Hello scrappers and papercrafters

This is my first blog and my first post. I'm so excited to be able to have this. I love scrapbooking and papercrafting. I've only been doing it for about 3 1/2 years, but I've evolved. My favorite thing to do right now is to get into swaps for ATCs and tags. ATCs (Artist Trading Cards) are so much fun. You can do them on any subject whatsoever. I've found some amazing swaps at SplitCoastStampers. I also recommend Paper Craft Planet and Two Peas in a Bucket as great forums for people with a scrapbooking/papercrafting addiction. Nice people!

Just make sure you have a thick skin in some instances. People can be blunt (I am like that myself) and so you have to make sure you can handle that kind of bluntness.

For me, I was a member for 3 years on another forum and I started getting the heebie jeebies when the "etiquette threads" started over there. Frankly I'm too old for people to tell me how to post or leave comments in a gallery or when I should or when I shouldn't. I just don't have time for people to try to tell me how to be polite. Whatever. Seems to me like when you point fingers at someone you ought to be aware of those three fingers pointing back at yourself. We call that "pot, kettle, black" syndrome. A lot of people have that. I certainly do. I don't fault people for it. You should just know that you are doing it.

Because a few "special" people at that forum were starting to portray a sense of entitlement there, I started removing my uploads from the gallery. Frankly I didn't want to associate with people who thought they "ran" the forums even though they will tell you that this is simply not true. Anytime a thread was started about etiquette they were right there to tell you the proper way to do it. Anytime a thread was started about scraplifting, they were there to tell you to credit the person each and every time even if you only scraplifted the placing of a ribbon or picture on a scrapbook page.

Not only that but there were those who would call others names just because the others did not agree with their political point of view. And spouting Bible verses? Oh my. My question to them would be "What would Jesus say to you for being bullies?" Being called a troll or a drama mama got old after awhile. Rude and ignorant is not a great character trait to have and these people have it in spades.

But more on that. As I lurk around the forums and see what I shall see, the three boards I have previously mentioned by name in this blog are my favorites. They are truly worth visiting. The other board holds itself above Two Peas because they deem themselves not "vicious". I'm here to tell you differently.