by Debbie Hodge | Oct 14, 2014 | Canvas, Composition
Do you ever make scrapbook page backgrounds ahead of time without know what you’ll be scrapbooking? Perhaps you make misted and painted backgrounds. Maybe you block out patterned paper bases. Or you could even use a sketch and create a base with spots for photos...
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 | Feb 28, 2012 | Canvas, Get Started
by Debbie Hodge The canvas is the piece of paper (or digital background) upon which you build your page. It’s what holds all of your elements, and it defines the space within in which you’re working. The canvas shape and size is one of the choices you have to make,...
by Debbie Hodge | Jan 10, 2012 | Canvas, Get Started
by Debbie Hodge The canvas is the piece of paper (or digital background) upon which you build your page. It’s what holds all of your elements, and it defines the space within in which you’re working. One of the first scrapbooking choices you’ll make...
by Debbie Hodge | Dec 6, 2011 | Canvas, Ideas for Page Elements
by Debbie Hodge Your scrapbook page canvas is the base upon which you build your page. You might use solid cardstock, patterned paper, a die-cut shape, a base altered with mediums like paint and ink, or – how about a pieced background? Here are 4 ideas for starting...
by Debbie Hodge | Jun 9, 2011 | Canvas, Ideas, Ideas via Product & Technique, Photos, Scrapbook Page Elements
by Debbie Hodge Memory keeping is about preserving and presenting photos in ways that tell your stories. When you can do that clearly and with appeal you’ve got a page to love. Challenge yourself to tell a story by blurring the line between where the photo ends and...
