How many layouts do you work on at the same time?

I used to work on one layout start to finish before moving on to another. Then I started doing batch style scrapping and that was working well for me until I had too many untitled and unjournaled layouts to keep track of and I found a stack of them that I had forgotten about. I’ll have to stick to smaller batches in the future.

One at a time...I refuse to also multitask in my hobby!

I usually work on one event at a time now that I’m doing pocket scrapping. I print all the pictures, put them in pockets, then make titles and journaling cards for the empty spots, usually from the same collection or kit.

My old 12x12 albums have quite a few holes where I got distracted and moved on. Getting those complete is a “someday” project.

I normally work on one page at a time, but since I usually think of 2 facing pages as a unit, I will cut papers for both at the same time, sort my photos as to which go on each page. But if I have an idea for the next LO I might do some prepping before the current one is done.

Sometimes I will bring some unfinished pages home from a crop, but I finish them right away. With my mind, if I don’t do that, I will forget about them completely!

Several.

Many times I will get the basics of a layout started, then move on to the next one. Then I will do embellishments on them all together. 

I only work on one layout at a time.

If i have ideas for something else, i jot it on a post-it note or start a pile of things for another project.

One.

Unless I’m working on an album that has some assembly line type work, where every page gets the same elements and layout cuts. Then it’s all of one element until that is done.

One.

If I don't finish it, and I go on to something else, then the unfinished layout remains unfinished indefinitely.

One layout at a time usually.

Yeah, just one. I like to give my page my full attention.

This is me! I go scrapbooking on a consecutive Friday and Saturday evening 6-12 once a month. I sort out paper, cardstock photos and take along sketches to help me get started. I do most of my titles on my silhouette and journaling on the computer so this suits me best. I do have a reasonable pile of unfinished layouts- probably 20-30 but it works for me. They are all kept together in one basket but I do like your idea of putting them into specific groups re: journaling, titles, stamping etc.

Corinne

I only work on one layout at a time. It’s never ever occurred to me to work on more than one at a time. But I do have page kits put together so perhaps that is what some people are counting as working on more than one layout at a time? I pull out pattern paper and card stock to coordinate with photos, and if I have a themed title or embellishment to go with it I’ll also put that in the baggy. I could do 30 page kits at a time like this, or even more. I just print a ton of pictures and then put together all the page kids while I’m into my paper and card stock stash.

But I don’t actually work on putting the layout together more than one layout at a time. I used to do batch journalling as well, ahead of time, but I’ve fallen off the wagon on that. I should really get back to it, though, because I currently have several layouts that need journaling. But if I do return to doing journalling ahead of time, I have to lay everything out to see how much space I have on the layouy for journalling, so at that point I might as well finish the layout. I think that’s why I stopped doing journalling ahead of time.

One. I currently have about 25 layouts and 5 projects all in a box. I'll pick from the box and work on something.