If you want to tell your story well, you need strong scrapbook layout design. To tell a story well, present it in a way that grabs the viewer and conveys what this story really means: you capture the viewer’s attention, control the eye’s movement, convey information, and evoke emotion.
And just how can you do this? Of course with your photos and journaling — but also with an understanding and use of basic design elements and principles. Get that understanding with our free e-class AND with all the lessons linked up below.
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Design Principles
Elements of Design. Design elements are the basic building blocks of visual design and include: • Space, • Line, • Shape, • Size, • Pattern, • Texture, • Value, • Color. Click for an introduction to elements of design.
Design principles. Design principles are the rules for putting the basic blocks together well and include: • Emphasis, Dominance, • Contrast, • Balance, • Alignment, • Flow, Movement, • Repetitions, Rhythm. Click for an introduction to design principles.
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- Scrapbook Ideas for Embellishing Your Focal Point
- Scrapbook Page Design Using Contrast to Create Flow
- 4 Ways to Use Repetition to Strengthen Your Scrapbook Page Design
- Use a Visual Triangle to Strengthen Your Scrapbook Page Design
- Scrapbook Ideas for Designing with Twos and Fours
- How to Break Design Rules on the Scrapbook Page | Page Guide 21
- 4 Ways to Create Emphasis on the Scrapbook Page | Page Guide No. 20
- Scrapbook Ideas for Creating Tension with Type | Page Guide No. 18
- Tell Relationship Stories on the Scrapbook Page Using Design Principle of Proximity | Page Guide No. 16
- See How Active White Space Contributes to an Appealing Scrapbook Page Design | Page Guide No. 4
- How Solid Design Skills Make Scrapbooking Easier: Repetition
- Scrapbook Page Focal Point Formula: Combine Title, Photo & Embellishment
- How Solid Design Skills Make Scrapbooking Easier: Contrast
- How Solid Design Skills Make Scrapbooking Easier: Alignment
- Design Principles at Work on Artsy Digital Scrapbook Pages
- Introduction to Scrapbook Page Design
- Scrapbook Design Ideas for Two-Page Layouts with Cluster Foundations
- Scrapbooking Ideas for Using the Sight Lines in Your Photos
- 6 Benefits of Breaking Layout Design Rules
- 6 Experiments in Breaking Scrapbook Layout Design Rules
- Create a Scrapbook Layout with Design Tension When You Snuggle and Separate
- Translate Creative Displays to Scrapbook Design Inspiration | Part 2: Study How the Parts Work Together
- 2 Video Lessons | Why Scrapbookers Care about Figure and Ground and Page Foundations
- How to Make a Scrapbook Page Focal Point When Everything is the Same Size
- You don’t have to stop at one visual triangle on your scrapbook page design
- Scrapbooking with Symmetry | This Formal Composition Yields Pages with Appeal
- Your Scrapbook Page Focal Point Doesn’t Have to Be A Photo
- TLS004: Use a Magazine Layout to Guide Scrapbook Page Design (Video)
- TLS003: Designing Scrapbook Pages by Scraplifting (Video)
- TLS002: Finding Meaningful Stories Via the Details in Your Photos (Video)
- TSL001: Designing Scrapbook Pages with Focal Points (Video)
- Composing Scrapbook Pages with Art Techniques | Repoussoir
