Ay ay ay...I wake up and see this has gotten so crazy. I had given my thought on it privately since I am new and didn't want to step on anyone's toes but since I did a layout, I will say what I did in PM and give my opinion here too. I just don't want to hurt anyone's feelings.
I have Aspergers, so sometimes when it comes to reading directions, I told Laramie last night in fact that sometimes I read things differently than the average person. I might read them in a different way....that being said, when I am in doubt about something, I ALWAYS ask. But since she didn't say just use any shade of pink or magenta, brown, green etc but posted an actual color palette...I could only assume she expected us to use that. So that is what I did. Even the papers and elements in the 2 kits I used didn't really have all the right shades I needed so I altered them within Photoshop to make them fit. I spent HOURS working on it, a lot of it was getting the coloring right to fit the color palette. Connie posted the challenge on her FB in the morning June 26, I worked on it alllll day and I was on it pretty fast and worked until about 2am. Then got up the next morning and was right back on it. My late mother always told me growing up if you are going to do something, do it right...don't half butt (insert the other word here lol) do it. And my jerk "father" always said read and follow the directions. Being an Aspie with OCD, I have to have an eye to detail and follow the directions...though the rebel wild child in me will always add my own flair as well to make my stuff unique(I definitely do it with my cooking and baking lol).
I think the layout in question is precious and absolutely adorable. I love pigs so I love piglet. Love the layout. In general, I don't think it comes close enough to the color palette, that's my opinion personally. But I think she did a brilliant and beautiful job. The question posed is should she get the kit...well, I'm still not really sure how to answer cause I'm a soft hearted wishy washy type. I want everyone to win, I want everyone to get a prize! lol I'm the type of person who thinks a person who follows the rules and does the work should get the pay off. But having been a person myself in a position where my mind might have not understood things in the same way as another person, I don't think their hard work should go un-noticed either. So in the end, I think the decision should lie solely with Laramie and Connie, as its Laramie's challenge and Connie's kit.
FYI, I've somewhat known Laramie (ScrappingCoyote) from other forums for about a year now and she's super sweet. I really would hate to see anyone upset at her. I know its hard to be the one in charge sometimes for stuff. If something goes wrong, its is frustrating trying to be fair and impartial cause no matter what you do in order to do the right thing, you get made out to be the bad guy. I really hate design drama or drama of any kind. I deal with enough of it on FB that is why I mostly just scrap on forums from time to time now when I take a break from making scrap kits to sell and with my rapidly deteriorating health, I definitely don't want to spend what time I have left fighting and a fussing with people. I've been here since Weds and already this place means something to me. Carol has already even asked me to help her with some stuff. That makes me feel good and special. This is a good place. Don't feel apprehensive about scrapping here. Just started and I have no intentions of leaving this forum. Its a great place. I can't wait to get to know more people!
