by Debbie Hodge | Oct 4, 2011 | Copic Markers
by Michelle Houghton I promised to share some of the new tricks I learned with my Copic inks and here is the first post of several with fun ways to add Copic magic to your crafting projects! I’m going to show you how to do the following: dripping technique,...
by Debbie Hodge | Sep 29, 2011 | Ideas via Product & Technique, Paper Techniques for Scrapbooking
by Sharyn Tormanen Years ago, I attended a home stamping party and the demonstrator taught us about masking: I was in awe. Masking opens up a whole new world of possibilities for your stamp collection. In fact it has remained one of my favorite ways to work with...
by Debbie Hodge | Sep 27, 2011 | Ideas for Page Elements, Ideas for Page Topics, Journaling, Paula Gilarde, Photos, Write Your Story
By Paula Gilarde What do you do when you have a memory that you want to preserve, but no photo? Here are a few of my favorite things to use in lieu of a photo: 1. Words One day when my kids were very little, I was having an awful day. Everything went wrong. It was...
by Debbie Hodge | Sep 21, 2011 | Quotes and Word Art
by Amy Kingsford Use fall quotes and printable word art on your paper or digital scrapbook layouts and projects — for titlework, embellishing, and even journaling. Fall is my favorite time of year–the crunching of leaves under my feet, the smell of pumpkin...
by Debbie Hodge | Sep 20, 2011 | Copic Markers
by Michelle Houghton Copic lovers, I have a new image for you to color along with step-by-step instructions. I had a friend request a hedgehog, and because I am always looking to please, I whipped two little critters up for her. These little hedgehogs are original...
by Debbie Hodge | Sep 19, 2011 | Organization, Photos, Picture Your Story
By Katrina Kennedy You open your computer and scroll through your photos and like most people, your hard drive is bursting at the seams with images you’ve taken. They are all special, meaningful and scrap-worthy. “Is it possible to manage the volume of your...
by Debbie Hodge | Sep 16, 2011 | Sketches and Layered Templates
by Debbie Hodge Here are three new coordinated scrapbook page sketches with free layered templates for digital scrapbooking. Use one of these singly or when you’re making a multi-page album, these sketches complement each other well. This sketch comes from a...
by Debbie Hodge | Sep 14, 2011 | Digital / Photoshop Techniques for Scrapbooking, Ideas for Page Elements, Jana Morton, Photos, Picture Your Story
by Jana Morton Taking photos can transform the way you see the world, spurring you to notice little details that might otherwise go unnoticed. Creating art from those photos is a way to express the feelings these photos evoke – and to communicate those feelings to...
by Debbie Hodge | Sep 13, 2011 | Composition, Ideas Spurred by Design
by Debbie Hodge “In the groove” is a phrase we use when the work’s going well, when it’s moving forward in ways we like. The phrase comes from the concept of running accurately in a channel or a groove. There is, however, another phrase with groove in it. “Stuck in...
by Amy Kingsford | Sep 8, 2011 | Ideas via Product & Technique, Paper Techniques for Scrapbooking
By Amy Kingsford Whether you’ve dabbled in digital scrapbooking yourself or only just admired the look of others pages from afar–chances are that you’ve seen and appreciated a page that utilizes what digital scrapbookers call “brushes.”...
