She's 11, we let her roam freely outside (we have a garden & barely any neighbors), so there are tons of things she can scratch but she ends up scratching up my bags (most of them new😭) I need to explore the horizontal posts maybe. Idk if it's about attention bcz when I scold her, she scolds me back

Is she a calico or a tortie? Seems like my baby🤣 you scold her? She will immediately talk back. It could be a way to put her scent where she can't detect it. Cats have scent marking sensors on their pawpads, too, after all. Have you tried to seevif she's responsive to clicker training +