Video Blog | 5 Ways to Use Shapes to Start Your Scrapbook Page Designs
This lesson from Lynnette Penacho first appeared as a part of the Get It Scrapped Membership class “Canvas.” When it comes to building the foundations of her digital scrapbooking layouts, Lynette Penacho is a HUGE fan of shapes. Her shape tool is by far my most favorite of her digital scrapbooking arsenal–it’s the digital equivalent […]
Scrapbook Pages Inspired by the Flea Market Style | Page Guide No. 8
The “flea market” decor style is eclectic one often including a curated collection of pieces that are seeminly unrelated, each with their own story, and yet combining to tell a bigger, single story. This style incorporates objects one might find at a flea market, vintage pieces, second-hand belongings, or antique collectibles. These items often have […]
Scrapbook Ideas for Using Meaningful Shapes and Silhouettes in Your Scrapbook Page Foundations | Page Guide No. 7
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 silhouettes that are relevant to your story, you not only affect the […]
Scrapbook Page Starter: Use a Story-First Approach | Page Guide No. 6
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 photos for that story, and finally, you’ll use color, motif […]
Video Blog | What’s Your Motif? 10 Ideas for Using Hearts on Your Scrapbook Pages
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 video blog by Christy Strickler, we’ll explore inspiration […]
Include the Vintage Looks of Past Decades on Your Scrapbook Pages | Page Guide No. 5
Specific decades or eras of time are often associated with particular textures, music, fashions, art, food, and so much more–all of these making up this time period’s style. You can draw inspiration from any of those elements to evoke a sense of that time on your scrapbook page. Our creative team took a look at our […]
Video Blog | Use Geometric Shapes on Your Scrapbook Pages for Interest, Stability, and Energy
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 effects. They’re interesting. They aren’t necessarily feminine. Most geometric prints have a secondary […]
Scrapbook Page Sketch and Template #119
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 one, searchable by # of photos and layout type. […]
See How Active White Space Contributes to an Appealing Scrapbook Page Design | Page Guide No. 4
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 surrounding a logo or graphic element. […]
Get Your Scrapbook Ideas Organized
Have you ever wanted to get all of your favorite scrapbook ideas organized in one place so that you can start putting them to use in your pages? Well we here at Get It Scrapped would like to help you with this goal! Get It Scrapped has been sharing free scrapbook ideas with you […]