by Debbie Hodge | Oct 16, 2012 | Feature, Patterned Paper
by Debbie Hodge Office-print patterns like grids, ledgers, and school-ruled papers are great choices for your scrapbook pages for several reasons including: they support of school, study and growth themes, they make great bases, the come with built-in journaling...
by Debbie Hodge | Oct 15, 2012 | Composition, Feature, Finding and Using Inspiration, Lift These Ideas
It’s the accumulation of well-chosen and carefully crafted details that create a masterful scrapbook page. Check out 5 details on “This is the Question” by Kiki Kougioumtzi and see if one or two of them can inspire your next page. Kiki says, “The inspiration...
by Debbie Hodge | Oct 10, 2012 | Color, Feature
About Blue | Blue Dominating | Blue Drawing the Eye | Blue Guiding the Eye | Blue Accenting About the Color Blue Color conveys meanings or evokes feelings in three chief ways. See the resulting associations with blue for each trigger. 1. PHYSIOLOGICAL...
by Debbie Hodge | Oct 1, 2012 | Composition, Feature, Ideas Spurred by Design
by Debbie Hodge If you love playing with design, and want a new challenge, step away from the grid and the block for today (you’ll want to get back to them tomorrow because they are fabulous foundations) and try working with multiple clusters. [twocol_one]...
by Debbie Hodge | Sep 27, 2012 | By # of Photos, Composition, Feature, Photos, Picture Your Story
by Debbie Hodge When you’re working with four photos there are basic photo cropping and sizing choices you make again and again: crop all photos the same size or create emphasis with a larger photo? crop with same orientation? works great for stacked or side-by-side....
by Debbie Hodge | Sep 26, 2012 | Design Principles, Feature, Ideas Spurred by Design
by Debbie Hodge In a symmetrically balanced visual design, elements on either side of a central axis balance one another. The act of riding a bike requires the balancing of physical weight on either side of a vertical axis. The act of creating a symmetrical visual...
