Themes, layouts and inspirations
Whether you’re a seasoned mini album maker looking for a fresh new idea or you’re starting a brand new creative journey into memory keeping, this is the class for you! Join the unbelievably talented Heidi Swapp for this quick 3-lesson session on building … Read More ...
I love the mix of hard and soft on this layout from Melissa. The mixture of the woodgrain background with the pretty florals works so well together. The large gold frame helps pull the eye towards the center of the … Read More ...
I love how Patricia used a large cat silhouette shaped die and split it between her two pages, leaving the background white helps this cat shape really pop. On one of the pages she added a cluster of accents and … Read More ...
I the way Jennifer incorporated the rainbow on her layout. The rainbow itself is not colored but behind it is torn stripes of colorful pattern papers, it’s such a great twist on the trendy rainbow design! She then mirrored those … Read More ...
While many of us are still staying at home and probably spending lots of time with the kids it’s the perfect time to include them in your artistic process. Terhi created this lovely layout with her 12 year old daughter, … Read More ...
Nicole created her own DIY background for this layout using a stencil. With a soft blue stamping ink pad, she blended it over the stencil in sections on her textured cardstock creating a subtle design. She added more texture to … Read More ...
This wonderful layout from Ulrike has such an amazing impact. She took a large photo of ocean waves and cut it into smaller squares and then puzzled them back together, offsetting some, lifting some up, tilting others. This added such … Read More ...
When you’re pressed for layout ideas try going back to the basics, with basic shapes like circles. The large swath of circle diagonally across the background of the page from Erica adds lots of movement and color. And she balanced … Read More ...
Danni created this large rainbow design by cutting curves of different pattern papers. I love how she didn’t use any fancy tools, just traced a dinner plate, it’s a great reminder to use whatever you have on hand! By roughing … Read More ...
Sometimes it’s easy to get swept away in designing a layout, playing with new accessories and embellishments and forget that the focus of a layout should be the photos. Sara focused on a picture of her dog, still adding clusters … Read More ...
The spinning tea cups ride at Disney is one I really love. I remember being 5 years old and riding it with my mom and being a huge fan of Alice in Wonderland it’s remains a favorite of mine. Michelle … Read More ...
Meghann Andrew designed this super sweet layout of her daughter enjoying and ice cream cone with products from Elle’s Studio. I love the photos hanging on twine to form a large banner with a journaling card added in. This is … Read More ...
Nancy used pocket pages to design this double page spread about her trip to Germany. Pocket pages are perfect to slip in photos from your travels as well as places for tickets, maps and more that you’ve picked up along … Read More ...
Just when you think you’ve seen every idea using rainbows you come across a fresh one. Michelle Gallant used a large rainbow of polka-dot pattern papers across her page and then used letters cut from the same colors over top … Read More ...
Lori used photos of her young daughter jumping into the pool for the first time for this summertime swimming pool layout. I love how she used her photos all in a row across both pages like a film strip to … Read More ...
