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White Backgrounds By Charity Hassel Sep 26, 2005, 06:57 |
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Using a white background can be a fabulous way to start a layout. White is a neutral color. It can brighten colors placed against it. White softens colors while still providing the contrast needed to make an element really pop. Brightly patterned and colored paper used against a white background really makes for a exciting page. White gives the eye a place to rest and can unify the other elements on your page.
Holly shared a few layouts she has done. These links will take you to her layouts where she has included instructions on how she made each page. The bold patterns and bright colors she used for the first two layouts look wonderful when paired with the white background!
Dad's Day
http://www.pagesoftheheart.net/gallery/showphoto.php/photo/15607/sort/2/cat/500/page/7
Julie Roberts
http://www.pagesoftheheart.net/gallery/showphoto.php/photo/15604/sort/2/cat/500/page/7
Soccer
http://www.pagesoftheheart.net/gallery/showphoto.php/photo/6589/sort/2/cat/500/page/22
Bat Blur is a recent layout I made using white as a background. I really wanted to make a more graphic looking page. I used just a splash of color to back the pictures with and on the Christina Cole sticker strip across the top. The bat shape was made from Styrofoam brand puffy paper. I downloaded the shape of a bat from the internet, printed it out and used that as a template to cut the shape out with.
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| bat blur by Charity Hassel |
First Christmas was inspired by a layout in Simple Scrapbooks magazine. The white background allows the picture to really stand out. The journaling was printed on transparency then placed on the layout.
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| first christmas by Charity Hassel |
In my layout, One Year, I wanted to keep the focus on my son’s picture. The white background keeps the page from being to busy.
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| one year by Charity Hassel |
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