Part of what made knocking out all the layouts I posted so easy to do was i used the free sketch class this month at Scrapfreak for inspiration. I then pre-planned paper and photos and packed each page together. I couldn't believe how much easier it was to scrap this way!
Here is a layout I did as an example for this sketch.

And my take on it:
Here is a layout I did as an example for this sketch.

And my take on it:
