Digital Scrapbooking Trend Watch: Blocked In
One thing that I am noticing more and more in the galleries is blocking in layouts. Last week, on my Facebook Page, someone asked if I could share with them how to create blocked layouts. I always find that blocking on a layout creates a sense of order on a page, and often can create a simple, calm look. Today I wanted to explore this trend a bit more, and see what’s out there for us scrappers.
There are some great layouts out there that are using blocking in them. I even found a few in my gallery that I had forgotten about.
If you are looking for some digital scrapbooking layouts to help you create a blocked look quickly and easily, you are in luck as there are TONS available. Here are some of my favorites:
Looking to create blocked layouts on your own? Keep your eyes on the blog here for a tutorial on creating a blocked layout very soon. Until then, give these products a shot!
Digital Scrapbooking Trend Watch: You Spin Me Right Round
In this installment of Trend Watch, I want to look at circles. Lately, I have seen circles becoming more and more present in digital scrapbooking layouts and designs. Sometimes, the circles are large and used as mats or journal spots, and sometimes they are small and used to scatter like bubbles. I also love when the photos are cropped into circles, I love the way it breaks from the normal rectangular picture.
Take a look at these digital scrapbooking layouts that use circles….
Looking for some inspiration for your own work? Check out these awesome circle themed digital scrapbooking templates.
What Do You Think?
Over the past three weeks, I have introduced a few new features here at the Sir Scrapalot Designs blog. New installments of these features will be coming within the next week or so. I am interested in hearing which of these features you have enjoyed so far. Please take a minute and vote in the poll below and let me know what your favorite new features have been.
What New Features Have You Most Enjoyed?
- Scrapping {You}niversity (64%, 9 Votes)
- Trend Watch (43%, 6 Votes)
- Scrap Along With Sir Scrapalot (29%, 4 Votes)
- Twitter Tips (14%, 2 Votes)
Total Voters: 14
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Trend Watch: Waves
Have you noticed lately the use of waves on layouts? I absolutely LOVE how a wave looks across a page. It gives the layout so much movement and life. I also love how they can be used to divide a page, or define different sections of page. One of my favorite techniques with waves is to tuck elements on the layout behind them. Let’s check out some layouts that use waves.
I love these layouts!! Check out how the waves are overlapping in some of them, or how they have elements tucked behind them. One of the layouts even uses a shrunken down version of the wave, and I love that too. I recently included a wave on one of my own layouts:
Some designers are even adding pre-made waves into their kits. The wave on the layout above was actually part of the kit by Lauren Grier. There are tons of products out there to help you add a little wave to your layout. Check these out:
Are you already using waves in your layouts? I would love to see how you are incorporating them into your layouts!! Link me up in the comments!! I’ll come back on Tuesday night and pick one person to win my Wave Templates for free!!
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