by Debbie Hodge | Jun 19, 2013 | Feature, Ideas from Current Trends
by Debbie Hodge “Folk” art is the art of the people — and the motifs and colors will vary with those peoples (and cultures) in which they arose. Folk art is defined by Dictionary.com as being marked with attributes of “highly decorative design,...
by Debbie Hodge | Jun 18, 2013 | Feature, Travel
The “themed” vacation is one that takes you into a created world where you are doing more than viewing, where you’re entering into and experiencing a manufactured reality. You may have gone on a Disney vacation, visited a historic settlement where you’re re-enacting...
by Debbie Hodge | Jun 17, 2013 | Feature, Journaling, News
Craft a memoir one story at a time. Fill your blog, journals, and scrapbooks with rich, well-paced storytelling that records your life.[twocol_one]Story Coach shows you how to find the stories that matter and then write them with pacing, rhythm, and flow that involve...
by Debbie Hodge | Jun 12, 2013 | Feature, Motif, Patterned Paper
We challenged the GIS Creative Team to mix plaid and paisley patterns on a page. See how they made it work with an attention to color, scale, density and motif combinations. Take the challenge: Make a new paisley-and-plaid scrapbook page. Put it in our Community...
by Debbie Hodge | Jun 11, 2013 | Composition, Feature, Photos, Picture Your Story
Got lots of photos? Check out the Get It Scrapped team’s ideas for getting 10 photos onto the page. Tara McKernin says, “This layout is for my Project Life album showing my boys and their friends playing baseball one night after school.” “I love grid...
