by Debbie Hodge | Aug 4, 2014 | Digital / Photoshop Techniques for Scrapbooking, Hybrid Scrapbooking, Ideas for Page Elements, Titles
Text is a great tool for telling stories on the scrapbook page–both because of the content you can include and because the typeface used to render it can tell a story. A typeface has a personality. With a change in typeface, you can go from formal to casual,...
by Debbie Hodge | Jul 24, 2014 | Mixed Media
Each month Michelle Houghton takes a look at an artistic technique or supply you could add to your scrapbook layouts. She shows you the steps to get this product or technique onto your pages now. Stencils are one of the current hot trends in Scrapbooking. They are...
by Debbie Hodge | Jul 23, 2014 | Feature, Finding and Using Inspiration
Studying scrapbook pages by others is a great way to get scrapbooking ideas for growing your own style. In this “study” look at how a scrapbooker has used product and design principles and how she’s handled the 5 parts of a scrapbook page (canvas, photos, title,...
by Debbie Hodge | Jul 22, 2014 | Journaling, Write Your Story
Can a life story be distilled to six words? That’s a challenge supposedly posed to Earnest Hemmingway that yielded this “flash fiction:” “For Sale: Baby Shoes. Never Worn.” Smith College launched a project and a website for the sharing of...
by Debbie Hodge | Jul 16, 2014 | Travel
Scrapbooking travel is a different from scrapbooking everyday life. There are more photos and there’s a story to tell and even a chronology to convey. A “summary” spread that conveys the whole of a trip on one layout is a great way to kick off a...
