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RoseRose812
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... a scraplifted sketch? Do you design a sketch before starting? Or do you wing your layout??
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argirl08
PeaNut
PeaNut 412,327
February 2009
Posts: 138
Layouts: 54
| Posted: 12/5/2012 10:46:16 AM
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PeaAddict
PeaNut 95,467
July 2003
Posts: 1,262
Layouts: 0
Loc: N. Cal
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I do both, but I have more success when I plan it out before. | |
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aerynkelly13
StuckOnPeas
PeaNut 176,471
November 2004
Posts: 2,718
Layouts: 26
Loc: Big Bear Lake, SoCal
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I BS my way through the entire thing.
No, really, I do. Grab some paper, grab some photos, cut and paste until it looks decent. That's it. Takes me about 30 min to do a page. |
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jenp1024
Ancient Ancestor of Pea
PeaNut 51,697
October 2002
Posts: 5,994
Layouts: 9
Loc: Connecticut
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I BS my way through the entire thing.
No, really, I do. Grab some paper, grab some photos, cut and paste until it looks decent. That's it. Takes me about 30 min to do a page.
That is also what I do. I don't have a process; I just play with my paper and embellishments until I get a look I like. I very, very rarely scrap with a "plan".
I'm not as quick though; I take between 45-90 minutes per page, depending on how creative and technique-y I'm feeling. | |
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PeaNut 393,905
October 2008
Posts: 6,650
Layouts: 0
Loc: Illinois
| Posted: 12/5/2012 11:27:29 AM
Sometimes I use a LO I've seen before as a guide but even then I end up changing a thing or two. I rarely copy exactly how the other LO was done.
More often than not I get my pictures out, pull the paper I want and then go through my embellishments to find what I think I want to use. Then I'll lay the stuff out and mess around with it until I like it.
So I'm more of a scrap on the spot kinda girl!
I don't make sketches but sometimes I'll have an idea in my head of how I want something to look. |
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acreativechristian
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October 2012
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Loc: near Chattanooga TN
| Posted: 12/5/2012 11:58:50 AM
I mostly just take my lead from one thing that inspires me. Maybe a photo, a paper or embellishment. I pull things out and play and move them around till I like what I see. Occasionally, I might scraplift a LO but by the time I am finished it as more my own. |
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Madi & Me
PeaNut
PeaNut 486,619
October 2010
Posts: 417
Layouts: 0
Loc: Central Florida
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I seem to struggle with getting started. It always takes an act of inspiration and seeing something else to get the wheels turning. Once I have that little push, I can take the lead and make it my own. | |
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arelys1228
PeaFixture
PeaNut 422,247
May 2009
Posts: 3,234
Layouts: 161
Loc: Queens NYC
| Posted: 12/5/2012 12:18:19 PM
all but prefer doing sketch challenges |
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tinkgumby
StuckOnPeas
PeaNut 281,136
October 2006
Posts: 2,262
Layouts: 6
Loc: DFW, TX
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Add me to those who wing it! I've never been able to use a sketch. I just don't think that way. I start with the photos and get color inspiration and ideas from there. |
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KrissaChelon
PeaNut
PeaNut 534,649
December 2011
Posts: 216
Layouts: 7
Loc: Kentucky
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Lately I have lost my mojo.. I have been haunches a lot of sketches and sometimes I scraplift.
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smcl
PeaAddict
PeaNut 526,836
November 2011
Posts: 1,074
Layouts: 0
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Tiggerific
Havin' a Tiggerific Day!
PeaNut 377,685
May 2008
Posts: 5,659
Layouts: 67
Loc: Ohio
| Posted: 12/5/2012 12:58:10 PM
pictures
pick sketch
edit pics to fit sketch (trim where needed)
paper
oh crap, I don't have the right paper
order
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start 12,099,093 other projects
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seasonscraps
PeaAddict
PeaNut 113,955
October 2003
Posts: 1,448
Layouts: 17
| Posted: 12/5/2012 12:58:41 PM
Lately, I have just been winging it based on what I have been seeing collectively online. Although, once in a while, I'll see something that I just love and do a complete scrap lift (different papers but very much a copy of the original).
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jerseygirlanne
Stuck In The Bucket
PeaNut 553,290
May 2012
Posts: 747
Layouts: 0
Loc: NJ
| Posted: 12/5/2012 1:01:35 PM
I almost always start with my pictures. If I have a paper that I love and want to use, then I might go to the manufacturer's blog to get ideas on how they used that particular line of paper. I always look at sketches and say I am going to try one, but for some reason, I struggle with using them. |
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slyn11
PeaFixture
PeaNut 190,252
February 2005
Posts: 3,808
Layouts: 126
Loc: New Jersey
| Posted: 12/5/2012 1:50:31 PM
I am a sketcher. I either make my own sketch, or lay out my templates on my cuttting mat. I can't do a layout without doing either of those things.
