We have all been there…you find yourself working on a layout and for some reason, the design isn’t coming together. After hours (maybe days) of moving elements around, taking things on and off your layout, frustration sets in. You put the layout aside and come back to it later. This time, you have a clear vision of the design you want and BAM…the layout magically comes together!

Le sigh…

Well, after days of laboring over a difficult scrapbook design, I found relief in editing my original design and staying true to what I love: simple, clean, and layered pages. Sometimes we have to go through the “design storm” in order to find peace with the projects we create.

Check out my latest video, Cool in the Pool, now available on the Victoria Marie YouTube Channel! In this video, I explain my initial process and how I ultimately created a layout that spoke to my design aesthetic.

For this layout, I am using a free cut file from The Cut Shoppe and tons of goodies from my summer scrapbook kit, a collection of elements and papers I pulled together from my stash. Enjoy!