by Debbie Hodge | Nov 22, 2011 | Quotes and Word Art
by Amy Kingsford Use gratitude quotes and printable word art on your paper or digital scrapbook layouts and projects — for titlework, embellishing, and even journaling. The time is upon us to take special recognition of those things in our lives for which we are...
by Debbie Hodge | Nov 18, 2011 | Digital / Photoshop Techniques for Scrapbooking, Events, Photos, Scrapbook Page Subjects
by Anna Aspnes We now have the freedom to take as many photos as we like, and probably more than we need, especially during the holidays when we tend to overindulge in capturing the magic of the season. The task of choosing photos for any project can quickly become...
by Debbie Hodge | Nov 17, 2011 | Design Elements, Design Principles
Design elements are the basic building blocks of visual design. Design principles are rules you can use to combine those blocks. Eight design elements that will go a long way toward making pleasing pages are: Space Line Shape Size Pattern Texture Value Color ...
by Debbie Hodge | Nov 9, 2011 | Embellishments, Ideas via Product & Technique
Scrapbook and art journal pages allow us to tell stories – of ourselves, the people in our lives, and sometimes even of characters we imagine. The imagined stories fiction writer Caroline Preston has told in her novels have been heavily inspired by her love of...
by Debbie Hodge | Nov 4, 2011 | One Month At A Time
by Tami Taylor October was a chaotic month. We’ve had a lot of changes around the Taylor house trying to shape up our routines and pay more attention to each other. We attended art festivals, fall festivals and held our own 4th birthday festival. With...
by Debbie Hodge | Oct 26, 2011 | Copic Markers
by Michelle Houghton Today’s tutorial is short, sweet and oh so fun! It’s another of my favorite Copic Ink techniques. You will need to gather the following supplies: glossy cardstock or photo paper Copic re-inkers Purell or any hand sanitizer gel found objects...
by Debbie Hodge | Oct 21, 2011 | 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. When I was scrapbooking a...
by Debbie Hodge | Oct 20, 2011 | Crafty Projects, Ideas via Product & Technique
by Amy Kingsford Many of the products we can buy for papercrafting projects are actually inspired by everyday items. From notion-inspired embellishments to office-inspired papers, we see these items on the shelves of our local scrapbook stores and in our online carts...
by Debbie Hodge | Oct 13, 2011 | One Month At A Time
by Tami Taylor Fall is finally here. As I’ve said before, fall is my favorite time of the year. My layout “OK, I Confess” documents why it’s my favorite time of year: Season Premiers! I made this layout for the October Seminar at Masterful...
by Debbie Hodge | Oct 12, 2011 | Ideas via Product & Technique, Paper Techniques for Scrapbooking
by Amy Kingsford As a digital scrapbooker I’m used to having a variety of tools and everyday items packaged in kits that make achieving certain effects on my pages a snap. When I’m making paper scrapbook pages, I often dismiss these looks because they...
