artbabe
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Post by artbabe on May 29, 2023 15:50:23 GMT
I'm been flipping through the Scrapbook.com gallery and trying to find scrappers that I can get inspiration from. I'm pretty picky about it- I'm not going to follow anyone that's style is really far away from mine. Things that are yesses and nos for me:
Mixed media- If it isn't super messy. I like splatter, stencils, and some stamping but I'm not smearing paint all over a page. That is too much like my job.
Machine die cuts- I'll do them if they are fairly simple. I see layouts that have pieced cuts that I know took hours to put together. I'm never going to do that. I need layouts done in under an hour.
Prima flowers- nope. Maybe a flat one here or there (I still have a bunch from way back in the day) but definitely not 3 dimensional ones. Too foo foo for me.
Packaged die cuts - I love a few embellishment clusters but using a whole pack on a page? Never going to happen. I know that is a design team thing but holy moly is that busy.
Dimension- Yes, definitely. Super flat layouts are not for me. People make lovely pages like that but I need some dimension. I'm a big fan of pop dots, enamel dots, Thickers, etc.
Sewing- I wish. Love the look of it. My sister has my sewing machine now, though. I do do some hand sewing now and then.
I do look for new designs for layouts because I'm a creature of habit- I keep returning to the same sketches time after time. This old dog needs some new tricks.
I love seeing a product that I own used in a creative way. Again, I need some new tricks.
What do you like in a layout style and what do you avoid?
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pantsonfire
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Post by pantsonfire on May 29, 2023 16:11:20 GMT
I don't really have a style. I just sit down and get a plan as I print photos and grab papers. I don't really look for layouts to copy anymore but look for things that spark creativity and make me want to try it.
Things that are a no for me:
Gesso with a ton of painting and what not. Just not my thing.
Sewing and hand stitching.
Tiny photo with a throw up of embellishments on the page. It's the new sticker sneeze.
Too many flowers.
Too many photos on a page.
Flat with no dimension.
Things that I look for:
Using embellishments in a unique way.
Layering embellishments.
Combining companies or lines by the same company.
1-3 photos that tell a story.
Creative titles.
Ways to use scraps.
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Post by judyc on May 29, 2023 16:48:58 GMT
I think my style is a lot like pants on fire who said she has no particular style as I don't either.
- I prefer my pages to look unintentional and avant--garde rather than neat/organized and well crafted (like something you would see created by a CTMH designer) but for someone who is admittedly not that creative, some days it's easier just to settle for 'traditional' pages.
- I do use other layouts for inspiration, usually combining ideas from a couple rather than using a single sketch or page for inspiration.
- I also don't like one tiny photo drowning in embellishments.
- I use flowers sparingly and where they seem appropriate. (No flowers on my snow pages.)
- I prefer the elements of my page to be anchored -- I avoid free floating photos and embellishments.
- I like mixed media and sewing, but don't do those techniques on every page.
- I prefer 3 to 5 photos per layout, but that really depends on the layout and story. I've done lots of pages with a single photo and a few with 10 or more mini photos.
- Definitely like layers but not so many that a layout looks 'heavy'.
- Love mixing patterned papers and supplies from multiple manufacturers on the same layout.
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Post by Linda on May 29, 2023 16:50:16 GMT
simple is my style
I don't usually copy layouts but I will use them like a sketch at times (I love sketches) but typically I have to adapt either since I do 8.5x11 layouts. I tend to look for sketches or layouts with the right number (ish) of photos in the right orientation.
I really only do mixed media for a class or challenge - stamping or stencilling is about as messy as I go.
My layouts tend to be heavy on cardstock with some (opt) patterned paper ...once I add photos and/or journalling, there isn't often much room for embellishing so I tend not to add a ton.
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Post by lisacharlotte on May 29, 2023 17:03:47 GMT
My style is pretty linear and minimal with basic journaling. However, I love to try new techniques. I’ve learned to only try new things that won’t force me to buy a bunch of new supplies. If I can’t make with what I have on hand, I won’t do it. I also like to try things once and never do it again. So I always end up going back to linear and minimal. So you’ll see random layouts that look totally different in my album and I enjoy the diversion from the norm when flipping through.
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Post by infochick on May 29, 2023 19:51:30 GMT
For the longest time, my style was very well defined.
