Touching on Texture

One of the easiest ways to add interest to your digital scrapbooking page projects is to add texture. Put simply, that means adding anything that makes a reader want to reach out and touch the page. It can be achieved by adding a textured paper like a wood grain or a plaid weave or by stacking elements of varying thickness and feel. Chelle’s very talented team members have a few pages to show you as examples.

First, Jennifer made a page with a wood grain as a background paper. It fits the theme of her page perfectly and makes me want to feel the page. She also stacked elements of varying thicknesses and surface textures, and she used Get Your Grill On and Get Your Grill on Fire {Alpha}. (If you don’t have these two items and want to shop, you might want to look at the bundle in the market; it includes a few more items for just a few pennies more).

Next, Jan took a trip to my home town, Chattanooga, TN, and she went to a Lookouts baseball game. She used several of Chelle’s kits to mix and match and make a very tactile layout of her photos from the game that is full of various textured items. Included on her page, you’ll see items from Batter Up: Baseball, Rock the Vote, Summertime, and Liberty.

Finally, Melissa also had some sports photos. She scrapped a page about her daughter’s cheerleading experience using Go! Fight! Win!, Play the Game, Delightful Alpha Doodles, and Holly Jolly Holiday (retired). Melissa says about her page, “The crinkly paper, the glitter, the poms, even the turf scream texture to me,” and I must say I agree. I love the textured elements with that turf in her photo.