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From Simple Scrapbooks Magazine |
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As scrapbookers, we often want
our photos to be placed center stage, with the accompanying text playing the
critical supporting role. Yet we don't carefully consider how the color of our
journaling paper either contributes to or detracts from the role we have
assigned to our words.
It's habitual, or course. We have white paper in the printer and we have white
cardstock by our pens—so just grab white and record the story, right? Maybe not.
Consider what Beth Wakulsky is showing us in the two layouts on this page. In
the first layout, notice that the white text boxes are the first things your
eyes are drawn to. But in the second layout, white is used only as a photo mat,
drawing attention to the focal pictures. The text, on a lighter-value purple,
assumes an effective supporting role.
Help your text win Best Supporting Actor by placing in on the right paper.
After
Materials: patterned vellum (Chatterbox) + alphabet stamps (All Night
Media) + paper clips (Making Memories) + beads (Halcraft, USA) + CK Curly font
(Creating Keepsakes) + pages by Beth Wakulsky
Shhhhh! It's a Secret
Add more journaling on your pages in a neat, hidden-column format. Hidden journaling gives you a place to record a lengthier journaling entry by making several columns and folding them into pages. Plus, it's as fun to open and read as sharing a secret.
Materials: stickers (me & my BIG ideas) + letter stickers (Doodlebug
Design) + Sharon Ann patterned paper (C-Thru Ruler Co.) + CK Constitution font
(Creating Keepsakes) + letter stamps (PSX) + ink (Stampin' Up!) + tags (Making
Memories) + floss + button + page by Erin Lincoln
Simple Steps:
1. Type journaling in your word processing program. Select font type and size.
2. Reformat your journaling into three columns. (Leave the far left column blank
if you want to make a decorative cover as shown above.)
3. Trace a vertical pencil line between columns one and two, and two and three.
Score paper between columns with a bone folder and ruler (or use a hand crease).
4. Fold the third column over the second column; fold the second column under
the first column. Adhere to page. Add decorative touches to front if desired.
Read more on Simple Scrapbooks Magazine's website including: Ideas for Adding Sound to Your Pages, Starting a Materials File, and Design Tips
