by Debbie Hodge | Feb 4, 2014 | Digital / Photoshop Techniques for Scrapbooking, Ideas from Current Trends, Paper Techniques for Scrapbooking, Patterned Paper
Plaids, checks, and prints have been trending in fashion for the last couple of years, and designers continue to get creative with plaid designs and mixes in 2014. How creative can you get with plaid patterns on your scrapbook pages? We’ve got ideas for you to...
by Debbie Hodge | Jan 16, 2014 | Design Your Story, Patterned Paper
There are so many ways to create striped patterns by varying stripe width, regularity of pattern, directionality, and color. These variations make it a print pattern that’s easy to use to set tone and mood. stretching from earth to heaven Sue Althouse says...
by Debbie Hodge | Jan 10, 2014 | Composition, Design Principles, News
Breaking design rules is actually a great way to brush up on what the design rules are, how they look applied, and then how you can break one rule when you buoy up the design with another rule that’s followed. Below is an excerpt of the newest ebook in the...
by Debbie Hodge | Jan 2, 2014 | Color, Ideas from Current Trends
A 2014 Catwalk color trend identified by Patternbank is the combination of soft pastels with neon fluorescents. This is a color treatment with built-in contrast and the ability to set a sweet mood. See this color scheme at work on pages below. Ashley Horton says,...
by Debbie Hodge | Dec 18, 2013 | Composition, Design Principles
You’ve heard about all those design principles and scrapbooking “dos” — now see how to shake things up when you’re smart about breaking the rules. See how 6 of our creative team members set about making a page with the intent of breaking at least one scrapbook design...
by Debbie Hodge | Dec 12, 2013 | Color
The Get It Scrapped Creative Team members love working with color and made sure we had plenty of 2013 articles in which they worked with color creatively. Here are one dozen creative color posts with more than 100 scrapbook layouts for your inspiration. ...
