by Debbie Hodge | Oct 30, 2013 | Color
Cool colors on the wheel are blue, green, and violet. They tend to recede and have less visual weight than warm colors. Blue and green are calming and soothing and have connections to nature. Violet, which is made from a warm and a cool color and which appears less...
by Debbie Hodge | Oct 29, 2013 | Motif, Picture Your Story
Typewriters are a retro and enduring motif great for storytelling on scrapbook pages. Typewriters are a tool for presenting the written word. They represent writing and (almost) a time gone by, a time when a machine with moving parts and ink was used to record stories...
by Debbie Hodge | Oct 23, 2013 | DoubleUp, Sketches and Layered Templates
See how scrapbookers Susanne Brauer and Heather Awsumb used a one-page sketch/template from Amy Kingsford’s Scrap Your Summer 2013 Freebie Pack on their two-page layouts. Susanne Brauer says, “This page is about a tour my husband and I took of an...
by Debbie Hodge | Oct 22, 2013 | Photos, Picture Your Story, Yourself
Set yourself a challenge this month to take a photo of yourself–a “selfie”–and use it to tell your story. See the photograph and story angles our team and MSD teachers have taken in the scrapbook layouts here. A great resource and inspiration...
by Debbie Hodge | Oct 21, 2013 | Finding and Using Inspiration
Once Tiffany Tillman made peace with her decision to call herself a “digital scrapbooker,” she was motivated to explore the vast world of digital techniques, and she soon fell in love with using digital painting effects on her pages. When you come upon a...
by Debbie Hodge | Oct 18, 2013 | Art Journaling, Paper Techniques for Scrapbooking
Faber Castell Gelatos are great for watercolor techniques and Michelle Houghton gives you step-by-step instructions for your own gelatos art creations. by Michelle Houghton Do you enjoy buying all the new mediums to add to your layouts? Have a basket of them but not...
by Debbie Hodge | Oct 17, 2013 | Photos, Picture Your Story
Storytelling on scrapbook pages is done with photos and words and color and image and styling — they all contribute to mood and meaning. Some stories can be told with one photo and others are best revealed with a series of photos — photos taken as an...
by Debbie Hodge | Oct 16, 2013 | Digital / Photoshop Techniques for Scrapbooking, Ideas via Product & Technique, Paper Techniques for Scrapbooking
Give your scrapbook layouts personalized, must-touch appeal by adding handmade touches from other crafts. See how our team has used inspiration and techniques from quilting, crochet, embroidery, paper-cutting and jewelry making to their scrapbook pages, and be sure to...
by Debbie Hodge | Oct 15, 2013 | Ideas from Current Trends
The Get It Scrapped Creative Team shares scrapbooking ideas and techniques for adding chalkboard looks to your projects here. The look of an old fashioned blackboard with elaborately lettered words appeals both to the ongoing interest of consumers in nostaligic/retro...
by Debbie Hodge | Oct 14, 2013 | Finding and Using Inspiration
When you’re looking for a starting point and ideas for a scrapbook page, you want resources for getting the job done, and Pinterest probably has what you need–if you could only find it. Scrapbooker and mixed media instructor Michelle Houghton uses...
