by Debbie Hodge | Aug 8, 2013 | Design Principles, Feature, Finding and Using Inspiration
by Amy Kingsford This is a part 2 in a 3-part series that lays out how I approach the work of translating the inspiration from creative displays to my personal scrapbook pages. The series: Look for the underlying foundation of the display. (covered in Part 1) Study...
by Debbie Hodge | Aug 7, 2013 | Feature, Finding and Using Inspiration, Lift These Ideas
Scrapbook design inspiration is closer than you think. Our creative team tells you how they go about lifting their own pages, and they share their advice for making your own scrapbook pages this way. “The great thing about lifting yourself is that you have a...
by Debbie Hodge | Aug 5, 2013 | Feature, Ideas for Page Elements, Titles
Type makes language visible, and is an important tool for telling scrapbook page stories. Read on for scrapbooking ideas to combine alphas, typefaces, word meaning, color, and size to create both a strong visual element and a story-telling tool. 1. Use sayings and...
by Debbie Hodge | Aug 5, 2013 | Digital / Photoshop Techniques for Scrapbooking, Feature, Paper Techniques for Scrapbooking
With fashion imitating art, we’ve seen light airy shades of color in paintbrush strokes on the runway, on textiles for the home and on papergoods. The result is a soft and flowing effect that works well for creating mood and adding color to scrapbook page...
by Debbie Hodge | Aug 2, 2013 | About Memory Keeping, Feature, Journaling
by Debbie Hodge As I was developing the Story Coach lesson plan, I read and thought about scrapbooking and how to tell your story in search of stories that any of us could (and would want to) tell. And then I found this advice from writer, teacher, editor William...
by Debbie Hodge | Jul 31, 2013 | Feature, Ideas via Product & Technique
With a personal die-cut machine like the Silhouette Cameo, you can make layers and stencils for layout backgrounds. Our team has scrapbooking ideas here that use full-page die cuts for masked, textured and layered backgrounds. layer a full-page cutout Christy...
