This is super silly, but panic has set in

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LJSDesigns

Sweet Shoppe Designer
And I don't know which way to turn! My list of challenges for DSD is still pretty long and I know I can't do them all, so I gotta narrow it down, fast, and I just don't know how. This happened to me last time too! Any one else in the same goofy predicament? :p
 
First, slow down and breathe. Real life is stressful enough; DSD is supposed to be fun. :)

First I'd look at your reason for wanting to do each of the challenges on your list-is it more important to you to do a challenge that puts you in the running for a CT spot, or would you rather get a point toward your portfolio?

Next I'd think about which of the pages you have in mind you can do quickly. For example, I scrap mostly multi-photo layouts, but when I'm in a hurry I know a 1-photo LO will come together fastest.

Finally, are there any photos or stories that work with a challenge that you've been meaning to get scrapped?

Good luck (and have fun!)
 
Good idea Kristin, but to be honest, if I didn't pick out the one that was uppermost in my mind, I would just keep drawing until I did. lol Crazy I know.

Marla Sweetie, you should be used to the crazy that is me by now from the CT forum, so me freaking out about something silly should not be a surprise. lol But four pages in one day? Wow! I am impressed.

Whew, you are right Rachel. I am such a list driven mad woman, that once I write one, I just think I have to get it finished. I am just going to breathe a little and start with the spin-a-lift one and if it is the only one I get done today, so be it. But I am really going to try to do three. See, I am nuts. lol
 
I am with you, Lorie! I have just accepted that I can't do them all. SO, I just picked the few that really spoke to me and doing those. The other ones, I am leaving to the other girls and guy around here. I keep having to remind myself that I am not super woman and can't do it all.
 
Me too! Man, I only got 2 pages done yesterday because all I did is browse the store and forums!! I've got to kick butt today!
 
I kind of did what Angie did. There were ones I knew I wanted to do and then I might do some extras. I have done 6 pages so far. I have one more and then I will probably be done.
 
I haven't had a chance to do any and probably won't. It bums me out quite a bit but I still have all of the portfolio challenges available too. I always want to do everything to but this weekend other things have came first. Good luck with getting done what you wanted, Lorie!
 
It doesn't help that I am a slow scrapper to start with and that I am wanting to try some new things. LOL On top of that, the last page I just finished, which is my first today, took me so long cause I cried through the journaling. I am just an old softie and reliving some of my old memories is bittersweet. ;)

I won't get nearly what I wanted done, but you know what, I am okay with it. cause I have loved every page I've done this weekend. Every single, solitary one. Awesome feeling. :)
 
I have five I want to do. Haha, it's already Monday morning here, so I'm probably not going to get around to them all. At least the ScrapStacks challenge is good till Saturday! I'll probably make that one.
 
LOL Angie, that is kinda ironic considering I was going to lift you for Shawna's challenge, but have run out of time. I am really bummed about that, but my family seems to think I should cook supper again. I mean I just did it yesterday for heavens sake! They just don't understand. :(
 
Loriebug66 said:
I am really bummed about that, but my family seems to think I should cook supper again. I mean I just did it yesterday for heavens sake! They just don't understand. :(
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LOL-I'm with you. Greedy kids wanting breakfast, lunch, AND dinner. Don't they know that I have some scrapping to get to?

DH and I usually give each other 2 kid-free days a year as birthday and anniversary presents, and I save mine for NSD and DSD. For the first few years I spent them scrapping like a crazed woman trying to get everything in. I've wised up; if those are the only 2 days I'm going to get for myself all year, I need to do a few pages I love and spend the rest of the day doing other things that I don't usually get to do. So yesterday I went to buy some clothes that I've needed for a while, went out for a kid-free lunch, then did 2 challenges. Today was a regular day with the family, but I shopped and got 1 layout done. I'll try to do 1 more tonight, but that 3 or 4 LOs will be all I get done for DSD.
 
I have only done one. DSD always falls on the weekend I work extra hours. So I am happy I got to do one. I just did the one that inspired me the most.
 
I'm just happy to get some scrapping done this weekend. Usually on these things, I'm shopping and looking in the gallery, which always leads to more shopping ;) You should be proud of the pages you did Lorie, they're fantastic!
 
Thanks Lindsay, you are always so sweet about posting comments and I really appreciate the time you take. :wub:

I actually did 7 pages for DSD, which is more than I thought. There were a few things I really wanted to do and just didn't get to, but am planning to do them first next time. :) I am like a kid, I see something that catches my eye and I have to do it right then and there. But being that I am old, I forget what I was originally going to do. :D
 
Loriebug66 said:
LOL Angie, that is kinda ironic considering I was going to lift you for Shawna's challenge, but have run out of time. I am really bummed about that, but my family seems to think I should cook supper again. I mean I just did it yesterday for heavens sake! They just don't understand. :(
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lol...I went and got Taco Bell!!!!!!!
 
I have managed to get 6 done for the DSD Portfolio Challenges not including pages I made for the games where you could win something.
 
SmallMoments said:
Seven?? Wow! Be proud. I did ONE. LOL Darn life getting in the way and all. :)
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Sweetie, if you remember I took time off work so that I could ignore most of my real life. :D I told them not to even call me, but did end up working from home about four hours a day anyway. lol
 
When I realized I was going to have to be gone for eight hours today, well, there was just no hope for getting anymore layouts done. I'm just happy I got my wishlist figured out and my shopping done!
 
Well I am all done in. It was so much fun, even it I did panic a bit over nothing, but the real world takes me back tomorrow bright and early. Night all. Let's do this again soon, shall we?
 
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