Category Archives: layout

LOAD516 – Let’s Get This Party Started!

Posted on April 30, 2016 by daydesigns

Welcome to LOAD516! It’s day number one and I am so excited to be the first Feature Scrapper of the month. Big shout out to Alice, our hostess with the mostess, Go To Gal Kelli, and all the rest of … Continue reading →

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Working with a Medium Scale Patterned Background

Posted on April 23, 2016 by daydesigns

Forgive the delay in continuing my lessons on Design Principles but I wanted to share more of my “homework” with you. Last week I talked about Scale and gave a homework assignment at the end of the post. I asked … Continue reading →

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Working with a Small Scale Pattern Background

Posted on April 21, 2016 by daydesigns

I’m back with the first of three process videos where I take you through my Scale Homework. Not sure what I’m talking about? Check out my post from Saturday where I talk all about Scale and it should become clear. … Continue reading →

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Principles of Design – Part II: Rhythm

Posted on March 26, 2016 by daydesigns

Welcome back! Did you enjoy my lessons on Balance last week? How did it change the way you created layouts over the week? I know I was always asking myself “does this balance that?” Had to make sure I was … Continue reading →

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Principles of Design – Part I: Balance

Posted on March 19, 2016 by daydesigns

Welcome to Part One of this six part series here on Alison Day Designs! Some of you may know that once upon a time I went to Interior Design school. Yep. Slogged my way through one course at a time … Continue reading →

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LOAD216 Days 27 – 29 Round Up Plus a Recap of the Month

Posted on March 5, 2016 by daydesigns

Something a tiny bit different for this week’s round up of my LOAD216 layouts. I filmed them! The idea came from seeing Paige Evans’s layouts from 2015 (wow! what an amazing artist!! Honestly, if you want to be blown away … Continue reading →

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Using Both Sides of Your Paper

Posted on March 1, 2016 by daydesigns

I know, I know, it’s Tuesday now …  I swear I started this post with the intention of it going live yesterday. But … yesterday was one of those days where nothing seemed to work. As you will see in … Continue reading →

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