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Cheryl, while it makes me sad to hear you say you will no longer be scrapping, I wish I could be so decisive in my crafting decisions. I applaud your knowing what it is you like/want to do.troublesmom wrote:I need to pull my dies out this week also. Good to get back into my cards. I will no longer be doing scrap booking but I will never give up on cards.
I keep saying I'm going to give up card making but it seems silly to not make my own cards. There's so much great inspiration here. I have given up art journaling (as if I did much of it anyway). I can get my mixed-media fix by doing backgrounds on scrapbook pages. Of course, I reserve the right to change my mind at any time.Keitha wrote:Cheryl, which it makes me sad to hear you say you will no longer be scrapping, I wish I could be so decisive in my crafting decisions. I applaud your knowing what it is you like/want to do.troublesmom wrote:I need to pull my dies out this week also. Good to get back into my cards. I will no longer be doing scrap booking but I will never give up on cards.
Me too! I often used cards as a means to try out a new technique or a new die or something. But I'm HORRIBLE at sending them and could probably stock a small storefront for a few months.nchoney wrote:I need to start giving away / sending more of my cards.... I enjoy making them but I've amassed a box full of cards.... so maybe that's my goal for 2018.... send more cards!! and put some sets together in nice little boxes and give more as gifts.
But as much as I enjoyed receiving birthday cards from the card club, I got stressed every first of the month when it dawned on me that I had *one more thing* that I was now behind on. I didn't need the additional stress. So I have piles of cards instead. Lots of folks have suggested donating them or gifting them, and while I really love that idea, there's a nagging voice in my head that says I should send them to other card makers who will appreciate them for what went into them. I know that's extremely selfish of me, but that's why my cards are all hoarded and not sent. 
I have visions of my cards getting tossed in the trash (much like I've always done with retail cards) and I can't deal.nchoney wrote:I need to start giving away / sending more of my cards.... I enjoy making them but I've amassed a box full of cards.... so maybe that's my goal for 2018.... send more cards!! and put some sets together in nice little boxes and give more as gifts.
Keitha wrote:Cheryl, while it makes me sad to hear you say you will no longer be scrapping, I wish I could be so decisive in my crafting decisions. I applaud your knowing what it is you like/want to do.troublesmom wrote:I need to pull my dies out this week also. Good to get back into my cards. I will no longer be doing scrap booking but I will never give up on cards.
Debbie - I'm with you. I've made so many card, I have boxes of cards. I do a bunch of swaps, but putting together some for gifts sounds like the perfect solution!! I don't buy cards anymore.nchoney wrote:I need to start giving away / sending more of my cards.... I enjoy making them but I've amassed a box full of cards.... so maybe that's my goal for 2018.... send more cards!! and put some sets together in nice little boxes and give more as gifts.