Once you’ve created a layout would you consider it a crime to reuse that design? Are you a one and done kind of scrapper?
Let me show you why I believe designs should be a reusable resource in your scrap stash.
Just below is a layout I completed a while ago. It’s a portrait of my husband and his siblings when he was in high school. It’s a rather simple design that relies on good old-fashioned color blocking and a few embellishments.
This layout follows a simple color-blocked design.
Now here is another layout of Matt’s family, taken years later. I used the same design as the first; in fact, I didn’t even flip the side on which the photo is situated. Because the photo, patterned papers and embellishments are different the resulting designs really don’t resemble each other that much. In fact, I believe that unless I pointed out to someone looking at the family album that these two layouts share the same structure, they would be very unlikely to see that on their own. Even when held next to each other it’s the differences that take the viewer’s focus.
This layout follows the same color-blocked design but uses different papers and embellishments.
When you find a design you like, I say “reuse, recycle, re-imagine.”