by Amy Kingsford | Mar 14, 2017 | Feature, Finding and Using Inspiration, Page Guides, Picture Your Story, Write Your Story
“Humans of New York is a blog that features “daily glimpses into the lives of strangers on the streets of New York City.” Creator Brandon Stanton began it as a photography project in 2010 with a goal of photographing 10,000 New Yorkers. Along the way...
by Amy Kingsford | Mar 7, 2017 | Color, Feature, Page Guides
Color is one of your best tools for creating visual impact on the scrapbook page. Quite often this work is done with a bold and rich palette of strongly contrasting colors. You can also create impact with a subtler, limited color palette when you use variations in...
by Amy Kingsford | Feb 28, 2017 | Feature, Sketches and Layered Templates
This free scrapbook page sketch comes from a page made by Debbie Hodge for the Scrapbook Coach: Clustered class. In the Get It Scrapped Membership, members have access to a library of over 150 layered templates and page sketches just like this one, searchable by # of...
by Amy Kingsford | Feb 22, 2017 | Canvas, Feature, Videos
This lesson from Lynnette Penacho first appeared as a part of the Get It Scrapped Membership class “Canvas.” When it comes to building the foundations of her digital scrapbooking layouts, Lynette Penacho is a HUGE fan of shapes. Her shape tool is by far my most...
by Amy Kingsford | Feb 21, 2017 | Feature, Finding and Using Inspiration, Page Guides
The “flea market” decor style is an eclectic one, often including a curated collection of pieces that are seemingly unrelated, each with their own story, and yet combining to tell a bigger, single story. This style incorporates objects one might find at a...
by Amy Kingsford | Feb 15, 2017 | Canvas, Composition, Feature, Page Guides
The first layers you place on your page play an important role in your design’s final look. These first layers (and their shapes) create visual weight, directional pull and contribute to the balance of the design. When those first layers are shapes or...
by Amy Kingsford | Feb 14, 2017 | Design Your Story, Feature, Page Guides
Quite often a scrapbook page comes out of the simple desire to get a story told. A “story-first” approach means you: start with your story first, writing it before you design, make room for the written story on the canvas right away, choose the right...
by Debbie Hodge | Feb 9, 2017 | Feature, Motif, Videos
Hearts are the perfect way to convey passion, love and affection on your scrapbook pages. Whether you are trying to communicate a love between two people, a love for a particular object, or simply a love for life–hearts are definitely a good place to start. In this...
by Amy Kingsford | Feb 1, 2017 | Design Elements, Feature, Videos
In this video blog by Christy Strickler, we’ll explore how the creative team has played with geometric shapes within their scrapbook pages. The benefit to working with geometrics is that they are versatile: You can combine and manipulate the pieces for different...
by Amy Kingsford | Jan 25, 2017 | Feature, Sketches and Layered Templates
This free scrapbook page sketch comes from a page made by Amy Kingsford for the Get It Scrapped Membership “Tension” class. In the Get It Scrapped Membership, members have access to a library of over 150 layered templates and page sketches just like this...
