One of the biggest trends in contemporary scrapbooking is the use of mixed media. This involves combining different materials and techniques, such as paint, stamps, stencils, and washi tape, to create dynamic and visually interesting layouts. The result is a scrapbook page that is both artistic and personal. There are lots of ways to achieve the mixed media effect in your scrapbooking and I hope to showcase many of these techniques on the new Technique Tuesdays feature here on the blog.
Texture is a big part of scrapbooking today. Whether you use texture in your background, in a border or even an embellishment you bring a layer of dimension into your scrapbook pages. In the layout to the left, we will ignore the fact that I mounted the masked section upside down, on the wrong side!) you can see a section that was painted with a thick coat of black craft paint over a mask of bats. This was done on a separate piece of cardstock so the paint wouldn’t affect the photograph. An added benefit of this being done on a separate piece of cardstock is that it creates a pocket for hidden journaling if wanted.
There is also added dimension by using painted chipboard letters for my title. At the time I created this layout, lots of blank space was NOT the trend. The class was also on the cutting edge of painting and masking techniques. This is one of those layouts that, when I look back at it, I definitely feel the pull to re-do the layout, correcting the mat, straightening the letters in candy and moving the journaling so it wasn’t hidden, however, if you read my previous blog post, you understand why I don’t do it. I can see the progression in my own scrapbooking and I still have a mountain of photos to scrap… I will never get done in my lifetime, and that is if I live to be 100 and take no more pictures!
Please come back on Tuesday for my new Technique Tuesday feature and give the new and old techniques a try. I am excited to share more with you about current scrapbook trends, and maybe bring back a few…maybe