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TinkerBean

01-29-2008, 10:03 AM

Hi, I've been scrap booking for years, but let it go after I lost my mom to suicide 5 years ago.(Dropped a lot of stuff - but ready again:goodvibes )

I really got inspired by this board last month (at like 3 in the morning) and I thought that I saw some kind of scrap swap, but having trouble finding it again.

Anybody willing to help a newbie and hold her hand while she gets the hang of things...(I ususally hang out on the budget board with my freap friends Hi AlexWyattMommy...)

Rhonda

MazdaUK

01-29-2008, 10:55 AM

Hi there! Sorry about your tragic loss, glad you're feeling inspired again. If you go up a level to "creative community" you'll find the swap threads under swaps - I think they're all closeda t the moment but if you PM the hostess you might sneak in the recipe swap as you're only a little bit late ;-). Otherwise check the swap calendar and make a note of what you fancy, then jump in as they open.

Warning - swapping is addictive! But it doesn't put weight on and its not bad for your lungs or liver, so I say so what? :lmao:

Queenie

01-29-2008, 11:14 AM

Welcome to the boards, sorry to hear about your loss but I'm glad you're feeling inspired again.

I'm sure all the girls will be willing to hold your hand, none of them are *that* scary!

scrappinmom

01-29-2008, 11:59 AM

Hi there Rhonda & Welcome!!!!!

Getting back to scrappin after any tragic event is really hard - :hug: & :cheer2: to you for getting started again!

I'm not much of a swapper.....(afraid it would take even more time for me!)....but wanted to say welcome to the board!

Check out the handiwork sticky...now THERE's some inspiration for ya!

AlexWyattMommy

01-29-2008, 12:16 PM

TinkerBean

01-29-2008, 12:44 PM

Hey!!

Look who wandered away from the Budget Board.

Okay you, you are in total luck. I am hostessing a swap that just finished sign ups.

Here is the link to the element requirements for the swap I'm hostessing.

http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=1692548

I would be more than happy to let you have my spots in the following groups to get your feet wet.

F – Green Grass Grows MAKE 4
1 – Mowing -- AWM
2 – Yard Work --MazdaUK
3 – Gardening --ddavis860
4 – Swapper’s Choice --D & W
and/or
H – Pet Smart – Dog MAKE 3 KITS
1 – Walk/Play --ddavis860
2 – Feed Me --KatDisney
3 – Swapper’s Choice --AWM

Let me know and they are yours to get started on.

Thanks everyone

Hi AWM,

I feel so spoiled, thanks...

I feel like a 4 year old visiting his kg classroom for the first time...

I'm afraid that I'm not up on the jargon - not sure what

tags, toppers, signage, slide mounts (i'll stop here i'm embarassing myself) are

Is there anywhere that defines this stuff (pictures are even better) I really - really want to do this stuff...This sounds like it would be so fun

Thanks

Rhonda

AlexWyattMommy

01-29-2008, 12:51 PM

Yes, we have help for all that, check out this thread with examples and directions.

http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=1306030

TinkerBean

01-29-2008, 01:01 PM

Yes, we have help for all that, check out this thread with examples and directions.

http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=1306030

WOW!!! Thanks sooooo much. I am in!!!

I am bookmarking that thread. Wow this makes me so happy. I almost burst into tears.

Thanks again, AlexWyattMommy

Rhonda

AlexWyattMommy

01-29-2008, 01:08 PM

You're welcome!

I just need to send me your mailing address, email & phone. I'll send you mine and if you need any help, you can email, PM or call.

Can't wait to see what you make!

I'll go update the thread now.

PrincessNancy96

01-29-2008, 01:12 PM

Welcome aboard... So sorry for your loss...

If you need anything and can't find AWM please let me know..

ddavis860

01-29-2008, 01:16 PM

:welcome:

Glad you found us! :teeth:

BernardandMissBianca

01-29-2008, 01:32 PM

Hi Rhonda!!! I'm Buffy, kind of the mother hen of the group. I'm sorry to hear about your mom. I understand why you would drop scrapping and other things. I'm glad you are getting back into it. If you have any questions please ask, everyone here is so helpful. They love to share ideas and inspiration.
I can't wait to swap with you and get to know you better!

