Black is the New Black

With all of the doodling, handwriting, and inking going on in the scrapbook world right now, I’m happy to report that Black is the New Black! I have found myself jumping aboard, and embracing the style with much enthusiasm. When my grandchildren look back at my 2006 scrapbook, they’ll refer to it as “Grandamme’s Dark Ages”.

Last year, I went through my “Pink Period”, and perhaps next year will be “The Year of the Earth Tone”. But for now, I’m cranking up the AC/DC and freestylin’ with the Sharpie. I outlined every single damn element in the K & Company mini book in black, and today as I was working on my new upcoming collections for autumn, I found myself tuning the Lightness on my Hue/Saturation dial down to nearly nothing.

If these layouts get any darker, we’ll have to bust out the black light, and call it a party!

How have you been using black in your layouts or designs these days?

Wayang Golek