by Debbie Hodge | Aug 27, 2012 | DoubleUp, Feature, Sketches and Layered Templates
See how Terry Billman and Michelle Houghton used a one-page sketch/template from our Bundle #82 on their two-page layouts. Repeat the cluster of smaller photos on the 2nd page Terry Billman used the arrangement of the photos in the sketch/template pretty much as-is on...
by Debbie Hodge | Aug 24, 2012 | Design Principles, Feature, Ideas Spurred by Design
A successful scrapbook page captures the viewer’s attention, controls the eye’s movement, conveys information, and evokes emotion. That first task–capturing the eye’s attention–is the work of making a focal point. Photos are most often the focal points on scrapbook...
by Debbie Hodge | Aug 23, 2012 | Feature, News
I met several of the women I now work with at Get It Scrapped and Masterful Scrapbook Design because we were in a critique group together over 5 years ago. Celeste Smith, Doris Sander, Betsy Sammarco, Paula Gilarde and I used to post our pages for each other (and the...
by Debbie Hodge | Aug 23, 2012 | Copic Markers, Feature, Get It Scrapped!
by Michelle Houghton Here is a tutorial and image for you to color along with me. I had a specific request for detailed fabric folds so I created this silly little pig in a tutu for you to experiment with. Some important information if you are new to my series: If...
by Debbie Hodge | Aug 22, 2012 | Color, Feature
About Yellow | Yellow Dominating | Yellow Drawing the Eye | Yellow Guiding the Eye | Yellow Accenting About the Color Yellow Color conveys meanings or evokes feelings in three chief ways. See the resulting associations with yellow for each trigger. 1....
by Debbie Hodge | Aug 21, 2012 | Embellishments, Feature, Ideas for Page Elements, Titles
While a scrapbook page title isn’t essential, other times a few emphasized words can go a long way toward immediately conveying page subject, setting tone, and even cueing deeper page themes and meaning. Designwise, your title can draw the eye and be a part of page...
