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Is this gonna look like a big ol' mess?

Most of the scrapbook examples I've seen online look so uniform, imo. Same papers or same colors, same sized borders, etc. I'm really not about that. But I'm worried that what I'm planning to do will be too crazy.

My fancy papers are all different colors. I've picked papers that go with each other for the same page, but they're still different. Like, I'll have cool colors together, or warm colors together, or "girly" colors together, but these fancy papers are all vibrant designs. I was planning on these papers for a thick border around the pictures.

I am also planning to do a thin border of solid cardstock around each picture, but again not all the same color. (So you have photo, thin solid border, then thick patterned border) I want to use cardstock colors that match a color in the fancy paper, so on one page, for example, there might be a photo with a thin pink border and fancy paper border with pink flowers on it, and another photo with a yellow thin border and fancy paper with yellow swirls in it. Too crazy?

The consistency is going to come from having the same black background, and all rectangles (I decided against ovals for various reasons) and the same font and neutral cardstock for the quotes.

For more consistency, should I also make sure all my fancy borders are the same thickness? Or would it look alright to have a big picture with a medium sized border, and a small one with a thicker one? Or is my whole plan just going to end up being a big mess with too many different colors?

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Luna
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Luna,

I was not kidding when I said you sound like a natural. You're ideas sound wonderful. It will not be a crazy mess. Again, don't worry about a right way to do it, there is no perfect look. We are all individuals with varying degrees of experience, varying styles, and differernt ideas.

Your focus is on the photos so your borders widths should be determined by the photograph and ultimate look of the layout. You are overthinking/stressing yourself. All of your ideas are right on target. It will be woderful. Start with your first layout, whether a one page or two page theme. Cut your pieces, lay them together on the page, rearrange until you find what you like. Glue after you come up with what you want. You will only know whether you like it if you can visually see how it all comes together and you'll have the ability to rearrange, add, take away, or change things that don't quite make it. If you feel YES! after you've done the page then you've scored a home run. Not all layouts will have that impact. Enjoy the process it's not a chore. It WILL BE PERFECT in your sister's eyes and you WILL FEEL PROUD of your work way before you are finished with it. Take a deep breath and jump... you're going to love seeing your memories displayed beautifully. And you will both cry when you give it to her. You have all the instints, follow those instincts, let your feelings pull you through and you won't go wrong. I promise.

Melissa in Seattle pages in 2005 = 150

Reply to
mlderr

Thanks. It's hard to do something for the first time if you don't know what the "rules" are. Are there rules for scrapbooking? I guess using acid free and lignin free paper if it's touching your photos would be one, and don't have poisoned razor blades sticking out of it would be another, but that's all I've been able to discern so far.

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Luna

I didn't scrap for a long time, because I didn't know the rules. I finally found out there are no rules to design just to preserving your photos. Acid and lignin free products and you're set to go. Even that rule can be bent with buffered albums. If there is something you just have to have in your album some albums like the Creative Memories albums are buffered to help with acid things ruining a whole album.

Cut things out don't glue anything down. Move things around until they look like you'd want them to. Then start gluing. Just go for it. You will find in time your own style. I have a friend that can pick my page out of 12 other pages in a swap, because she says I have a certain style. I don't really know what it is, but it must be the way I see things and what looks good to me. Don't worry about being a perfectionist. Yes, next year when you look back at your first pages you'll think they don't look as good as they could be. I just left mine, because it's fun to see where I started and what I'm doing now. Some will go back and change the first pages now they have experience. Don't let that stop you. You're going to have fun.

Lynne

Reply to
King's Crown

Luna...would this help?

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Reading your post I believe that you have a natural flair for this :o) You just need the confidence to jump right in and go with the flow! I haven't been scrapping all that long so am no expert but there are loads of different styles around and they are all individual. Only you know what you are trying to achieve with your album! Many of the "uniform" LO's you talk about suit some scrappers but leave others cold. Others use a more eclectic approach, mixing colours, shapes to great effect or creating collages. Some may say the LO's are art....others prefer to let the photographs speak for themselves or use one photo and lots of journalling. Your pages are about your thoughts/emotions or reflect the character/style of the person you are making it for. I use one main principal when scrapping....if it offends my eye it isn't right for me :o) Take care, Marilyn

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Marilyn

LOL Luna. I like the way you think. One of my favorite quotes is: Learn all the rules. Then you can figure out the best way to break them properly.

Reply to
Sabrina

Luna, you definately are a natural scrapper. :-) I'm looking forward to seeing the outcome!

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Deb in AR

Besides using acid free stuff in your books there are no rules in Scrapbooking....Think of it as ART. You can do whatever you like with your page as long as you like it. Have you tried looking at

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for ideas? Also you can use paint , words, swirls,dots whatever drawn with pens....whatever you want..Go for it! you want.

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dizzy d

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