by Debbie Hodge | Jun 15, 2012 | Embellishments, Feature, Ideas for Page Elements
Boundaries, protection, infinity, the circular nature of time . . . Circles are not only a great shape visually; they come freighted with meaning you can use to support page subject. And one more thing about circles: they’re easy to make with basic scrapbook...
by Debbie Hodge | Jun 14, 2012 | Color, Feature
About Orange | Orange Dominating | Orange Drawing the Eye | Orange Guiding the Eye | Orange Accenting When Pantone announced that Tangerine Tango would be their color of the year for 2012, the executive director of the Pantone Color Institute said,...
by Debbie Hodge | Jun 13, 2012 | Embellishments, Feature, Ideas for Page Elements, Ideas from Current Trends
The making of banners is an ancient craft. Banners are mentioned in the Old Testament. They were used to keep order among those traveling to the promised land with Moses. Heraldic banners were used in Medieval Times for personal identification. Sashimono banners were...
by Debbie Hodge | Jun 8, 2012 | About Memory Keeping, Design Principles, Feature
disclaimer re: layout design principles and scrapbooking Learning layout design principles is in no way required for making scrapbook pages. Memory keepers go about preserving photos, stories, and details in a variety of ways, and that act of preserving is what is...
by Amy Kingsford | Jun 7, 2012 | Feature, Quotes and Word Art
Use father quotes and printable word art on your paper or digital scrapbook layouts and projects — for titlework, embellishing, and even journaling. Any man can be a father but it takes someone special to be a dad. -Author Unknown My father didn’t tell me...
by Debbie Hodge | Jun 5, 2012 | About Memory Keeping, Feature, Get Started
If you love scrapbooking, personal blogging, memoir, art journaling, keeping photo albums–or any form of memory keeping, please check out our early episodes of “This Memory Keeper’s Life,” a new scrapbooking podcast. And then tell us what you...