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Reading what Stamping Frog's husband said about scrapbooking sounds exactly like what my husband said when I took up quilting - why are you taking perfectly good pieces of fabric, cutting them up and then sewing them back together? Men just don't "get it", do they!

As for layouts, I am very new to this craft, but have gotten the "bug" big-time. My head is swimming with projects I want to get done "yesterday", but I've learned that patience is a real virtue in scrapbooking. So far I've just done my own layouts, but using the multitude of goodies that are available out there - transfers, stickers, fancy scissors, etc. I'm going to get brave with my next page and probably use ribbon or ric-rac or something like that. I am soooooo glad this forum is here! <img src="/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />

I usually like to take what I have & want to include on a page, including what type of lettering I want to use or have in my head and see where everything fits. I also take into consideration what the page before looks like and what I want the next page to look like so I don't have any (gasp!) back-to-back lookalikes!! I don't really copy other layouts, I just go with whatever looks right at the time.

i don't usually copy layouts. i love experimenting with different shapes, textures and color. what i love most about scrapbooking is that it makes drab pictures interesting and beautiful. and it enables me to express what i feel about the picture with with catchy captions.

its like telling a story <img src="/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

I don't usually copy a page entirely - but I do like to use the idea to get me started!

I agree 100%! I just scrapped some not so great pictures. once they were cropped down and put onto the layout and embellished the pictures are just so much nicer now! It is amazing what cropping alone can do to spruce up your pictures and bring the subject more focus!