{"id":2818,"date":"2023-02-19T11:52:47","date_gmt":"2023-02-19T16:52:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.yourscrappingcafe.com\/home\/d19521157\/public_blog\/?p=2818"},"modified":"2025-01-12T10:19:07","modified_gmt":"2025-01-12T15:19:07","slug":"do-over","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.yourscrappingcafe.com\/home\/d19521157\/public_blog\/do-over\/","title":{"rendered":"Do-Over"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

There probably is at least one area of your life where you wish you could have a \u201cdo-over\u201d.  Maybe you have already planned and completed a do-over and are pretty happy about what transpired.  I often hear comments like, \u201c I wish I would have\u2026\u201d or \u201cIf I could do it again, I would definitely\u2026\u201d  Sure, most people have some thoughts on what they would like to take another serious stab at.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How about you? What would you do over if you could?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I Could Have Done Better<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

We’ve all been there. That one scrapbook page that just sits in the back of our brain saying “You could have done this better.” Well, this weekend I had the chance to revisit an old paper scrapbook layout that had been taunting me.<\/p>\n\n\n

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There was a challenge posted on The Digital Scrapbooking Studio (closed as of January 31, 2025) forum to re do a previously created layout that disappointed you.\u00a0 Originally, I was going to pass on this challenge.\u00a0 That is until I thought about a really old one (relatively speaking \ud83d\ude09) that I did before I even started making digital layouts.\u00a0 This was one of those I wasn\u2019t completely happy with when I did it way back in 2017.\u00a0 So, I dug out that old layout and boy was this a shocker to look at.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Knowing what I know today; being able to do more than I could in 2017, this was even more disappointing than I remembered.  There was no longer any question that I could do this better now.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Sadly, the scanned image of the original layout cut off some of the right side but you get the idea.  Technically, I suppose this could have been considered a hybrid page since I \u201cdigitally\u201d (using MS Image Composer & MS Word) created the background paper myself.  I then printed it on some white cardstock (that’s why it looks so muted).  I then glued other elements to the paper. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I had made the little growth progress \u201cmini book\u201d myself (and yes – it really is an actual little booklet with pages tied together).  It was originally placed in the little pocket you can see behind it in the image above.  While I was thrilled with how the sonogram & mini book turned out, I remember not being happy with the overall look of the page at the time.  But I was oh so much more disappointed when I dug it out.  Whew\u2026it definitely needed a re-do.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So that\u2019s exactly what I did\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n

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This was so fun.  And it\u2019s a perfect example of why I keep saying I can do things digitally that I could never have done with paper & glue.  There\u2019s absolutely no way I could have achieved the \u201cfruit bowl\u201d using paper & glue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Oh sure, you could probably find a store-bought embellishment that could have come close.  But I\u2019m 99.99% positive that you\u2019d never find one that had all 39 of the \u201cmilestone\u201d fruits, vegetables & seeds that were so important to capture here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yes, I did \u201ccapture\u201d all 39 of those back in 2017 with that paper layout.  But I was never really happy with how it looked.  Today\u2026I am very happy with the new result.  And I can still put the original mini book in a pocket and glue it to the printed digital page. You can see a better image of this layout in my gallery<\/a><\/strong> (the image caption is \u201cFruit Salad\u201d) or an even larger image here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I hope this gives you some inspiration to revisit a \u201dtaunting\u201d layout of your own.  And if you\u2019re still not sure digital is the way to go, perhaps this will give you reason to have second thoughts!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Have a great rest of your Sunday\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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There probably is at least one area of your life where you wish you could have a \u201cdo-over\u201d.  Maybe you have already planned and completed a do-over and are pretty happy about what transpired.  I often hear comments like, \u201c I wish I would have\u2026\u201d or \u201cIf I could do it again, I would definitely\u2026\u201d  Sure, most people have some thoughts on what they would like to take another serious stab at. How about you? What would you do over…<\/p>\n

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