Whenever I make a layout for Get It Scrapped, I find myself delving a bit deeper into my process…thoughtfully considering the things that I do. Story is a huge part of my process, but sometimes it takes a little focus on my part to truly appreciate that. Let’s take a closer look at how story drives the process. You’ll see how my story inspires the title and so much more.
The layouts I create often start with the pictures. I click in and out of photo folders until one catches my eye. When it comes to events, I group the photos into one big folder and then I strive to find the smaller stories. And when I say smaller story, that isn’t to say it’s less than anything. It’s more like a hidden big picture story. These photos held one such story.
Will You Share by Christy Strickler |Supplies Patterned Paper: Crate Paper, Basic Grey; Letters: Freckled Fawn, Pink Paislee; Acrylic, Fowers: Maya Road; Enamel Dots: My Mind’s Eye: Die Cuts: Simple Stories; Other: Tag, Doily;Proud member if the Get It Scrapped Creative team. This scrapbook layout appears in an article for Get It Scrapped
These photos were taken on Easter morning. I separated them from the large bunch of photos I took that day. They tell a bigger tail than just the fact that my son was opening some chocolates. They depict our family dog waiting patiently, as he always does, to see if my son would share. The fact that my son didn’t share the chocolate with our dog is irrelevant. What you see is a bit of my dog’s character as well as the relationship between him and my son. It’s as though my dog is asking if my son would share with him. Just like that, I had a direction for my journaling and a title for my page. This page tells the tale of the many times my son did share, how our dog never snapped or took the food, and how he gained just a little bit of weight that he probably shouldn’t have thanks to my son feeding him.
Now I had the title and the story. The tricky part would be finding the right supplies to support the story. I wanted it to have a bit of Easter, but not to overpower the story with the Easter theme. The difficult part would be to represent an abstract concept. There aren’t many supplies out there geared toward sharing as a theme.Going the symbolic route was the answer. I chose a scribbly chevron paper as the canvas. The chevrons give a hint to the underlying anxiety of my dog waiting for his answer. Color is also a powerful way to support a story. In this layout, red symbolizes desire, beige unification, pink friendship, and yellow optimism. The deer looks like it is made of chocolate. I am also using it in the sense that this story is dear to me. Pun symbolically intended. The deer, flowers, and doily add a subtle softness to the page while also lending it a hint of spring. The wood texture of the patterned paper and the velvet of the flowers adds a soft warmth which represents the friendship between my son and our dog.
Finding the story behind a set of photos can be a great starting point for your scrapbook page. It can guide the theme and product choices. If the concept of the story is abstract, search for items that can lend a symbolic meaning. Texture, color, and motif can all be used figuratively to support your tale. Keep in mind that one set of photos might hold multiple stories. In which case, there might be good reason to scrapbook with them again.
Does story drive your process? Have you created titles for you layouts that were derived from your journaling? Share them in the comments here or post them to the Get It Scrapped gallery.
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