by Debbie Hodge | Mar 20, 2013 | Composition, Feature, Photos, Picture Your Story
by Debbie Hodge Squares are familiar and stable shapes. Their right angles and equal sides suggest order, equality, and even conformity. So how do you leverage the stability of squares and steer clear of boring? Our team and teachers show you ideas for how they like...
by Debbie Hodge | Mar 19, 2013 | Feature, Ideas via Product & Technique
by Debbie Hodge Tearing papers on your scrapbook pages is a way to add texture and dimension. It’s a way to get a handmade, spontaneously crafted look that varies from the clean lines of scissors or punches.[twocol_one] Different papers torn will yield...
by Debbie Hodge | Mar 18, 2013 | Feature, Finding and Using Inspiration, Paper Techniques for Scrapbooking, Their Cool Thing Now
When you come upon a new technique, product, story approach, design challenge or just SOMETHING that gets you excited, you often find that the the creating comes easier and faster. You start using this new “cool thing” again and again because it results in...
by Amy Kingsford | Mar 15, 2013 | Feature, Quotes and Word Art
Use fortune and good luck quotes and printable word art on your paper or digital scrapbook layouts and projects — for titlework, embellishing, and even journaling. Better an ounce of luck than a pound of gold. ~Yiddish Proverb You never know what worse luck...
by Debbie Hodge | Mar 14, 2013 | Everyday Life, Feature, Ideas for Page Topics, Yourself
by Debbie Hodge Consider your home: the places you sit, the items you use daily, the decorations you choose, the messes that arise. And then get them onto the page! Playroom As Tara McKernin picked up her son’s toys, she thought about how the contents of the toy...
by Debbie Hodge | Mar 13, 2013 | Composition, Design Your Story, Feature, Journaling
by Debbie Hodge The space your journaling fills has a shape it and it a particular amount of visual weight. A block with tight line spacing will be dense and, thus, heavier than a few staggered lines. Pay attention to the shape and weight of your journaling and use it...
