by Debbie Hodge | May 24, 2011 | Copic Markers
by Michelle Houghton If you are here I know you like to color with Copic markers — or have an interest in coloring with them. So where do you get your images for coloring? When I started using Copic markers I was not a stamper or card maker. I truly only...
by Debbie Hodge | May 23, 2011 | Moments
by Debbie Hodge How you get your pages scrapbooked is influenced by their content. At Get It Scrapped we’ve written about the challenges and opportunities for a variety of page types including: events, everyday life, travel, yourself, and leaving a record....
by Debbie Hodge | May 20, 2011 | Get Started
So you’d like to start collecting, preserving, and presenting your photos. You’ve heard this referred to as “scrapbooking” traditionally and, more recently, as “memory-keeping.” Whether you scrapbook with paper supplies or digital...
by Debbie Hodge | May 19, 2011 | DinaWakley, Ideas via Product & Technique
By Dina Wakley Shaped papers are patterned scrapbook papers that come in any shape other than a square. You can find lots of them on the market currently. While it’s easy to add them to your basket in the store, it can get challenging to use them on a scrapbook...
by Debbie Hodge | May 12, 2011 | Design Principles, Doris Sander, Ideas Spurred by Design
By Doris Sander If you’ve read Debbie Hodge’s recent article, “Tap the Power of ‘3’ for Your Scrapbook Designs,” you know that three unifying elements can make a powerful statement on a scrapbook page. Take a look at the layouts...
by Debbie Hodge | May 10, 2011 | One Month At A Time
by Tami Taylor Howdy do! April was a busy month with lots of holidays to celebrate. In our home we usually celebrate Easter, but this year we decided to forgo the candy and tooth decay for a modest gift for each of the boys and dinner with family. My five-year-old...
by Debbie Hodge | May 9, 2011 | Composition, Get Started
by Debbie Hodge I approach making scrapbook pages by asking myself questions that are based upon my understanding of: 5 scrapbook page elements (canvas, photos, journaling, title, embellishments), and 6 design principles (emphasis, contrast, balance, alignment,...
by Debbie Hodge | May 7, 2011 | Ideas Spurred by Design, Paper Techniques for Scrapbooking, Videos
We spent almost an hour last week talking to Wilna Furstenberg about patterned paper, the quest to balance busy and serene, scrapbooking intuitively, the design of scrapbook pages, and the meaning of them in the end. Each month at Masterful Scrapbook Design (MSD) we...
by Amy Kingsford | May 5, 2011 | Crafty Projects, MacGyver of Scrapbooking
by Amy Kingsford Make your mom a personalized and fun wall hanging for Mother’s Day. This tutorial will show you how to make an extra special gift for your mom this year. You could also use it to help your children make their own gift for Mother’s Day....
by Debbie Hodge | May 4, 2011 | Digital / Photoshop Techniques for Scrapbooking, Hybrid Scrapbooking, Paula Gilarde
by Paula Gilarde Digital photo masks come in a variety of shapes and sizes and you can use them to get cool effects on your photos. You can then use these altered photos on digital or hybrid/paper layouts. To get the look on the photo above, I used one of Katie...
