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Post by Dani B. on Aug 4, 2014 1:07:17 GMT
I just did. I hated it.  I will get the pics out of it and throw it on a garbage! Agh!  Such a waste of money and time! |
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Post by Basket1lady on Aug 4, 2014 1:22:10 GMT
The first page I made after DD was born was pink. All pink, with no other colors. It was too much. LOL. I guess I was happy to have a girl to scrap for. I added some green and it made the page much better.
I would leave it and go back another day. You may be able to tweak something to save the page. But I'm not afraid to toss something I'm not happy with. I've learned a lot from the freedom to simply try new things. Some are dismal failures. And some are wonderful surprises.
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Post by cannmom on Aug 4, 2014 1:23:23 GMT
I have done a few that I look at and cringe a little. I haven't redone any because I would rather move on to something new. Maybe in the future I will feel differently, but for now I just let it be.
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Post by cmpeter on Aug 4, 2014 1:24:29 GMT
I am in the process. Luckily I haven't adhered the embellishments or photos yet. I was hating it and let it sit for a few days. Went on vacation for 10 days and still don't care for it.
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Post by Dani B. on Aug 4, 2014 1:25:53 GMT
I am in the process. Luckily I haven't adhered the embellishments or photos yet. I was hating it and let it sit for a few days. Went on vacation for 10 days and still don't care for it. I should done that. Stop and wait. But my voracity didn't let me. Now I am paying the price. But before ripping it and trowing it away I will let it be for a few days, weeks, months... Thank girls. I feel awful. |
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Post by myboysnme on Aug 4, 2014 1:36:33 GMT
My entire first 3 years were all crap layouts. I am redoing all of them.
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Post by jookie on Aug 4, 2014 1:39:45 GMT
My entire vacation scrapbook (of 3 vacations) is a hot mess. It's very bland and ugly and now I am going to be re-doing it all! I am excited about it though. I did a few pages too from my baby shower that I absolutely hate and will be re-doing those too. They make me so mad and I've been thinking about them for months now, so I definitely know I won't be happy keeping it as is.
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Post by Dani B. on Aug 4, 2014 1:41:59 GMT
Its so good to know I am not alone!  |
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Post by scrapnnana on Aug 4, 2014 2:18:01 GMT
I have had bad layouts in the past, but no more. Now I don't glue anything down until/unless I am happy with the layout. I can usually figure out if it needs revision or a complete start over. As long as nothing has been glued down, I can use the cut pieces on a different layout or for cards with less waste.
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Post by camanddanismom on Aug 4, 2014 3:24:26 GMT
Sadly, yes! I have about 5 that I really don't like. Happens when I try something new and fail...I have never actually pulled apart a page.
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Post by bothmykidsrbrats on Aug 4, 2014 3:26:06 GMT
DH will NOT let me trash some of my early work. He is all for rescrapping the pictures, just not getting rid of the originals. 2 words..Sticker Sneeze. 1998  Now, I don't glue down anything I don't love. |
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Post by tiffanytwisted on Aug 4, 2014 5:52:06 GMT
Oh yes. Not too long ago, either. I switched from 8.5 to 12x12 w/my 2004 pics and am currently finishing up 2003. I think I am just so anxious to be done w/2003 that I am rushing thru my layouts. I absolutely HATE the layout I did of my best friends, my sisters & all their husbands when they came to my 40th birthday dinner. Instead of making more than a 2 pg. layout, I just cropped & crammed these pics onto 2 pages. It was such a great nite & I had been looking forward t scrapping it for such a long time and now I'm just sad every time I look at that layout. And for what? So I would have only 5 pgs. commemorating that nite instead of 6?! Idiot.
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Post by cupcakepeddler on Aug 4, 2014 7:05:31 GMT
All part of the process. I like most of the stuff that I make but every now and then one will just not work, like not at all, horrible stuff. I used to keep all these layouts in a separate album but as I have gotten older I just pull apart what I can and trash it, no point in keeping something I don't want to look at.
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Post by SuPeaNatural on Aug 4, 2014 11:35:27 GMT
Like Scapnnana, I don't attach anything until I'm happy with how it looks. But if I did make a page I didn't like, I'd have no qualms at all about tossing it if it couldn't be made over.
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Post by meganliane on Aug 4, 2014 11:45:50 GMT
Definitely - agree that it is all part of the process of learning! Only one have I trashed in the middle of it. A lot of times I can make it work as I keep working on it. If not, I can usually live with it. If it bothers you a lot, I would just get rid of it and chalk it up to learning / practice.
