When a new Stampin' Up! Catalog is released I always looks for stamp sets and bundles that can create cards for more than one purpose. I was telling my stamp club on Saturday that I read many years ago that when you buy a non-consumable item, like an expensive machine, the Cricut, or framelits.dies, etc that you should make sure you use the product ALOT. Each time you use the non-consumable item, you figure it will cost you $1.00. I use this thought process when I purchase stamps as well. So if I purchase a stamp set for $23.00, like the Painted Poppies set I used for the flower and leaf in this card, I should use it at least 23 times. That is fairly easy to do when you are using stamp sets that are primarily salutations, but it occasionally gets boring when you are not creating for stamp clubs or workshops.
Even though I have way too many flower stamp sets, I couldn't resist this one! The Designer Series Paper is what sold me on the set, as well as the ton on Pinterest ideas I found using the set. Since I am using the Painted Poppies Stamp Set, along with the salutation set that coordinates with it, Peaceful Moments for both the workshop and make n take for the March D & D Papercraft Event, I easily kept to the idea of using it more than enough times to justify its cost.
Not sure what kind of crafting trouble I will get myself in to today!
Happy Crafting!
Donna
Good advice on purchasing craft non consumables!!!
ReplyDeleteThanks! It seems to have worked well for me the past few years when trying to downsize and keep only the stamp sets I use over and over again once they are retired by Stampin Up. Think it is good advise for ALL expensive purchases.
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