Scrapbooking for Beginners will walk you through the process, step-by-stepStep #2 - Determine Your ColorsScrapbooking Basics1. Gather Related Photos. 2. Determine the Predominate Color. 3. Determine Theme or Context. 4. Pick papers - Based on your colors, theme or content. 5. Collect your tools. 6. Matte the photos -- if you want to. 7. Test fit the photos to the page size and adhere to the layouts. 8. Add Embellishments or other goodies -- if you have them or want them. 9. Add the Journaling or save it for later. 10. Get your scrapbooking photo album and load the pages in your album and show off... 2. Determine the predominate color.
Here is an assortment of photos from Table Rock Park in South Carolina. As you can see from these, the colors are mostly greens and blues, with a little pink in the one with the flowers. And as luck would have it, only one in the bunch is a vertical photo. You would think with my many years of experience with scrapbooking, I would remember to take more of these vertical shots! (I will show you a quick way to work around that in Step #7 - Test Fitting Your Layouts and also on the Photo Cropping page. I would suggest picking some colors for your background papers that will go with these colors. Now there is nothing in the so-called "manual" that says you have to use a background color. All the scrapbooks you purchase these days come preloaded with white background paper that you are certainly free to use - after all, almost everything goes with white. So for scrapbooking for beginners, we will show the progression of the page or layout construction using a colored background and will show both the colored and white backgrounds as a final so you can see the difference. Lot's of us are color challenged. Not to worry, there is a handy little gizmo called a color wheel and there are a number of different ways to do color mixing and matching. This is the one that I have. It's made by EK Success and is available at many stores that sell scrapbooking supplies. It's also available in the Color Wheel Store at the bottom of this page. They come with directions on how to use them and how to mix and match colors and the process is very easy to understand.
Monochromatic - Monochromatic Color Schemes would contain several shades of the same color family. For Example: Several Shades of Blue - normally creating a sophisticated and more formal look. Analogous - Analogous Colors are next to each other on the Color Wheel. For instance, Red is next to Orange, but Red is also next to Violet on the other side of the wheel. Complimentary - Complimentary Colors are on opposite sides of each other on the color wheel. For instance, Red is opposite Green. Scrapbooking for Beginners Tip: To read a little more about color matching and see an on-line color wheel and how it is put together, check out this nice website called Color Matters , but come on back to Scrapbooking for Beginners. Or, if you want to get your own Color Wheel or a Book on Color, checkout our Color Wheel and Color Book Store Sponsored by Amazon. Hopefully you will be able to find what you are looking for to fit your needs. When you purchase from this page, you are actually purchasing from Amazon.com. All orders go through Amazon's secure order server. If you have any questions, please Contact Us. Now that you have Picked your Colors ... Go on to Step #3
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