Scrapping struggles! (gif)

[bellbird]

Have you looked at your work-in-progress like this?

You're not alone - it can happen to all of us!

I documented some of my struggles in finding the right background in today's blog post. Here's just some of the 25 papers I tried as a background.

To see what I went with and the rest of this Mash-up page, head over to the blog and I hope if you're page doesn't come together easily today or any day, you understanb we all have those days and empathise!

 

[umyesh]

This happens to me All. The. Time! Glad I’m not the only one.

 

[weaselwatchr]

I call that the paper A paper B game. I hate that game. Sometimes hubby plays too.

 

[Angela Toucan]

I regularly find I look at a page and think "not right, not balanced" and most of the time changing the background fixes it. So glad I'm a digital scrapbooker and hadn't physically stuck everything to a background that wasn't the right fit. Switching it out is so easy digital.

 

[bellbird]

I call that the paper A paper B game. I hate that game. Sometimes hubby plays too.

i got close to using the whole alphabet for this game!

 

[tanteva]

I've always seen this as a part of my creative process. I start with one paper, make the layout, and even if I think everything looks good, I try all the other papers in the kit. Just to make sure I pick the right one. At a couple of times, I've even kept two versions, cuz I liked both papers just as much.

 

[bestcee]

Awesome job sharing the layout process coming together for you! And I feel you on the journal card mashup! That is me quite often. I do try to just walk away for an hour and come back. Usually I find that clears my head to pick a background paper and go with it.

 

[Karen]

If I'm going to struggle with any part of a layout, it is 99% of the time on the background. Often I can't even put my finger on what I want, I just know when I don't have it yet. OR, there are too many good papers in a kit and I really want to use a fun bold patterned paper, but I can't really pull it off. Lol. Great post!

 

[weaselwatchr]

i got close to using the whole alphabet for this game!

Lol!!! I feel like it’s similar to when you go to the eye doctor and they say this one? Or this one? I hate it

 

[Iowan]

Decisions, decisions…..they all look great.

 

[Sara]

File under: relatable. When scrapping. When designing. I always struggle to choose the Very Best One.

 

[ArmyGrl]

Ya know, I get to a point where I stop creating and add the paper(s). Otherwise, the piece does not come together properly. Most of the time, I start with the paper though