Photo-less Digital Pages

I hope everyone is enjoying MOC 10 this month – I can’t believe we are in the last full week of January!! Today’s blog post is about Photo-less pages (which happens to be the subject of today’s MOC challenge). Some really love photo-less pages and others struggle with focus and design questions. Photo-less pages are not limited to art journaling or graphic styles. They can be scrapped in a traditional style (simple, clean, filled or pocket) and are great for journaling a story, capturing a memory that you do not have photos for or creating for the beauty of digital art. I personally love photo-less pages and want to share some of my recent faves with you.

 

This is the page I created for the challenge. It is very word-centric with the main focus on the message in the page title:

 

Excess Baggage

 

For those of you who love using traditional templates (with photo spots) – you can absolutely do that to create a photo-less page. Simply replace the photo spots with journaling cards or digital elements the size and shape of the photo spot. You can even frame the journaling card – just like a photo!

 

Trust Yourself

 

 

Photo-less pages are a great creative release (for happiness and angst):

 

So Much Ugh

 

 

If you miss having faces on your page, you can create a photo-less page with artistic digital doll elements or sketches.

 

Make Your Own Luck

 

A Breath of Paris

 

You can even slip a sketched or hand-drawn digital element into a photo frame:

 

These Strange Days

 

 

I personally love combining digital figure elements with word art to create a pieced-together story or everyday inspiration page:

 

Muses and Ponderings

 

I hope these examples give you a new appreciation for Photo-less pages and inspire you to create something that really makes your heart sing!

Until next time ~
Judie (HeyJude)

 

 

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I’m a creative who pulls inspiration from all corners of life—both the joyful highs and the real-life moments that punch you in the gut. Honestly, I don’t think I can pin down a single scrapbooking style for myself, so let’s just go with eclectic. My layouts really depend on my mindset. If I’m in a deep, cerebral mood, you’ll likely see something chaotic and messy. If I’m more relaxed, it tends to come out clean, simple, and structured.

My brain is usually running on several channels at once, so it’s completely normal for me to be working on a digital layout, dabbling in a hybrid project, and getting messy with art journaling or mixed media—all at the same time.

Here are a few of my go-to tools: Digital: Adobe Photoshop CC + my MacBook; Photos: Canon Rebel or iPhone; Hybrid: Cricut Joy + sewing machine; Art Journaling: watercolors, stencils, and artsticks

And when it comes to embellishments—digital or physical—I’m always reaching for messy threads, ribbons, and Polaroids. Always the Polaroids.

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