by Amy Kingsford | Jul 25, 2017 | Composition, Design Principles, Feature, Ideas Spurred by Design
Conventional design advice is that working with odd numbers, and especially threes, is a great way to make a solid looking design. The eye likes things that come in threes. When you work with an odd number of items, you have the options for both symmetrical...
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 | 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 | Sep 19, 2016 | Design Your Story, Feature, Finding and Using Inspiration, Ideas Spurred by Design
Everyday items can be a great source of inspiration for your scrapbook pages–giving your ideas and plans for color, shape, motif, and layout. Today our team shares their pages inspired by board games. Take a look at what they’ve done, and then check out...
by Debbie Hodge | Feb 24, 2016 | Ideas from Current Trends, Ideas Spurred by Design, Videos
Logo designs can be a source of scrapbooking ideas and inspiration and the “X” or crossed design logo has been particularly popular as of late. In Christy Strickler’s video version of a Get It Scrapped blog post our team rocks inspiration from this “X” or...
by Debbie Hodge | Nov 18, 2015 | Color, Ideas Spurred by Design
We frequently share ideas for trying out new scrapbook page color schemes at Get It Scrapped. Here are five creative looks at using color for your scrapbook page storytelling. When you get done with them, be sure to see last year’s color roundup here. [hr] 1....
