by Debbie Hodge | Aug 16, 2013 | Composition
The block foundation is a Scrapbook Coach starting place for well-balanced scrapbook pages. This is a foundation in which all or most of your elements are in the shape of a rectangle. [twocol_one]The block foundation on “Chasing Cats” is two layers of...
by Debbie Hodge | Aug 14, 2013 | Everyday Life, Feature, Ideas for Page Topics, Picture Your Story
An inventory photo is like a list — it’s a quick way to convey rich detail quickly and a great source of ideas for scrapbooking your life. The Get It Scrapped Creative Team shares one dozen ideas for everyday life inventories you can take and record on...
by Debbie Hodge | Aug 13, 2013 | Embellishments, Feature, Ideas from Current Trends
Use a monogram for embellishing scrapbook pages and you’ll be on-trend. See the scrapbooking ideas below, and then get creative with techniques and materials to make your own one-of-a-kind embellishment. [threecol_two] Monograms appeared on coins as early as 350...
by Debbie Hodge | Aug 12, 2013 | Feature, 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 Katie Nelson was an early adopter of Pinterest and has...
by Debbie Hodge | Aug 8, 2013 | Design Principles, Feature, Finding and Using Inspiration
by Amy Kingsford This is a part 2 in a 3-part series that lays out how I approach the work of translating the inspiration from creative displays to my personal scrapbook pages. The series: Look for the underlying foundation of the display. (covered in Part 1) Study...
by Debbie Hodge | Aug 7, 2013 | Feature, Finding and Using Inspiration, Lift These Ideas
Scrapbook design inspiration is closer than you think. Our creative team tells you how they go about lifting their own pages, and they share their advice for making your own scrapbook pages this way. “The great thing about lifting yourself is that you have a...
by Debbie Hodge | Aug 5, 2013 | Feature, Ideas for Page Elements, Titles
Type makes language visible, and is an important tool for telling scrapbook page stories. Read on for scrapbooking ideas to combine alphas, typefaces, word meaning, color, and size to create both a strong visual element and a story-telling tool. 1. Use sayings and...
by Debbie Hodge | Aug 5, 2013 | Digital / Photoshop Techniques for Scrapbooking, Feature, Paper Techniques for Scrapbooking
With fashion imitating art, we’ve seen light airy shades of color in paintbrush strokes on the runway, on textiles for the home and on papergoods. The result is a soft and flowing effect that works well for creating mood and adding color to scrapbook page...
by Debbie Hodge | Aug 2, 2013 | About Memory Keeping, Feature, Journaling
by Debbie Hodge As I was developing the Story Coach lesson plan, I read and thought about scrapbooking and how to tell your story in search of stories that any of us could (and would want to) tell. And then I found this advice from writer, teacher, editor William...
by Debbie Hodge | Aug 1, 2013 | One Month At A Time
by Tami Taylor On the 1st Friday of each month, Tami Taylor gives you a round up sketches from the past three years of “One Month at a Time”. I’ve been scrapbooking “one month at a time” for three years now and I’ve got 3 years...
