by Debbie Hodge | Dec 11, 2013 | Color, Feature
What’s your favorite Christmas color scheme? While saturated reds and greens are the traditional colors of Christmas, you can get a fresh look with “tints” of these colors. (A tint is a color with white added.) Check out these pastel Christmas pages...
by Debbie Hodge | Dec 10, 2013 | Composition, Design Elements, Design Your Story
No matter how you turn it, a circle shape stays the same. There’s a perfection in this shape. And it presents challenges. The space outside of the circle has an odd shape that’s not as easy to work with, especially when you’re combining circles....
by Debbie Hodge | Dec 5, 2013 | Ideas from Current Trends, Patterned Paper
After a season of pattern mashups, the newest trend in print mixing in fashion is to mix same or very similar prints in different sizes and colors. Inspired by this trend, our team made pages with the same motif mixed in a variety of colors and sizes and styles....
by Debbie Hodge | Nov 28, 2013 | Composition, DoubleUp, Sketches and Layered Templates
See how scrapbookers Tara McKernin and Rosann Santos-Elliott used this one-page sketch/template from Amy Kingsford on their two-page layouts. Tara McKernin says, “This is a layout sharing some of our family photos from this year and talking about why I have...
by Debbie Hodge | Nov 22, 2013 | Canvas, Composition, Photos
Standout photos deserve a standout scrapbook layout treatment. Try these scrapbooking ideas for using oversized photos as the first foundational element on your page, layering journaling, titlework, embellishments, and even photos on top of your favorite enlargement....
by Debbie Hodge | Nov 14, 2013 | Color, Embellishments
On your next page, try this scrapbook embellishments idea for making a page that’s big on color and big on embellishments while never falling into chaos. Add a grid of differently colored blocks and then match embellishments to each block by color. We fell in...
