Tuesday, March 6, 2012

New Approach to Crops



When attending crops in the past, one of the biggest struggles was deciding what to bring. I have read about many others struggling with the same thing. Recently I went to a friends home to do some scrapbooking and decided to take a new approach. Instead of feeling the need to produce complete pages while at a crop, I decided to just work on certain aspects of pages. It was such a wonderful change!!! I didn't need to try guessing what would be needed, and I had so much less to pack.

The above layouts are a couple examples of what I did. Both pages were created with the Glee Club kit from Studio Calico. Here's what I did at the crop for the top layout: I cropped and double matted the photo, cut and distressed the strips of paper, and added all of the letter stickers to one of the strips. I placed everything back in a Studio Calico crop bag and completed the page a couple days later at home. For the bottom layout, all that I did at my friend's home was to trace and cut the 3 large chevrons. It was a big help to have that part done.

I worked on more pages while there also, but wanted to share these ones and my excitement for how much I loved this new way of looking at things!

Thanks for stopping by! :)

10 comments:

  1. I love those pages, esp. the chevron! I haven't ever been to a crop, but it seems so overwhelming! Great advice on how to make the most of what you do bring!!

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  2. So much fun! I can never get anything done when I've attended crops I'm just to busy seeing what everyone else is doing ha. Love your pages Chevron yumo!

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  3. love your new approach to crops, it makes sense. great pages, i especially <3 the chevron!

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  4. I love all those patterned paper strips! Very cool!

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  5. Looks lovely! I have tried to do the same thing at crops, but I can't seem to get past the "what if I need this". So I'm still working on it, I guess. LOL!

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  6. Love what you did with the kits!
    Crops can definitely be challenging when it comes to deciding what to bring. But that sounds like a good idea!

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  7. really cool layouts with a great design!

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  8. Cute pages!

    I really can't even imagine going to a crop - I'd be overwhelmed trying to figure out to bring!

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  9. It's always good to try new things and even better when they work out! Lovely layouts!

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