BernardandMissBianca

01-29-2008, 01:34 PM

TPCShauna

01-29-2008, 01:38 PM

Welcome Rhonda! You'll find these ladies to be some of the nicest, most supportive that you'll come across on these boards.

Many of us on the swap boards have been around a while so are always available to help. We love to have new people join us and always look forward to getting to know you better.

If you have questions, just ask and someone will jump in to answer.

See you around!

Michellepooh

01-29-2008, 01:45 PM

Welcome, Rhonda! :cheer2: Be careful, swapping is very addictive!! :)

angelmom

01-29-2008, 01:45 PM

welcome! It's always nice to see a new face over here. And watch out, like everyone else says, the swapping gets addictive!

aroyer

01-29-2008, 01:46 PM

Hi- just wanted to say :welcome: ! So sorry for your loss. I am excited that you are coming back to scrapping! I am not a swapper (too scared and don't want to become addicted!!! ;) ), but I hang out here alot- just ask DH. :lmao: These ladies are F-U-N and so supportive and creative. If you have a question, most likely someone on here will have the answer.

aroyer

01-29-2008, 01:48 PM

Oh and P.S. you can toss the whole budget thing out the window, these guys are the biggest bunch of enablers I have ever met!!!! Just hand over the wallet and credit cards now, we'll take care of the rest!
:rotfl2: :rotfl2: :rotfl2:

That is not a lie! These fine scrappers enabled me to buy my first Cricut. It's been downhill ever since!

lewdyan1

01-29-2008, 01:50 PM

:welcome:

TinkerBean

01-29-2008, 02:16 PM

Oh and P.S. you can toss the whole budget thing out the window, these guys are the biggest bunch of enablers I have ever met!!!! Just hand over the wallet and credit cards now, we'll take care of the rest!
:rotfl2: :rotfl2: :rotfl2:

Trust me, I know all about that...

B.C. (before children) I was heavily into rubber stamping. There was a store in Harvard Square called Good Good the Elephant and all it sold was rubber stamps and related paraphanielia...

Once when I was inputting expenses into Quicken, I generated one of those little pie charts of "our" expenditures and the "Rubber Stamp" slice was bigger than the "rent" slice:scared1: (didn't bother "sharing" that little piece of information with DH and never used Quicken again:lmao: )

TinkerBean

01-29-2008, 02:17 PM

Thank you for the warm welcome everyone...

Glad I found y'all:goodvibes :goodvibes :goodvibes

party of 3

01-29-2008, 03:05 PM

Welcome Rhonda!!!! glad to have you here with us!!!:welcome:

ddavis860

01-29-2008, 03:52 PM

Oh and P.S. you can toss the whole budget thing out the window, these guys are the biggest bunch of enablers I have ever met!!!! Just hand over the wallet and credit cards now, we'll take care of the rest!
:rotfl2: :rotfl2: :rotfl2:

Well...pffffft :snooty: I'm sure I don't know what you mean!

(ummmm, just don't look in the trunk right now...I kinda sliped off the wagon...but it was just a little slip...well, ok, some might call it a fall, but....well....Ohnevermind ):cool2:

aroyer

01-29-2008, 04:07 PM

(ummmm, just don't look in the trunk right now...I kinda sliped off the wagon...but it was just a little slip...well, ok, some might call it a fall, but....well....Ohnevermind ):cool2:

Since we aren't on the Ban thread- SPILL!!! What did you get????? ENABLE. (I better stop or I will be on the naughty mat.)

StitchIsOurHero

01-29-2008, 04:27 PM

Welcome, Rhonda!!! :dance3:

ddavis860

01-29-2008, 05:32 PM

Since we aren't on the Ban thread- SPILL!!! What did you get????? ENABLE. (I better stop or I will be on the naughty mat.)

OK...well...I'll dish....

I tried the new MM cutter...can you say "hate it?"...I didn't like the blade at all, so I got a new fiskars, and the new design really is better than my old one. I tried them both in Mike's classroom, and put that MM one back...

