How do you start your white page layouts?

[Jam-on-toast]

I usually pick the paper I want to use and then pick my photo. I then put a leaf or branch under the bottom of my photo and then build my cluster. I also like to include some small title.

I also feel my pages are incomplete without a title... though if it's a companion page (part of a spread) I don't always have one

 

[Jam-on-toast]

I love white space page and minimalist design.
Sometimes I start with a photo and sometimes with a paper or a frame.
But I need around 2 hours to do such a page !

Is it wrong to feel happy reading this white pages take me ages...

 

[anke55]

I have studied your white layouts extensively... and drawn inspiration from them... and will definitely continue doing so... I love your pages!

you are too kind!!!

 

[Susan - s3js]

I love white space layouts. And I love telling stories. And those are really the only kinds of layouts that I enjoy doing. (And I just realized it as I was thinking about this question.) What I generally do is look at some white space layouts before starting. Then I have something in mind.

Another thought that I just had and have never tried...I think that I will try making two pages on the same subject. Choosing one of my favorite photos from a story I want to tell and use that for a white space layout, then use corresponding photos for my story page next to it! I'm going to try that this week and see how it goes.

Great idea, Linda! White (negative) pace LOs are my nemesis!

 

[Amandajk]

I totally agree with this!

I rarely even try to scrap "white space layouts".

Me either. I am soooo not a minimalist- in any way! lol. I find them a bit puzzling. Especially when I did paper scrapping (remember that?!) I saw those pages, and thought "why?". Most noteably the ones with the photo/elements on the side- half off the page. Huh?! Lol!!! I prefer a party on the page!

 

[Cherylndesigns]

Me either. I am soooo not a minimalist- in any way! lol. I find them a bit puzzling. Especially when I did paper scrapping (remember that?!) I saw those pages, and thought "why?". Most noteably the ones with the photo/elements on the side- half off the page. Huh?! Lol!!! I prefer a party on the page!

"A Party on a Page" - love that, Amanda. If there's a "bare" spot, I try to see what I can put in it.

 

[Jam-on-toast]

Me either. I am soooo not a minimalist- in any way! lol. I find them a bit puzzling. Especially when I did paper scrapping (remember that?!) I saw those pages, and thought "why?". Most noteably the ones with the photo/elements on the side- half off the page. Huh?! Lol!!! I prefer a party on the page!

"A Party on a Page" - love that, Amanda. If there's a "bare" spot, I try to see what I can put in it.

Totally... I print my pages (once the album is complete) so it seems silly to print just empty space... after all, ten years down the road I would want to see photos and journaling... when I look through the paper albums I made years back, I barely even notice the embellishments - but wish I had written down when/where/why the photo was taken...