SB: Ever finish a layout you just LOVE....

[SplshMtn99]

...and not sure why? I need to share this with someone who understands. It's just DH & I -- and he doesn't get it. LOL

I haven't really scrapped for a while. I struggle with it because I'm a perfectionist. I know they don't need to look like magazine style.... but I WANT them to.

Anyway, I've been scrapping WDW and ONLY WDW for what seems like 2 years now. (Finished 2001 trip -- but still doing 2000.) I think this is where my burnout was coming from.

So, I decided to scrap some jetskiing pictures from July 2002. I REALLY LIKE HOW IT CAME OUT!!!

Not sure if it's because of all the new (to me) tools I got to use. I've been shopping up a storm lately. LOL Or if was because I used some techniques new to me. Maybe it was because the photos were more recent & not WDW related.

I don't use white backgrounds -- but it really seems to work here. And I'm REALLY starting to find my style (after 2 years!!!). Some of my more favorite pages are straight lines -- not really cutesy. And THIS time I think I notice the photos instead of the scrapbooking (FINALLY!!!!!).

So with out further ado ---(drumroll please)
-----here it is --- MY STYLE!!!!!! :teeth:
http://albums.photo.epson.com/j/AlbumIndex?u=4002141&a=30512088&f=0

[grover]

What a great layout! I really like what you have done with the title! Thanks for sharing them! I sometimes feel that too-once in a while I am just so happy with a layout-everything just comes together!

Grover in Winnipeg :cool:

[Spinning]

Personally I have always loved your style! Great lay outs!

[Tiger Fan]

Wonderful layout and I love the title! Thanks for sharing.
Lisa

[SplshMtn99]

Originally posted by Spinning
Personally I have always loved your style! Great lay outs!

Aw, now I'm blushing. :o

I've often felt my other pages were crowded (I guess)....and that the scrapping was the first thing I looked at instead of the pictures.

But thanks. Maybe I won't be so critical of my own work.
(NOT ------ LOL. That's just how I am.)

I think what I REALLY like about this one is:

-it's balanced well (color & layout wise)
-1st time using patterned paper (several co-ordinated kinds that matched ocean water color very well) -- and it's subtle. I've always had problems figuring out how to use patterned paper before -- even though I like it.
-I had all these FAR AWAY pictures -- and I figured out how to use them. 2" squares. And a good balance of regular size pics.
- :) Yah -- and I thought the "o"'s in the title were clever too. First time for me doing that.

[Pammy jo]

Great layouts, you should give yourself a pat on the back! Keep up the good work, it does feel great when you have completed pages that you really like.

[jimmytammy]

Those are great! It reminds me how much I am ready for the warm weather to return. Thanks for sharing.

Tammy

[chessie]

"I love it when a plan comes together"
Great layout.
I know the feeling. No one but another scrapper can understand.

[Snow White]

Very nice layout!!! I love how you used the pics for the "o"s in you title, clever!!! My style is similar to yours, I like the clean, not overdone layouts. Your little guy (paperkin?) on the jetski is cute too!:D Thanks for sharing!:D

[BevS97]

I think that's really cute - I love the jetskier, and the little line of square photos.

I think also that if you have been scrapping Disney for years, then you do tire of it, and it's quite refreshing to do something different. I did our 2001 trip all at once, and was quite burned out by the end. Almost as soon as I finished we went to Disneyland Paris, and I just put those photo's in a regular album, I just couldn't face scrapping them. Then in 2002 we went back to WDW, and I have been scrapping this trip slowly - I've done some WDW and some normal pictures, and I have found I enjoy the Disney pages a lot more when I don't feel obliged to do them. I think I will end up scrapping most of this trip, but I have some page protectors that hold 4x6 photos, so I will put any extras in there (like the entire roll of 36 I took of the MGM stars in the Cars parade! I mean it was a good parade, but 36! pics - that would be like 6-8 layouts. I think 1 layout and then a couple of pages of plain photos will do just fine!

Bev

[FantasticDisFamily]

Those are definitely a great layout - yes I love it when a plan comes together. I have some I reallly like and others - well they get the pics in the book!

I don't think it matters WHAT you're doing, if the theme is basically the same for pages on end it gets tiring. I did massive catch up this past summer and I know I had to keep rotating between Disney, Girl Scouts, Boy Scouts & football. Right now the Disney & Scouts are caught up and I'm focused on football. I know when I accomplish the goal I've set I will be Sooooo tired or layouts incorporating blue & white.

One thing I try to do, even when working with a consistent theme is vary between print backgrounds and white or some other plain color. It helps and seems to make the book more interesting.


Deb

[Timon]

Your layout looks awesome! Colors look great together and the font was a great choice!

I also, have always liked your style. I can see it from your other pages. It's a little like mine, clean, sharp, non-busy, looks great!

After awhile, scrapping one theme (like Disney) can drain your creativity! My first 3 albums ever were all Disney and then 2 for my DCL trip. I just started scrapping "real life" last year and find it a lot easier to create pages now. I haven't scrapped much since I've been back to work but have completed 1 and a half albums, starting from 1996.

We are always our own worst critic, sometimes, I look back on a certain layout and think "what the HECK were you thinking of Cass????" but I learn from my mistakes too and you should be very proud of yourself for even finishing a layout! A lot of work goes into scrapbooking a page and ALL of us here know how much thought, time and creativity is invested in a single layout.

Anytime you want to share a layout, you go girl! I look forward to more of your work :D