I can't scrap backwards

[meems]

for me scrapping backwards means starting with photo and then finding kit/papers/elements. This is NOT working for me, arrrgh. Usually I start with kit or whatever and then find a photo to go with. I'm trying to make my calendar. I am really going to try to finish tonight ha ha ha. I only have like 5 months to go . . . or was it 6 . . . doomed . . . I am doomed.

[littlekiwi]

I'm totally the same

[bellbird425]

i dont know how u can scrap 'forwards'!

[lizzyfizzy]

i'm with justine. actually i am different everytime...LOL!!

[meems]

you start with the photo, Justine?

[SirScrapalot]

Mimi, I totally start with the kit too. Sometimes, I purchase a kit with an event or set of pix in mind, and then pick the right picture to go into my layout.

[tracey]

I do pics last too, I cannot scrap if I try to put pics in first.

[ZaCola3]

I totally feel ya Meems, I scrap without adding a picture till the very end!

[rach3975]

LOL, now I know why all of your LOs are so fabulous. I can only scrap if I choose photos first. And of course I can never narrow it down to just one, so I end up with so many photos it's sometimes hard to make the page work.

[cindys732003]

Well, you all would be awesome at quickpages then, because I definitely need to photo to start!!!

[meems]

Originally Posted by tracey

I do pics last too, I cannot scrap if I try to put pics in first.

Originally Posted by ZaCola3

I totally feel ya Meems, I scrap without adding a picture till the very end!

you 2 are just freaks. I don't know how you scrap this way

what i meant was that I get the kit first. Then I find photo to use with. BUT I when I actually start to scrap I start with the photo that I had chosen (but kit had been determined first).

With my calendars, I am starting with photo and have to find kit to match. My head is going to explode.

[Sari]

I can usually do it both way. When I do calendars, I find a picture that I took in that month the previous year. If the colors don't work with the page, I make the pic B&W.

Any other time, I start with the photos unless it's for a CT assignment.

[Paula]

I'm half and half. LOL

[junebug]

i start with the photo. and then arrange/cluster around it. once in awhile i'll do the page first, but rarely.

[kscwgirl]

I scrap the same as Shannon and Tracey. I cannot do it if I put the picture in first. Can. Not.

[BrattyMeg]

I usually scrap with a photo in mind..but I do add it toward the end normally...however I pick a kit based on a photo normally

[ZaCola3]

Meems, you may not call Tracey or I freaks.

[emilyscout]

This is so interesting reading how everyone does it differently. I ALWAYS put the photo in my layout first, then search for papers and elements and then work around it. I cannot imagine creating a page and then trying to find a picture to go with it! Boggles my mind! lol

[meems]

Originally Posted by ZaCola3

Meems, you may not call Tracey or I freaks.

prove that you are not

[meems]

Originally Posted by Sari

I can usually do it both way. When I do calendars, I find a picture that I took in that month the previous year.

that's how i pick my calendar photos too. more or less.

[carriesmom]

I am such the opposite. I need a photo and then go through my stash to match the pic. If I did it the other way, I would never get anything done!

[alansrock]

Originally Posted by bellbird425

i dont know how u can scrap 'forwards'!

This is exactly what I was thinking. Photos are always my inspiration for a page!

[ditzyscrap]

When I scrap, I choose the kit AND the photo early, then scrap the page and throw the photo on at the end. Usually. Sometimes the photo is on earlier if I'm not sure that it'll "match" my page. Especially if I'm using templates.

[jessica31876]

I do it both ways. I find that sometimes a page comes together faster without the photo and sometimes I need a photo to inspire the page

[HeatherKS]

I always pic the picture first and then find a kit to complement it. And if I can't, I change the pic to black and white or recolor elements to suit. I have a really hard time doing it the other way around.

[kscwgirl]

Originally Posted by ZaCola3

Meems, you may not call Tracey or I freaks.

I'll be a freak with you sweetie, it's not bad in this corner.

[Priscilla]

I either find a kit I wanna play with or a picture and start with both...

[MelindaH]

I can go all sorts of ways. In fact, for a while now I was making a page as if it was a quick page and then picked a photo at the end, before adding a title and journaling, of course. I've gone back to starting with a kit or photo in mind ... but it was very different to basically have a page done and add the photo! LOL!