- Why Everyone Needs to Learn Layout Design Principles
- Is Your Scrapbook Page Grounded? 4 Ways to Achieve Purposeful Placement
- Give the Visual Triangle a Rest and Try Diagonal Flow
- How to make a scrapbook page focal point using structure
- 5 Ways to Make High-Contrast Titles and Tell Your Scrapbook Page Story
- Infographics for Scrapbookers
- 4 Ways to Strengthen Scrapbook Page Design with Embellishments
- Typesetting on Scrapbook Pages: Alignment
- 3 Journaling Treatments That Add Texture and Dimension to Your Scrapbook Page
- 3 ways to create focal points on scrapbook pages
- Texture and Dimension on Scrapbook Pages
- 7 Ways to Add Texture and Dimension To Your Scrapbook Pages
- Design Elements
- 4 ways to make visual triangles on your scrapbook pages
- Tap the power of “3” for your scrapbook page designs
- Use Color Contrast to Make Art Journaling Pages Pop
- Use Proximity to Impart Meaning on Art Journal Pages
- Scrapbook Page Design: Asymmetrical Balance
- Scrapbook page journaling: justification that strengthens design
- Using straight lines in your scrapbook page designs
- Place embellishments to support scrapbook page flow
- Choosing Embellishments for the Scrapbook Page
- Strengthen your scrapbook page design with alignments
- Creating a focal point on scrapbook pages
Composition
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- Use These Grid Foundations on Your Next Scrapbook Page
- Scrapbook Ideas for Adding a Little Bit of Sparkle to the Page
- Scrapbook Ideas for Achieving Color Balance in Your Design
- How to Use the Lines in Your Photos to Strengthen Scrapbook Page Design
- Scrapbook Page Starter: Arrange Your Elements with a Half-and-Half Design
- Scrapbook Ideas for Embellishing Your Focal Point
- Use the “Piecework” Design for Scrapbooking Multi-Photo Pages
- Use A Symmetrical Design to Strengthen Your Scrapbook Page Focal Point
- Scrapbooking Ideas for Using Paper Strips to Design Page Foundations
- Scrapbook Page Starter: Arrange Your Page Elements Using a 2-by-2 Design
- Find and Use Design Inspiration for Working with Space on the Scrapbook Page
- Change Up Your Scrapbook Page Designs with a “Canvas Within a Canvas” Approach
- Scrapbook Page Design Using Contrast to Create Flow
- Scrapbook Ideas Inspired by Flatlay Photography
- Scrapbook Layout Design Using Continuance to Guide The Eye
- Organize Your Scrapbook Page Elements in Columns and Rows
- 4 Ways to Use Repetition to Strengthen Your Scrapbook Page Design
- Use a Visual Triangle to Strengthen Your Scrapbook Page Design
- Scrapbook Ideas for Designing with Twos and Fours
- How to Break Design Rules on the Scrapbook Page | Page Guide 21
- Scrapbook Page Designs That Record Your Trip’s Itinerary
- 4 Ways to Create Emphasis on the Scrapbook Page | Page Guide No. 20
- Tell Relationship Stories on the Scrapbook Page Using Design Principle of Proximity | Page Guide No. 16
- Tell a Bigger Visual Story When You Extend Your Scene Off the Canvas | Page Guide No. 11
- Scrapbook Ideas for Using Meaningful Shapes and Silhouettes in Your Scrapbook Page Foundations | Page Guide No. 7
- Set These 3 Limits to Make a Clean and Simple Scrapbook Page | Page Guide No. 3
- Scrapbook Page Challenge: Convey an Idea with your Page Design
- Scrapbooking Ideas for Revealing Setting with Color, Shape and Texture
- 4 Reasons to Leave Your White Space WHITE
