some fabulous alphabet stamps that are comparable to the PSX set.
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Heidi Swapp rectangular sticker letters, I finally got turned on to those beauties and they were discontinued a month later. I'm so behind sometimes! But I've never found anything that I like better since. :(
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I LOVE Heidi Swapp's chipboard letters -- the kind where you get 4 sheets in one pack. I am actually to the point where I am freaking out because they are not making them anymore -- and I use them on almost EVERY layout. I think I have bought 72 packages total of those ... literally!
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Definitely love those mm rummage rub-ob letters. I also reach for ribbon on a regular basis. And I love journaling tags - thanks for the prompt.
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I find myself using my corner rounder punch, small alphabet stamps, and brads all the time! I, too, love looking at your "older" LO's! TFS
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Ribbon and my sanding block...
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I love buttons, ink, sandpaper, and just about anything from the Narratives line by Karen Russell (I miss her fortune stickers- they looked like little fortune cookie papers and had cool quotes on them- I have a small stash of them that I am using on special projects.)
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rub ons...and mostly mm rub ons...you know the ones you can't get anymore? sooooo sorry to hear they are doing away with the letters... i have used those for years. the card making size packs i have used over and over again in many of my projects. they are making me sad doing away with such a classic staple.
off topic...i am loving your simple style. and while i love it for myself and may use it still on occasion, i am in a place of what i call 'full' layouts. lots of layers and texture...not foo foo...but just seeing what more texture can be added. i laugh at myself...cause i know it's just a phase, and i am having fun with it. gotta love this art form.
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it's so true we' see new products day arfter day, and finally we almost always come back to our first " love"s, mine are rub-ons-black-classic typeface ones, and quickutz "abigail" font; it's so easy, they are big enough, but as they are narrow, you can figure long words on a LO,i simply love these !!
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I went to Big Lots the other day and they had tons of the American Crafts Mumbo Jumbos, no black though and rub on side kicks and all the embellis in the cans, felt, chipboard and foam. I had a field day! The ranged in price from $1-2. If you have one near you, check it out.
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Ali,
I just received your new issue of AEzine. It looks like a good one with lots to think about and a lot of great links. Thank you for putting this out. Your creativity is a big inspiration to me.
Sue
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hey ali ;) i totally remember that layout with the key tags... it actually inspired one of the pages in a mini book i made for my dad for his 50th bday :) back a few years ago LOL
http://www.twopeasinabucket.com/pg.asp?cmd=display&layout_id=473961
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well I still love my foam alphabet stamps and MM acrylic paint. I use them all the time for titles because it is so quick and easy. Paint is so forgiving. Much more so than ink!
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7gypsies rub-ons. Nary a layout goes by without at least one 7gypsies rub-on. I have piles of them and have rebought and rebought and rebought . . .
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