by Debbie Hodge | Jul 14, 2010 | Ideas via Product & Technique, Patterned Paper
by Debbie Hodge When I first started scrapbooking and shopping for patterned papers, I gravitated to eye-catching patterns with motifs like flourishes, stars, paisleys, and florals. The dots and stripes weren’t as interesting to me. I didn’t see why I needed them, and...
by Debbie Hodge | Jul 12, 2010 | Ideas via Product & Technique, Paper Techniques for Scrapbooking
by Michelle Houghton Machine sewing on scrapbook pages is a great homemade touch. Read on for ideas and how-tos for getting your machine fired up and stitching on paper. Prepare your page Before you start sewing on your scrapbook page, you need to have the layers you...
by Debbie Hodge | Jul 11, 2010 | Quotes and Word Art
Use summer quotes and printable word art on your paper or digital scrapbook layouts and projects — for titlework, embellishing, and even journaling. In summer, the song sings itself. -William Carlos Williams Deep summer is when laziness finds...
by Debbie Hodge | Jul 9, 2010 | Ideas for Page Elements, Titles
by Debbie Hodge A good title connects your photos to their story. I often start with a placeholder title in mind when I’m making a scrapbook page. I hold it in my mind, and, as I add elements to the page, more ideas come—sometimes without work, and other times because...
by Debbie Hodge | Jul 8, 2010 | Copic Markers
by Michelle Houghton If you’re new to this series by Michelle, you can find all of her tutorials here: Copic Marker Tutorials. So here he is, my favorite image so far, meet Izzy! He was intended as a dragon but I realize he could double as a dinosaur or even an...
