I'm pretty much the opposite of everyone in that using templates makes scrapbooking HARDER for me. Scraplifts are fine because I feel so much more freedom, but something about a template feels like too many rules. I LOVE the final results, but the whole process is completely overwhelming to me.
My "winging it" looks something like this:
Choose pictures and kit
Background paper and all pictures applied
Find a photo flow that works for the page
Add some more papers shaped with layer masks
Add in journaling
find my favorite elements that will fit and bring them in
Place where they make sense.
Look for what's missing (need some more of this color there, need some more elements there, that paper was too busy try another, etc)
Add a date
Call it done and don't over-question myself. Done is better than perfect. I think templates bring out the inner-perfectionist in me
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