What are your scrapping habits? | Pad Patter 05.06.23

Are you a morning scrapper, or night scrapper?
Midday for me! I get stuff done in the morning, scrap midday.

Are you more of a traditional scrapper preserving memories and making books for generations to come, or a creative soul who simply likes to play with all the goodies to make art for art’s sake?
Memorykeeper here. Obsessively so. I rarely, if ever, make a page that isn't for a specific album.

Do you prefer lots of clusters and depth, 2D brushes and arty, or keeping your page clean and simple?
Minimalist is my preferred style at the moment. If not that stark style, it's at least almost always a pocket page

If I looked at your gallery, would I see simple card-stock paper backgrounds (solid colors), lots of patterned papers, or more of a mixed media arty paper as your background?
If you looked at my instagram gallery, you would see a LOT of plain white background. Here, it's usually layered solids over a pattern

What is your favorite go-to element? For example, do you gravitate to using bows, flowers, ephemera paper bits, buttons, or brushes?
stamps

Alphas or no?
Not usually

Are templates a must for you?
Sort of... I do use a LOT of templates, but I make almost all of them myself using the template maker actions in the store by Mommyish

Do you have a favorite themed kit and no matter how many variations of it come it, you are buying it?
Anything Project Mouse! And as an extension of that, anything Disney.... I currently have 5 Disney trip albums in progress

Do you put lots of written journaling on your page, or more of a time and date only kind of person?
If there is a story to tell... I definitely tell it! But if there's not, I'm ok with just the date.

Anything else you’d like to share about your scrapping habits?
I have gotten out of my 12x12 box lately and have been experimenting with different sizes to fit different projects. At first I thought it would drive me mad seeing all of the different sizes on my scrapbook shelf, but I actually love them. Each is tailored to fit each specific project.

 

Kisses for Bart!

 

Are you a morning scrapper, or night scrapper?
Night scrapper, I need silence

Are you more of a traditional scrapper preserving memories and making books for generations to come, or a creative soul who simply likes to play with all the goodies to make art for art’s sake?
I haven't found my style yet, but I think I like to play and try always something new

Do you prefer lots of clusters and depth, 2D brushes and arty, or keeping your page clean and simple?
Love minimalist pages, but by myself I add a lot of stuff, love a lots of clusters

If I looked at your gallery, would I see simple card-stock paper backgrounds (solid colors), lots of patterned papers, or more of a mixed media arty paper as your background?
All kind of styles, but majority includes a light background paper, love white background papers

What is your favorite go-to element? For example, do you gravitate to using bows, flowers, ephemera paper bits, buttons, or brushes?
stamps, buttons and flowers

Alphas or no?
No

Are templates a must for you?
Love templates

Do you have a favorite themed kit and no matter how many variations of it come it, you are buying it?
yes, of course, love especially coffee, winter and autumn themed kits

Do you put lots of written journaling on your page, or more of a time and date only kind of person?
Not at all, I don't like journaling

 

Are you a morning scrapper, or night scrapper?
More of a whenever I feel motivated scrapper.. both morning ..noon and night...

Are you more of a traditional scrapper preserving memories and making books for generations to come, or a creative soul who simply likes to play with all the goodies to make art for art’s sake?
I do books for the kids ... but also love to play with goodies

Do you prefer lots of clusters and depth, 2D brushes and arty, or keeping your page clean and simple?
Messy organized?? Lol

If I looked at your gallery, would I see simple card-stock paper backgrounds (solid colors), lots of patterned papers, or more of a mixed media arty paper as your background?
I'm all over the place..depending on mood..

What is your favorite go-to element? For example, do you gravitate to using bows, flowers, ephemera paper bits, buttons, or brushes?
I like Messy stitches and threads and paints

Alphas or no?
I will use them..sometimes ..but most no

Are templates a must for you?
Rarely..

Do you have a favorite themed kit and no matter how many variations of it come it, you are buying it?
Not really.. I like wordart and choose kits on that or the colors

Do you put lots of written journaling on your page, or more of a time and date only kind of person?
I like writing letters to my kids but recently my journals have become less due to time

Anything else you’d like to share about your scrapping habits?
I just love scrapping and it's an addiction
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Are you a morning scrapper, or night scrapper?
Anytime I can really. It varies based on day and what I've got going on with work & family life.