- Pattern paper only, no cardstock
- One photo, maybe two
- 2-3 embellishment clusters
- One collection
While I generally like the look of my layouts, I am trying very hard to make everything look a bit less predictable. Right now I am doing a sketch challenge with some friends, which has pushed me to explore different layouts. I am also playing with old and new pattern paper. Some of the new 49 & Market b-sides and more basic prints are really breathing life into my older stash. It is helping me to think beyond the collection and I'm having so much fun combining different elements together. I don't do a lot of mixed media, but I am trying some little bits here and there with some stamping and stencilling. Sometimes I like it more than others. I would like to do more sewing. I love the texture and detail it adds, but my machine is not readily available in my scrapping area. I sometimes like the process of backing a cut file...I enjoy the fussiness of it. I want to start cutting more titles on my Silhouette.
My favourite travel album has a combination of traditional 12x12 layouts, pocket pages and page protectors of all different sizes, and ephemera. I want to try to bring these elements into my regular scrapbook and see if I can capture this kind of look for my day-to-day chronological album.
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scrapnnana
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Post by scrapnnana on May 29, 2023 20:31:37 GMT
I am more traditional, and my layouts have been described as clean and classic. The photos are the main focus for me, not an embellishment. Sometimes I enlarge one, sometimes I’ll crop one or two down, but I often leave them 4x6 and play around with their placement. Then I decide how to decorate the page. How I decorate is driven by the photos, what I have in my stash. I have no LSS near, so I shop my stash or make it myself, and whatever I feel like at the time. I use my stamps, dies, and whatever I have that suits my fancy.
I don’t use sketches. Using a sketch seems to take me longer than designing the page myself, and I’m usually not as satisfied with the results.
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Post by don on May 29, 2023 20:40:50 GMT
Style? I gotta have style?
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Post by epeanymous on May 29, 2023 21:51:02 GMT
Mine is linear, clean, tons of journaling, big pictures. I'm not an artist. I am a person who likes crafts who is trying to scrapbook--I love looking at other people's mixed-media pages, or pages with one little picture and a ton of embellishment, but it's not me. I think Ali Edwards is probably closest to what I do, but I type everything.
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Post by ScrapbookMyLife on May 29, 2023 22:30:24 GMT
My style is:
Chronological order.
Themed.
Stickers, frames, embellishments, titles.
Symmetrical, balanced, matchy-match.
Mix and match (stripes, patterns, polka dots, checkered).
Colorful. Primary colors, bright and bold colors.
Matted photos.
I don't like:
Vintage.
Muted and faded colors.
Abstract.
Buttons, paper clips, tags, etc...
Random unrelated things (llama, owl, gnome, etc...).
Sticker sneeze.
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Post by mbanda on May 30, 2023 14:56:23 GMT
I'm not sure how I'd define my "style".
I usually use multiple photos and most likely am doing a 2-page spread with the aid of sketches.
I love pattern paper & I love a "theme".
I don't really do "mixed media" except for maybe some splatters but I do like the papers that have a mixed media look (like 49th & Market).
I like to use Thickers or titles from Paper Wizard on my layouts.
I will occasionally do a one photo, one page layout to highlight a great photo or just to play with a more "artsy" type of layout with lots of embellishments, etc.
I dabbled in pocket scrapbooking but I really prefer 12x12. I'll occasionally use some pocket pages within a travel album but overall it wasn't for me.
I'm not a chronological scrapper - but I do try to organize my books in order.
I wouldn't say I'm "clean & simple" but I'm also not "artsy/wild"...I'm somewhere in between...
