For you cross-kit scrappers...

g8rbeckie

g8rbeckie

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For those of you who combine elements from multiple kits into one stunning LO, how are you organized?? I used to use ACDSee and catalog everything, which enabled me to do that easily, but now ACDSee crashes and I stopped doing that.

So most of my LOs are all from one kit.

Any tips on how to quickly spot/recognize that perfect ribbon from some random kit that would be a perfect touch to a LO made from another kit?

thanks!!
 
I just have a good memory. I am so not organized. I just have my folders by store and then by designer...unless it's a CT I'm on. Then it has it's own folder.
 
I try to stay up with tagging in Bridge.. but I find I use it less and less. The only things I'll pull from outside the kit are stitches and staples.

Edited to add that I'll also go hunting for alphas. What I really need is to just tag all of the letter "a" from my alphas so I can browse quicker.
 
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pretty much just from memory. i've never used ACDsee. but usually i scrap from one kit except for maybe a few elements or alpha.
 
I have a Basics folder. That folder has folders inside it for stuff like alphas, date elements, tags, stitches, paper templates, etc. I pull from those folders A LOT.
 
i just waste a ridiculous amount of time looking through all my pretty kits! lol. Tho it doesnt really seem like a waste of time when i enjoy it! lol. I do sometimes open my sweet shoppe folder in windows, do a folder search for whatever and then choose from what comes up.
 
a good memory. I kinda change back and forth. Sometimes I mix it up and sometimes I work all from one kit. But if you asked me what a kit has in it I can pretty much tell you if I have the designers name and kit name
 
emmasmommy said:
I just have a good memory. I am so not organized. I just have my folders by store and then by designer...unless it's a CT I'm on. Then it has it's own folder.
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this. :) except i have mine in different categories. girly, boy, summer, christmas, etc. :)
 
kscwgirl said:
I have a Basics folder. That folder has folders inside it for stuff like alphas, date elements, tags, stitches, paper templates, etc. I pull from those folders A LOT.
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I do something like this. People over at DST used to call it the Gina Miller Method because she wrote out a detailed description of her categories a few years ago. When I first unzip a kit, I copy any great basics to the appropriate folder (fasteners, ribbons, stitches, tags, office supplies, frames, journaling spots, glitter and bling, dates, etc). When I buy an element pack, the whole thing goes into the appropriate element folder. For larger things like alphas, I may just put a preview in my alphabet folder. I have a horrible memory, so I'd have to stick to single kits if I didn't do this.
 
I go by memory...but not necessarily item specific. Instead, I remember that I have a kit from Misty that has a lot of creams and rusts in it and would most likely have some elements that would work my current project. That kind of thing.
 
I'm mostly a kit scrapper, but if I do need something and I can't recall where I have it, I just use the search function for my entire scrap folder ... which I guess only works if the designer happened to name it something close to what I'm looking for :) I never rename elements, I'm way too lazy!
 
thanks everyone!!

I still use ACDSee for tagging alphas. I tag the contact sheet if there is one, or the letter A. So I have quick access to all of my alphas. But I just don't have the time to tag everything so beyond alphas.

I also tag all of my kit previews (by store) so I can quickly see all of my SSD kits...I love looking through them, too!

But in the middle of designing a page, I don't usually think to go digging for stuff outside of my kit. It's one of the things I wanted to work on so thanks for all the tips!!
 
Glad to hear I'm not the only one asking myself these questions. I started out as a one-kit scrapper, as it seemed simpler to do than to go looking through everything I had.

As time went by, I noticed that I started forgetting what I had and, especially with date-only or paper-only kits, I simply couldn't remember the name of the designer and ended up not using them.

Now I'm trying to build a database in ACDSee, but it's a slow work. So far I've managed to categorise themes, my favourite colour schemes and those things that are always useful to find, like dates or templates. But it's going to take quite some time to do it the way I imagine it to be. If I can ever do it, that is.

Still, even this basic classification I've done helped me to do some cross-kit layouts, so I guess it *is* useful.
 
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