Oscraps
What is Old is New Again!
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I think it's like everything else, they have to "recycle" things every so many years. I LOVE torn paper, BTW.
I do too - it's just that for a while I felt like it had disappeared.
Me too!! One thing I desperately want in many kits are straight stitches and staples, but so few actually make them anymore!Yes, like Cindy I have always loved using torn bits of paper and over the years they have become more 'realistic' looking if you know what I mean.and I am always looking for staples or stitches, anything to 'hold up' those bits of paper I use!!!!
Oh me neither - but we went REALLY artsy and then are now coming back to more traditional scrapping and pocket scrapping is becoming HUGE again!
I love the "old days". I love things like hardware (staples, brads, buttons), and natural elements like branches and lace and twigs. I'm not a big fan of the kits that are mostly flowers though. I have a lot of pages that are more masculine. Bring on the gears and dirt!
I have never been able to figure out how to use binder clips and hinges well! LOL
Ha ha - I hear you!! For a while I was REALLY flowery but now a well placed flower or two in a cluster is enough. I only have a daughter, so I don't do dirt and gears much. Maybe I should challenge myself!
Me neither, Susie! I just added a clip and a hinge to a recent layout and ended up removing both. I just can't make them look right. Maybe if I did more masculine layouts, I could get them to work.
Angela Toucan
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strings have always been a got to for me. Strings and buttons.
Did you ever use Strings and Things by (I forgot her first name) Braxton? I loved her strings!!
Strings and Things sounds so familiar. I remember a Natalie Braxton, who used to be at The Lilypad.
That’s her - Natalie Braxton! I have a good many of her strings and things!
My very first Digi-kit was Shabby Princess. I lived off of her free kits!! My friend Jenn and I used to scrap online together and SP was always the kits. Jenn eventually became a designer and I think SP was a big influence. She's Shabby Miss Jenn.
I havent seen anything from her since 2011 or 2012...
Oh gosh, I loved her free kits too. I'll have to look up Shabby Miss Jenn. I designed until my husband passed unexpectedly in 2008, and I was totally out of it for a couple of years afterwards, and then simply couldn't get my mojo going again, so I resigned around 2010. When I was able to at least scrap again, I looked for Shabby Princess but couldn't find her so I figured she must have resigned during my absence.
tiffany scraps
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I still feel like you can find just about anything you want in digi scrapland. AND I LOVE that. There is something for every scrapper and for every occasion/style you want to dip your toe into.
Terri M
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I'm out of it, I guess, because I didn't know they were out of style! I love torn paper, especially, and bits of tape and ribbon. I'm not very good at the "artsy" style. But I do wish there weren't quite so many flowers in kits. And I wish I could tell whether the flowers were taken from real flowers rather that fabric or other artificial. It's hard to tell from the previews and I prefer a realistic look.
Me, too! I love flowers but I am surrounded by men! I have 2 sons and flowers just don't work for them or my father. Although they work great for heritage pages! I love steampunk. And I have to admit digi scrapping has come a long way as have my skills. I look back at some of those early pages I was SO proud of and cringe!
I'm right there with you. I got some of Anna Aspnes's torn templates and they have been a staple now for years. I have some older ones from ages ago that work pretty well, too, but I don't use them when I post here.
I wasn't very good at artsy either but @anneofalamo was such an encourager for me. And @Rachel Jefferies and @Lynn Grieveson have also been wonderful coaches. It really boils down to what's in your heart. Let it flow and let it go!
I love me some stitches too! I also love torn paper and strings!Yes, like Cindy I have always loved using torn bits of paper and over the years they have become more 'realistic' looking if you know what I mean.