Stamps, dies, embossing folders and punches don't get used up no matter how often you use them, and some might be valuable someday to future collectors. Buying those is like going to a movie or to bars or the casino or watching cable. It's my leisure activity. And my addiction. It's cheaper than cigarettes, alcohol or drugs, and at the end I have something to show for it.
But the supplies that get used up, like paper, adhesives, cutting plates and embellishments, those have to be economical. Do you cut your pop dots in half? Use the stuff between the pop dots as pop dots? Make your own pop dots from, say, certain types of packing foam and trimmings from unmounted rubber? Me too.
Crumbs is what my friend Betsy calls the scraps of paper leftover from cutting out a shape. Those crumbs of paper can be used for cutting or punching smaller shapes. The leftover strips from cutting 12 x 12 sheets to the desired size are still good for punching small labels or edges or when you need leaves or petals. I'm even thinking of harvesting the confetti that is a byproduct of intricate dies by shaking down the trash bag beside my Cuttlebug and then cutting a hole in the bottom and shaking some more.
I buy rolls of double-sided ATG mounting tape by the box of 12, and even then I only tape the corners and maybe a spot in the middle, not All around all four sides. I don't see how people keep buying those tiny applicators of sticky tape. Although I do like the ones that apply teensy double-stick dots. Betsy showed me how those work on intricate cut-outs so you don't have to use spray adhesive or rubber cement, both bad for breathing. I enjoy breathing.
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