The Scrapper's Creed

*I will never leave home without my camera, every day is a potential
photo op.

*No scrap of paper bigger than my smallest punch shall be thrown away.

*I will faithfully check the Scrapbook Addict board at least once a day.

*I will be there for my fellow scrappettes to offer help, advise or
support or just an ear for venting.

*I will gently remind my family (as they're frantically running from me
& my camera) that they will thank me someday for the memories.

*I will tolerate DH's comments as to amt. of money I spend. I will NOT
point out that he has every tool made by Sears, or the latest 
fishing, golf, boating, etc. accessory known to man.

*I will try to refrain from speaking in scrapbookese (LSS,DH, DS, LOL,
ROFLOL, darlink, etc.)
when talking to non-converts.

*I will not end written correspondence with "nft".

*I will not covet my neighbor's Xyron, alphabet punches, doodlecutter,
etc. (at least not openly).

*I will plan all family vacations to places that have at least one LSS.

*I will always have at least 1 album in prominent view at all times
should company just happen to drop by.

*I will faithfully measure my paper stash and run, not walk, to LSS when
pile dips below 6".

*I will not show my children the floor plan I have to convert their room
for scrapping until they reach adulthood.

*I will take at least 1 pic of myself yearly so that my grandchildren
will know I really was young once.

*I will be forever thankful to MR. KODAK for his wonderful invention.

*When DH is old & gray & reminiscing through my scrapbooks I will
refrain from saying "I told youyou would appreciate my obsession someday." 
Then I'll snap off some pics of him in his rocker.
 

We are the women who never sleep;
We've got photos at least knee deep.
We'll stay awake and crop and crop;
When the last one's done we'll still not stop.

There's always another roll of pics;
Needs die-cuts and paper, no need for Bic's.
It's acid-free for me and my girls;
to record son's spills and daughter's curls.

And when our corpses are pushing daisies;
they won't be able to call us lazies!
Because we recorded history;
for future generations to see!!!

Top Ten Signs of Scrapbooking Addiction
 

10. You're in a fender bender and your first thought is, "I wonder what die-cut
shape will coordinate with this event?"

9. Your three year old wants to know if her coloring book is "archival quality".

8. You redecorate your family room to coordinate with your photo album covers.

7. You decide to give your child piano lessons so you'll be able to use the musical instrument stickers that are in the Big Pack.

6. Your child is the only one in agriculture class who thinks " crop" is to "cut your photos."

5. You buy a new pink swimsuit because it matches the pink photo mounting paper.

4. You try to claim your album purchases as a medical expense because it's such good "therapy".

3. A regular sandwich is no longer acceptable--it must be cropped or cut with decorative edges.

2. Blue photo split backs can be found in unusual places--school lunch bags, briefcases, pants pockets, the dog's water bowl.

1. You're the only one at a social gathering yelling, "Just one more photo, folks; I don't have enough for a two-page spread!
 

ARE YOU ADDICTED?

1. You can't locate your bills, but you KNOW where every
sheet of acid free paper is.
2. You believe that in just ONE more hour, you can complete
that page you began two weeks ago.
3. Your supplies outweigh your pictures 4 to 1.
4. You drive half an hour to get that one sticker you don't have
in your 2" thick sticker album.
5. Your evening out is a "Cut, Crop, and Create" Party.
6. The kids can only locate you by your picture in their album.
7. Your kids are as obsessed with supplies as you are.
8. A dream vacation in Hawaii has been replaced by a Scrapbooker's
retreat in the local mountains.
9. What started out as an inexpensive hobby has resulted in a
"price is no longer an object" attitude.
10.  You'd rather scrapbook than have chocolate.
 

ADDICTED QUIZ

OK. This is just for fun! Read the questions down below and chose an answer. By each answer will be a point value. Keep track of the points your answers earn and chose the box below that matches your points. Have fun!! 

1. You just finished the perfect layout. Now it's time to journal. Do you grab....
a) the closest ball point pen. (3pts.)
b) one of the pigment pens from the set you just spent a fortune for. (5pts.)

2. You are at the scrapbook store and they just received a new shipment.
a) You buy everything you like and think you might need. (2pts.)
b) You buy only what you need for the pages you are working on. (1 pt.)

3. Your toddler's diaper has a lovely smell coming from it and everyone is complaining. Do you....
a) change it immediately. (2pts.)
b) put down just one more sticker on your page. (4 pts.)

4. Do you have more than 10 punches?
a) No I don't. (1pt.)
b) Yes I do. (3 pts.)

5. You have the choice of a weekend away with your husband or a mega shopping trip at the scrapbook store.
a) You go shopping (3 pts.)
b) You go with your husband. (2 pts.)

6. You find yourself doing something you might have never done before (like skydiving) just because it will make a great page.
a) Yes I do (5 pts.)
b) No I don't (4 pts.)

7. You are cooking dinner for quest who will arrive at any minute. You think of the perfect caption for the layout you have been trying to finish for 3 days. Do you....
a) say "oh well" and keep cooking or (2 pts.)
b) do you turn off the stove and go finish the layout. (4 pts.)

8. You are looking at your stickers and diecuts....
a) You only have a few and can easily store and keep track of them. (1 pt.)
b) You need an entire organizing system just for them. (3 pts.)

9. Do you have this urge to use an acid free pen on everything you write?
a) Yes I do (2 pts.)
b) No I don't (1 pt.)

10. Your scrapbook friends are talking about patterned paper.
a) You confess that you buy every cute pattern you see. (6 pts.)
b) You don't see what the fuss is about (2 pts.) 

Ok, total your points and click on the choice your points match best.

30 and above
You're Not Truly Addicted
You are a fully addicted scrapbooker. Sit back and enjoy the fun. Or better yet go shopping and feed the addiction

29 and below 
You're Not Truly Addicted Yet
There is still hope. Just keep on scrapping, buying and visiting all the great scrapbook web sites out there.
 

OLD SCRAPPERS NEVER DIE, THEY JUST CUT OUT
There's No Stopping When I Start Cropping