It’s the accumulation of well-chosen and carefully crafted details that create a masterful scrapbook page. Check out 5 details on “Today I am Golden” by Marie-Pierre Capistran, and see if one or two of them can inspire your next page. Marie-Pierre made this page as a part of her work for the Get It Scrapped blog post, The 5 Page Parts As Focal Points on the Scrapbook Page. 1. Start with a plain white canvas and pile it on! Marie-Pierre says: “I have to admit that my layout finished way more loaded than how I thought it would. But I still think that my title gets the focus because of a ..read more

Spotting trends requires, simply, that you pay attention to what people are talking about, what they’re decorating their homes with, what they’re wearing, and how they’re entertaining. As a result of social media and blogs, it’s never been easier to know what folks are talking about. Here’s a roundup of some of our favorite trends to try on your next scrapbook page: 1. Add Contrast and Charm to Your Scrapbook Pages with a “Dipped” Look The trendy “dipped” look is created when half of an item is colored differently from the other half in a way that looks as if that item were ha ..read more

When your details and design are well-chosen and carefully crafted the result is a masterful scrapbook page. Check out five details on “Wild in Arizona” by Shanna Hystad, and see if one or two of them can inspire your next page. Shanna made this page as a part of her work for the Get It Scrapped blog post, “Find and Use Inspiration for Designing with Line on the Scrapbook Page.” 1. Use a background that mimics the background in your photos. Shanna did a wonderful job of selecting a background for her page that would make her photos look right at home. Not only is the coloring ..read more

The grid foundation is one of several layout configurations scrapbookers use again and again when making scrapbook page designs. Over the years we’ve shared a number of different ideas for using the grid design on your scrapbook pages. Here’s a roundup of favorites: 1. Embellish with Tone-On-Tone Color-Blocked Grids On your next page, try a grid-based embellishing approach: embellish each block in your grid with embellishments of the same color. For example, on Lisa Dickinson’s page here, she’s got pink flowers and a banner on a pink square. Right next to that are green buttons a ..read more

It’s the accumulation of well-chosen and carefully crafted details that create a masterful scrapbook page. Check out five details on “Be Their Safe Haven” by Cara Vincens, and see if one or two of them can inspire your next page. Cara made this page as a part of her work for the Get It Scrapped blog post, Ideas for Scrapbook Pages that Record Your Intentions. 1. Use a collage of several photos as if they were a single photo. Cara says: “This page focuses on my intentions of being a better mother. I want to be present for cuddles and listening to stories and opinions, putting my ..read more

An easy and appealing way to emphasize your focal point is to embellish it. Not only does this draw the eye, but it can also be used to add an additional layer of meaning to the page. Our Creative Team members share their pages with embellished focal points here. Check out the ideas and using them on your own scrapbooking. Jana Oliveira says, “The focal point of my page is a picture of my son on our recent family trip. I started the page by emphasizing this photo using a digital extraction. After that I layered a cluster of embellishments around the bottom right corner.” Boys Rule by Jana Oli ..read more

There are so many techniques and materials to choose from in your holiday gift wrapping. Those very approaches provide great inspiration for scrapbook page design. See how our creative team has found and put these ideas to work on their own pages. Jill Sprott says, “The idea of using techniques inspired by gift wrapping led me to think about the many gifts of the upcoming holiday season, one of which is the spectacle of lights, which fuels my festive mood.” “I gift-wrapped each of the photos here, drawing upon ideas from multiple sources, including a folded-paper approach from Kate’s Creative ..read more