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How many cards do you have in your Favorites file? I was afraid I'd never be able to find anything so had to "clean it out" tonight. It isn't that I don't still love them, but some were almost 2 years ago when I needed ideas for a 50th anniversary and similar things. I went from over 320 (I'd removed some before I looked at the number) to 246. I would favorite every card I see, I think, if I didn't use some self-control! All the ladies here (and the gents who pop in!) are so talented!
I have 287. I try to keep it down so I can find stuff too. What really gets me is when I think I have saved something and I haven't :rolleyes: . Lately it seems to happen more often than not! Eveyone has really kicked it up a notch!
Shirley
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LOTS - at this moment, 5318! Sounds like a ton, but compared to the nearly half a million (yes!) images on this site, I'm actually quite judicious in what I save. I actually do go back and dig around in my favorites when I'm stuck for ideas.
As of today I have 0, I went through my favorites yesterday and cleaned it all out.
Maybe I should explain... I print my favorites and then put them in a 3 ring binder, I only print a picture of the card and title to save space on the paper and in my binder I usually get 15 to a page.(It is also time for a 2nd binder) when I get a new stamp set I go to that praticular gallery and put all the ones I like in my favorites and then I have a page or 2 of favorites from just that set to file in my binder by title, I do sometimes I have lots of repeats but it makes it easier to find a use for a praticular set when I am stumped for ideas and need some inspiration.
By having the title of the card along with the picture then I can go back and type that title in search and bring the card up again for colors, technique, etc... After I print them out I make notes along side the pictures if there is something praticular about the card or background that doesn't show in the printout that I like for future reference.
I hope this makes since and isn't to confusing to all of you wonderful talented gals.
Yesterday I had 97 of misc favorites from just the last 2 weeks. I had printed my favorites of individual sets a couple of weeks ago as I had sooooo many new stamp sets to play with....
My son gave me $300 for "craft stuff" for Christmas and I spent it all at SU, I had a show and with my order, hostess benefits and sell-e-bration I ended up with 20 new stamp sets, 3 ink pads, embossing inker for roller a large oval punch and some stamp mist refill, I was SO excited when I got my BIG box, it was like Christmas all over again.
It only took me 1 1/2 days to trim all my new stamps and my hand didn't get cramped at all but I think I damaged a nerve in my middle finger from holding the scissors because the tip of it was numb for over a week.
Oops, kinda got off the subject a bit didn't I.
Again, hope I didn't confuse anyone ;-)
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237 - I cleared a few out the other day because I don't like having too many (overwhelming) and don't see the point of keeping cards that I've already CASEd and if I've committed the idea to memory.
At the moment, just 102. I put stuff in there that I like, then download to my computer, and delete from my favorites. I have a gallery that has albums for stamp sets...I can have any card in as many albums as I like. I guess what is telling is that I have almost 3400 on my computer! I like being able to organize it all!
I used to do like inkblot, in fact I still have LOTS on paper. But I printed fullsize images, with instructions. Too much work, too much room to store. I'll be working on cleaning that up next.
237 - I cleared a few out the other day because I don't like having too many (overwhelming) and don't see the point of keeping cards that I've already CASEd and if I've committed the idea to memory.
Well, just a short time browsing the gallery of notimetostamp and prbloom has upped my faves somewhat! I was very selective but now I'm up to 245!
I actually just cleaned mine out last night as well...but I still can't get rid of ones I've cased cuz I liked them so much! I need to get over that . I have 279 in mine right now. 99% of them are with a stamp set I own. Then when I am ready, I go to my favorites for inspiration.
Several thousand. I don't use the favorites feature here though. I pull them off into a desktop file and have them organized by set or theme. I pull them off so that I have access to them even when the site is down. Also it saves me looking through all of them to find what I want. I keep a "recent" file and then every week I put those in the correct files.
LOTS - at this moment, 5318! Sounds like a ton, but compared to the nearly half a million (yes!) images on this site, I'm actually quite judicious in what I save. I actually do go back and dig around in my favorites when I'm stuck for ideas.
LOL! Now I don't feel too bad with my 2016!! :mrgreen: I'm exactly the same. When I need an idea, my favorites is the first place I go to. I save cards for various reasons - maybe it's the layout I like and I want to try it with a different stamp set or color combo; sometimes a certain embellishment pops out and I want to try it; and I have a lot of gift set ideas.
1235 here, and I was feeling bad, so glad that others have more..lol. I too tend to print off the ones I want to case. I love the idea of the picture and the title..makes total sense!
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I posted before I read inkblot's message. I also do some printing, but not as much as I used to. I was spending far too much on colored ink because I printed everything I liked to place in a binder! Now I'll only print cards or projects that require a template, and I print the templates on white cardstock & keep them in a page protector with the image of an example on the flip side. I'll photocopy the template on whatever colored card stock I want to use for that project, and use the image and whatever printed directions there may be as a guide.
Wow, I feel better about my 300+ now! I thought it would get full, too & I'd not be able to add more! Thousands, huh? I guess it is okay to keep adding!
Does anyone know an easier way to delete favorites? You can only delete one card at a time, and everytime I do delete one card, it goes back to page 1! Is this the only way to do it? If so, I think I'll be keeping all of my favorites! It would take forever to clean out more than a few!
Does anyone know an easier way to delete favorites? You can only delete one card at a time, and everytime I do delete one card, it goes back to page 1! Is this the only way to do it? If so, I think I'll be keeping all of my favorites! It would take forever to clean out more than a few!
Open a new window for the card and then click on Remove from favorites.
I, too, print them off and have them categorized on my computer by set. I have binders full of many designs from many people and sites. As of right now my SCS folder has 7,609 files (card examples) Yeah!!! I love them all and flip through the files/binders whenever I am feeling uninspired to get me ROARING TO GO!!!
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Oh my, I have 1992. I can't believe it! I used to print them, but started getting too many for that. I feel like it uses up an awful lot of ink. I spend way too much on ink. I need that money for stamps!
I have 635 and need to clean them out. It would be more but lately I've been saving them in a "my document" file so in case sometime I can't get on the Web, I have them elsewhere.
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I don't CASE, but I save for inspirations or layouts or such. But.... I have SOOOOO saved so many in the last week or so. Everyone is doing such great stuff! Which is why I want to stay home and stamp stamp stamp! My creativity just meanders away on the weekend. I want to stamp, I have desire, but then I just can't! :( But, with all these new favorites, I should get busy!
I just looked and I have 449!
~Kendra
How many "favorites" do you have?
