Back to my Roots

So, after a few pages of bright and bold, I'm back to my safe zone, for the most part. 

Yep, right back to my muted blues with pink accents; kind of a theme of mine.  What can I say?  I know what works for me, and I will exploit the heck out of it!

I did step a little out of my comfort zone here, I mean, YELLOW!  I'm not sure I've ever featured yellow before.  It was still fairly comfortable though, sticking with greyscale for most of the page.  But I'm really happy with how this turned out, and I think it's a great example of going just outside your comfort zone.

I know I stepped back into my muted blues and greys again here, but I just LOVE how this turned out, and the pictures lent themselves toward this palate.  I think my favorite parts of this layout are the layered hearts that mimic chevrons on the first page, and the scribbled triangles on the second page.  It's also a more 'masculine' page so it can be used for little boys too, which is something I'll be needing if when I get to scrapbooking 2012 ;)

How do you catch up on a backlog of scrapbooking without sacrificing quality of your pages? 
~Digital Nicole