Are you more of a traditional scrapper preserving memories and making books for generations to come, or a creative soul who simply likes to play with all the goodies to make art for art’s sake?
Started as memory keeping but as a inherently creative person and young adult children it's mostly creative outlet for arts sake now.


Do you prefer lots of clusters and depth, 2D brushes and arty, or keeping your page clean and simple?
YES.


If I looked at your gallery, would I see simple card-stock paper backgrounds (solid colors), lots of patterned papers, or more of a mixed media arty paper as your background?
YES!! (AGAIN)


What is your favorite go-to element? For example, do you gravitate to using bows, flowers, ephemera paper bits, buttons, or brushes?
See above two answers....lol...YES!

Alphas or no?
When the mood strikes.


Are templates a must for you?
Not really.


Do you have a favorite themed kit and no matter how many variations of it come it, you are buying it?
Water related (Pisces here). Autumn. Cosmic/ astrology/space. Nature & fishing. Christmas. Kits that focus on mood/emotion/life struggles. Is favorite designers a theme? Lol


Do you put lots of written journaling on your page, or more of a time and date only kind of person?
Depends on what the page calls for.

 

Are you a morning scrapper, or night scrapper?
Mostly an afternoon/evening scrapper - My mum works shift work four days a week and is out of the house from about 11 am til 9 pm so I try and scrap then if possible or in the wee hours of the morning as I am very much a night owl.

Are you more of a traditional scrapper preserving memories and making books for generations to come, or a creative soul who simply likes to play with all the goodies to make art for art’s sake?
Very much a makes art for arts sake….it’s my play time.

Do you prefer lots of clusters and depth, 2D brushes and arty, or keeping your page clean and simple?
Primarily clean & simple with an artsy twist

If I looked at your gallery, would I see simple card-stock paper backgrounds (solid colors), lots of patterned papers, or more of a mixed media arty paper as your background?
A good mix of all three I’d say

What is your favorite go-to element? For example, do you gravitate to using bows, flowers, ephemera paper bits, buttons, or brushes?
Paint & stitching would be my go to’s

Alphas or no?
I am a huge collector of them if that counts! All jokes aside, I’m more partial to a word art that works vs alphas

Are templates a must for you?
Yes, 100%, I flounder without a design to get me started

Do you have a favorite themed kit and no matter how many variations of it come it, you are buying it?
Probably food kits or graduation kits. Actually I’d say anything I can use to scrap my health journey as well.

Do you put lots of written journaling on your page, or more of a time and date only kind of person?
Depends on the layout. Typically I’m quite brief with my journaling which is something I’m trying to improve on.

Anything else you’d like to share about your scrapping habits?
I usually mix and match a lot which makes the scrapping process quite slow for me but having just spent three months honing my speed scrapping abilities while being a Polly I find I am far more decisive with choosing products and therefor more productive.

 

Are you a morning scrapper, or night scrapper? Any time of day whenever I feel like it.

Are you more of a traditional scrapper preserving memories and making books for generations to come, or a creative soul who simply likes to play with all the goodies to make art for art’s sake? Preserve memories

Do you prefer lots of clusters and depth, 2D brushes and arty, or keeping your page clean and simple? Pretty much clean and simple with small clusters. I do have a few pages with lots of clusters and depth but it doesn't come easy for me.

If I looked at your gallery, would I see simple card-stock paper backgrounds (solid colors), lots of patterned papers, or more of a mixed media arty paper as your background? Probably solid color backgrounds with patterned papers as mats and other paper pieces.

What is your favorite go-to element? For example, do you gravitate to using bows, flowers, ephemera paper bits, buttons, or brushes? Flowers/foliage with some bows or buttons. I am trying to use more of the not so typical elements though.

Alphas or no? Depends if I like the alpha that comes with the kit. I do love just clipping papers to a large font for titles instead of an alpha.

Are templates a must for you? Absolutely!

Do you have a favorite themed kit and no matter how many variations of it come it, you are buying it? Kits with the colors of autumn. I love taking photos of the changing colors in the fall so am always in need of new kits to highlight those photos.

