by Amy Kingsford | Sep 21, 2016 | Color, Feature
Color is a great storytelling tool for any visual journaler because of its associations with nature, its ability to trigger a physiological response, and because of the cultural connections people make.Typically, a scrapbooker turns to the colors of autumn that occur...
by Debbie Hodge | Aug 17, 2016 | Composition, Feature, Videos
Using a grid structure for organizing your photos, title, journaling and embellishments is a great way to organize all of the elements on a page. It’s a classic design that never goes out of style. In this video blog by Christy Strickler, we’ll see examples or how the...
by Amy Kingsford | Aug 16, 2016 | Ideas via Product & Technique, Patterned Paper
The popularity of travelers’ journals and planners has been driving many a memorykeeper to start creating their own hand-drawn images. And those images often lend themselves to a repeating pattern. In this gorgeous and original blog post, our team shares their...
by Amy Kingsford | Aug 9, 2016 | Color, Ideas from Current Trends
Fashion, home interiors, and wedding trends all provide great starting places for checking out new and trendy color combinations. Our Creative Team shares the color combos they’re pulling from those arenas and putting to work on their own pages. [hr]...
by Amy Kingsford | Jun 28, 2016 | Ideas from Current Trends, Patterned Paper
Combining geometric patterns–making a mashup of the style–is currently trendy for surface pattern design. Take a look a examples we’ve collected on Pinterest here, and let them inspire and instruct you in making your own mashups. Take a look, also,...
by Debbie Hodge | Jun 8, 2016 | Color, Feature, Videos
If you’re a patterned paper lover, surely you’ve got a stash of papers calling to you. Challenge yourself to shake up your scrapbooking page storytelling process by starting with a patterned paper and color before your photos or story. It will give you a chance to...
