by Debbie Hodge | Mar 18, 2013 | Feature, Finding and Using Inspiration, Paper Techniques for Scrapbooking, Their Cool Thing Now
When you come upon a new technique, product, story approach, design challenge or just SOMETHING that gets you excited, you often find that the the creating comes easier and faster. You start using this new “cool thing” again and again because it results in...
by Amy Kingsford | Mar 15, 2013 | Feature, Quotes and Word Art
Use fortune and good luck quotes and printable word art on your paper or digital scrapbook layouts and projects — for titlework, embellishing, and even journaling. Better an ounce of luck than a pound of gold. ~Yiddish Proverb You never know what worse luck...
by Debbie Hodge | Mar 14, 2013 | Composition, Digital / Photoshop Techniques for Scrapbooking, Picture Your Story, Time Lapse Video Tutorials
by Debbie Hodge In this scrapbooking process video, see a page made from start to finish. The process begins with my desire to scrapbook a pretty photo and includes my efforts to make the page go beyond pretty — with a photo and journaling that add meaning. ...
by Debbie Hodge | Mar 14, 2013 | Everyday Life, Feature, Ideas for Page Topics, Yourself
by Debbie Hodge Consider your home: the places you sit, the items you use daily, the decorations you choose, the messes that arise. And then get them onto the page! Playroom As Tara McKernin picked up her son’s toys, she thought about how the contents of the toy...
by Debbie Hodge | Mar 13, 2013 | Composition, Design Your Story, Feature, Journaling
by Debbie Hodge The space your journaling fills has a shape it and it a particular amount of visual weight. A block with tight line spacing will be dense and, thus, heavier than a few staggered lines. Pay attention to the shape and weight of your journaling and use it...
by Debbie Hodge | Mar 12, 2013 | Feature, Get It Scrapped!, Motif
by Debbie Hodge Nostalgic and vintage looks have been popular for a while, and that trend continues in 2013. What’s new is that crafters and scrapbookers are finding ways to give vintage motifs and materials modern updates. It’s about mixing the old with...
by Debbie Hodge | Mar 11, 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 Paula Gilarde uses Pinterest to find inspiration for...
by Amy Kingsford | Mar 8, 2013 | Feature, Ideas from Current Trends
by Debbie Hodge This is an update of an article we ran summer 2012. Since then many new scrapbooking products with feathers have been released so we’re revisiting the topic with more feathery pages. Take a look around home decor, fashion, hairstyles, and even...
by Debbie Hodge | Mar 8, 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...
by Debbie Hodge | Mar 7, 2013 | Feature, Finding and Using Inspiration, Get It Scrapped!
by Debbie Hodge The vintage labels to the left were designed by Wallace Design House and exemplify the three basic elements of “retro” or nostalgic branding: limited and tonal color schemes simple shapes (circles, diamonds, scalloped edges, simple...
