by Amy Kingsford | Jul 18, 2017 | Composition, Design Principles, Feature, Ideas Spurred by Design, Page Guides
The design elements and principles we often teach in our articles here are guidelines that you can use to build a solid and appealing design that tells a story. Once you understand these rules, though, it’s time to break them purposefully and take advantage of...
by Amy Kingsford | Jul 11, 2017 | Composition, Feature, Travel
It can be difficult to capture all of the important details of your latest vacation on a single page or spread. To do so, you might have to get a little creative with your scrapbook page design. Our team has made travel pages with 5 or more photos while also including...
by Amy Kingsford | Jul 7, 2017 | Feature, News
Let’s talk about the things you can count on when it comes to telling your stories on the scrapbook page. . . . . . skills that, once learned, will serve you no matter the current products, trends and techniques. When Get It Scrapped launched in 2007, there were...
by Amy Kingsford | Jun 27, 2017 | Composition, Design Principles, Feature, Page Guides
On a well-designed scrapbook page, the different pieces have varying levels of importance–and you impart that visually. Of course one piece will be the most important, “focal point” that catches the eye first and serve as the point of entry into the...
by Amy Kingsford | Jun 20, 2017 | Feature, Finding and Using Inspiration, Ideas from Current Trends
The popularity of educational play is on the rise. Homeshooling is becoming more common, new innovative STEAM toys (STEAM=Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math) are filling the shelves of big box toy stores, and now instead of playrooms people are beginning...
by Amy Kingsford | Jun 13, 2017 | Everyday Life, Feature, Journaling, Page Guides, Write Your Story
The scrapbook page is place where, in addition to sharing pictures and the who-what-where-when-why of events you can do something more: you can pass on wisdom to future generations. Our Creative Team shows you their pages that do this. And if you’re ready to...
by Amy Kingsford | Jun 6, 2017 | Everyday Life, Feature, Photos, Picture Your Story
Documentary-style photos are taken as events occur. They aren’t staged or posed; no one is dressed for the shoot; contextual and even messy details aren’t Photoshopped out. With these kinds of photos you can share a personal and real version of your daily...
by Amy Kingsford | May 30, 2017 | Feature, Finding and Using Inspiration, Ideas from Current Trends, Ideas Spurred by Design
When you juxtapose elements that aren’t usually shown together, the viewer is not only interested, they are curious and maybe uneasy. There’s something off and they want to figure out what and why. This approach is one to use occasionally and with consideration...
by Amy Kingsford | May 23, 2017 | Design Principles, Feature, Page Guides, Titles
One of the easiest ways to draw attention to your title is to create tension within its type. Something as simple as a tweak to case, color, or placement with in your scrapbook page title can really intrigue the viewer – but remember we don’t want to...
by Amy Kingsford | May 19, 2017 | Feature, News
On Wednesday, May 31 at 3PM EDT, Cara Vincens of The Hooting Pirate is our guest on a live webinar. She will show you five creative ways to use your die cuts to design beautiful scrapbook pages. So if you’ve been letting that die cutting machine collect dust or...
