Come on, admit it, I am sure there are quite a few like me around here... You buy nice embellishements or papers that you neatly put away and keep for "that special project"... ;-)
Problem is, said special project somehow never arrives... and sometimes you even forget you have all those things.... *shame* I think it's a classic newbie mistake, but sometimes it just carries on for years afterwards!... ;-D
The other day I was trying to clean up and reorganize a little bit my papercrafting supplies (I'm running out of room in my little corner there!) and I realized what a horrible hoarder I have been (and I've only started all this 3 years ago)!!
It's nothing new unfortunately, I like my beautiful Prima flowers in glass jars on my desk, I look at them and it makes me happy *sigh* so I don't dare using lots of them... LOL
I already took the resolution a few months back to not buy any stamps till the end of the year, but I need to be better at using my stash of paper and various embellishments before getting new ones!... so today I made a card with my hidden treasures!... ;-)
I think I've had this cool butterfly paper for over a year... The only "new" thing here are the nestabilities/shapeabilities used for the card shape and the butterflies... I used some Crayola glitter glue in place of Stickles, and I plunged right into my stash of rhinestones and brads... The butterflies are 2 layers, the one underneath being blue vellum, foam tape in the middle (one of the things I don't hoard, I go through a lot of this stuff! ;-))...
I challenge you to go through your stuff and re-discover hidden treasures and make a card with it (or several!) The added bonus: a cleaner craft desk... And it's almost like getting new stuff since you didn't remember you had it! LOL
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It's beautiful Bee! I'm the same exact way with my papers...they're more than just paper, they're a id almost of my personality, or rather what I'd like to be. I get it! But you're right we need to use them. However I'm picky about whom I give them to. After I saw one friend wad up the handmade & decorated envelope and throw it away. I also found the actual card on the sidewalk later....pretty sad.
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