My latest addiction
Months ago, I made a vow to myself to not spend any more money on scrapbooking for the rest of the year. I just suck. I couldn't do it. It's not because I'm lacking for supplies - I have plenty. It's just that I'm missing the ability (vision) to take all of the papers and whatnot and use them to compose a layout that I love. And when I'm stuck for inspiration, I wind up spending 3 hours on a single page, and I still don't love it.
I always used to use my monthly crop time with my friend (who used to be a CM consultant) to get fresh ideas and look at other people's books and get inspired again. But she gave it up, and now I have no crop - no monthly inspiration to look forward to. So I fixed that problem by joining Club Scrap! There goes my vow not to spend any more money - I committed to 6 months, at $30/month. Not terrible, but it definitely breaks my vow of no more stuff for the rest of the year.
However, here is the good news - I've discovered in the past few years that the layouts I love most have great color. But again, not something I'm good at doing myself. But Club Scrap has this "Assembly Line" deal, where they give you instructions for how to assemble your entire kit with no waste. Eureka! Exactly what I need! And the best part - I downloaded all of the published instructions for past kits. And even though I don't have those kits, I have heaps and heaps of paper that I don't know what to do with. So starting last night, I dug out several 12x12 papers that I've had for (no kidding) nearly a decade. I love them, but I couldn't figure out how to use them. So I went through the Assembly Line instructions and found layouts using papers with patterns of similar scale, and found coordinating solids, and put together 8 background layouts. I still don't have photos in mind for any of them, but at least I don't have the papers sitting there without a clue what to do with them. I went to bed so happy last night that I couldn't sleep. I think I'm going to be putting together backgrounds for probably the next month, but that's OK. They will be new, and colorful, and completely fabulous!
2 comments:
That sounds really cool! You'll have to give me the links. I'm a scrapbooker and I'm always looking for new easy ideas. But then, I imagine I'd probably have to be a member to download.
And I don't have $30 a month to do it. Oh well, guess I'll just stick with my same old layouts!
Hope you are able to get lots more done!
:)
Cathy - it's http://www.clubscrap.com, but yes, you need to be a member to download the instructions for free. I used the instructions for some past kits with my own mixes of paper, and it does work. It's just not as easy as following the instructions with all of the exact materials in front of you. I whipped out 3 2pg layouts last night in under 30 minutes. No pictures, but the backgrounds are ready! So far, I'm loving it.
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