by Debbie Hodge | Nov 8, 2012 | Feature, Ideas from Current Trends, Ideas via Product & Technique
Social media, mobile phones, and instant-message hangouts have made virtual chatting a part of daily life for many of us. As a result, talk/speech bubbles are a trendy motif on posters, in advertising, on scrapbook pages, and even at weddings as...
by Debbie Hodge | Nov 7, 2012 | Feature, Journaling, Write Your Story
[twocol_one] How many of you remember learning to write the “friendly letter” in elementary school? We learned that it’s less formal than the “business letter.” We learned to start the letter with a first paragraph that tells why we’re writing and then to move on into...
by Debbie Hodge | Nov 6, 2012 | Feature, Photos, Picture Your Story
When you make heritage scrapbook pages, you give old photos and stories new life. Use these page ideas and look at the challenges of working with old photos as opportunities. Research a story, look at the details to recall your life past, consider an era and look for...
by Debbie Hodge | Nov 5, 2012 | Composition, Feature, Finding and Using Inspiration, Lift These Ideas
It’s the accumulation of well-chosen and carefully crafted details that create a masterful scrapbook page. Check out 5 details on “The Proof and the Joy of Progress” by Karen Grunberg and see if one or two of them can inspire your next page. Karen says, “I have...
by Debbie Hodge | Nov 2, 2012 | Feature, One Month At A Time
by Tami Taylor On the 1st Friday of each month, Tami Taylor gives you a sketch and shows you how she’s scrapbooked the past month. She’s also got prompts for gathering memories in the upcoming month so that you can get your photos scrapbooked “one month at a time.”...
by Debbie Hodge | Oct 31, 2012 | Feature, Ideas via Product & Technique
Modeling paste adds texture and dimension to scrapbook pages in a variety of ways. We’ve got ideas for actual modeling paste and digital equivalents. Amanda Jones created her own stencil to use with modeling paste by designing and cutting it from an inkjet...
by Debbie Hodge | Oct 30, 2012 | Feature, Finding and Using Inspiration
by Debbie Hodge [twocol_one] What entertains you? You can use those entertainments to inspire scrapbook page motifs, colors, and composition–whether on a page about that entertainment or something completely different. Movies, television shows, books, music and...
by Debbie Hodge | Oct 29, 2012 | DoubleUp, Feature, Sketches and Layered Templates
See how scrapbookers Brenda Becknell and Stefanie Semple used a one-page sketch/template from our Bundle #52 on their two-page layouts. Both scrapbookers rotated the sketch on its side. Stefanie kept the arrangement close to the original while Brenda focused on using...
by Debbie Hodge | Oct 25, 2012 | Feature, Ideas via Product & Technique, Paper Techniques for Scrapbooking
Trends don’t arise in a void. They happen in the midst of and as a result of current events, social issues, the economy, entertainment, consumer mood, and technology. In the last year, technology has made personal electronic die cutting machines affordable and...
by Debbie Hodge | Oct 24, 2012 | Feature, Photos, Picture Your Story
by Debbie Hodge When my children were babies, I would take a roll of photos in black and white every few months. Getting black-and-white photos had to be a planned thing. Today, the majority of scrapbookers are taking photos in color, knowing they can easily convert...
