by Debbie Hodge | Jun 8, 2011 | Color, DinaWakley, Everyday Life, Ideas Spurred by Design
By Dina Wakley I have three boys who I affectionately call “the fellas.” I love my boys, truly and deeply! Having all boys, however, means that I have fewer opportunities to use cute girly scrapbook products and even fewer opportunities to use one of my favorite...
by Debbie Hodge | May 19, 2011 | DinaWakley, Ideas via Product & Technique
By Dina Wakley Shaped papers are patterned scrapbook papers that come in any shape other than a square. You can find lots of them on the market currently. While it’s easy to add them to your basket in the store, it can get challenging to use them on a scrapbook...
by Debbie Hodge | May 3, 2011 | DinaWakley, Ideas via Product & Technique, Patterned Paper
By Dina Wakley There’s nothing like the punch and wow-factor a bold and bright patterned paper gives a page. One thing I’ve learned over the years is how to make a bold piece of patterned paper work for you. Here are a few ideas for using those bright and busy...
by Debbie Hodge | Apr 15, 2011 | Art Journaling, Color, Design Principles, DinaWakley
By Dina Wakley I love contrast. If you want a page element to be powerful, contrast it with its opposite and you have mega-impact. Contrast is what makes a piece of art surprising, or interesting, or even just plain good. Contrast is essentially the use of opposites...
by Debbie Hodge | Apr 7, 2011 | Art Journaling, Composition, Design Principles, DinaWakley
By Dina Wakley I always say that one of the reasons I love art journaling is that there are no rules. Anything goes. You can do what you want. The process of putting paint on the page is more important than the finished outcome. So, why care about composition? I...
by Debbie Hodge | Mar 23, 2011 | DinaWakley, Ideas via Product & Technique, Paper Techniques for Scrapbooking
By Dina Wakley Sometimes looking at a blank sheet of cardstock is paralyzing. When I have “scrapbook block,” I love to take a pristine sheet of cardstock and swipe paint or ink on it. I call this paint or ink a “color field.” This color field counts as my starting...
