by Amy Kingsford | Feb 15, 2017 | Canvas, Composition, Feature, Page Guides
The first layers you place on your page play an important role in your design’s final look. These first layers (and their shapes) create visual weight, directional pull and contribute to the balance of the design. When those first layers are shapes or...
by Amy Kingsford | Feb 14, 2017 | Design Your Story, Feature, Page Guides
Quite often a scrapbook page comes out of the simple desire to get a story told. A “story-first” approach means you: start with your story first, writing it before you design, make room for the written story on the canvas right away, choose the right...
by Debbie Hodge | Feb 9, 2017 | Feature, Motif, Videos
Hearts are the perfect way to convey passion, love and affection on your scrapbook pages. Whether you are trying to communicate a love between two people, a love for a particular object, or simply a love for life–hearts are definitely a good place to start. In this...
by Amy Kingsford | Feb 1, 2017 | Design Elements, Feature, Videos
In this video blog by Christy Strickler, we’ll explore how the creative team has played with geometric shapes within their scrapbook pages. The benefit to working with geometrics is that they are versatile: You can combine and manipulate the pieces for different...
by Amy Kingsford | Jan 25, 2017 | Feature, Sketches and Layered Templates
This free scrapbook page sketch comes from a page made by Amy Kingsford for the Get It Scrapped Membership “Tension” class. In the Get It Scrapped Membership, members have access to a library of over 150 layered templates and page sketches just like this...
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...
