by Debbie Hodge | Mar 8, 2010 | Design Elements, Design Principles
by Debbie Hodge The straight line is a basic element of design. This post shows you how to use it on your scrapbook pages to guide the eye and set tone. Use horizontal lines to guide the eye across a page. Connect the two sides of a two-page layout with horizontal...
by Debbie Hodge | Mar 7, 2010 | Composition
by Debbie Hodge With scrapbook pages, you have the opportunity to convey emotion that the viewer can understand and believe. You can use a combination of photos, color, words, and images to create a mood or tone — for example of comfort, excitement, happiness,...
by Debbie Hodge | Mar 6, 2010 | Journaling, Write Your Story
by Debbie Hodge Even when your scrapbook page subject is something as lofty as joy or disappointment or life passions, the best journaling will include an attention to specifics and detail rather than the use of words like “joy,” or...
by Debbie Hodge | Mar 5, 2010 | Journaling, Scrapbook Page Elements, Write Your Story
. . . read on to see how to incorporate dialogue into your scrapbook page journaling. by Debbie Hodge Much of the journaling we do on our scrapbook pages takes the form of “narrative.” Narrative is when you recount what happened from your point of view. Once in a...
by Debbie Hodge | Mar 5, 2010 | Sketches and Layered Templates
by Debbie Hodge You can find a new sketch every Friday in the Get It Scrapped Sketch Gallery. This week’s sketch/template bundle includes two one-pagers and one two-pager. This is a sketch that lends itself to being used on a page with an elegant tone. The...
by Debbie Hodge | Mar 3, 2010 | Composition, Videos
Why It Works: a closer look at scrapbook pages from the Get It Scrapped! gallery by Debbie Hodge This is the first in a series of short videos in which I talk about scrapbook pages that I like and what I think makes them successful! I’m planning to make these...
by Debbie Hodge | Mar 2, 2010 | Composition, Get Started, Photos
by Debbie Hodge Most of my 4×6 photos straight out of the envelope can be—and even need to be–cropped. To get clean designs that go together quickly, I always look for uniform cropping opportunities. Crop for Columns: “Women Who Love Wool too...
by Debbie Hodge | Mar 1, 2010 | Yourself
by Debbie Hodge In celebration of Get It Scrapped’s 2nd birthday, we’re running “Scrap Your Story” free for the next 11 weeks. This is #1 in a series of 11 lessons about scrapbooking yourself. Look for a new post each Tuesday. Check back on...
by Debbie Hodge | Mar 1, 2010 | One Month At A Time
by Tami Taylor Look for “One Month at a Time” on the 1st of each month in 2010. Tami Taylor gives you a sketch and prompts for getting monthly memories scrapped . . . “one month at a time.” Did you love the month of love? Did you wish it was Leap Year? Did you know...
by Debbie Hodge | Feb 28, 2010 | Scrapbook Page Elements
How to select and position photos for appealing two-page scrapbook layouts. by Debbie Hodge My family loves looking at scrapbook pages that tell the stories of our outings and get-togethers. We pour over layouts showing trips to the beach, museum visits and holiday...