Example of how I design a layout.
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mamashosh
Sugar Snap Pea
PeaNut 257,999
April 2006
Posts: 13,367
Layouts: 3
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I just play. Occasionally, I have seen a layout on line or in a mag. that I really likes and I sort of keep some aspect of it in my head as I am working, but I never keep it next to me and I never try to copy exactly. |
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thenancyrd
PeaAddict
PeaNut 369,162
March 2008
Posts: 1,011
Layouts: 5
Loc: New Jersey
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I wish I could wing it! I just can't think of anything on my own, too uptight I guess. I follow a sketch. |
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txanstolte
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PeaNut 521,093
September 2011
Posts: 102
Layouts: 14
Loc: Texas
| Posted: 12/5/2012 2:45:37 PM
I do all three. You can watch some of my YouTube videos to see my process, YouTube video channel: txanstolte
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cengland
AlienGreenPea
PeaNut 508,466
May 2011
Posts: 531
Layouts: 132
Loc: Sweden
| Posted: 12/5/2012 3:21:43 PM
I sometimes start with a sketch but it's very unusual for me. I'm such a visual person that I have a tendency to find sketches too literal and therefore limiting - I have a hard time taking just the essence and turning it into something of my own and instead end up doing direct copies (which can be okay but not always what I want).
So 95% of the time, I just wing it. I always hear Shimelle's voice in my head: "There is no fear in scrapbooking." and "You'll make it work." Words to scrap by and so far, she's 10 for 10. | |
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StuckOnPeas
PeaNut 418,406
April 2009
Posts: 2,332
Layouts: 59
Loc: Hiding from the dog
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bluna
PeaAddict
PeaNut 211,961
June 2005
Posts: 1,408
Layouts: 116
Loc: Santa Cruz, CA
| Posted: 12/5/2012 3:45:45 PM
I start with photos, then hunt down a visual design I like.
Could be a sketch, a LO in the 2P Gallery, an ad in a mag, a web page, page in children's book. Anything, really. (I do the Calendar Girls challenges here on 2Ps, that is often a big part of my process.)
I used to feel that using someone else's design was "cheating." Then I realized that I am not trying to win a Kandinsky and the goal is to finish pages and have the memory preserved.
What used to take days not takes an hour or two and I love this hobby even more. Whatever process you find that works--use it! |
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daisymarie
PeaAddict
PeaNut 228,691
October 2005
Posts: 1,777
Layouts: 4
| Posted: 12/5/2012 3:53:53 PM
I'm the Queen of Scraplifting. |
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scrappycass
You Wanna Peas of Me?
PeaNut 413,587
February 2009
Posts: 5,638
Layouts: 43
Loc: Western New York
| Posted: 12/5/2012 3:59:04 PM
All of it...it depends on my mood or if I am in a rut and need inspiration. Most of the time I wing it. |
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scrappinbetty
Kindness & Compassion - Free to Give, So Valuable
PeaNut 61,111
January 2003
Posts: 13,520
Layouts: 18
Loc: Texas y'all
| Posted: 12/5/2012 4:14:24 PM
I used to feel that using someone else's design was "cheating." Then I realized that I am not trying to win a Kandinsky and the goal is to finish pages and have the memory preserved.
bluna, I'm with you, girl!
I do have some of Allison's sketches and use them as a reference, and often peruse magazines or online galleries for inspiration, but I rarely ever copy something directly. I do get lots of inspiration and starting points though.
slyn11, I have never seen that type of template. Can you tell me more about them? |
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transprntbutterfly
BucketHead
PeaNut 478,947
August 2010
Posts: 857
Layouts: 2
Loc: Ohio
| Posted: 12/5/2012 6:36:56 PM
all of the above at any given point in time. It really depends on what inspires me. | |
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besskinn
PeaAddict
PeaNut 471,901
June 2010
Posts: 1,344
Layouts: 232
Loc: Hillsboro, TX
| Posted: 12/5/2012 6:52:47 PM
95% of the time, I wing it. Sometimes I design my own sketch and on rare occasions I use a sketch by someone else or create a sketch based on someone else's page design.
But that's the current me. Up to a couple of years I did a lot of scrap lifting. That was before I really started sharing my work online, applying to design teams, etc. |
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DebbiePierce
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PeaNut 515,147
July 2011
Posts: 632
Layouts: 0
Loc: MS
| Posted: 12/5/2012 7:31:51 PM
Most of the time I wing it. I have only truly scraplifted once. Loved the finished layout but even that had my own twist to it. Usually I just grab photos, paper and embellishments as I go. |
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minna40
Will I ever get to Buckethead?!
