Stamper's Rights
Here's a funny little thing I picked up somewhere along the way...I can't remember exactly where...
Stamper's and Scrapbooker's Rights
A Scrapbooker is entrusted with documenting and safely preserving family
photos in an album to be treasured by future generations. A Stamper is entrusted with creating works of art to be shared and enjoyed. Creating a scrapbook or stamping a project is an honorable and important task. As a Scrapbooker and/or stamper, you are entitled (but not limited) to the following rights:
You have the right to take as long as you want to complete one album page or greeting card. Note: This may be five minutes or two weeks.
You have the right to purchase a certain scrapbook or stamping item for no other reason than because
a) you like it
b) you think it's cute
c) you'll never find it again
d) you know you'll use it someday.
You have the right to a workspace of your own. This may be the basement, your college student's old bedroom, or the kitchen table. It's yours.
You have the right to scrapbook or stamp when inspiration strikes--whether the dishes are done or not.
You have the right to request peaceful, kid-free, stress-less scrap and/or stamp time--guilt-free.
You have the right to create scrapbook pages that reflect and celebrate the spirit of the one person who is usually NOT in the photograph: You.
You have the right to put whatever you want on your album page or card. This includes, but is not limited to: patterned papers, die-cuts, stickers, eyelets, brads, fiber, mesh, beads, stamped images, embossed images, and Punch-Outs.
You may place as many or as few photos per page as you deem appropriate.
You have the right to do nothing more than snack and socialize at a 6-hour cropping party or stamp get-together.
You have the right to value your personal stamping or scrapbooking style. You are creating treasures-and part of that treasure is you.
You have the right to create your own legacy, one page or card at a time.
Feel free to print a copy and keep it in or around your stamping or scrapping area so members of your family can quickly be directed to whichever "right" as a stamper and/or scrapper you'd like them to take note of. This works especially well for people who may think you're taking too long on a card or layout...simply direct them to your right to take as long as you please...