- Video Blog | Keeping the Grid Design Fresh on Scrapbook Pages
- Scrapbooking With Intention
- Scrapbook Page Focal Point Formula: Combine Title, Photo & Embellishment
- Scrapbook Ideas for Top-Heavy Designs
- Ideas for Making Multi-Photo Scrapbook Pages
- Lynnette Penacho Shares 5 Ways to Use Shapes to Start Your Scrapbook Page Designs
- Speed Up Your Scrapbooking With a Go-To Composition for Getting Started
- Dina Wakley Shares 5 Fun Ways to Use Paint and Ink as a Scrapbook Page Foundation
- Scrapbooking Ideas for Using 4″ x 6″ Photos on Your Scrapbook Pages
- Pocket Page Design with Focus and Flow
- Doris Sander on How Your Go-to Scrapbook Page Designs Point to the “Sketches in Your Mind”
- Ideas for “Bookending” Your Two-Page Scrapbook Layout Designs
- Amy Kingsford Builds Foundational Layers to Support Scrapbook Page Story
- Scrapbook Page Starter: Use Page Compositions Built on Threes
- Scrapbooking Ideas for Visual Storytelling with the Compositional Story Style
- Scrapbook Page Starter: Arrange Your Page Elements Using a Sprawl Approach
- Video Blog | Scrapbook Page Storytelling When Setting is Key
- Some Scrapbook Page Stories are Best Told with a “Single and Pretty” Approach
- Scrapbook Page Design Embellishing with a Visual Triangle and Visual Hierarchy
- Scrapbook Page Storytelling When Setting is Key
- Save Time, Play with Technique, and Use Scraps by Pre-Making Scrapbook Page Bases
- Two-Page Layout Strategy: Pair a Simple Grid with One-Page Design
- Ideas for Composing Within the Negative Space of Your Die Cuts
- Ideas for Scrapbook Page Storytelling with Full-Width and Full-Height Photos
- 9 Ideas for Using Scrapbook Page Templates and Sketches in Ways that Make Them Your Own
- Scrapbook Design Ideas for Two-Page Layouts with Grid Foundations
- Scrapbook Page Starters: Begin a Page with a Criss-Cross Foundation
- Scrapbook Design Ideas for Two-Page Layouts with the Cross and Bracket Foundations
- Scrapbook Design Ideas for Two-Page Layouts with the Shelf Foundation
- 5 Scrapbook Page Foundations that Make Layout Design Speedier
- Scrapbook Page Starters: Arrange Photos and Elements in Three Columns
- Scrapbook Page Starters: Arrange Photos and Elements with a Bracket Foundation
- 6 Benefits of Breaking Layout Design Rules
- 6 Experiments in Breaking Scrapbook Layout Design Rules
- 8 Ideas for Scrapbook Layout Design with Circles
- Double Up No. 18 | Make a 2-Page Layout from a 1-Page Sketch or Template
- Scrapbooking Ideas for Photo Backgrounds and Foundations
- Using Scrapbooking Ideas | Inspired by Crossed and “X” Logo Designs
- Start Your Scrapbook Layout with a Block Foundation
- Create a Scrapbook Layout with Design Tension When You Snuggle and Separate
- Scrapbook Layouts Made With a Rectangular Foundation on a Square Canvas
- Scrapbook Coach Page Starters: Put Your Elements on a Block Foundation
- Scrapbook Layout Design Starting Point: Three in a Row
- Use the Cross or T Foundation to Design Scrapbook Pages
- Jazz up Favorite Scrapbook Layout Designs by Putting them On An Angle
- 10-Photo Scrapbook Pages
- You Can’t Chop Down A Symmetry | ’30s Dance Paired with ’80s Art-Pop Song Offers Visual Design Inspiration
- Scrapbook Page Starters: Arrange Photos and Elements in an Asymmetrical Cross
- Ideas for Shapely Journaling that Reinforces Meaning and Story on Scrapbook Pages
