Let's talk about a go to design principle that's very commonly seen in scrapbook layouts today; horizontal alignment. Alignment can be horizontal, vertical or diagonal. A layout with horizontal flow is made up of multiple elements on the page that "line up" going across the page. This may be all the way across or not.
I used the Time to Travel collection today to create this layout of our trip home from Arizona for Spring Break;
The central body of the layout is made up of 5 horizontal elements; a combination of patterned papers and a scalloped border sticker from the Doohickey Cardstock Stickers. Three of these patterned papers have strong horizontal flow in their design even though they aren't stripes. Upon closer examination, the cloud paper is a horizontal pattern as the clouds are essentially lined up in rows. The arrows are quite obviously horizontal. The airplanes, while pointed vertical, are also lined up in horizontal rows across the page.
The header of the page, the section of the top, is made up of a mix of fussy cut tags from the Bagagge Claim patterned paper, tags from the Ephemera Icons and a pocket card from the Daily Details patterned paper. While they orient up/down, or vertical, because they are all lined up and move horizontally across the page, they too are considered a horizontal flow. The way they aligned, even the lettering and lines of journaling are horizontal.
Take a closer look at the pictures. The top three photos are vertical! Because they are matted together, all three is a row, they create a horizontal line. The white framing followed by the navy blue tone on tone patterned paper create a rectangular frame that, again, is horizontal. See how you can use tricks to create horizontal lines that help maintain the flow of a layout?
The bottom photo and embellishments are obviously horizontal. While the Postcard and Boarding Pass from the Ephemera Words pack are slightly askew, they still maintain an across the page alignment. Note the layering in the embellishments, as an aside. Dont' be afraid to add to an "as is" embellishment; I overlaid the chipboard airplane over the preprinted one and added a puffy sticker for some visual interest and texture. Placing this cluster beside the photo also maintains a horizontal flow.
Even the title is placed such that it runs horizontally.
I hope you have enjoyed this dive into horizontal alignment or composition and that it's provided some insight into a go to design often see in scrapbooking these days!
Thanks for stopping in today! I'll see you next time!
Suzanna
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