by Debbie Hodge | Sep 10, 2012 | Feature, Ideas from Current Trends, Ideas via Product & Technique
Moving out of a period in which florals and ruffles were popular for fashion and home decor, geometric shapes provide an uncomplicated and modern look. Hexagons go a step past basic squares and circles to present a shape that’s interesting to arrange and...
by Debbie Hodge | Sep 8, 2012 | 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 | Sep 6, 2012 | Events, Feature, Ideas for Page Topics, Scrapbook Page Subjects
by Debbie Hodge When you take photos on those first days of school, think about the constants and the changes. Pay attention to specific details of things your child says and/or does. Consider who else ought to be in the shots and what kinds of settings you’d...
by Debbie Hodge | Sep 5, 2012 | Feature, Ideas from Current Trends
The Infographic is a response to today’s information-packed world. What is the infographic? An infographic combines images and numbers and a few words to convey information on a very focused topic. An infographic can be a great inspiration piece for a scrapbook...
by Debbie Hodge | Sep 4, 2012 | Embellishments, Feature, Ideas for Page Elements
Embellishments are those details on a page that do things like add charm, deepen meaning, and guide the eye. It’s the photos and/or the story we’re told should be most important. Every now and then, though, shouldn’t you just GO BIG and use an...
by Debbie Hodge | Sep 3, 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 “Sweet” by Leah Farquharson and see if one or two of them can inspire your next page. Leah says, “Every girl loves a cute pair of...
by Debbie Hodge | Aug 31, 2012 | Feature, Ideas for Page Topics, Travel
Travel and local outings to spots in the great outdoors offer great scrapbooking opportunities. There’s so much to photograph including the land, the people, their activities and the stories of what happens on the outing. The layouts that follow show you ideas...
by Debbie Hodge | Aug 30, 2012 | Composition, Digital / Photoshop Techniques for Scrapbooking, Feature, Time Lapse Video Tutorials, Videos
by Debbie Hodge See a page made from start to finish beginning with a series of photos from my blog. I used logical groupings, figured out how much space I’d need for journaling and then found a spot for my title. Resources: Digital supplies: You Are Here, An...
by Debbie Hodge | Aug 30, 2012 | Feature, Theme Quickstarts
Hallmark Images of School | Fonts for School Pages | School Sayings and Phrases Making a School page? Use these “quickstarts” to get ideas for your page motifs, embellishments, wordart, titles, and fonts. Hallmark Images of School schoolhouse crayons...
by Amy Kingsford | Aug 29, 2012 | Feature, Finding and Using Inspiration, Get It Scrapped!
by Amy Kingsford At Masterful Scrapbook Design we recently tackled the topic of inspiration–finding it and applying it. (We actually covered TEN sources for scrapbook page inspiration and you can check them all out in this video tutorial that’s an excerpt...
