A designer's tip for you ...

You'all know Hummie, don't you? She has a wonderfully inspirational blog here, and this week it was my turn to offer up a 'designer's tip'. This is what I shared with her blog readers ...

My scrapping style is predominantly simple, incorporating lots of white space. I almost always use two ‘visual aids’ when creating a page … a grid that I use to help position my photos, and the ‘visual triangle’ principle.

Grid: I imagine a three by three grid is on top of my page, and place the eyes of my subject in my photo, or point of interest in my photo, over one of the intersections.

You can see that Natasha’s eyes are close to the intersection of the top right corner part of the grid.

Visual triangle: my visual triangle ties my page together. You can see that there are three flowers on my page that make up an imaginary triangle. This creates a virtual boundary for the viewer’s eye, linking all the layout elements together, and creating a feeling of ‘organized space’ on the page.

I was also asked to share my favourite kit ... hard to do, cos I don't sell stuff I don't like, rotflol! But since I had to choose ...

The Girly Collection 1 ... a pretty set of four minikits of girly goodness!



Wild Child minikit: 5 papers, two frames, three felt flowers, three buttons, notepaper, two ribbons, gold staple and 3 'dymo' tapes. These papers are 12 in x 12 in, and the elements and papers are created at 300 dpi.

Summer Freckles minikit: five papers, two felt hearts, one frame, tape, two ricrac, staple, card, two buttons and one green clip. These papers a12 in x 12 in, and the elements and papers are created at 300 dpi.

Day Dreaming minikit: five papers, three tags, three buttons, two scrolls, frame, notepaper edge and zigzag stitching. These papers are 12 in x 12 in, and the elements and papers are created at 300 dpi.

Frivolous minikit: five papers, three buttons, two flowers, two bows, frame, tag and silver brad. These papers are 12 in x 12 in, and the elements and papers are created at 300 dpi.

You can find the Girly Collection 1 here ...

Comments

[Erica Ambrosio]

I liked that idea of thirds for pages. I will try use it.

[Mrs S]

Great tip - will try that one out

[Jess (Scrapbook Ideas)]

Thanks for the tip about the visual triangle! I tried it on my latest page, and I love the result :)!

http://scrapbookideas.wordpress.com/2007/09/30/technique-digital-curled-edges-how-to-and-freebie/