When you are stumped as to what your next layout will look like, it is a great idea to flip through a magazine or checkout online galleries and look at layouts that other people have created.
The question though is how do you organize the layouts that you see and really like, but can’t use as inspiration at that time.
When you are looking at online galleries, it is a good idea to save the images of the layouts to your computer in a file that you can then review when you are looking for inspiration or a layout to scraplift.
If you keep all of your magazines, you can flag the pages you would like to look at again, or attach a sticky note to the front of the magazine with a note about the layout to make it quicker to refer to them again.
If you are discarding the magazine, pull out the page and place it in a three ring binder in a page protector. You can then make a note on a sticky note reminding yourself what it is about the layout that inspires you.
Another option to consider is to scan the layouts you like from magazines, and then print out both the scanned images and the images you saved from online galleries on 4×6 photo paper. You can then store the images in a recipe card box, or punch holes in the upper corner and put them on a binder ring for future reference.
