Embellish It! with symbolic images
A great starting point for embellishing scrapbook pages is to ask yourself: What does my page need for meaning? Is there an image that supports my page subject? You can use images that are specific (i.e., a suitcase on a page about travel) or images that have become associated with emotions or abstract ideas (i.e., a bird in flight might connote freedom). Check out this short video to see some pages embellished with images in symbolic ways.
On “Love Always Wins,” Anke represents the troubles and temptations her daughter might encounter with clouds and rain. See her labels “inappropriate television shows,” “bad choices,” and “selfishness” hovering in the storm. Anke represents her love for her daughter with a sheltering umbrella. Her honest journaling tells her daughter to remember this protecting love and let it prevail.
Materials Used: Forecast Kit by Lynn Grieveson; I Heart U Kit, Dated Cards: February 2010 by Jesse Edwards; Love You Embellishment Collection by Ali Edwards; Grunge Overlays No. 03, All You Need Overlays No. 07, Collaged Hearts No. 01, File Labels: Love by Katie Pertiet; Stitched by Anna Red No. 01 by Anna Aspnes
On “happy[colorful]ness, Aino has scrapbooked a brightly colored pinwheel on a “blue-skies” background. She embellished the page with a kite triggering our associations with thoughts of flight, play, and happiness.
Materials Used: Cloudscapes No. 03 Paper Pack, Alandia Element Pack, Yarn Swirls by Katie Pertiet;Beaming Paper Pack by Jesse Edwards; Fasten Its! by Pattie Knox;Nia Kit by Michelle Martin
Share your pages with symbolic images in the Embellish It! Gallery. Find more ideas and design lessons for embellishing scrapbook pages in Embellishing with Alphas and Every Little Thing, e-books by Debbie Hodge and the DesignerDigitals team.
