MOC-How are you doing so far?

I'm a day behind. (I haven't done today's and I don't think I'll start it before tomorrow's is posted since I'm about to hop in bed lol.)

This is the first MOC where I have an actual job so it's been tough. (It's also just bad timing because this gig ends in March...if only it didn't start until after MOC, so I'd have more time to scrap lol!) I had a lot of lesson planning to do this weekend so I'm rather proud of myself for being only one day behind. I'm hoping to make two pages tomorrow so I'm all caught up. But that's what's so great about MOC: yes, it's a challenge a day but it isn't an actual 24-hour time frame for each of the 31 challenges. Can you imagine if it were? *faints*

 

Gotcha! So, when mine does that, here's what works for me:
Stamp a new layer. The shortcut is "ctrl"+ "shift" +"alt"+ "e".
Then, I drag that layer, and only that layer, over to a new document.
Then I use the save for web action.
I don't know what catches that makes the file stay large, but my stamp a layer trick has worked so far!

LOL! My student acct expires tomorrow. Since I'll get it back in 4 months (I have another art class), I'm thinking I'll go with the photography plan. Mostly because I love Lightroom! Otherwise, I'd pull out my PSE.

 

Did she make it to Christmas break? I missed whether your gig started in December or not.

 

I'm finally caught up. I stumped myself and got behind on day 1, because I just *had* to do a specific layout, and then couldn't figure out how to pull it off - and when I did finally get it done and posted I realized I neglected to note one of the rules and had to go back and fiddle around to make it fit the requirements. It was downhill from there.

Until today. Yay! It's much better to be hoping the next challenge isn't late instead of praying that it is.

 

No, she didn't! I ended up working 7 school days before break for her. But winter break doesn't count towards her maternity leave, so if you ask me, it worked out for her!

 

I have 3 completed so far, but I know what I want to do for the others, plus I have a scrappy weekend with a friend this coming weekend so I'm not at all worried. I've been painting my kitchen walls and cabinets for the last two weeks, so once I finish that process and clean that up, I'll be golden too!

 

Well Courtney, why in the moment of stress, can I not think of this. It's such a great tip!!! Thank you. Hoping to remember next time.

 

I'm stuck on the 10 frames page, but am good apart from that (and today's template which I will do after work).

I thought I would have a hard time with the grid technique one (PSE user) but I did my own work around, although I have to say I'm not really sure how I did it to replicate for the future!

 

I just finished #6 of 6! last year I wasn't able to complete it, mostly because I procrastinated and lost focus. I cannot even believe the amount of regret and scrapping guilt I had over not completing it (which is silly, I know).
This year I made it a priority already, and prepped my brain ahead of time.

 

I am up to date and on track. I have done one a day as they come up. I think the one I nearly hyperventilated upon was the 10+ frames, but after finishing it, it’s my favorite so far!! I don’t typically use frames - just white strokes around my photos - and I never even THOUGHT of them as layering/texturing items!

The grid wasn’t difficult except that I had a hard time getting the colors that I saw in my head, but again - loved the end result!

The thing I love about MOC is that it challenges me to get out of a rut and try different things. I need to use that creativity more in my pages when I am not scrapping for MOC.

 

I have uploaded one. Another is finished on my computer and the third is open and being fiddled with on my desktop. So I guess I am fifty percent done or behind depending on how you look at it, lol

 

are you videoing all your MOC pages?

 

I've completed the first 2, but I'm hoping to get caught up this week.

 

This is me this morning upon seeing Day 6 challenge:

LOL!!! I would not consider myself a "scrapper" (digitally). Art Journal is my jam. I can see where the template would have great appeal to traditional scrappers. It's just way too many clusters and stuff for me. I will see what i can do- after all, it is a challenge, right?!!

 

Four out of six done. I prioritised PL2020 this afternoon, because I really want that to work this year. Week 1 is finished, so that’s a start.
I think I will go back after dinner and play with todays template challenge.

 

I'm a bit behind, but I'm taking this week off so I'm planning to catch up! After not scrapping for so long, I'm so grateful my EHD full of supplies still works and that lots of the TLP kits I had are still in the store. So now I just need to look for some frames and also check out what today's challenge is!

 

2 out of 6. I did not even turn on the computer yesterday. However, I have a scrapping weekend (Thursday through Sunday) coming up the weekend after next, so I should be able to catch up! Nothing like dedicated scrapping time to reset the Mojo. Friend and I are meeting at a hotel half-way between our houses for dedicated scrapping and friend catch-up time.

 

I had a similar problem with the template from day 4 and there was almost nothing on the page. I was using Cheryl's Save for Web action and could not get it under 2MB no matter how much I reduced the quality. I ended up saving it using the Export, Legacy Save for Web option on PSCC on Windows. That made a 56KB file. Go figure....

 

I'm still current - let's see what's coming up though. I might not be saying this in a few days.