Then, I was just wandering around, minding my own business, and these cute little "things" jumped right in my cart...can't tell what they are because they are for my SS...

THEN, I was just walking down the isle, and all this other really cute stuff started talking to the stuff already in the cart, and well, ya know I love a party, so they all came home with me....

THEN I went to Walmart, and well, some really cute Tink fabric jumped in my cart (somehow) and I just had to take it home to make a Cricut cover... but it's ppurrrrpllllle!!!!

Oh, and did I mention that photo storage boxes were on sale? 3 for $5? Yeah, well, it was a deal...

(waiting for a time when DH wont see the bags):confused3 What?

party of 3

01-29-2008, 05:37 PM

I am not a swapper (too scared and don't want to become addicted!!! ;) ),

i noticed that! i just started getting into it. it was all the pics of the stuff that dragged me in. everyone makes such nice stuff that i wanted to be a part of it. so i have only done one that i actually made something. the other ones were just swapping for items. (punches, brads, eyelets...)
you should join in. i bet you make some really nice stuff......we have a lot of fun......nudge, nudge.......

TinkerBean

01-29-2008, 05:44 PM

Since we aren't on the Ban thread- SPILL!!! What did you get????? ENABLE. (I better stop or I will be on the naughty mat.)

you guys have a naughty mat?http://i234.photobucket.com/albums/ee62/rhonda6699/whip.gif

something tells me I might be spending some time on that mat toohttp://i234.photobucket.com/albums/ee62/rhonda6699/bellylaugh.gif

TPCShauna

01-29-2008, 05:46 PM

I heard some mention of falling off the band and urging the one who fell to share what caused her tumble. That naughty mat has been looking awfully lonely. I guess y'all just felt like you needed to keep it company! :lmao:

ddavis860

01-29-2008, 05:49 PM

but...BUT... BUT...

Oh, all right

Hehehe, but I sure had me some fun :dance3:

AlexWyattMommy

01-29-2008, 05:57 PM

calanniebu

01-29-2008, 05:58 PM

Welcome to our little spot on the DIS ... I'm a fellow New Englader, too. I got through Medford every morning on the train to Boston for work.

BernardandMissBianca

01-29-2008, 06:07 PM

you guys have a naughty mat?http://i234.photobucket.com/albums/ee62/rhonda6699/whip.gif

something tells me I might be spending some time on that mat toohttp://i234.photobucket.com/albums/ee62/rhonda6699/bellylaugh.gif

we do, for bad purchases. Stuff that is not necessary for creating pages, stuff you will hoard, stuff that was "just so pretty I couldn't resist" (but only if you are on the shopping ban wagon)
and it is also used for the winter months when that white stuff falls from the sky, that's a 4 letter word my friend and we don't say that here. ;) :rotfl2:

BernardandMissBianca

01-29-2008, 06:11 PM

Trust me, I know all about that...

B.C. (before children) I was heavily into rubber stamping. There was a store in Harvard Square called Good Good the Elephant and all it sold was rubber stamps and related paraphanielia...

Once when I was inputting expenses into Quicken, I generated one of those little pie charts of "our" expenditures and the "Rubber Stamp" slice was bigger than the "rent" slice:scared1: (didn't bother "sharing" that little piece of information with DH and never used Quicken again:lmao: )

I made the mistake of saving all my receipts from last year, yeah I'll never do that again! That's why I am the proud Vice President of the Ban Wagon. I don't need to buy anymore stuff.

I didn't share that info with DH either, somethings are just better left unsaid. :rolleyes1

hopemax

01-29-2008, 08:02 PM

It's okay to save the receipts, you just don't add them up. I've read too many stories about people who had stuff stolen and then the insurance company wants proof you owned the item. So I put all of mine in a coupon holder, and then never look at them again.

aroyer

01-29-2008, 09:06 PM

Yes, the naughty mat, been there a few times... :rolleyes1 You are usually on it with some really fun people, so it's ok! :thumbsup2

i noticed that! i just started getting into it. it was all the pics of the stuff that dragged me in. everyone makes such nice stuff that i wanted to be a part of it. so i have only done one that i actually made something. the other ones were just swapping for items. (punches, brads, eyelets...)
you should join in. i bet you make some really nice stuff......we have a lot of fun......nudge, nudge.......
I have been lurking over there every now and again. Perhaps when there is a newbie swap I will get my toes wet.

