S/O of what scrapper do you want to be

pewtertm

pewtertm

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After reading that thread, and all of the talk about just being yourself, I started thinking do you compare your scrapping to others?

Honestly, there are some scrappers that I really admire, but I'm happy with my pages, for the most part anyway LOL. But I don't think I've ever really compared myself to others, except MAYBE during a scraplift challenge when I can't find a page that will work for me. But generally it's not even a comparison as much as it is just the realization that other styles of scrapping just don't come naturally to me.
 
I do it all the time, and wish I wouldn't, because I feel all the time that I will never be good, and never achieve the scrapping goals I set for myself. Then, I lose my mojo because I'm trying to make a "perfect" page.

I need to try to lay off doing that, and just let scrapping come naturally. When I do that, I make better pages.
 
I think I do more so that most people because I scrap mainly for the artistic enjoyment of it. Yeah I really want stories that my kids can remember but if I lost every layout I've ever done I wouldn't be sad about it - I know that I can start all over again.
As long as I have my photos, I'm good.
So yeah, I think that I do compare myself to others a lot. There are so many ladies that are so much more artistic than I am and sometimes I feel that I'll never achieve the kind of work they do. Part of me is ok with that though because I'm always trying harder and thinking more outside the box. I always try to push myself.
It's just like being a musical artist. You want to be great at it, so you're always coming up with new music and new beats to be different and rise above the norm.
I dunno, that probably didn't make any sense at all. LOL
 
I do compare but I try not to get down about it. It seems like a lot of times people (broad generalization) are going more towards digital art and not digital scrapbooking and I'm not so into that.
 
I used to compare myself to others and then I realized that I am happy with my scrapping. I am preserving my family's memories and everyone in my family loves the LOs that I've done.

I like my style and I have grown so much since I started nearly three years ago. Plus, like I said, my family loves my LOs and apparently others do too because I am on some fabulous CTs and some people have added my LOs to their faves!
 
While I really love other peoples layouts I dont really find myself comparing mine to theirs. There are just so many scrapping styles and everyones seems to evolve with incoming/outgoing trends and as they learn their program better their style might change. I know mine certainly does. I mean just look at the cookie challenge. We can all be given the exact same template to work with and the outcome of that is so diverse that it is a perfect example of how we cannot really compare to one another.
 
ALL the time! I especially admire white space scrappers who have such amazing looking pages. I tried to go minimal for awhile, because I do like the look of it....but it just didn't work for me. Then I go the other route and I look at the layouts of people like Kristin Rice and Omega and all of them....and I feel like all my layouts pale in comparison. I recently got stuck in a major "rut" I havent even taken a photo since early March. But doing a couple of scraplifts bounced me right back out of it.
 
I actually started the other thread...

I enjoy scrapping (lately more buying supplies than scrapping. :blink:) I like my pages. My DS loves to look at them.

However, sometimes I look at other pages and say Wow! Whether it's the colors they chose, how they layered their items, their shadow or title work... I enjoy looking at other people's work. I also really like looking at other people's photography.

I am envious of how some other scrappers seem to create such beautiful pages every time. (My layouts vary - some I love, some I don't although they serve their purpose - to remember an event.)
 
LOL! Did I kill the other thread with my book? I am a long winded writer, I'm sorry!

Anywhooo....Yes and no. Yes I do appreciate the wow factor of others and try to adapt my LO that I'm working on maybe, but at the same time I have come to accept that some people have a genuine eye for design. It just speaks to them like chemistry and math speaks to me (well not literally I'm not clinically insane or anything). And I have come to the realization especially with event type LOs that they aren't always going to have the wow factor, but they will be done. I can't say that I won't ever go back and redo my first LOs either, but they do make my current LOs look WOW in comparison, so for now I'm keeping them.
 
it's impossible not to at times, but in the end, I am happy with my pages and I print them for myself and for others and I love them. :) That's all the matters to me!
 
I don't compare mine so much as I'm just jeoulous of scrappers who's pages I love and wonder why I can't get the same results.....but I also realize I'm not really all that creative..sometimes I buy a kit because I'm so inspired by the CT's layouts and wonder why when I go to use the kit, my brain goes blank. I just can't seem to make all the pieces fit right! that's where the creatvity comes in.....LOL
 
I don't compare, except maybe for when I'm scraplifting, and even then I just look at the overall look of the layout, whether positions sorta match. I treated the other thread as like a list of scrappers whose layouts I admire very much and who always have wonderful inspiring pieces to show.

It doesn't matter much to me what others think of my pages; I very much appreciate the comments, but if I don't get them, then eh. I scrap for myself and for my loved ones, not really for recognition, although that is always nice to have, especially from esteemed peers here at SSD. ;)
 
Generally I like my LOs and don't care if my style isn't "in." Things like color and design don't come easy to me, but I love journaling and preserving memories through my photos and words. I'll never be a great scrapper because I'm not willing to sacrifice the memory keeping side (by using fewer/smaller photos or less journaling) for better aesthetics.

On a good day, that's enough for me. I find I have to limit my time in the galleries because if I spend too much time there I start to get discouraged about my scrapping and I try too hard, which leads to a major case of scrappers block. I'm there right now, trying too hard to make every LO wonderful and ending up with nothing scrapped. I'm hoping it blows over soon.
 
Yes, I compare, but kinda in the same way I look at actresses and models in fashion magazines if that makes sense.

There are certain scrappers who, in my mind, are 'supermodel' scrappers and are so naturally talented or technically versed that they stand out in the crowd. I don't have any illusions of becoming as 'famous' as they are just as I don't have any illusions that I will ever look like Reese Witherspoon or Drew Barrymore. This is partly because of natural genetics (or lack thereof) and partly because I have not invested the time and energy into being in the best physical (scraptual?) shape I can be.

While the supermodels and supermodel scrappers may bum me out a little when I compare, I don't dwell on it too long. They are not 'real life' to me.

KWIM?
 
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