Scrapbooking Ideas & Layout Design
Don't let your photos have hazy stories. Use scrapbooking ideas, writing prompts, design how for your scrapbook layouts.
Your scrapbook page canvas establishes a space within which you’ll design–by arranging elements within that space. As you arrange those elements, it’s important to pay attention to the way your foreground elements define the surrounding “white” space. A great way to try new approaches to working with space is to look at inspiration pieces and […]
Your scrapbook page canvas is usually a square (12″ by 12″) or a vertical rectangle (8.5″ x 11″) or, in the case of a two-page design, a landscape rectangle (24″x12″ or 17″ x 11″). That canvas defines the space within which you can organize elements: photos, title, journaling, embellishments. You can actually create differently sized […]
Year-in-review pages are a fun way to combine your favorite moments and stories for the span of a year all in one place. The challenge is to select the stories you want to tell, to find and combine photos, and to tell the stories succinctly. See how our creative team members take this challenge and […]
Including contrasts–clear visual differences between elements–on your scrapbook page is a great way to create emphasis and hierarchies. You can cue the viewer to understand what is most important and next most important, and next after that. Not only that the eye will connect repetitions of contrasting elements. In this way you can create flow […]
Flatlay Photography is trending in social media and graphic design right now. This type of photography captures a collection of carefully curated and placed items and is often used to tell a brand’s story. This week, our Creative Team is using flatlay photography as inspiration for their scrapbook page designs. Kelly Sroka says, “This […]
The Gestalt principle of continuance states that once the human eye starts following a line or path on the page, it will keep going until an object stops it or the line ends. A line can be a literal line (like a drip of ink or a line of stitching), or it can be an […]
Sectioning the scrapbook page canvas out into columns or rows is a way to create homes for your page pieces–and to organize your story. Our creative team shares their pages built with foundations of rows and columns here. Sian Fair says, “This page records a Fathers Day outing we took to see the […]
Repetition on the scrapbook page adds unity, balance, and flow. There can be a lot for a viewer to take in on a scrapbook page, and repeating elements will guide the eye. They can even reinforce a story theme or message. There are many ways to create repetitions on the page, and we’re tackling four […]
When you include a strong visual triangle in your scrapbook page design, you add three spots that stand out and that are connected to one another. The result is a way to move the viewer’s eye through your page and its story. In “4 Ways to Make A Visual Triangle,” Doris Sander shared four design elements […]
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 arrangements and asymmetrical. Line ’em up and you’ve got […]