- Scrapbook Page Starters: Arrange Photos and Elements on a Shelf
- TLS008 Scrapbooking Process Video: Making An Easter Page
- Go Off the Edge with Clusters and Bits For Scrapbook Pages with Tension
- 2 Video Lessons | Why Scrapbookers Care about Figure and Ground and Page Foundations
- Ideas for Scrapbook Pages with 9 photos
- Designing Scrapbook Pages with Square Photos: Stable But Not Boring
- TLS007: Make a Scrapbook Page | Finding Your Story
- 5 Ways to Make Scrapbook Page Journaling A Dynamic Part of Your Visual Design
- Ideas for Scrapbook Pages with 8 Photos
- 6 Reasons to Mix Color Photos with Black-and-Whites on Your Scrapbook Pages
- Video excerpt: Lisa Dickinson & Dina Wakley Give Scrapbook Page Design Critiques
- Ideas for Telling Stories on Scrapbook Pages Without Photos
- Ideas for Scrapbook Pages with 7 Photos
- Translate Creative Displays and Vignettes to Your Scrapbook Layout Design
- 4 Reasons to Design A Scrapbook Page with Generous White Space
- Ideas for Scrapbook Pages with 6 Photos
- 5 Liftable Ideas from 1 Scrapbook Page by Karen Grunberg
- Ideas for Composing the 5-Photo Scrapbook Page
- 5 Liftable Ideas from 1 Scrapbook Page by Kiki Kougioumtzi
- Scrapbook Page Starter: Use A Multi-Cluster Foundation
- Ideas for Composing the 4-Photo Scrapbook Page
- TLS006: Evoke a mood on your scrapbook page: keep product, photo and inspiration in sync (Video)
- 5 Liftable Ideas from 1 Scrapbook Page by Leah Farquharson
- TLS005: Scrapbooking 2-Pagers Means Allocating Space and Creating Groupings (Video)
- TLS004: Use a Magazine Layout to Guide Scrapbook Page Design (Video)
- Ideas for Composing the 3-Photo Scrapbook Page
- TLS003: Designing Scrapbook Pages by Scraplifting (Video)
- TLS002: Finding Meaningful Stories Via the Details in Your Photos (Video)
- 5 Liftable Ideas from 1 Scrapbook Page by Betsy Sammarco
- TSL001: Designing Scrapbook Pages with Focal Points (Video)
- Ideas for Composing the 2-Photo Scrapbook Page
- 5 Liftable Ideas from 1 Scrapbook Page by Celeste Smith
- Keeping the Grid Design Fresh on Scrapbook Pages | Using Grids Within the Design
- Ideas for Backing up Scrapbook Page Elements with Grids
- Scrapbook Page Composition: Ideas for Arranging Your Elements in a Grid
- Scrapbook Page Composition: Arrange Your Elements in a Free-Form Cluster
- Scrapbook Page Compositions That Go To the Edge
- Scrapbook Page Starters: Arrange Photos and Elements in a Band
- Easy Scrapbook Page Recipe: Make Repeated Photo Border
- Creating White Space with 5 Scrapbook Page Foundations
- Ideas for Scrapbook Page Designs with Tilted Photos
- 4 Approaches to Framing Scrapbook Page Compositions for Visual Power
- 4 Ways to Use Repeated Photos on Your Scrapbook Pages
- Reworking a layout design | When being stuck in a groove is ok
- Do your scrapbook pages do these 4 things?
- 6 Ways to Keep a Blocked Scrapbook Page Design Fresh
- Easy Upgrades: 5 Ways to Add Charm to Your Scrapbook Pages Quickly
- 3 questions to ask yourself when you make a scrapbook page
- Use Proximity to Impart Meaning on Art Journal Pages
- Step it up: a 3-step process for improved scrapbook page design
- 3 design starters for 3-photo scrapbook pages
- Improve scrapbook page design with white space: 1 layout 3 ways
- What is your scrapbook page foundation?
