A quick and easy way to create a focal point on your layout is with paper. These two papers form a loose arrow pointing straight to the photo, drawing the eye in and anchoring the layout. A title and some … Read More ...
Love This Frame Layout
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 ...
Meow Cat Pages
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 ...
Sweet Happy Life Layout
Sophie used a large detailed Mandala cut file from Just Nick for this Sweet Happy Life layout. To soften some of the sections of the cut shape she added gesso onto the pattern paper behind. I love the soft pastel … Read More ...
Summer Rainbow Layout
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 ...
Scrapbooking with Kids
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 ...
DIY Background with Stencils
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 ...
Ocean Waves Layout
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 ...
Adding Collage Elements to Journal Pages
Michele is sharing some great tips for mixed media art journaling over on the Mixed Media Art site. She’s showing how to add collage papers and transparencies using gel medium to make it look as through they are embedded and … Read More ...
Summer Circles Layout
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 ...
Large Rainbow Background Layout
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 ...
Photo Focus Dog Layout
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 ...
Rainbow Title Page
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 ...
Rainbow Rays Layout
Monique cover about three fourths of her layout with a large ray of rainbow colors. For each section she distress the edges of the paper and then stitched them to her page. The result is lots of color and lots … Read More ...
Subway Art Style Layouts
Lacey Gasper used stamping and watercolor for this sweet Subway Art Style layout. The background on the left was created the gold embossed stamping with watercolor applied to the paper and the title was also stamped, this time in black … Read More ...