by Amy Kingsford | May 16, 2017 | Digital / Photoshop Techniques for Scrapbooking, Embellishments, Feature, Ideas via Product & Technique, Page Guides, Paper Techniques for Scrapbooking
Upcycling is a big trend in fashion and home interiors and one of the easiest ways to make a scrapbook product work with any page! Our Creative Team made pages here that feature an older scrapbooking product given a facelift. They share their tips for altering older...
by Amy Kingsford | May 9, 2017 | Feature, Scrapbook Page Subjects, Write Your Story
Do you have stories about dress up? Stories of you or friend and family putting on a costume and even a new persona with that costume. Check out our team’s stories of dress-up and masquerades in their lives. [hr] Sian Fair says, “I don’t actually...
by Amy Kingsford | Apr 26, 2017 | Feature, Sketches and Layered Templates
This free scrapbook page sketch comes from a page made by Debbie Hodge for the Scrapbook Coach: Balance class. In the Get It Scrapped Membership, members have access to a library of over 150 layered templates and page sketches just like this one, searchable by # of...
by Amy Kingsford | Apr 25, 2017 | Composition, Design Principles, Feature, Page Guides
One of the primary tasks of making a scrapbook page is placing your page elements–photos, title, journaling, and embellishments–onto the scrapbook page to tell your story. The Gestalt principle of “proximity” provides a great tool for deciding...
by Amy Kingsford | Apr 11, 2017 | Embellishments, Feature, Page Guides
A fun way to work with embellishments is to group them together. Groupings can be showy or simple. The beauty of an embellishment is that you can combine several elements, including images, to reinforce page subject and contribute to design. Think of an embellishment...
by Amy Kingsford | Apr 4, 2017 | Design Your Story, Feature, Page Guides, Story Styles
A moment storytelling style is great for those photos that move you but don’t necessarily have an incident or story to go with them. Use this style to record what you like, what moves you, how you see the world, or even what you believe. The best “moment”...
by Amy Kingsford | Mar 29, 2017 | Feature, Sketches and Layered Templates
This free scrapbook page sketch comes from a page made by Debbie Hodge (inspired by Lynn Grieveson an Amber Ries) for the Scrapbook Coach: Double Wide class. In the Get It Scrapped Membership, members have access to a library of over 150 layered templates and page...
by Amy Kingsford | Mar 28, 2017 | Digital / Photoshop Techniques for Scrapbooking, Feature, Ideas from Current Trends, Page Guides, Photos
Thanks to advances in technology for photography as well as the many apps available, we can do amazing things with our photos and capture life in new ways. One of those new ways is 360 photography, popular in real estate marketing, tourism and news. Here our Creative...
by Amy Kingsford | Mar 21, 2017 | Canvas, Composition, Feature, Page Guides
The Gestalt principle of closure suggests that when people see incomplete objects–like shapes, letters, or pictures, their brains fill in the gaps. You can take advantage of this principle to create interest and even tension on your page, perhaps bleeding an...
by Amy Kingsford | Mar 16, 2017 | Feature, News
Next Tuesday, Melissa Shanhun of Digital Scrapbook HQ is our guest on a live webinar. She will show you the basics of Photoshop Elements and step you through the process of building a first layout using a template. If you want to get started with making digital...