Do you put lots of written journaling on your page, or more of a time and date only kind of person? Depends. If they are old photos that I only know an approximately month and year, then that is what I will use with maybe a short description of who and where. More recent photos I tend to journal a lot.

Anything else you’d like to share about your scrapping habits? One-kit scrapper for the most part. I struggle to use more than one designer on a layout unless it is a collab that I know works together. I can combine 2 kits from 1 designer since most designers have a style of their own.

 

Are you a morning scrapper, or night scrapper? mostly morning

Are you more of a traditional scrapper preserving memories and making books for generations to come, or a creative soul who simply likes to play with all the goodies to make art for art’s sake? I like to preserve memories and I also like to play with all the goodies

Do you prefer lots of clusters and depth, 2D brushes and arty, or keeping your page clean and simple? I tend towards more clean and simple, I think.

If I looked at your gallery, would I see simple card-stock paper backgrounds (solid colors), lots of patterned papers, or more of a mixed media arty paper as your background? I tend towards solids, but also love Rachel Jefferies' slightly grungy papers for backgrounds.

What is your favorite go-to element? For example, do you gravitate to using bows, flowers, ephemera paper bits, buttons, or brushes? I love ephemera, torn paper pieces and butterflies

Alphas or no? I rarely use alphas.

Are templates a must for you? As a creative team member for Fiddle-Dee-Dee Designs, I love templates and usually start with one.

Do you have a favorite themed kit and no matter how many variations of it come it, you are buying it? Any reading or book themed kit I will purchase!

Do you put lots of written journaling on your page, or more of a time and date only kind of person? I mostly put a date and a line or two of journaling about what is happening in the photo.

Anything else you’d like to share about your scrapping habits? I try to make a page each day, but usually end up making more like 5 a week.

 

Are you a morning scrapper, or night scrapper?
I like to scrap first thing in the mornings after the kitchen has been cleaned up and the house is quiet.

Are you more of a traditional scrapper preserving memories and making books for generations to come, or a creative soul who simply likes to play with all the goodies to make art for art’s sake?
I'm mostly a story teller, and memory keeper. But sometimes just play

Do you prefer lots of clusters and depth, 2D brushes and arty, or keeping your page clean and simple?
I think I'm a mix of all those things, but in a minimalist way of that makes sence.

If I looked at your gallery, would I see simple card-stock paper backgrounds (solid colors), lots of patterned papers, or more of a mixed media arty paper as your background?
I don't tend to like solid plain backgrounds, so if I'm having a solid backgroudn it normally has a painty/textured look. I like to use patterns.

What is your favorite go-to element? For example, do you gravitate to using bows, flowers, ephemera paper bits, buttons, or brushes?
buttons - give me buttons and more buttons.

Alphas or no?
Yes, I like alphas for making titles

Are templates a must for you?
I didn't used to, but I find myself using thema lot now.

Do you have a favorite themed kit and no matter how many variations of it come it, you are buying it?
sewing or music

Do you put lots of written journaling on your page, or more of a time and date only kind of person?
I like to add written journaling, but sometimes the title and pictures say it all.

Anything else you’d like to share about your scrapping habits?
I prefer to start with the story I want to tell and the photos, then choose the kit etc.

 

Are you a morning scrapper, or night scrapper?
Since I work full time, I only have the evening for scrapbooking in the weeks. In weekends I try to scrap a bit in the morning.
Are you more of a traditional scrapper preserving memories and making books for generations to come, or a creative soul who simply likes to play with all the goodies to make art for art’s sake?

Are you more of a traditional scrapper preserving memories and making books for generations to come, or a creative soul who simply likes to play with all the goodies to make art for art’s sake?
I would describe me as a generalist, I love mixing my scrapbooking up with many different kind of techniques and goals for why I scrap. I do it both for documenting the everyday life and as a creative outlet.

Do you prefer lots of clusters and depth, 2D brushes and arty, or keeping your page clean and simple?
Brushes and artsy or clean and simple I think. It’s hard to create good shadowing with Affinity Photo on the iPad which makes the clusters not so good.

