by Debbie Hodge | Jun 28, 2012 | Design Principles, Feature, Ideas Spurred by Design
Repoussoir is a figure or object in the extreme foreground of a composition. It’s used to create contrast and to increase a sense of depth. See how this art technique inspired our creative team and consider how you can use it on your next scrapbook or art...
by Debbie Hodge | Jun 27, 2012 | Embellishments, Feature, Ideas via Product & Technique
“Small and versatile” embellishments–like buttons, gems, brads, epoxies, and beads–are great for grounding and adding bits of color or texture to your scrapbook page. These versatile “bits” go with most subjects because...
by Debbie Hodge | Jun 25, 2012 | DoubleUp, Feature, Sketches and Layered Templates
We’re reviving our column on two-page layouts — and giving it a twist based upon a reader suggestion that we show you how to modify one-page sketches (and layered templates) for use on two-page spreads. Read on to see how Terry Billman and Michelle...
by Debbie Hodge | Jun 22, 2012 | Feature, Sketches and Layered Templates
by Debbie Hodge Here are three new coordinated scrapbook page sketches with free layered templates for digital scrapbooking. Use one of these singly or, when you’re making a multi-page album, these sketches complement each other well. You can find all of our sketches...
by Debbie Hodge | Jun 21, 2012 | Digital / Photoshop Techniques for Scrapbooking, Feature, Ideas via Product & Technique
layout by Tanyia Deskins Want to get started with digital scrapbooking but trying to make sense of just how it’s done? In this series of articles we show you a digital scrapbook page and then connect the dots between the elements on the page and the Photoshop...
by Debbie Hodge | Jun 20, 2012 | Composition, Feature, Ideas Spurred by Design
[twocol_one] [/twocol_one] [twocol_one_last] There are several layout configurations of combined elements that scrapbookers use again and again when making scrapbook pages (for example, block, cluster, and band). These foundations are used again and again because...
by Debbie Hodge | Jun 19, 2012 | Feature, Ideas for Page Elements, Titles
Using fonts to make titles on paper and digital scrapbook pages can be a time- and money-saver. While tracking down and using new and interesting fonts can be a fun and effective approach, there’s more you can do with the fonts you already love. Take a look at...
by Debbie Hodge | Jun 18, 2012 | 5 Year Journal, Feature
by Tami Taylor Welcome back. This is the sixth installment of: “Keep a 5 year Journal.” At midmonth, I share my progress and the list of questions for the upcoming month. Click here to see all 12 months. This month I changed it up a little. I made all my cards ahead...
by Debbie Hodge | Jun 15, 2012 | Embellishments, Feature, Ideas for Page Elements
Boundaries, protection, infinity, the circular nature of time . . . Circles are not only a great shape visually; they come freighted with meaning you can use to support page subject. And one more thing about circles: they’re easy to make with basic scrapbook...
by Debbie Hodge | Jun 14, 2012 | Color, Feature
About Orange | Orange Dominating | Orange Drawing the Eye | Orange Guiding the Eye | Orange Accenting When Pantone announced that Tangerine Tango would be their color of the year for 2012, the executive director of the Pantone Color Institute said,...
