Branching out on my own

I think the biggest problem with my scrapping is a lack of confidence. I don't feel the least bit arty or creative.

I can sing anyone else's songs, but I wouldn't have the first clue how to write them myself. I can sketch a copy of someone else's drawing, quite well in fact, (I have a portfolio of horse sketches that are AMAZING if I do say so myself)... but if you asked me to draw a horse now with nothing to copy off, you wouldn't even be able to tell what it was.

And so when I discovered scraplifting I thought I was made. I had other people's gorgeous layouts that I could copy and learn from. And I did... hehe... see below.

But now I'm doing so much better at making my own way. I can design my own pages and am creating my own elements... and although it takes longer, I'm really proud of what I'm accomplishing.


My first ever off the page project. Four 6x6 canvasses, now on my daughter's wall. I was soooo proud of this.


For this layout I tried journalling onto the photograph. That was neat, although it doesn't make the journalling terribly easy to read, it was fun to do and looks good.


This layout was for a challenge, to do a layout of a song title. My daughter and her friend pictured here are so very different... different races, different hair, different heights, different ages, different temperaments and abilities, and yet they don't see it. They just adore each other and I think that ignorance of racial difference is just beautiful and I wanted the layout to reflect the beauty of their natures.


My first black and white layout.


My first layout without pictures.