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Post by grammadee on May 30, 2023 15:37:15 GMT
My pages are event/theme/story based. They may have anywhere from one photo to a ton of them. I think in terms of two page spreads. I don't have to have the whole thing laid out perfectly, but I like to use colour and pattern and at least one alignment to draw them together. Not sure how I would describe my style. Other than messy. I am going to follow pantsonfire's lead and list my preferences. I enjoy working with: *photos that tell a story *themed collections with diecuts & stickers all coordinated *mixed media &/or mixed media look-alikes (depends on how much time I have for things to dry) *ideas I can replicate without alot of cutting and layering. *letter stickers, large and small. *nesting dies in basic shapes. *word and phrase dies. *fussy cutting I can do with an Xacto knife *handwritten journaling (and occasionally titles). I like to PLAY. I put together quick and easy pages that come together as I go: I kinda let the photos and story and elements find spots on my LO. Sketches are just a suggestion. I don't enjoy working with *photos that don't make me happy *stories that other people want me to tell (ie doing a class project where the presenter not only sets out techniques and design, but also story) *any kind of stitching (unless it is doodled onto the page) *FUSSY fussy cutting *effects that require following specific instructions to a T. This includes paper piecing that does not include a solid base outline to fit the pieces into, intricate folds, multi layered cutfiles... Basically anything that makes the process feel like WORK. |
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Post by breakfastattiffanys on May 30, 2023 16:13:53 GMT
My favourite travel album has a combination of traditional 12x12 layouts, pocket pages and page protectors of all different sizes, and ephemera. I want to try to bring these elements into my regular scrapbook and see if I can capture this kind of look for my day-to-day chronological album. This is my goal for PL as well. I also have been adding some interactive pages, flip ups and cascading photo pulls. I’m sure there’s an official name, but it’s a pull down element to see a group of photos flip up? I collect a lot of ephemera, not all of it makes its way into my album, but i like having options. I’ve been collecting Chinese cookie fortunes and hoping to make a shaker pocket out of them, somehow. |
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Post by papersilly on May 30, 2023 16:56:56 GMT
mixed media
collage
muted colors
heritage/vintage style
slightly distressed finishes
sewing
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Post by infochick on May 30, 2023 16:59:56 GMT
My favourite travel album has a combination of traditional 12x12 layouts, pocket pages and page protectors of all different sizes, and ephemera. I want to try to bring these elements into my regular scrapbook and see if I can capture this kind of look for my day-to-day chronological album. This is my goal for PL as well. I also have been adding some interactive pages, flip ups and cascading photo pulls. I’m sure there’s an official name, but it’s a pull down element to see a group of photos flip up? I collect a lot of ephemera, not all of it makes its way into my album, but i like having options. I’ve been collecting Chinese cookie fortunes and hoping to make a shaker pocket out of them, somehow. The fortune cookie shaker pocket is such a great idea!!! My goal is to collect more ephemera. I love the idea of the flip ups and cascading photo pulls. I haven't tried either of those yet, but you have given me some ideas...now I am keen to see what else I can add to my album! |
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breetheflea
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Post by breetheflea on May 30, 2023 20:53:32 GMT
I have no idea what my style is called...
Pretty flat.
It's rare I don't have both cardstock and patterned paper on a layout.
Mix and match collections, manufacturer's and old and new stuff.
Handwritten journaling. Journaling-yes, on almost every layout.
Hand drawn stitching or borders around stuff.
Usually there is at least one stamped item (or more) per page.
Titles are usually (but not always) cut with my Silhouette.
I don't do it as much as I used to, but the colors of the layout usually go with the colors in the photo.
1-4 photos, it's rare I cram more than 4 on a page.
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Post by wordyphotogbabe on May 30, 2023 21:25:40 GMT
What I like in a layout is not always the way I create mine. I adore Paige Evans & Missy Whidden but would never spend more than a couple hours on a layout and am not motivated enough to "translate" Paige's intricate stitching & die cuts into digital.
My favorite pages to create are single-photo journaling-heavy minimal-paper mixed-media element-clustered "everyday" layouts that tell you something about the photo subject's personality or mindset. I usually don't feel like creating a title (although I collect alphas!) so I will use a piece of wordart, and while I love the look of strings and other attachers, I can't usually make anything but staples and stitching look good on my pages.
When it's an event page, I will use a multi-photo template that doesn't allow lots of room for journaling or mixed media or clustering but gets the job done.
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Post by judyc on May 31, 2023 1:22:47 GMT
After seeing this post yesterday, I remembered an 'idea book' from back in the day (2004 - 2008ish) called "Find your Groove" that was about discovering your scrapbook style .... although I'm not sure why that was important, maybe to somehow make you better at it or to inspire you to follow your groove after you've found it? Anyway, the book defined 9 styles: Clean Lines, Graphic, Eclectic, Classic, Shabby, Old World, Journalistic, Hip and Trendy, and Anything Goes. However, in looking at the 'styles' the book defined and examples of each, it seemed that some could be combined that were similar, such as: Clean Lines and Graphic, Shabby and Old World, Eclectic/Hip and Trendy/Anything Goes, which leaves Classic and Journalistic by themselves. Possibly these 'styles' are out-dated and no one really thinks of their scrapbook pages in these terms anymore, although I did see several people mention vintage and distressed, minimal/linear/basic/clean, lots of people leaning toward Classic, traditional scrapbooking, and then those that like to dabble in mixed media, stitching, stencils, etc. - the hip and trendy Eclectic scrapbookers. Thoughts on whether these 'styles' defined in 2007 are still valid styles ?
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Post by Linda on May 31, 2023 2:12:35 GMT
judyc - I think you can certainly apply those style names to styles today...the pages obviously look very different from the ones back then but the underlying concepts are similar.
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