Scrapper's Bliss

I was in the So You think You can Scrapbook contest at Bliss. Well, I'm officially out as of this week. It was a challenge, that's for sure but I discovered I do not like scrapping people I don't know. LOL!

So you see, everything was going peachy while I had my own photos to use. Week one I had Boho Chic and I made the CUTEST little owl. Definitely going to use him again. I found him on a retro 60's pillow, traced him in my Wishblade program and then cut him out and stuck him on a tree limb. The second week I had romantic. Found this coaster my MIL had crocheted and figured out where to go from there.

Then the next week two bad things happened (1) I had to use someone else's pictures and (2) I got Freestyle. Now, freestyle is just about the polar opposite of my style except for maybe that we both like bright colors. And while the little girl certainly was cute, I wasn't feelin' the layout. Probably because for me, 1/2 the layout is the story. So I was scrapping for my life this week. And again we used other people's pictures. I eeked out a decent layout I thought but apparently it wasn't good enough. But really, it's okay. I'm not upset at all. :) I was getting to the point where I was ready to be done. In 2007 so far I've scrapped maybe 10 layouts and two of them are now of unknown youngsters. And I really LIKE my own style. So now I'm ready to go on being myself. The contest taught me a lot. First of all that I can step outside my box and still create some good work (like the Romantic LO) and secondly that I still have the groove to really create something fantastic. It is like riding a bike. I really enjoyed finding my inspiration again. The last two weeks were hard because of time commitments and the fact that other people's kids don't really inspire me. LOL! But, I'm back in the groove. Right now my time is pretty much being given to making great albums for eBay, but at least I'm scrapping again. Maybe cards will be next. I'm just so proud that for the first time in a long time I scrapped in a contest not really caring about the results. I lost and you know what, I don't care! It doesn't bother me at all that I lost. That's a big hurdle to cross and it's one reason I stopped scrapping for a year; I just got too caught up in competing. But I'm good now. In more ways than one. All is well.



As I'm not suppose to share the layouts yet I'll leave you with my losing layout. :) I figure since it was posted on the blog with my name attached it would be okay.