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 | 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 | Oct 25, 2016 | Composition
Every once in a while, you might make a scrapbook page that is more about a BIG IDEA or an overriding theme than about a particular situation or story? When you do make this kind of page, tap into associations and convey that idea visually. See how our team has done...
by Amy Kingsford | Oct 18, 2016 | Composition, Design Elements, Motif
For some photos and scrapbook page stories the setting is a crucial part of the story. Color shape and texture are all tools you can use to evoke a sense of setting or place. See how the Get It Scrapped Creative Team puts these design element to work in service of...
by Amy Kingsford | Oct 4, 2016 | Color, Composition, Design Elements
On scrapbook pages, “white space” refers to an area devoid of photos, embellishments, journaling, and title, and there are many good reasons for incorporating this space into your pages. This white space provides a resting point for the eye and breathing room for the...
by Debbie Hodge | Aug 17, 2016 | Composition, Feature, Videos
Using a grid structure for organizing your photos, title, journaling and embellishments is a great way to organize all of the elements on a page. It’s a classic design that never goes out of style. In this video blog by Christy Strickler, we’ll see examples or how the...