If I looked at your gallery, would I see simple card-stock paper backgrounds (solid colors), lots of patterned papers, or more of a mixed media arty paper as your background?
More mixed media artsy ones than solid colors.

What is your favorite go-to element? For example, do you gravitate to using bows, flowers, ephemera paper bits, buttons, or brushes?
I never use buttons. I like paper bits, flowers (paper and sticker kind of type) greenery and thin ribbons, like paper ribbons or threads. And stamps/brushes!

Alphas or no?
Too lazy to use alphas most of the time, but I like them.

Are templates a must for you?
No, I enjoy making a layout from scratch but I also like how easy it is to use templates.

Do you have a favorite themed kit and no matter how many variations of it come it, you are buying it?
I have far too many autumn and Christmas themed kits. I can’t stop myself!

Do you put lots of written journaling on your page, or more of a time and date only kind of person?
Mixed. The pages I make for documenting the everyday thing, like pocket pages have more journaling than the pages I create for fun or for showing a beautiful picture.

Anything else you’d like to share about your scrapping habits?
I’m a sloooow scraper. No matter how simple, I need time to put it together. And I can’t watch YouTube or Netflix or anything while scrapping.

 

Are you a morning scrapper, or night scrapper?
Depends on the day, on my work days I scrap in the evening sometimes if I have time or if I have to get a CT layotu done. On my off days, I'm more of a morning, then some chores/errands done, then some more scrapping!

Are you more of a traditional scrapper preserving memories and making books for generations to come, or a creative soul who simply likes to play with all the goodies to make art for art’s sake?
Maybe like 80/20- so much of my scrapping is CT work- so that tends to lead- and I have a backlog of zillions of photos to capture memories, so primarily that. Occasionally, tho- art for art sake feels good!

Do you prefer lots of clusters and depth, 2D brushes and arty, or keeping your page clean and simple?
I've always described my scrapbooking as "everything but the kitchen sink!" I just LOVE ALL.THE.THINGS but tend to go towards clusters and depth. The funny thing is that when I traditionally scrapped wiht paper- I was much more of a clean lines/white space scrapper. Funny!

If I looked at your gallery, would I see simple card-stock paper backgrounds (solid colors), lots of patterned papers, or more of a mixed media arty paper as your background?
I love me a wood grain or a plaid background paper! The more patterned the better usually. Sometimes I throw myself a curveball and go with lots of white space & white cardstock. Just depends on my mood!

What is your favorite go-to element? For example, do you gravitate to using bows, flowers, ephemera paper bits, buttons, or brushes?
That's like choosing a favorite child! I do love strings & ribbons. Definitely need some flowers!

Alphas or no?
Yes! I do love using word arts for titles, but that doesn't always work out!

Are templates a must for you?
They used to be, as I get more skilled and maybe more confident on my own choices- I've been gravitating to no templates & just letting the juices flow!

Do you have a favorite themed kit and no matter how many variations of it come it, you are buying it?
Pretty much anything Dog or any sports (since my kids do all the things.) I'm a sucker for really pretty floral kits, even if I don't end up using them....

Do you put lots of written journaling on your page, or more of a time and date only kind of person?
Depends on the story. Sometimes the photos tell the story so I don't need journaling. Journaling is definitely not my strong suit.

Anything else you’d like to share about your scrapping habits?
I listen to audio books while I scrap- I've 'read' so many more books since I started that habit and love it! I only have to pause it while journaling, otherwise I have too many typos! lol!

 

Are you a morning scrapper, or night scrapper?
I try not to scrap at night if I can help it. Being on the computer too late makes it hard for me to go to sleep.

Are you more of a traditional scrapper preserving memories and making books for generations to come, or a creative soul who simply likes to play with all the goodies to make art for art’s sake?
I love telling stories with photos and a little journaling. And I love to make my pages as beautiful as possible.

Do you prefer lots of clusters and depth, 2D brushes and arty, or keeping your page clean and simple?
I'm pretty clean and simple but I enjoy adding clusters and artsy elements to add interest.

If I looked at your gallery, would I see simple card-stock paper backgrounds (solid colors), lots of patterned papers, or more of a mixed media arty paper as your background?
Some of all

What is your favorite go-to element? For example, do you gravitate to using bows, flowers, ephemera paper bits, buttons, or brushes?
I love things that look real, paper bits and stitches.

