Layout must haves and have nots

[weaselwatchr]

me deleting all the tags, buttons, diagonal stripped papers, journal cards, bows, ricrac, butterflies from my kits...

Girl!!!! You better not!!!!

 

[rach3975]

me deleting all the tags, buttons, diagonal stripped papers, journal cards, bows, ricrac, butterflies from my kits...

Nooooo! (Sorry, not cool enough to go find a gif for it!) I love diagonal striped papers (seriously, my most used patterns!), ric rac, and bows. And even though I listed journal cards as something I never use on layouts, I do shrink them down and print them as planner stickers.

But, srsly now... I can't use flowers/foliages. I wish I could make those super gorgeous clusters you all do, but I can't. I never know where to put it, what to put on it... So, I usually hide a flower or something behind a photo or element and call it done. LOL

And, girls, open your minds to ricrac! They are SO fun! Maybe I am too old, but I will never get tired of ricracs and acrylic alphas. I think we should get them back on trend. LOL

You are amazing at scrapping with all the flat and messy elements, and your pages are gorgeous as they are! I think they'd end up too busy with huge floral clusters, so maybe that's why you can't make them work. As for ric rac, yes please! I love all the flat ribbons, including ric rac. (Maybe I'm just old, too? Then again, wisdom comes with age...)

 

[bienejen]

I purposely made myself use ricrac on my last page and I'm very happy with it! Thanks for the 'challenge'!

 

[weaselwatchr]

I purposely made myself use ricrac on my last page and I'm very happy with it! Thanks for the 'challenge'!

Good job! Maybe we should all try to make a page with our have nots.

 

[SeattleSheri]

My list of haves:

• Flowers - at least 5 uniquely different flowers, preferably not CU
• Foliage - at least two types
• Frames
• Paint - I prefer multi-colored that cover a decent amount of space
• Date tags
• Scatters
• Buttons
• Butterflies (not essential, but I like them)
• Word strips
• Fasteners - staples, small stitches, etc
• Word art - especially pre-made titles
• Alphas
• Paper bits
• Bows - at least 2
• Papers - the most popular background papers are those that are somewhere between full pattern and solid. For solids, I think there should always be a white option and a dark option (doesn't have to be black)

My list of have nots:

• Doodles/theme elements - I feel awful saying this because I always think they are super duper cute in kit previews, but I have such a difficult time using them