by Debbie Hodge | Feb 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...
by Debbie Hodge | Jan 29, 2013 | Design Principles, Photos
A focal point is the center of a design. It is the most important part (or parts) of a piece. A scrapbook page benefits from having a focal point because without some variation in emphasis among the elements on your page, everything takes on the same level of...
by Debbie Hodge | Jan 28, 2013 | Digital / Photoshop Techniques for Scrapbooking, Feature, Finding and Using Inspiration, Lift These Ideas
by Debbie Hodge Each issue of Masterful Scrapbook Design now includes “style lifting” guides. These guides include sketches, templates, and analysis that make it possible for you to get the look of each of our teachers on your own pages. Copying successful designs is...
by Debbie Hodge | Jan 25, 2013 | Feature, Finding and Using Inspiration
When you’re looking for a starting point and ideas for a scrapbook page, when you’re figuring out how to scrapbook, you want resources for getting the job done, Pinterest probably has what you need . . . if you could only find it. These 5 pinners curate...
by Debbie Hodge | Jan 24, 2013 | DoubleUp, Feature, Sketches and Layered Templates
See how scrapbookers Katie Scott, Terry Billman and Brenda Becknell used a one-page sketch/template from Amy Kingsford’s Scrap Like Doris Sander Bundle on their two-page layouts. Katie Scott stuck fairly close the to the design of the sketch and chose...
by Debbie Hodge | Jan 23, 2013 | Feature, Patterned Paper
Pattern is incorporated into tiles, linens, rugs, wallpaper, dishes, upholstery, clothing, and more. Pattern is a great tool for adding interest to scrapbook pages, especially when it’s mixed well. Patterned papers for scrapbooking (and decorating) fall into in...
by Debbie Hodge | Jan 22, 2013 | Feature, Ideas via Product & Technique
Page and element edges provide opportunities for both subtle and bold embellishing, for a strip of contrasting pattern or an ornate punched scallop. Use borders to organize, to frame, to decorate. Read on for border ideas. A bold patterned paper border along the...
by Debbie Hodge | Jan 17, 2013 | Composition, Feature, Photos
While photos are often the catalyst for a scrapbook page, other times there are stories you’d like to tell even though you don’t have photos to go with them. Paula Gilarde wrote about the 5 approaches she uses for replacing photos, and now our Creative...
by Debbie Hodge | Jan 16, 2013 | Feature, Ideas from Current Trends, Ideas via Product & Technique
by Debbie Hodge [twocol_one] Ornamental paper doilies have been traditionally used for serving pretty desserts. Crocheted doilies were used to protect furniture from the heavy pieces, like lamps or bowls, sitting atop them. Currently trendy, you’ll find lots of...
by Debbie Hodge | Jan 16, 2013 | Color, Feature
Studies have found that a majority of humans share physiological reactions to certain colors. These responses are different from psychological associations viewers have with colors which will are dependent upon experiences and culture. Physiological responses have...
