Another One Bites the Dust

 Today's decluttering produced 7 cards and a bookmark. The only reason I stopped was to feed and walk the dog, then jump on my spin bike! I now have two large bags of craft supplies for a budding new crafter, a full recycle bin, several more empty containers/drawers, and less anxiety knowing that my basement has a chance to be a livable space again.

I started with the bookmark since I found a watercolor that I had made last year. When I'm not happy with my watercolors. I cut out the part(s) that I like and keep them for future projects. Using leftover die-cut stars, macrame string and a die-cut butterfly, I finished off my bookmark with a sticker that reads dream.

I had two pre-cut cards and envies that I discovered in my decluttering and used leftover papers as card fronts. I cut out the birthday cake from a transparent sheet of scrapbook paper and added small paper flowers and a sticker  reading wish; I used a stamped Thanks sentiment on the other large card and added a die-cut paper butterfly.

The card in the very front has a pop-up vase of flowers in the middle. I created this card from a leftover card kit I had made for a workshop before Covid. The others are card and envie sets that I used patterned papers, ATCs, stickers and flowers to create feel-good note cards. The one on the very left is actually a three-fold; I decorated the front and left the inside clear in which wo write a note to someone special...

During this declutter so far, I have learned that:

I buy supplies impulsively, mostly when things are on clearance or offered at thrift stores. 

I am a paperholic and since decreasing the number of cards I make after Covid, is not a good trait.

I save too many "pieces" and "ripped" or "broken" supplies thinking I can find a use for them.

I don't have as much space as I have craft supplies.

I should have bought real crafting storage i/o thrifting for furniture/bins/shelving haphazardly.

Does this mean I won't visit a craft or thrift store or buy supplies before I really need them? Probably not, but I will have a good think before I get to the cash register and hand over the cash for it all!!

Keeping it real, crafting peeps!

Spring is All A-Flutter

Today I made some Springtime ATC's, using up my overabundant stash of papers and stickers.

It seems that every time I give away or use up some of my paper stash, I am "gifted" with more of the same  from my crafting friends!  Two weeks ago I was bragging about giving away and using up about 3 inches of 12x12 paper; the next day a dear friend gifted me with a goodie bag filled with crafting items, including two NIP paper stacks from DCWV!!
Last week I found a bag of 12x12 loose patterned papers in front of my office door, left to me from a fellow crafter who teaches at the school I work at!!  I love the gifts, but I swear I am never going to have to buy paper this whole year--ever again (secretly rubbing my hands together like Mr. Burns from The Simpsons and going mwa-ha-ha//or is it more like Gollum holding the "One Ring That Binds Them All" and whispering over and over "my Precious, precious")?
Either way I'm beginning to feel like a hoarder!!  I MUST get my crafting room to rights, and I will never do so if I keep adding to it!  Time to "gift" my own crafting friends (mwahaha, so there).  I wish paper weren't so heavy or I'd mail off a ton to every cardmaker I know!!