PeaNut 508,291
May 2011
Posts: 400
Layouts: 24
| Posted: 12/5/2012 8:31:35 PM
I am fairly new to scrapping, but I start with my photos, choose a base paper from there and design around the photos. I haven't used a sketch before. Following helpful design info from Shimelle and that's about it. |
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RoseRose812
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November 2008
Posts: 233
Layouts: 8
| Posted: 12/5/2012 8:47:39 PM
Thanks for all the replies ladies! keep them coming!
Lately i have been using alot of sketches ive found online. Most of the time i feel guilty, as some of the other peas have mentioned, that its not really my design even if i dont copy it exactly. But I have a 16 month old daughter and rarely get time to scrap. So when i do, i really have to make it count. And with the sketches i can whip thru alot more layouts because i dont have to sit and think forever about how i want it to look. I'm just so far behind that im trying to find the quickest way to catch up. I wish i had the time to design them on my own. Maybe one day it will happen for me again .. I do love hearing everyones process. I also would love to hear more about those templates in the picture! I have never seen those either. | |
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EllenPea
Pea with a Pen
PeaNut 70,644
February 2003
Posts: 19,335
Layouts: 783
Loc: Southern California
| Posted: 12/6/2012 11:54:50 AM
I am addicted to sketches, but they are a starting point, so the finished page might not resemble the sketch that closely. |
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angsandy
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PeaNut 479,236
August 2010
Posts: 228
Layouts: 95
Loc: Singapore
| Posted: 12/8/2012 9:47:26 AM
i do quite a bit of planning with mine. sometimes i sketch an outline others it's about flushing out an idea i want to play with like a pie-chart segmented with baker's twine or an interrupted starburst design, testing them first with scraps | |
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StreetScrapper
AncestralPea
PeaNut 251,919
March 2006
Posts: 4,839
Layouts: 18
Loc: Toronto, Ontario
| Posted: 12/8/2012 10:29:46 AM
I almost always start with a sketch. But as so many others have said, the sketch is just the starting point. Almost always the finished project barely resembles the sketch I started with because once I get started, stuff gets moved around or added or removed... The sketch is just the basic start to the layout for me. |
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guzismom
Ancient Ancestor of Pea
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March 2002
Posts: 9,345
Layouts: 59
Loc: southern new mexico
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I do a little bit of all of that. When I feel my mojo lacking I often turn to sketches to jump start my creativity; if I see something in a magazine or online that I like I often bookmark it. And every once in a while I actually come up with an original idea.
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Leader of the Banned
PeaNut 52,171
October 2002
Posts: 17,512
Layouts: 105
Loc: Froogville
| Posted: 12/8/2012 11:45:25 AM
Most of the time I start with a sketch from the binder I keep. Some are my own. Sometimes one won't work when I have too many pics and I have to play around where to fit pics or I see if a colorblocking template will work.
It doesn't matter what I start with, even if I pretty much have it figured out, it still takes me for-ev-er to do a LO nearly every time.  And they're not complicated LO's at all. |
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luvs2lilboyz
StuckOnPeas
PeaNut 462,164
March 2010
Posts: 2,492
Layouts: 2
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I either scraplift, or use a sketch to start. Once the creative mojo finishes with those, I'm usually crafty enough to come up with my own.
Helps to have a starting point. |
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robkaynel
1 Pea, 2 Pea, Red Pea, Blue Pea
PeaNut 530,045
November 2011
Posts: 865
Layouts: 151
| Posted: 12/8/2012 6:17:25 PM
I tend to start the weekend with a sketch challenge, which gets me going. Then I may use additional sketches or wing it but I never create my own sketches. Using sketches, as others have said, is a starting point & my layouts typically look different when I am done with them. I have gotten to the point where I am not pressuring myself to get caught up & just enjoy the process. | |
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Kate-pea
StuckOnPeas
PeaNut 146,398
May 2004
Posts: 2,943
Layouts: 1
| Posted: 12/8/2012 6:54:40 PM
From the thread title, I was thinking:
...chocolate? Yes!
...coffee? Yes!
...music? Yes!
...children underfoot? Well, sometimes, though it's not preferable. 
To answer what you ACTUALLY asked:
Yes, I use sketches 95% of the time. Sometimes I just eyeball it, but often I use one of the CTMH books, where they give you exact cutting guides.
I gather my pictures, find some papers and embellishments, then find a sketch that makes it all work.
It takes me HOURs to do a layout.  I knocked out a simple card today - took me an hour and a quarter. Ah, well. I do this for fun.  | |
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Mom2sons
StuckOnPeas
PeaNut 417,168
March 2009
Posts: 2,163
Layouts: 2
Loc: South East of Disorder
| Posted: 12/8/2012 7:22:42 PM
I wish I could wing it! I just can't think of anything on my own, too uptight I guess. I follow a sketch.
