What's your scrap struggle??

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scrapperjade

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I'm curious - what look do you love, but have a hard time acheiving?

I'm pretty much satisfied with my shadows (although I'm nowhere close to being shadow savvy like Megan :) ), so I've stopped fiddling with them for now. Now I want to master something else!

Each time I make a layout, I try to add string... I LOVE the look of string on other people's layouts. But I CAN NOT get it to work on mine, even when I follow a tutorial and my shadow looks decent. I still feel that it looks like an afterthought and I can't get it too look all wound in and part of the layers... I dunno. I'm just not string smart I guess!

Awesome string (by flattsgurl):
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or this one by *Kelly*:
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Crappy string (my own):
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What do you struggle with?
 
I love it when there are scattered elements across the page...flowers or whatever. I can't pull it off, at all...LOL! And white/negative space...it seems like I need to fill it all in.
 
I struggle with journalling. I admire pages that have lots of meaningful writing. Me, I am not a writer, always hated it. I am really trying to work on that.
 
I think.. with your strings.. is cause you just seem to stick them on top of everything. trying layering and twisting through your elements etc.. see if it helps.
 
lauren grier said:
I think.. with your strings.. is cause you just seem to stick them on top of everything. trying layering and twisting through your elements etc.. see if it helps.
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I agree! I know that I totally do this, and yet, when I try to do it the other way, I can't get it to look right either. Ah well, I'll just have to practice some more!
 
mom2peanuts said:
I struggle with journalling. I admire pages that have lots of meaningful writing. Me, I am not a writer, always hated it. I am really trying to work on that.
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I used to really struggle with that as well. When my son got sick (not that I want this to happen to anyone else) it really put me into a place where I found I could journal a lot more freely. Now for me a page isn't complete without something written on it. I know even still, I have to be in a place mentally where I can write, though - like if I'm writing about Mason's journey I have to be emotional or else it just comes out forced. If I'm writing about something happy and fun, I have to be that way mentally. Sometimes I'll leave the journaling off for a few days until I'm in the right "mood" to write it.
 
Titles...not scrapping them exactly but coming up with one in the first place. I can usually journal when the mood strikes me and I want to capture the memory, but I often don't know how to title the page. Half of the time I just leave them off.
 
mom2peanuts said:
I struggle with journalling. I admire pages that have lots of meaningful writing. Me, I am not a writer, always hated it. I am really trying to work on that.
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For me, journaling is not about being a good writer, it's only about the memory. So it may be a lot or may be just a few words that detail what happened. Don't worry about trying to make it perfect, just capture the memory. For me, really, the fewer words = the better, unless I'm writing about my feelings about the situation or something. I don't often leave enough space for a lot of journaling, so if I can get a few details down, I'm good.
 
I struggle most with general layout. I'm just not very creative when it comes to that aspect. I use a lot of templates, and once I get started with one, I have no trouble making it my own. It's just about getting over that initial starting place.
 
Bree.. I'm so there with you and the journaling. I love to journal but have to be in the right moment. I am having a hard time even blogging lately because I feel so 'blocked'.
I also struggle with elements.. I love Cindy's element placements. I love looking at her pages because they are just packed with elements but everything looks so perfect and properly placed.
*ps* thanks for posting one of my LO's.

ditzyscrap said:
I used to really struggle with that as well. When my son got sick (not that I want this to happen to anyone else) it really put me into a place where I found I could journal a lot more freely. Now for me a page isn't complete without something written on it. I know even still, I have to be in a place mentally where I can write, though - like if I'm writing about Mason's journey I have to be emotional or else it just comes out forced. If I'm writing about something happy and fun, I have to be that way mentally. Sometimes I'll leave the journaling off for a few days until I'm in the right "mood" to write it.
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I can not do titles! My titles always suck and I always look at galleries for tips or ideas- but nope- nothing ever comes to me when I'm doing a layout- and my titles always turn out like crap! lol!
I'd post an example- but every single layout in my gallery prooves my point! :p lol
 
Initial Design is really my hardest. Just trying to figure out what I want to do drives me nuts. (thus, I'm a big fan of templates :) )
 
I am such a clusterer. I have a hard time taking up a whole page, lol! I admire those Cindy Scrappers that can layer and use a whole page and make it look gorgeous! Mine always look overwhelming, lol!

I used to struggle with journaling terribly and rarely did it, but recently I have started adding it to every single page. It's helping to just force myself to do it I think, and I know that later on I will appreciate that I did it. :)
 
Well, I kind of scrap backward, so I end up struggling with my title. Mainly, I can never decide on one, so I end up using similar titles for everything. I feel like my titles are just an afterthought. I'm not big on journaling either. I feel like it always sounds awkward or looks out of place on my pages.
 
I think I pretty much struggle with everything. I never am completely satisfied with any of my LO's. Though I do have to say when I scrap for other people thats usually when I like it the best. I always hate my own pics and creations for me. WEIRD eh?
 
I struggle with the general design. I LOVE to cluster and I think I'm pretty good at it, but I always get stuck on the general design.
 
I guess to an extent I struggle with all of it LOL!

I feel like if left to my own devices my layouts all look the same. Usually just 1 photo with various strips of paper behind it and elemets blah blah blah *LOL*!

When I get the photo, papers and elements the way I want I'm often left without a logical place to put the title and/or journaling and have it flow with the rest of the page. I also struggle with journaling period, it just sounds weird when I journal LOL.
 
where to put journaling.

what to say in my journaling without sounding sooo cheesy.

where to put my titles.

what to title my lo's.

many times, initial design. it takes me a while to get it right.
 
Definitely the journalling, I suck at writing.
Sometimes I wish my LOs would look more "messy" (and still look good) and I love whitespace LOs, when I do it, they just look boring LOL
I have a hard time coming up with titles as well, especially for portrait shots.
I would love to be better at using brushes as well. :)
 
Definitely titles for me, I can never think of good ones and end up using the same boring titles over and over!
 
Titles for sure, though I've worked really hard on them and hopefully they've gotten better LOL.

I'm bad at not including journalling, but I have started doing that on each LO as well, because I figure I should, so if I look at it later, I have a better memory of what it was all about.
 
Keeping the LO under "control"! I love lots of stuff on a LO (like Cindy's) but sometimes it gets overwhelming. I don't know when is enough and when is too much sometimes. So that is why I still love templates, at least then I have a starting point!
 
What don't I struggle with? :D I guess the biggest problem for me is titles. I never know what to title a page or where to put it.
 
right now everything...havent completed a layout since last month. Havent even attempted one in like two weeks at least.

Normally shadows I hate. Only because they are so time consuming. Ummm titles suck too. I get burnt out sometimes trying to come up with a title. Im ok with journaling at least Im happy with my own. Layering/clustering I love but sometimes dont always like how mine turns out. That is about it LOL
 
my scrap struggle basically hinges on my pictures... or lack thereof. I need to learn more about my camera and just make myself play with it everyday. I just don't get out my camera enough.
 
mine is journaling and titles.

also I've caught on to layering and cluster... sometimes I think I might overdo it

and shadows!
 
Definitely journaling and coming up with titles. I wish I could pull off white space layouts but when I do I just want to keep adding things LOL
 
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