Caddie, thank you for saying my layouts are nice. I enjoyed doing them and I SO want to see your layouts! Kell is right. They will be fabulous because YOU did them! My Mum was the same when she started, she looked at mine and said I can't do that. I told her that it didn't matter what I thought of it or what anyone else thought of it, if she liked them, gave her satisfaction and made her feel good, then they were beautiful. I love all her layouts for the same reason my kids like mine- because it gives me an insight into her perspective on life. She's getting pretty darn good at it too, the mixing of patterns and textures.
I hope you will show us your layouts.