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Slow Scrap Chat July 25: Anchoring

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Join me in the chat room now (9PM EST July 25), or join along with the below instructions! We are slow scrapping with the "Anchoring" to a side/top/bottom technique!

Here are some basics about the technique that we spoke about in the chat:
*Grounding is creating a foundation on which your entire layout rests. It is a place to attach your anchors. Think of it as the sea floor: grounding is the rock that holds the anchor in place.
*Anchoring is using a line, embellishment, or other part of your grounding to “hold down” individual elements, and gives purpose to the elements you add to reinforce your design.

Quick Ways to Ground:
  • Color: Darker colors add more visual weight, so they are able to ground effectively.

  • Repetition: Using repeating elements, repetition brings connection to the layout. As the reader registers the similar shapes, colors, and elements, they feel a sense of stability.

  • Layers: Using layers of pattern paper, photos, or embellishments creates a base that you can begin to use to anchor your other elements. Layers of paper are the most commonly seen use of a grounding technique.
Quick Ways to Anchor:
  • Lines: Using lines attached to your grounded elements.

  • Repetition: Using your repeating elements to make connections to elements in your grounding area.

  • Clusters: Weighted clusters of embellishments are a great way to anchor photos, titles, and journaling spots.

  • Proximity: When elements are in close proximity to other anchored items, you can use colors or repetition (similar shapes) to draw an “invisible” line to anchor other elements.

  • Literal: Using items such as photo corners, staples, twine or fibers, and other items that are meant to hold down items will create an anchor.
We are specifically scrapping to a side/top/bottom today - so the above techinques, but apply them to no more than 1/3 of your page - you choose which side!

INSTRUCTIONS:
1. START WITH A PLAIN PAPER BACKGROUND
2. LAYER 3-4 PAPERS (CAN BE PATTERNED OR PLAIN) ALONG THE TOP, BOTTOM, OR ONE OF THE SIDES - WHICH EVER YOU CHOOSE TO BUILD OFF OF FOR YOUR LO. KEEP IT ALL UNDER 1/3 OF YOUR PAGE!
3. CHOOSE YOUR PHOTO (or photos) AND "MAT" IT WITH A PAPER, AND POSITION IT TO THE "ANCHORED" SIDE.
4. IN AT LEAST ONE OF THE CORNERS OF THE PHOTO, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOME ELEMENTS UNDERNEATH THE CORNER, AND SOME ABOVE THE CORNER TO GROUND AND ANCHOR. YOU CAN GO CRAZY WITH LOTS OR SIMPLE WITH A FEW!
5. ADD A TAG/TAB/LAYERED PIECES OF PAPER WITH WORDS OR DATE TO EXPLAIN PIC A LITTLE MORE
6. THIS LAST INSTRUCTION ALLOWS FOR A SLIGHT BREAK IN THE 1/3 OF PAGE RULE FOR THE GROUNDING/ANCHORING - YOU CAN ADD A SMALLISH ELEMENT, RIBBON, WASHI TAPE, OR FLAG TAB IN THE OPPOSITE CORNER TO HELP BALANCE THE LO JUST A BIT! AND ALSO - ADD ANYTHING YOU THINK YOUR LO MIGHT NEED ON THAT ANCHORING SIDE - PAINT, STAMPS, ETC...

Thanks for joining our challenge - post your pages to the SPEED SCRAP gallery by 10:00PM EST July 26 for a prize.
 
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My page /inpiration
 
I have a quick question: is it only the anchoring that is supposed to take up 1/3 of the layout, or is everything in the layout confined to 1/3 of the layout?
 
I think this layout fits the bill. I anchored the elements to the bottom and used stitching and staples in addition to clustering. All papers and elements from Kristin Aagard- "Being Silly" and the staple is from "Back 2 School"

 
Love the inspiration and explanation of grounding! Thanks so much. I will try and play, hopefully I will make it in time :) :)
 
Here's mine. Thanks for the fun instructions, Amanda :) My only cheat is that I have used two papers for background. Hope ok?
 
Ok hope i read it right - my papers are in the bottom third, the photo's not but i didnt read the steps that way so hope this is ok
 
Mine, I sort of combined step 3 and 4 so the papers are all around and about the photo. Thanks for the challenge, oh and Student means graduate in Danish
 
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