Alphas or no?
Usually not

Are templates a must for you?
I usually like doing my own thing, but enjoy templates if they work with my photos.

Do you have a favorite themed kit and no matter how many variations of it come it, you are buying it?
I like less themed kits usually

Do you put lots of written journaling on your page, or more of a time and date only kind of person?
I usually like to add a line or two of journaling. I love looking back at my pages and reading about the things I had forgotten.

Anything else you’d like to share about your scrapping habits?
I usually just use one kit for a page. I don't like digging around my stash trying to find things. I'm not very organized.

 

Kisses for Bart

 

Are you a morning scrapper, or night scrapper? I can do both. But generally am more productive in the mornings.

Are you more of a traditional scrapper preserving memories and making books for generations to come, or a creative soul who simply likes to play with all the goodies to make art for art’s sake? Both, I like to make photobooks for the family and for generations to come and just play with products and make layouts to be creative.

Do you prefer lots of clusters and depth, 2D brushes and arty, or keeping your page clean and simple? I tend for more traditional paper style look to my layouts. But with the help of NBK and LynnG, I can do artsy and painty and with Cheryl's templates they will be more clustery and dimensional.

If I looked at your gallery, would I see simple card-stock paper backgrounds (solid colors), lots of patterned papers, or more of a mixed media arty paper as your background? I LOVE woodgrain as a neutral, but also low contrast artsy backgrounds or plain cardstock. Seldom big patterns.

What is your favorite go-to element? For example, do you gravitate to using bows, flowers, ephemera paper bits, buttons, or brushes? Yes please all the things. Love the flowers and greenery and won't hesitate to layer them on masculine layouts.

Alphas or no? I find making a title from a font faster, but if the title is short I can and do use alphas.

Are templates a must for you? I do love some templates, yes. But not limited to templates.

Do you have a favorite themed kit and no matter how many variations of it come it, you are buying it? I can't pass a Christmassy kit without looking twice.

Do you put lots of written journaling on your page, or more of a time and date only kind of person? As the children have gotten older there is less journaling on pages that I put on the internet, so now I am more a date and place type of person.

Anything else you’d like to share about your scrapping habits? I am addicted. There is seldom a day goes by without me doing something scrapbooking related, taking photos, organizing my supplies, shopping for supplies and uploading and blogging.

 

Kisses for Bart

 

Are you a morning scrapper, or night scrapper? I'm more of an evening scrapper, though sometimes enjoy scrapping in the early morning

Are you more of a traditional scrapper preserving memories and making books for generations to come, or a creative soul who simply likes to play with all the goodies to make art for art’s sake? Traditional scrapper, no question. But I'm seriously inspired by the creative souls at this site!

Do you prefer lots of clusters and depth, 2D brushes and arty, or keeping your page clean and simple? Lots of clusters and depth. I always enjoy a clean and simple challenge (takes me out of my comfort zone), but it's never going to be my preferred style (in part because I love using patterned papers and elements!)

If I looked at your gallery, would I see simple card-stock paper backgrounds (solid colors), lots of patterned papers, or more of a mixed media arty paper as your background? I most often use a solid background (often white or cream, or a pale kraft), but I almost always use patterned papers on my pages too. Lately I've been trying to use subtly patterned papers as a background

What is your favorite go-to element? For example, do you gravitate to using bows, flowers, ephemera paper bits, buttons, or brushes? I love buttons and bows.

Alphas or no? I love alphas, but I don't often use them. I love working with fonts.

Are templates a must for you? Not an absolute must, but I do use templates for the majority of my layouts. Occasionally, I struggle to find the right template, even though I've acquired quite a stash of awesome templates in a variety of styles: it's like I'm standing in front of a closetful of clothes, and can't find anything to wear!

Do you have a favorite themed kit and no matter how many variations of it come it, you are buying it? Camping/wilderness/outdoors. And especially anything with a retro camp feel.

Do you put lots of written journaling on your page, or more of a time and date only kind of person? For everyday pages, I often use only title and date, with perhaps a line or two of journaling. For family history pages, I often include lots of journaling