So you wanna try and be a minimalist, eh?

[Traci Reed]

Then come learn about Celeste! She's SSD's resident minimalist and she'll show you the ropes!!

https://www.sweetshoppedesigns.com/t...celeste-smith/

[Tracie Stroud]

Oh my goodness that was a fascinating read Celeste! Thank you! You've totally challenged me to give this another try.

[MommaTrish]

That is an awesome read!

[heathergw]

I LOVED this Celeste!!! Your gallery is always one I love to browse for inspiration and your layouts are always just so PERFECT!!!

I took CathyZ's Design Your Life class when I first started digi and I love the concepts you talk about in your tutorial... because they even make for a great foundation for the clustery, layery layouts too...

[Lyd]

Tiling the papers behind the layout so you can see them all is pure GENIUS! Thanks for the great tutorial, Celeste. I may even attempt one of these clean simple layouts myself.

[Andrea Gourley]

I loved reading this, when I used to scrapbook (in a former life before hybrid cardmaking took over my life!) I was a subscriber to Simple Scrapbooks and I've always been drawn to the detailed simplicity of it. Thanks for the article, it was really interesting

[neenee]

Wow.....awesome! I really enjoyed reading this Celeste. Thank you for inspiring me.

[*Celeste*]

awww thanks ladies!

[Sherri Tierney]

Up until the past couple of years my scrapping was very minimalistic. I've only recently started adding more 'stuff' to my layouts. Great blog entry!

When I first read the title I was thinking more along the lines of minimal living and thought you had some great tips for us, Traci. LOL

[joelsgirl]

Great information and lots of pretty eye candy!

[emmasmommy]

i celeste's stuff. i can totally admit to having a scrap crush on her.

[Nettio]

I'm pretty sure I still have a copy of that issue around here somewhere. How cool! Simple Scrapbooks mag was my favorite - I still miss it.

Would you say the way you build your paper pages has influenced the way you build your digital pages? Because I thought it was interesting how you layered things, like adding a neutral background first, photos next, etc. since that's very much how you'd have to build a page with paper.

Love the tip about tiling papers - I'm going to have to try that.

[nun69]

can somebody tell me how to do that tile thing, I LOVE that concept but not sure how to do it? do you just open all of your papers and minimize them in samll blocks?

[LJSDesigns]

Great read! Celeste you are uber talented. I love a simple page and I also love pages with lots of stuff, but what I really love is learning how really good scrappers do things. Thanks for sharing your secrets.

[Nettio]

Originally Posted by nun69

can somebody tell me how to do that tile thing, I LOVE that concept but not sure how to do it? do you just open all of your papers and minimize them in samll blocks?

No there's an option in Photoshop that will tile all the windows for you. I'm on my phone so I can't look but I think it's under the Window menu.

[nun69]

omg...thanks Lynette...I totally learned somethign new today...that is AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[lovely1m]

That was a great read!

[marnel]

Celeste, Thanks for the great read and info!

[origami]

Thanks for the amazing tutorial, Celeste!

[*Celeste*]

Lynette -yes it might be my paper background that makes me do it that way. I definitely start with photos. Even if I have a kit to start with the photos always go first.

[iScrap]

That was so great, Celeste! I'm a huge lover of patterned papers, and even though I don't scrap minimally, I'm going to experiment using your tricks and tips!
Thank you!

[4noisyboys]

What a fabulous read Celeste! Thanks! I love your pages...I'm a fan for sure!

[TanyaH666]

omg. the way you tile the papers in PS so you can see them all! that is brilliant!

[alabau]

This is fabulous! Thanks so much for sharing, Celeste! What a talent!

[kendallt]

Holy cow, what a great article! You're such an inspiration, Celeste!!

[Amy Carey]

I never thought I "liked' the simpler cleaner scrapping style cause I do love me some product, so I almost didn't read it but I'm glad I did because I DO like the photos to take center stage and I do like for things to line up and I really learned a lot Now if I could just make myself scrap...... that's another story for another thread! LOL

[julia]

Originally Posted by ltarbox

Tiling the papers behind the layout so you can see them all is pure GENIUS!

Absolutely, love this idea! Great article, Celeste! Thanks for sharing with us