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Saar
01-22-2018, 02:47 AM
When you're scrapping, at what point do you call your layout done?

danagirl82
01-22-2018, 09:57 AM
I tend to work zoomed in while clustering and placing elements. So when I zoom out I look for holes in the design. When I zoom out and it feels finished to my eye I am done.

kendallt
01-22-2018, 10:34 AM
When I've tinkered with it for as long as I can stand it! :p Seriously, I'm the slowest, most nit-picky scrapper ever, and I tend to obsess over every little detail. I could probably keep second guessing myself for an eternity and never be done with my pages, but usually at about the two hour mark, I force myself to be done. I wish I were faster and more decisive, but that's just how I scrap. I've come to accept it over the years.

LynnZant
01-22-2018, 12:46 PM
When I've added the journaling. That's the last thing I do when scrapping.

Kim Mauch
01-22-2018, 01:34 PM
I just have a feeling of when its "done". But my pages are super simple and I'm totally content with that. :)

HeatherH
01-22-2018, 05:30 PM
When I've stared at it for several hours and can no longer see anything else to "tweak". I'm also a slow scrapper. :D

YepBrook
01-22-2018, 05:38 PM
I tend to work zoomed in while clustering and placing elements. So when I zoom out I look for holes in the design. When I zoom out and it feels finished to my eye I am done.

Exactly this!

rach3975
01-22-2018, 05:48 PM
When I've tinkered with it for as long as I can stand it! [emoji14] Seriously, I'm the slowest, most nit-picky scrapper ever, and I tend to obsess over every little detail. I could probably keep second guessing myself for an eternity and never be done with my pages, but usually at about the two hour mark, I force myself to be done. I wish I were faster and more decisive, but that's just how I scrap. I've come to accept it over the years.That's me, too. I'm such a slow scrapper, and I spend way too much time fiddling with elements after I should probably just call it done.

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craftytam
01-22-2018, 06:03 PM
When I've tinkered with it for as long as I can stand it! :p Seriously, I'm the slowest, most nit-picky scrapper ever, and I tend to obsess over every little detail. I could probably keep second guessing myself for an eternity and never be done with my pages, but usually at about the two hour mark, I force myself to be done. I wish I were faster and more decisive, but that's just how I scrap. I've come to accept it over the years.

This is SO me!! I could mess with a LO for many hours if I don't just stop myself and call it done!

adi&co.
01-22-2018, 06:09 PM
I add the journaling and then the date the two last things, so after that it's done. When I ahve added all the flowers and elements on that I think look good, or my clusters annoy me enough that I"m done, then I add the journaling and date and it's done lol

nietis
01-22-2018, 09:06 PM
When I've added the journaling. That's the last thing I do when scrapping.

This. ;)

KristinCB
01-22-2018, 10:05 PM
journaling for me too! That's interesting about the zooming in! I don't tend to do that much when scrapping

SeattleSheri
01-22-2018, 10:09 PM
If by journaling, ya'll mean adding the date, then that's when I'm done too ;) lol ... I'm not much of a journaler. I design my page, add photos, then the title, the date and then I'm done.

color of my heart
01-22-2018, 11:27 PM
after it's flattened and resized lol.

in all seriousness, once i can't tinker anymore. i never overthink layouts anymore. if i decide i don't love it, i redo it later.

Saar
01-23-2018, 05:00 AM
journaling for me too! That's interesting about the zooming in! I don't tend to do that much when scrapping

Same here. I usually don't zoom in. Maybe I do it once in about 100 layouts or so.

I have a problem that I can't always seem to stop adding stuff on my layout. I really have to say to myself... It's good, it's done now. On to the next.

Leablahblah
01-23-2018, 04:52 PM
Sometimes I add more and realize it's too distracting so I take it all out again and that's when I feel done. lol

Neverland Scraps
01-23-2018, 06:55 PM
I call it finished when I add the date! :D

Seriously, lately I've been having a hard time saying enough and stopping. I think it just has to look right--odd amount of flowers, clusters, buttons. Is there journaling on there or where can I put it after I upload to the gallery? Did I do the designer(s) justice with their kit? Did I use the same elements over and over again without using any other elements? Would my kids complain? Would I mind this printed forever?

If I can answer them correctly, then it's finished.