by Debbie Hodge | Jan 27, 2014 | Give Your Photos Stories, Story Swoop
See how teenager Emily Sagnella tells the story of a chilly early morning at work and what this job means to her right now. She used a photo taken with her camera phone and the Story Swoop prompts and writing guide. Below are the 4 story writing steps in Story Swoop....
by Debbie Hodge | Jan 23, 2014 | Embellishments
Add a random-looking trail or sprinkling of embellishments to soften up a linear scrapbook page, fill a spot, support your page subject and mood, or just have fun. While a sprinkling should appear random, a little tweaking and attention to the balance of the elements...
by Debbie Hodge | Jan 21, 2014 | Ideas via Product & Technique
Collage comes from coller, the French word for “to glue,” and it refers to artwork that’s put together from different forms that create a new whole. It was used by Braque and Picasso in the early 1900s when the technique was an aspect of modern art....
by Debbie Hodge | Jan 21, 2014 | Feature, Give Your Photos Stories, Podcast
In this episode of Give Your Photos Stories we’re looking at photos of Bugs and Critters with guests Carrie Arick, Ronnie Crowley, and Katrina Kennedy. And we’re telling our stories about these creatures. You might have a recurring critter visitor, a bug...
by Debbie Hodge | Jan 17, 2014 | Give Your Photos Stories, Ideas for Page Topics, Picture Your Story, Podcast, Write Your Story
This week Debbie Hodge talks with Jennifer Wilson, Terry Billman and Michelle Houghton about the photos they have of grandmothers in order to uncover the many stories these kinds of photos offer. Be sure to let us know what stories the podcast triggered for you...
by Debbie Hodge | Jan 17, 2014 | Mixed Media, Paper Techniques for Scrapbooking
Each month Michelle Houghton looks at a medium and one or more ways to add it to your layouts, while other artists from the Creative Team at Get It Scrapped will add inspiration to fuel your imagination and get you scrapping. There are many ways to add stamped images...
by Debbie Hodge | Jan 16, 2014 | Design Your Story, Patterned Paper
There are so many ways to create striped patterns by varying stripe width, regularity of pattern, directionality, and color. These variations make it a print pattern that’s easy to use to set tone and mood. stretching from earth to heaven Sue Althouse says...
by Debbie Hodge | Jan 15, 2014 | Give Your Photos Stories, Ideas for Page Topics, Picture Your Story, Podcast, Write Your Story
This week we talk with Christy Strickler, Sue Althouse, and Michelle Houghton about the photos they have of people posed with cars in order to uncover the many stories these kinds of photos offer. Be sure to let us know what stories the podcast triggered for you...
by Debbie Hodge | Jan 15, 2014 | Get It Scrapped!
Reporting on CHA 2014 Some of our favorite people went to (or watched from home) the Craft and Hobby Association’s (CHA) biggest annual industry show. They are sharing photos and impressions and videos and ideas, and we’ve got links below. Get a jumpstart...
by Debbie Hodge | Jan 14, 2014 | Events, Ideas for Page Elements, Scrapbook Page Subjects
Record the times you are living in with a scrapbook page that zooms in on a particular cultural aspect of the past year. Consider what was on your radar in 2013 and how it got. Think about the items that most struck you on the news or in your social media feeds. Or...