- How to study scrapbook pages by others to get ideas for your own pages
- Layer it on: ideas for making rich scrapbook pages with layering and collage
- Why It Works Video #2 featuring a page by Leah Allen
- Evoke a mood with your scrapbook pages
- Why It Works Video #1 featuring a page by Anke Turco
- Speed scrapbook page design with smart crops
- 3-in-a-row: the little black dress of scrapbook page design
Color
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- Scrapbook Ideas for Achieving Color Balance in Your Design
- Scrapbooking with a Color Scheme of Black and White with Pastels
- Create Visual Impact on Scrapbook Pages with a Limited Color Palette | Page Guide No. 9
- Video Blog | A Pink and Navy Scrapbook Page Color Scheme Recasts Primary Colors
- 3 Design Solutions that Give Complementary Colors Red and Green New Life on Your Holiday Pages
- 4 Reasons to Leave Your White Space WHITE
- Video Blog | Scrapbooking Ideas for Unexpected Colors on Autumn Pages
- Ideas for Using Trendy Color Combos on Your Scrapbook Pages
- Video Blog | Let Patterned Paper and Color Decide Your Scrapbook Page Story
- Idea Round Up | 5 Scrapbook Page Color Scheme Ideas
- 3 Color Scheme Approaches for Scrapbooking Heritage Photos
- 3 Ways to Design Scrapbook Pages with Complementary Color Schemes
- Ideas for a Pastel Rainbow Scrapbook Page Color Scheme
- Let Patterned Paper and Color Decide Your Scrapbook Page Story
- A Pink and Navy Scrapbook Page Color Scheme Recasts Primary Colors
- Ideas for a Scrapbooking Color Scheme of White Suffused Pastels and Metallic Accents
- How to Push Your Scrapbook Page Color Scheme Story
- Ideas for Using Highly Saturated Scrapbook Page Color Schemes
- 5 Color Combos for Your Scrapbook Pages
- Ideas for a Black and Gold Scrapbook Page Color Scheme
- Ideas for Using Trendy Scrapbooking Color Combination Purple + Yellow
- Get Scrapbooking Ideas from Color-Blocked Fashions, Home Decor, Art, and More
- Use Texture, Shape, and Contrast for No-Color Pages With Punch
- Add Pop to A Pastel Color Treatment with Neons
- 12 Scrapbooking Ideas for Designing Creatively with Color | A Round Up
- Scrapbooking Ideas for a Pastel Christmas Color Scheme
- Scrapbook Embellishments Idea | Tone-On-Tone Color-Blocked Grids
- Scrapbooking Ideas for Unexpected Colors on Autumn Pages
- Scrapbooking Ideas for Using a Cool Color Palette
- Ideas for Ombre Color Treatments on Scrapbooking Layouts
- Ideas for Emerald Green on Scrapbook Pages | Harmony and Elegance
- Scrapbook Page Challenge | Make a Black-and-White Scrapbook Page
- Technique and Product Ideas for Adding a Trendy Gilded Look to Your Scrapbook Pages
- 9 Ways to Give Your Scrapbook Pages a Trendy Rainbow Color Treatment
- Use the Colors Found in Nature to Deepen Your Scrapbook Page Stories
- Ideas for Using Navy Blue as a Neutral on Scrapbook Pages
- Ideas for Using Tone-On-Tone Patterns and Layered Elements on Scrapbook Pages
- Use Color on Scrapbook Pages to Evoke a Physiological Response
- Ideas for Using the Color Red on Scrapbook Pages
- Ideas for Using the Color Mint on Scrapbook Pages
- Scrapbooking with the Color Blue
- Scrapbooking with the Color Green
- Scrapbooking with the Color Yellow
- Scrapbooking with the Color Purple
- Scrapbooking with the Color Orange
- 3 Questions to Guide Your Selection of Scrapbook Page Colors
- Infographics for Scrapbookers
- Add Contrast with Nuance to Scrapbook Pages with Split-Complementary Color Scheme
- Add Energy to Your Scrapbook Pages with Complementary Color Scheme
- 5 Ways to Rock Monochromatic Color Schemes on Your Scrapbook Pages
- Real men have pink scrapbook pages | Ideas for scrapbooking boys with pink
- Use Color Contrast to Make Art Journaling Pages Pop
- Use Analogous Color Schemes for Harmony on Your Scrapbook Page
- 5 scrapbook color questions to ask and answer
- Conversations about color and scrapbooking
- Four Ways to Use Neutral Colors on your Scrapbook Pages