by Debbie Hodge | Jun 8, 2011 | Color, DinaWakley, Everyday Life, Ideas Spurred by Design
By Dina Wakley I have three boys who I affectionately call “the fellas.” I love my boys, truly and deeply! Having all boys, however, means that I have fewer opportunities to use cute girly scrapbook products and even fewer opportunities to use one of my favorite...
by Debbie Hodge | Jun 8, 2011 | Copic Markers
By Michelle Houghton As promised I have a second monster for you to color and play with. I am using him on another layout similar to my first, so the papers are similar and my color choices are matching my papers. I am going to use Y23, Y26, Y28, BG93, BG96, BG99,...
by Debbie Hodge | Jun 7, 2011 | About Memory Keeping, Get Started, Paula Gilarde
By Paula Gilarde For some people the term “scrapbook” evokes visions of construction paper, shaped photos and stickers. But, for me, scrapbooking is about so much more: In scrapbooking events and moments from my life and that of my family, I get a chance...
by Debbie Hodge | Jun 3, 2011 | Finding and Using Inspiration, Ideas for Page Elements, Ideas for Page Topics, Ideas Spurred by Design, Ideas via Product & Technique, Round-Up
by Debbie Hodge When I want to sit down and scrapbook but I haven’t preplanned, I need scrapbook page ideas — I need quick ideas. I’ve found these ideas comes from 6 general sources for me: product, technique, design, page elements, topic prompts, and outside...
by Debbie Hodge | Jun 2, 2011 | One Month At A Time
by Tami Taylor Happy May everyone. The last full month of the school year is always crazy around here as we have hyper kids ready for summer and teachers still trying to get a few more facts in their brains. The combination doesn’t always work. Every weekend...
by Debbie Hodge | Jun 1, 2011 | Ideas via Product & Technique
by Amy Kingsford Unconventional product and design choices can yield scrapbook pages that grab the viewer’s eye and keep it. Read on for rule-breaking ideas that will challenge the way you think about design, color, supplies and stories on your own scrapbook...
by Debbie Hodge | May 29, 2011 | About Memory Keeping, Get Started
by Debbie Hodge Photos are easier to come by today than ever before. You take them with your phone as well as your camera. Your partner, parent, child, friends are taking photos on their phones and cameras and sending them to you via email or facebook or their...
by Debbie Hodge | May 27, 2011 | Ideas via Product & Technique
by Debbie Hodge The word “ephemera” is used for everyday documents that were intended for one-time or short-term use. Ephemera isn’t necessarily vintage. Current memorabilia, like the program from a concert you recently attended or the thank-you note from a friend,...
by Debbie Hodge | May 26, 2011 | Digital / Photoshop Techniques for Scrapbooking, Get Started
These are the basic supplies you’ll use to make a digital scrapbook page. 1. Digital scrapbooking software To make a digital scrapbook page you will need software for combining your photos and journaling with digital scrapbooking elements. The most widely used...
by Debbie Hodge | May 26, 2011 | Ideas for Page Topics, Yourself
by Debbie Hodge “I want to go home to the dull old town, with the shaded street, and the open square, and the hill, and the flats, and the house I love, and the paths I know — I want to go home.” — Paul Kester place shapes character The places we come...
