I'm amazed..... {and a question}

I will probably do the sketch one again, I really loved the technique of that one.
I am still unlikely to do an ATC again, even though I enjoyed the artistic creativity of that one.

 

I just uploaded my pocket challenge. I don't usually enjoy doing pocket layouts, but I really enjoyed this one. I need to do more of these. And I was so excited to learn the correct way to do a sketch of a photo!! LOVED that challenge!! As far as uniqueness goes, I would have to go with your challenge. It sure was a thought provoking one!! But I loved doing it!

 

You use Artisan right? There are a few posts within that thread about how people did it. Or Farrah also provided an online link that will do it for you. So no excuses or the walls will start talking to you.

 

Well I had Artist right.
I'll start worrying when you talk back to the walls. Although I had to have a talk with mine -- they were way too critical.

 

I was not a fan of flowers on layouts. I wouldn't say I am a fan now, but I liked how the template challenge turned out:



Even though I am not good at doing such clusters myself, I will definitely be using this kind of templates again to create a layout! It was fun and I like the result more than I thought I would!

 

It's not so much a technique or anything that I discovered but rather products and designers. I (re) discovered my love for wooden backgrounds and I found one or two designers that just make the right stuff for me.

Also - after your wall challenge - I might even consider doing a few more minimalist layouts (not so much like the minimalist challenge (that was just too empty for me) but something with less grunge/paint/elements, but that sort of layout needs the right topic. So, not sure about this...

 

I loved your challenge. I enjoyed digging into my writer side to do that!!!!

 

This year I did a great job at making layouts that I will really use in my photobooks! Only the card is maybe a no go... Some I changed a little bit the colors of elements to fit better with the page coming next to them, but last year I found the challenges maybe to hard to really fit in.
The best challenge untill now for me is the sketch challenge for sure. I even used it twice within the same page (one is less notable)
I loved the scraplift challenge and the way how to start by taking a layout from the person who reacted in front of you!
I even bought the template because I really fell in love with it ;-) and yes that page may be one of my favorites during this MOC.

I started a few days later with MOC but, but catched up pretty fast, love to make 'my layout a day' and while having this fun, maybe even one or two pages more a day... after MOC last year I think I lost my mojo a bit, because I'm soooo behind now with my photo-albums! So I really hope to get the spirit going this time

Today the layout of @KarenB I found mindblowing! How she could make such a difference to all the other done layouts for this challenge, just by making it smaller! Sometimes the easiest thing can make such a difference!!!

 

@MrsPeel - yes writing is my passion...I'm a published poet.

 

@Frumpje I am so overwhelmed by your lovely comments about my page. Thank you so much for highlighting it here. The thought that I may have inspired somebody is so cool! I am inspired everyday by the amazing layouts here at TLP - so to give something back is heartwarming
@MrsPeel This is a lovely thread and so typical of you! Thank you

 

@MrsPeel 'bloody foreigner' ha! You do make me laugh. Would LOVE to meet up with everyone in the UK. Just not very good at organising things like that Oh and you absolutely do have the right to call yourself a Brit. So funny to think that you are only a couple of hours up the road

 

I didn't answer your question part.
I think this MOC I haven't changed my mind so much on a technique or style. I find I'm a little more confident about doing my own layouts without a template. And also adapting templates to what I want. I'm finding more of poor @gonewiththewind 's template only having one or two pieces left where they were lately which is pretty new to me. But I still love my (her) templates. And I can do clusters on my own.

 

It's my first MOC I had no idea what I was walking in to.

My favourite final LO has been the blind scrap, and I put it off for a long time, and I love it.

The minimalist ones are so outside my comfort zone, I need words, I live words, that one was hard for me. Yet I did the same concept on a few of the challenges. No words, me really!

The walls could talk, I got inspiration from a friend and I talking. They rented this little house right out of high school after their marriage. They then moved to San Fran years later. It just fit. I liked your challenge my friend loved the page.

My daughter made me cry. She absolutely loved the LO I made of our selfies at concerts over the last year. I think it was for fill er up. That's high praise from a 16 yo. ❤️❤️❤️

 

The pocket pages challenge is the one that is surprise discovery for me. I'd never considered something like that before. I'm just too much into my shadows and depth and blending. but once I started playing with the "plastic" of the pockets and things layered under it I had so much fun and I loved the result. Sorry to say the walls could talk challenge is my least favourite, I'm just not happy with my layout. It didn't turn out as clever or as funny as it was in my head
and the one I found hardest so far is the scraplift. Hard because I struggle with finding inspiration from a lift without just straight out copying and hard to do justice to the original.