Ditto! 99.5% are sketches from Allison Davis and Scrapbook Generation. I do like the sketches from Basic Grey as well but don't use them too often.
I am just not a creative person. Without sketches I sit there for hours pushing paper and pictures around and feeling lost.
I don't always use sketch exactly as it was designed; sometimes it's just a starting point. But, I have to admit I am perfectly happy with creating layouts exactly as the sketch is designed.
I don't feel at all as if I am cheating. It's no different than using a recipe instead of winging it in the kitchen.
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maniba
Make a Wish
PeaNut 1,454
September 1999
Posts: 1,119
Layouts: 11
Loc: Red Sox Nation - GO SOX!!!
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Add me to the list of those that love sketches.
I like to look for a sketch that inspires me. Then I decide what photos I want to use and let the sketch inspire me for photo placement. I suppose some might think that that is a backwards way to work a sketch, but it works for me.
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nikomoon14
StuckOnPeas
PeaNut 106,912
September 2003
Posts: 2,012
Layouts: 37
Loc: Tucson, AZ
| Posted: 12/8/2012 10:05:25 PM
I used to. I use sketch inspiration a lot too. But the more I stick to the products I love I work better and faster. I'm only looking to the scrapper's blogs that resemble my style for inspiration. it's getting easier to start and finish a page.
Don't give me wrong I do look at the gallery and other places.but I don't do it when I'm stuck or with a specific project in mind. When I do that is what overwhelms me and..."here come the scraping block....". |
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Scrapn Nana
PEAring through my camera lens
PeaNut 272,954
August 2006
Posts: 6,975
Layouts: 19
| Posted: 12/9/2012 8:26:38 AM
I don't use sketches, although on rare occasions I will scraplift layouts shown at the LSS. Even then, though, I tend to alter it.
When creating a layout, I start with the photos I want to use, and have two plain 12x12 pieces of cardstock. I figure out how I want to place my photos, and THEN decide on paper and embellishments. I wing it from there.
I started scrapping long before there were sketches, and I used to teach layout design classes at the LSS, so I just prefer designing my own pages. |
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slyn11
PeaFixture
PeaNut 190,252
February 2005
Posts: 3,808
Layouts: 126
Loc: New Jersey
| Posted: 12/10/2012 2:34:19 AM
Scrappinbetty and RoseRose the templates are by a company called Kiwi Lane Designs. Love using them to lay out my pages...like a 3d sketch.
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Creative Dreamer
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April 2003
Posts: 10,301
Layouts: 12
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caspad
peas&crackers
PeaNut 3,602
April 2000
Posts: 13,665
Layouts: 374
Loc: Massachusetts
| Posted: 12/10/2012 6:22:27 AM
I almost always start with a sketch. That helps me pick the photos and decide what size to print. I make notes on the sketch about what photo goes where, and for journaling, paper, embellishments, etc.
When I get the photos, I put then in front of the sketch in a 2 pocket folder to stay organized. If I have specific paper in mind, I make a kit.
It is so much easier for me to scrap when I have a 'recipe' to use as a starting point. |
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MrsKLewis
Will I ever get to Buckethead?!
PeaNut 530,601
November 2011
Posts: 491
Layouts: 0
Loc: Crimson Tide Country
| Posted: 12/10/2012 10:19:37 AM
I wing it. Until I run out of ideas, then ill look at a magazine, Pinterest, google or the gallery here until a new idea hits me. I've never scrap lifted a page but I do scrap lift ideas. Or someone else's idea give me an idea  |
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vseritt
PeaNut
PeaNut 544,598
February 2012
Posts: 71
Layouts: 0
| Posted: 12/10/2012 10:36:54 AM
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IScrapCrap
PeaAddict
PeaNut 570,639
October 2012
Posts: 1,059
Layouts: 0
Loc: pea formerly known as GIPfunny
| Posted: 12/10/2012 12:31:21 PM
I use a sketch or someone's page as a guideline most of the time. | |
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*Delphinium Twinkle*
I'm just a pea:)
PeaNut 163,613
August 2004
Posts: 68,323
Layouts: 236
Loc: *Sunny Southern California*
| Posted: 12/10/2012 4:31:18 PM
I sketch my own layouts in the car while I wait to pick up DS. |
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Ising
PeaFixture
PeaNut 454,238
January 2010
Posts: 3,778
Layouts: 68
Loc: Central Louisiana
| Posted: 12/10/2012 4:55:08 PM
I wing it until I become uninspired...then I do PL for a bit... Then when I'm bored again, I'll flip through sketches and pick one to do. I'm a very easygoing scrapper.
I loved Shimelle's perfect collection class because that is what I basically do...scrap with paper boxes and go back and add embellishment clusters. Works for me. |
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