I love using templates, shadow styles and am speedy 20-30 mins. I was always a one kit scrapper but lately have started mixing and matching. It does take longer though, cause then I need to keep track and credit correctly. I LOVE multi-photo layouts. I loved journaling, but this became more of a challenge as my kids became adults and their stories were no longer mine to tell and publish online. I can use kits for a different theme quite easily.
I am a slow scrapper and easily distracted these days, so that's not a talent. Lol. I'd say probably using every last inch of space on my layout is my talent... or being messy. And I'm pretty good at mix and matching from different kits too!
I tend to think I'm a good clean scrapper. I do love to blend and use paint, but it's still clean. lol! I am also usually able to, or have in the past, created tutorials for items in a relatively easy to understand manner. I'd be interested to see what others thought my talent was after perusing my gallery.
I love that we can all be so different in our styles or strengths, yet all create beautiful pages unique to us! We have the BEST "hobby/craft" ever! Our love of scrapping brings us together, but we are all unique too! I will be back with more direct comments to some of you in a bit....I need to be homeschool mom and balance the checkbook/ pay bills wife for a few hours first!
This is me, although I do have a file where I drop items I like and can use with multiple kits ... staples, stitches, fav paper, etc. I'm also good at scraplifting and modifying layouts that appeal to me.
I resonate with sooo many of these comments -- I'm going to go with my strength as being adaptable. Go with the moment. I'm pretty slow, but that's because I generally like to experiment and play. I'm intrigued by the motion blur on the shadow layers. sometimes I also spend a lot of time on shadows, sometimes I just add a quick style, and warp the paper shadows (I usually will adjust them a tad bit after that).
Of course I immediately think of all of my weaknesses, of all of the styles/techniques that are not my scrapping talent! But a couple of strengths: I love playing with fonts, and I think I'm pretty good at selecting/combining fonts that work well with a given theme or time period. Family history layouts: I've learned how to convey a lot of information in a very brief and concise manner.
I'm usually a fairly quick scrapper and love to combine designers and kits together. I love masking, blending, using blend modes and gradients and love to cluster. I can scrap in pretty much any style, with or without a template and love to scraplift, giving my own spin on a design. What I suck at is journaling.
Hmmm...interesting topic. I think I'm good at doing clean & simple layouts. I love the challenges that limit you to one photo, 1 paint, 1 or 2 papers, and no more than 5 elements. You have to think and be deliberate about what best accents your photo. I'm good at looking at a template and figuring out whether it will work for the vision I have for the page. Sometimes I may strip the template down to just the photo placements, but it's easier for me to recognize the placement I want than to play around with photo shapes & sizes myself. I'm good at picking elements that go together out of a gazillion different kits and using them on a layout even if it makes keeping track of the credits a total pain.
I have never scrapped so fast and so amazingly good as you! I think my scrappy power is to just shoved it and make it work.
I know what you mean, its so easy to think of all the things that aren't ones strength immediately (in all aspects of life, not just scrapping)
Well if I have to say, I love layering with a bit of artsy, but also love Clean & Simple or using a template or mixing kits together and I like to think outside the box and try things. That's why I love to do challenges, then I have to step out of my comfort zone. Somethings it surprises me that I really like to do a special style. But I think your style is changing also by learning new techniques, find inspiration or stepping out of a theme of the kit. I just love to see my early pages and see what I can do now.
I'm a writer who happens to scrap vs. a scrapper who happens to write. Almost every page I'e ever gotten a shout-out for has had extensive and/or only journaling (no photos at all).
Fun to read these and think of everyone's different talents and styles! I think based on the comments I get and what I enjoy doing my strength is pocket pages, and specifically creating a balanced pocket layout.