New England Eeyore

01-29-2008, 09:29 PM

Hello and welcome! Another neighbor here - I'm on the North Shore. :wave:

Your rubber stamp pie slice being bigger than the rent slice was too funny (and hit a little too close to home!)

TPCShauna

01-29-2008, 09:48 PM

I keep my receipts and I made the mistake of starting to add them up last year. I stopped when I got to $2,500 and I still had a pretty large stack of receipts.

That would be why I started the BAN wagon rolling. I'm the President but I am NOT the driver as I take NO RESPONSIBILITY/BLAME for all the people who keep falling off! :lmao:

BTW, Debbie - you're not in that much trouble. Aroyer is on the naughty mat for making you spill the beans. Although - stop your shoppin' or you will be joining her!!! cute "things" jumping in carts and items on the shelves wanting to party with them indeed! :goodvibes

aroyer

01-29-2008, 09:58 PM

BTW, Debbie - you're not in that much trouble. Aroyer is on the naughty mat for making you spill the beans. Although - stop your shoppin' or you will be joining her!!! cute "things" jumping in carts and items on the shelves wanting to party with them indeed! :goodvibes

:lmao: :lmao: :lmao:

missesdisney

01-29-2008, 11:08 PM

I have been lurking over there every now and again. Perhaps when there is a newbie swap I will get my toes wet.

You don't need to wait for a newbie swap - most of our swaps welcome newbies too and then we all jump on the newbie ones anyway:rotfl:

I think there is a resort swap coming up (not sure if it's open to newbies but it will say on the thread) and I am going to do one in March for restaurants (Eat around the world) which you are more than welcome to join. We are a supportive group of girls here.....so we'll help.

My first photo mat in a swap was about the size of an 8x10 instead of 4x6 and my tags would have held the 4x6 pictures instead and I had no idea what a slide mount was or why someone would ever need one in for slides in the year 2007 since pictures are mostly digital or at least film right? or make a border, puzzle piece, matchbox or other weird thing for the scrapbook. I just put tons of pictures onto one mat and put them on cute disney paper and called it a scrapbook. NOW, thanks to swapping and a very supportive group of ladies (who didn't openly make fun of my ridiculously huge first swap items), I can whip out a matted lyric, slide mount, tags in many shapes, even a paper piecing (imagine!) in a short amount of time and my pages (when I get around to actually scrapping) are fast to do and fabulous!

Whew - I'm tired now.....

TPCShauna

01-29-2008, 11:34 PM

I vote that Maria should be in charge of all future swapping commercials. She does a GREAT job! :goodvibes

MazdaUK

01-30-2008, 04:23 AM

I'm glad it wasn't only me who made stupid hige first swap items :lmao: And the colours were horrible too - bet they went straight into everyone's bins!

ddavis860

01-30-2008, 05:50 AM

My first photo mat in a swap was about the size of an 8x10 instead of 4x6 and my tags would have held the 4x6 pictures instead and I had no idea what a slide mount was or why someone would ever need one in for slides in the year 2007 since pictures are mostly digital or at least film right? or make a border, puzzle piece, matchbox or other weird thing for the scrapbook.
Whew - I'm tired now.....

Me too!! Totally clueless!

I'm glad it wasn't only me who made stupid hige first swap items :lmao: And the colours were horrible too - bet they went straight into everyone's bins!

I did too! I made some terrible tags for one of my first swaps...U G L Y!!! But everyone was so nice!!

I agree, just find a swap that you want in your book, and then jump in. The hostesses here are just so great!! :teeth:

rlovew

01-30-2008, 06:51 AM

You don't need to wait for a newbie swap - most of our swaps welcome newbies too and then we all jump on the newbie ones anyway:rotfl:

I think there is a resort swap coming up (not sure if it's open to newbies but it will say on the thread) and I am going to do one in March for restaurants (Eat around the world) which you are more than welcome to join. We are a supportive group of girls here.....so we'll help.

