From the minute I opened Scrap Simple I knew it was going to be a favorite of mine.  As evidenced by most of my layouts, I’m a big fan of simple design and few embellishments. I love the way Hillary Heidelberg's layouts are both modern and classic at the same time. I don’t think there’s a single layout in the book I don’t love.

While Scrap Simple features mostly traditional layouts, the principles still apply to digital layouts.  Digital doesn’t necessarily mean quick (with all the resizing, color changing and cropping) and with the number of digital embellishments available, the potential for busy, overwhelming pages is high. So, since I’m on a digital kick recently (mostly because my scrapping table is so messy you can’t actually see the table), I decided to try a digital page (below left) Scrap Simple-style  My inspiration was a layout (below right) from the chapter on incorporating white space.

        

The star patterned paper and scalloped border came from the awesome, free digital kit from Sande Krieger (click here to download).  I loved that the blue and red stars were the perfect fit for a page about my husband’s affinity toward watching the political process unfold on C-SPAN. The journaling reads: “whatever it takes to get you to like cable.” 

Don’t forget to leave a comment on Christine’s post for a chance to win a copy of Scrap Simple.  And check out Hillary’s interview here.

Kristin