by Debbie Hodge | May 25, 2010 | ScrabookIdeasFreeClass
What are the balancing acts in your life right now? Are you trying to get enough exercise to feel good about that big ice cream cone you had last night? Maybe you’re balancing saving and spending money. Perhaps you’re getting up a little earlier so that you’ll...
by Debbie Hodge | May 24, 2010 | ScrabookIdeasFreeClass
To this point, we’ve covered three principles of design: Emphasis, Repetition, and Alignment. Today’s lesson is about Contrast. Click here to read lesson 5 Contrasts are at the heart of what makes a page “pop” and draw the eye. Take a look at your pages – surely...
by Debbie Hodge | May 16, 2010 | ScrabookIdeasFreeClass
by Debbie Hodge Welcome back to “Where Scrapbook Ideas Come From.” Earlier lessons covered the design principles of Emphasis and Repetition. Today we’re talking about another principle: Alignment. Click here to read lesson 4 There are many big and small ways to...
by Debbie Hodge | May 15, 2010 | ScrabookIdeasFreeClass
by Debbie Hodge Unity refers to how the parts of a design come together as a whole. If the elements on a scrapbook page look like they belong together (as opposed to having been collected and placed randomly) you have unity. In the quest for a design with unity, the...
by Debbie Hodge | May 11, 2010 | ScrabookIdeasFreeClass
Different parts of your scrapbook page should have different levels of importance. Without some variation in emphasis among the elements on your page, everything takes on the same level of importance, and the viewer has to find some way into your page on their own....
by Debbie Hodge | May 10, 2010 | ScrabookIdeasFreeClass
by Debbie Hodge Hi and welcome! I’m really glad you’re spending time with me and these lessons. I love thinking about making scrapbook pages—combining photos, stories, and cool product to make a record of the life I’m living with family and friends. I found...