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Post by myboysnme on Aug 4, 2014 12:20:15 GMT
DH will NOT let me trash some of my early work. He is all for rescrapping the pictures, just not getting rid of the originals. My DH does not get a vote in what I do with my scrapbooks. He gets an opinion.  |
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Post by christinec68 on Aug 4, 2014 13:16:27 GMT
OMG....just last night! It was a sketch challenge that was due last night. I kept adding things to make it better. Then taking things away because it looked crazy. Then moved things around because it was missing something. Then it needed some texture and in my haze decided that would be sequins because disco ball is a good look for a layout. Came to my senses and took some off except, I used glossy accents to attach them and now there's little shiny spots. It's a hot mess!
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Post by mikklynn on Aug 4, 2014 15:15:15 GMT
Of course! I put it in the book and lived with it a while. It just kept nagging at me, so finally I pulled off the photos and trashed it.
Don't think of it as a waste of supplies. Think of it as the cost of a lesson!
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Post by gotranch on Aug 4, 2014 15:19:33 GMT
Oh, yes! I have a few that are ridiculously awful from long ago. I thought they were terrible then and I still think the same, but haven't done anything with them.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 4, 2014 15:39:51 GMT
Yes, I made one last night! It just wasn't right. I had glued most of it down - really well -- so there wasn't much fixing or rearranging to be done. I added some stuff and covered up some stuff, and it's OK. Not my most favourite page ever, but it's done.
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Post by sunshinestate on Aug 4, 2014 16:03:41 GMT
Eh, it happens. I just re-do it and move on. |
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Post by Spree13 on Aug 4, 2014 16:19:34 GMT
I created a LO a few weeks ago that left me feeling eh about it. Finally worked on it this weekend and changed a few things to it. Still isn't the greatest but far better than before.
As much as I would like to go back and fix older LOs, I just can't. It shows how much I've grown as a scrapper over the years and you can tell when I found my style. Took awhile to get there but it's recognizable. I'll have to say my family doesn't even notice the paper and all the other stuff. They're too busy looking over the photos and laughing at the journaling. That's what keeps me going even when I have those days when I do an awful page.
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Post by papersilly on Aug 4, 2014 17:08:07 GMT
I just created an awful mini album. in my defense, it was the time I tried making this type of album so it was trial and error. there weren't mistakes but the final product wasn't as clean as I normally prefer. now that I've done it, I can do a much better version the next time.
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Post by anniefb on Aug 4, 2014 20:04:09 GMT
Yep! I sometimes try and salvage things but if all else fails I jyst throw them away. It's only paper  |
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Post by NoWomanNoCry on Aug 4, 2014 20:40:03 GMT
Oh I have for sure. I thought manny times about tossing my crap pages but I want to include them like the other better ones just so I can see how I may have improved over time.
Or so I can have a good laugh lol
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Post by Dani B. on Aug 4, 2014 23:19:23 GMT
Oh I have for sure. I thought manny times about tossing my crap pages but I want to include them like the other better ones just so I can see how I may have improved over time. Or so I can have a good laugh lol Your post made me smile about my poor ability. Next time I will do that. Thanks for understanding!  |
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Post by Dani B. on Aug 4, 2014 23:24:06 GMT
OMG....just last night! It was a sketch challenge that was due last night. I kept adding things to make it better. Then taking things away because it looked crazy. Then moved things around because it was missing something. Then it needed some texture and in my haze decided that would be sequins because disco ball is a good look for a layout. Came to my senses and took some off except, I used glossy accents to attach them and now there's little shiny spots. It's a hot mess! Mine was for a challege too. It ended inside the garbage. As many of the ladies here said I learn with it. But I totally relate with what you said. I glued it, and then there was no way to come around. Added things, take them off. But at the end, garbage! |
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Post by christinec68 on Aug 5, 2014 1:17:30 GMT
Dani, that's pretty much where this layout is going to end up.
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Post by love2scrap on Aug 5, 2014 3:47:47 GMT
I have had bad layouts in the past, but no more. Now I don't glue anything down until/unless I am happy with the layout. I can usually figure out if it needs revision or a complete start over. As long as nothing has been glued down, I can use the cut pieces on a different layout or for cards with less waste. I do the same.... |
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Post by PLurker on Aug 5, 2014 3:58:28 GMT
If you've scrapped for any good amount of time you know it happens. If you are new to scrapping, you may just not know it yet that you hate a page. Or two. Or three.  |
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I will get the pics out of it and throw it on a garbage! 
Such a waste of money and time!
Now, I don't glue down anything I don't love.
