by Debbie Hodge | Mar 27, 2013 | Composition, Design Principles, News, Videos
About Figure and Ground and Page Foundations Make a “shelf” page with embellishment “scatters” Click here for Quick Reference PDF [box type=”download” icon=”none”] On A Shelf – Available as a part of Scrapbook...
by Debbie Hodge | Mar 27, 2013 | DoubleUp, Feature, Sketches and Layered Templates
See how scrapbookers Adriana Puckett and Marie-Pierre Capistran used a one-page sketch/template from Amy Kingsford’s August 2012 Sketch/Template Pack on their two-page layouts. balance the smaller photos from the original sketch with a enlargement Adriana...
by Debbie Hodge | Mar 26, 2013 | Digital / Photoshop Techniques for Scrapbooking, Photography, Photos
by Debbie Hodge I edit every photo I scrapbook with Totally Rad Lab. I don’t edit every photo — just the ones I’m putting on scrapbook pages — and I don’t spend more than 30 seconds editing any photo. Three of my favorite ways to oomph up...
by Debbie Hodge | Mar 26, 2013 | Color, Feature
You can use color on your scrapbook pages to evoke feelings — and, thus, make your story more powerful and more readily understood. While some color associations derive from personal and cultural experiences that vary around the world, the ones that come...
by Debbie Hodge | Mar 25, 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 Scott’s favorite way to use Pinterest is as a...
by Debbie Hodge | Mar 21, 2013 | By # of Photos, Composition, Feature, Photos, Picture Your Story
Got lots of photos? Check out the Get It Scrapped team’s ideas for getting 9 photos onto the page. Katie Scott says, “These photos are from a fun layover at the Denver Airport. My husband had seen a show about this airport on the SciFi channel so I took extra...
by Debbie Hodge | Mar 20, 2013 | Composition, Feature, Photos, Picture Your Story
by Debbie Hodge Squares are familiar and stable shapes. Their right angles and equal sides suggest order, equality, and even conformity. So how do you leverage the stability of squares and steer clear of boring? Our team and teachers show you ideas for how they like...
by Debbie Hodge | Mar 20, 2013 | Get It Scrapped!, News
design techniques for stepping up your scrapbook pages. You’ve read about design principles, and you’re using your knowledge of them to make your pages, and, still, you feel like you could make better pages. You’re adding repetitions with variety, you have a focal...
by Debbie Hodge | Mar 19, 2013 | Get It Scrapped!, News
From using “little stuff” to adding shine, we’re taking a look at top designers’ approaches to finishing off scrapbook pages and giving it that something special. Take a look at this slideshow to see what we’re covering in the...
by Debbie Hodge | Mar 19, 2013 | Feature, Ideas via Product & Technique
by Debbie Hodge Tearing papers on your scrapbook pages is a way to add texture and dimension. It’s a way to get a handmade, spontaneously crafted look that varies from the clean lines of scissors or punches.[twocol_one] Different papers torn will yield...
