Wednesday Sponsor Giveaways : Paper Relics, Shabby Chic Crafts, & Scrap Etc. Events

I save my scraps. I recycle what bits I do throw out. I haven't bought anything in over a year and I've been using up my stash.

Recycle!!! Use small trinkets and items found around the house to use on your pages. I love to stretch my creative mind to the max!
Fantastic giveaways! Thanks!
Michele Bailey

Tip? I don't have any great frugal tips. Except to maybe stay away from scrapbook stores - including online stores. I had to...for 6 months...just about did me in. :)

I like to recycle/reuse packaging from various items and incorporate them into my scrapbook pages. I could attend Scrap Etc if I were lucky enough to win! Thanks for the opportunity.

(I could not attend the event in GA). Tip - go for the stamps and punches - you get so much more for you money! Thanks for the great giveaways today!!! ~TanyaS

Coupons and sales! I look at the Hobby Lobby flier in the Sunday paper every week. I also always use coupons at my Archivers.

Most of the items I purchase come with extras (extra sticker sheets, lots of journaling cards. I share them with my scrapin' bud, Heather, and she does the same for me! Please exclude me from the Scrap Etc. My babies wouldn't appreciate my absence this soon. Thank you!

I use coupons for the necessary things like adhesive or journaling pens. It helps the budget a lot!
(I couldn't make it to Atlanta, although it sounds like fun!)

This isn't a tip but I'm frugal about keeping my scraps of paper. I always think there will be another use for them.

Three very fabulous giveaways! ... frugal tip: I like to cut out my paper/cardstock where it will be overlayed by anther element and use that paper for titles and such. ... then I don't have to cut up another full sheet of paper!

Use what you have before you buy, I can look through my stash and always find something I forgot that I bought, thanks for the give aways. Brenda

Thank you for showcasing some great scrapbook products. I would never have known they existed and I really like this week's styles. I could not attend the Scrap Etc. event BTW.
My frugal tip is to check clearance aisles at your stores for scrapbook products. I've found items I didn't even see while on the shelf and many times new packaging arrives and they discount the older styles.

The best tip I have learned over the years, is there is no right or wrong way to scrap, just be yourself, enjoy the hobby and most important HAVE FUN with it!

Ali, thanks for the great giveaways again! I have to echo a lot of the previous posts.."Shop" your own stash first, use your scraps, and after you make your layout, make a card or two with the scraps while you have all the coordinating supplies out and ready to use---Save time and Save money.

I love Elles Studio tags, and I love the pink striped packaging insert, so I use that as patterned paper on some of my projects, as well as the fun patterns on the back of the "Thank You" insert that comes in an envelope with order of Elles products.

My frugal tip is to use the new fabulous edged papers and chipboard shapes as templates. This way, you can turn a standard-price patterned paper into a designer-edged one, and use a pricey chipboard shape to make your own paper piecings and accents. I also don't cover chipboard with paper - I either trace, cut, and pop-up just the paper for the added diminsion, or I paint the chipboard (sometimes stamping over this). Saves a bit of money on supplies. :)

Right now I think being frugal includes being organized: knowing what you ahve so you do not buy the same thing again...

I only live an hour and a half away from Atlanta...it would be a treat to be able to go! :)
Something frugal? Well, I always save any piece of scrap I have leftover from a project that's bigger than a quarter in a box. You never know when you might be able to use them!

What great giveaways.
Whenever I'm working on a project, I sort my matching papers and embellishments into two-gallon zip-loc bags. All my scraps go back into the bag for use on another day.

I try and use what I have for my lay outs before heading out to the store. Sometimes it is easy to forget what is in your stash.