So what do you do when you get into a scrapbooking rut? What do you do when you hit a creative speed bump? Sometimes it's as easy as grabbing a piece of licorice and asking your friend scrappin' next to you for a little help. You nibble on your snack, they rearrange some photos for you and wha-la an insta-fix!
Other times... well, sometimes you need a push out of your comfort zone!
For a few years now, when my gal pals and I get together to scrapbook and we get stuck or need a little push outside of our box we do "Challenge pages". These challenge pages have evolved and continually change depending on what supplies we have in our stash, if we have a new magazine full of fun layouts and ideas we want to try or ...whatever! Often times challenge pages help us to create faster than we would otherwise because we have a focus.
This last weekend I got a lot of paper playing in with my girls! We had ourselves a weekend Paper Playdate!! :) I brought a few new challenges with to spice up the weekend. I created and brought with me some Crafty-Tic-Tac-Toe Boards. The idea was they needed to use 3 different supplies making a tic-tac-toe (3 in a row) horizontally, vertically or diagonally. It was a fun new challenge. I made several boards but here's one as an example. Give it a try this week! It forces you to add something to a layout/card you otherwise might not have thought to do. There were some giggles, some "Really?! I have to put bling on this page?", some quick additions and overall some pretty neat outcomes this last weekend.
And, I thought I was bringing the challenges... I was given a challenge page of my own! A friend of mine found a super great deal on some cute pattern paper (sorry I don't have a picture of the original pieces) and it was my challenge to use it to create a layout. I created the layout below that everyone was able to create during our weekend. Challenge accepted!
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| We R Memory Keepers Pattern Paper, CTMH Sunset, Slate and All the Details Stamp Set |
Do you ever find yourself repeating elements, picture placement or colors in your layouts? This last crop using blocks of paper in rows behind my photos was definitely my thing.
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| Creative Memories Paper and Stickers, CTMH Mini Stapler, Edge Distresser and Chocolate Spritz |
Oh! and arranging photos in a grid, well, that's always kinda my thing... :)
Have a great week!
Happy Crafting!
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