by Amy Kingsford | Jul 30, 2014 | Ideas for Page Elements, Motif
We frequently share scrapbooking ideas about the use of patterns and motifs at Get It Scrapped. Here’s a closer look at five recent motif articles. Follow the links below to team members’ personal blogs and youtube channels where you can see extended...
by Debbie Hodge | Jul 24, 2014 | Mixed Media
Each month Michelle Houghton takes a look at an artistic technique or supply you could add to your scrapbook layouts. She shows you the steps to get this product or technique onto your pages now. Stencils are one of the current hot trends in Scrapbooking. They are...
by Debbie Hodge | Jul 23, 2014 | Feature, Finding and Using Inspiration
Studying scrapbook pages by others is a great way to get scrapbooking ideas for growing your own style. In this “study” look at how a scrapbooker has used product and design principles and how she’s handled the 5 parts of a scrapbook page (canvas, photos, title,...
by Debbie Hodge | Jul 22, 2014 | Journaling, Write Your Story
Can a life story be distilled to six words? That’s a challenge supposedly posed to Earnest Hemmingway that yielded this “flash fiction:” “For Sale: Baby Shoes. Never Worn.” Smith College launched a project and a website for the sharing of...
by Amy Kingsford | Jul 17, 2014 | Finding and Using Inspiration
See the Fashion pins on the Get It Scrapped Pinterest Boards for scrapbooking ideas you can use on your own layout designs. why fashion? The lines, colors, and patterns on clothing are just a few of the details that can give you ideas for your scrapbook pages. Find...
by Debbie Hodge | Jul 16, 2014 | Travel
Scrapbooking travel is a different from scrapbooking everyday life. There are more photos and there’s a story to tell and even a chronology to convey. A “summary” spread that conveys the whole of a trip on one layout is a great way to kick off a...
by Debbie Hodge | Jul 15, 2014 | Design Principles, DoubleUp
The cluster foundation is one of several layout configurations scrapbookers use again and again when making scrapbook page designs. We’ve shared ideas for single page layouts using the cluster foundation (Seev Scrapbook Page Starter: Use A Multi-Cluster...
by Debbie Hodge | Jul 9, 2014 | Digital / Photoshop Techniques for Scrapbooking, Feature, Ideas via Product & Technique, Paper Techniques for Scrapbooking
Layering is a great tool for scrapbook page storytelling, and it takes on a new power when we see the elements below through a cutway (or negative space). Make the most of that opportunity and layer something behind your cutaway that supports your story and...
by Debbie Hodge | Jul 8, 2014 | Feature, Motif, Patterned Paper
Most of us have a “pattern story,” print patterns that we’re drawn to and choose again and again. Here we show you how to push that pattern story and do new things with looks you already love. [twocol_one]Take a look at one of your strong pattern preferences. (For...
by Debbie Hodge | Jul 3, 2014 | Podcast, This Memory Keeper's Life
[divider_flat] Sue Althouse talks about setting up a new scrapbooking workspace, shopping for paper scrapbooking supplies and empty-nest scrapooking. https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/getitscrapped/Podcasts/TMKL/TMKL025SueAlthouse.mp3 Links: Sue’s...
