by Amy Kingsford | Jan 24, 2017 | Design Principles, Feature, Page Guides
The shape of white space in a visual design can be ACTIVE or PASSIVE. Active white is area left open on purpose. It separates content and is a design element itself. Passive White Space occurs naturally, for example in the area between words on a line or the space...
by Amy Kingsford | Jan 20, 2017 | Feature, Finding and Using Inspiration
Have you ever wanted to get all of your favorite scrapbook ideas organized in one place so that you can start putting them to use in your pages? Well we here at Get It Scrapped would like to help you with this goal! Get It Scrapped has been sharing free...
by Amy Kingsford | Jan 17, 2017 | Composition, Page Guides
Clean and simple designs endure and are light on your stash. Our team made their own clean and simple pages here. They used these three guides (or limits) to keeping it simple: Keep the focus on the photo(s), Incorporate plenty of whitespace, and Use embellishments...
by Amy Kingsford | Jan 10, 2017 | Finding and Using Inspiration, Ideas from Current Trends, Page Guides
The Wabi-Sabi style comes out of the Japanese aesthetic and idea that “nothing lasts, nothing is finished, nothing is perfect–and that is a good thing.” The style limits itself to the essentials, but at the same time focuses on the imperfections,...
by Amy Kingsford | Jan 6, 2017 | Feature, News
Are you are wondering what to do with all of the photos you have stored on your phone? Are you looking for solutions to help you put these photos to good use? Then this masterclass is for you! ( Click here to register.) Steph Clay of Modern Photo Solutions is ready to...
by Debbie Hodge | Jan 5, 2017 | Color, Feature
A pink and navy scrapbook page color scheme for your scrapbook pages modernizes a primary color combination, and changes the associations your viewer has with the page. Red has a color story of energy, passion, and danger. Pink, though, is a calming color with...
by Amy Kingsford | Jan 3, 2017 | Design Your Story, Page Guides, Story Styles
Your best scrapbook pages will incorporate your visual style–your way of choosing and putting together pieces. These best pages of yours also reflect a storytelling style–your preference for certain kinds of stories and your way of telling them both...
by Amy Kingsford | Dec 28, 2016 | Feature, Sketches and Layered Templates
This free scrapbook page sketch comes from a page made by Debbie Hodge for the Scrapbook Coach Class Half and Half. In the Get It Scrapped Membership, members have access to a library of over 150 layered templates and page sketches just like this one, searchable by #...
by Amy Kingsford | Dec 27, 2016 | Feature, Patterned Paper
One way to make color or pattern mixing work is to use proportions in gallon, quart, pint amounts. Here’s how it works: Choose a dominant color or pattern. This is your “gallon.” It will cover 70% of your layout. You can use different tints and shades of this...
by Amy Kingsford | Dec 21, 2016 | Feature, Scrapbook Page Subjects, Yourself
Writing down your goals makes it more likely you’ll achieve them. In this video blog by Christy Strickler, we’ve got ideas for recording current goals on your scrapbook pages. Click here to see the original blog post with designer notes here.