My first photo mat in a swap was about the size of an 8x10 instead of 4x6 and my tags would have held the 4x6 pictures instead and I had no idea what a slide mount was or why someone would ever need one in for slides in the year 2007 since pictures are mostly digital or at least film right? or make a border, puzzle piece, matchbox or other weird thing for the scrapbook. I just put tons of pictures onto one mat and put them on cute disney paper and called it a scrapbook. NOW, thanks to swapping and a very supportive group of ladies (who didn't openly make fun of my ridiculously huge first swap items), I can whip out a matted lyric, slide mount, tags in many shapes, even a paper piecing (imagine!) in a short amount of time and my pages (when I get around to actually scrapping) are fast to do and fabulous!

Whew - I'm tired now.....

You are welcome to join in the resort swap and it is an easy one in some ways since you will only be making one item for a resort instead of a few different elements. My first swap items were horrible too- I still have them but wouldn't use most of them.

Rebecca

MazdaUK

01-30-2008, 07:10 AM

perhaps we should have a Thread 101 for all the stuff we've made but hate - self nominations only!!

aroyer

01-30-2008, 08:41 AM

Wow! You guys should be in sales! :lmao: Thank you all for the warm encouragement, I will do this! It might have to be closer to summer only because I have tons going on and I want to be able to give my best attention to the swap.

TinkerBean

01-30-2008, 02:19 PM

Hey I found a little dude to contribute for the "naughty mat"

http://i234.photobucket.com/albums/ee62/rhonda6699/naughty.gif

aroyer

01-30-2008, 02:20 PM

Hey I found a little dude to contribute for the "naughty mat"

http://i234.photobucket.com/albums/ee62/rhonda6699/naughty.gif

I LOVE him!!!! I love those little guys!

AlexWyattMommy

01-30-2008, 02:24 PM

Oh BAMB just has to put that little guy in her arsenal.

BernardandMissBianca

01-30-2008, 02:25 PM

I need to find a place for the finger wave and the corner smilie.

hmmm, maybe photo bucket?

He is sooo cute!

TinkerBean

01-30-2008, 02:32 PM

Feel free to use my little collection of smileys...

http://s234.photobucket.com/albums/ee62/rhonda6699/

missesdisney

01-30-2008, 02:35 PM

I vote that Maria should be in charge of all future swapping commercials. She does a GREAT job! :goodvibes

I would gladly accept the position of Swap Promoter! Of course, as in my days of supporting software sales, when it comes time to say whether its addictive and how we have tons of fun but rarely scrap anymore (but when we do it's fabulous), I will just hold up some shiny object and yell out "Look - over here - something shiny!!!!" and hope no one notices I didn't answer the question! Hey - I could be a politician!

TPCShauna

01-30-2008, 02:44 PM

:lmao: I am SO distracted by shiny objects. That would completely work for me!

TinkerBean

02-01-2008, 07:58 PM

Hey!!

Look who wandered away from the Budget Board.

Okay you, you are in total luck. I am hostessing a swap that just finished sign ups.

Here is the link to the element requirements for the swap I'm hostessing.

http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=1692548

I would be more than happy to let you have my spots in the following groups to get your feet wet.

F – Green Grass Grows MAKE 4
1 – Mowing -- AWM
2 – Yard Work --MazdaUK
3 – Gardening --ddavis860
4 – Swapper’s Choice --D & W
and/or
H – Pet Smart – Dog MAKE 3 KITS
1 – Walk/Play --ddavis860
2 – Feed Me --KatDisney
3 – Swapper’s Choice --AWM

Let me know and they are yours to get started on.

I don't know if I *officially* say yes so - if it's still OK - here it goes - nervous

YES

There I did it. Please be patient with me.

I will do

F 1 - mowing (x4)

and

H 3 - swapper's choice (x3)

Whew, there I did it...Eeek I hope I do good.