by Debbie Hodge | Apr 17, 2012 | 5 Year Journal
by Tami Taylor Welcome back. This is the third installment of: “Keep a 5 year Journal.” Click here to see all 12 months. I’m back with a quick observation and another list of questions. I’ve been plugging away at my journal and have a few...
by Debbie Hodge | Apr 12, 2012 | Embellishments, Ideas for Page Elements
A fun way to work with embellishments is to group them together. Embellishment clusters can be showy or simple. The beauty of a cluster is that you can combine several elements, including images, to reinforce page subject and contribute to design. Think of an...
by Debbie Hodge | Apr 12, 2012 | Composition, Finding and Using Inspiration, Lift These Ideas, Photos, Picture Your Story
Betsy Sammarco scrapbooked two of her favorite photos on “Cherry Blossoms.” One photo is enlarged and the other is repeated many times — with one instance of it framed. (Check out 4 Ways to Use Repeated Photos for more scrapbook page ideas.)...
by Debbie Hodge | Apr 11, 2012 | Design Principles, Titles
When one element is different from another, there is contrast. The bigger the differences, the greater the contrast. Greater (i.e., obvious) contrast is what you’re after to make better page designs because contrast draws the eye and makes your elements...
by Debbie Hodge | Apr 6, 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.” I...
by Debbie Hodge | Apr 4, 2012 | Quotes and Word Art
Use nature quotes and printable word art on your paper or digital scrapbook layouts and projects — for titlework, embellishing, and even journaling. We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children.–Native American Proverb...
by Debbie Hodge | Apr 3, 2012 | Ideas via Product & Technique, Paper Techniques for Scrapbooking
by Tami Taylor Are you looking for a way to end a creative slump? Make a “challenge kit” that limits and defines the supplies you can use, and make art today. In the slump Shakespeare wrote “All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women...
by Debbie Hodge | Apr 1, 2012 | Color, Design Principles
Inforgraphics are great for a quick review of things you may already have begun learning but can’t recall with perfection — or they can be an introduction of just what to study for newbies. Check out 8 infographics that cover the choices we make when...
by Debbie Hodge | Mar 29, 2012 | Theme Quickstarts
Making a Spring page? Use these “quickstarts” to get ideas for your page motifs, embellishments, wordart, titles, and fonts. Hallmark Images of Spring | Spring Sayings and Phrases | Fonts for Spring Pages This series provides “starter” lists for...
by Debbie Hodge | Mar 28, 2012 | Everyday Life, Ideas for Page Topics
by Debbie Hodge Once your child is a teen, the photos you get, the stories you have to tell, and the permission you might just need to scrapbook those stories all change. This week on Paperclipping Roundtable, I joined Noell and Izzy Hyman, Ana Cabrera, and Nancy...
