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Shape Up Your Scrapbooks by Katrina Simeck Liven up your scrapbook pages by utilitzing a non-traditional scrapbooking shape - the visual traingle Article rating: 8.25

When you think of shapes and scrapbooking, you likely think of squares or rectangles first. After all, the typical foundation of a layout is a 12x12 square, or an 8.5x11 rectangle. Photos are printed in traditional rectangles (4x6, 5x7, 8x10), or are cropped into neat squares. Look through your scrapbook albums, and you’ll probably find lots of circles, as well. Common embellishments such as brads, eyelets, and buttons bring circular elements to pages.

So, we have squares, rectangles, and circles. What’s missing? It’s the shape that can have an important impact on the design of your page: a triangle! Yes, triangles can show up on your pages in a literal sense. The popularity of arrows and stars brings a triangular feel to page elements. I’m referring to a less obvious triangle shape... the visual triangle.

Creating a visual triangle on your layout requires you to arrange page elements so that they form a triangle shape. Doing this helps to create a visual flow to the page... it’s a natural progression for the viewer’s eye to follow the shape of the triangle. By its definition, a triangle has three points & three sides…thereby satisfying the “rule of odds.” This graphic design trick suggests that groups of odd numbers of elements are more interesting than even numbered groups. Here are three examples of using visual triangles on your layouts:

1. Same color, same element: In this layout, the visual triangle is created with the placement of the three green chipboard stars. The stars help to frame the photo, and also draw attention to the journaling.

© Katrina Simeck; Supplies: alphas (Paper Studio), cardstock (Bazzill), chipboard (Scenic Route), patterned paper (Basic Grey)

 

2. Same element, different color: In this layout, the visual triangle is created with both the light blue flowers and the red flowers. The double visual triangle brings impact to the page, and helps to highlight the design elements at the bottom of the page. Notice that each point of the triangle also involves three elements – three flowers, two flowers + circle, two flowers + journaling.

3. Same color, different element: In this layout, the visual triangle is guided by the color green. Using a common color brings consistency to the layout, while allowing for variety in embellishments.

© Katrina Simeck; Created for Homegrown Scrapbooks; Supplies: brads (Joann’s Essentials), cardstock (Bazzill), die cut alphas (Quickutz Silhouette), patterned paper (Love, Elsie), stickers (Love, Elsie)

   

Look for ways to incorporate visual triangles into your layouts, and you’re sure to shape up your designs!

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