by Amy Kingsford | Oct 31, 2017 | Design Elements, Design Your Story, Feature, Ideas via Product & Technique
The best scrapbook page stories reveal characters, setting, plot and theme. In this piece we’re focusing on character and showing you how to use select tools–color, image and type–to put character front and center on your page. [hr] Nicole Mackin...
by Amy Kingsford | Oct 17, 2017 | Design Your Story, Feature, Ideas via Product & Technique
Pockets, pull tabs, flaps, fold-outs or even digital QR codes can bring a higher level of engagement to your scrapbook pages. See how our creative team puts these ideas to work on their own pages. Stefanie Semple says, “This page captures a recent family get...
by Amy Kingsford | Apr 4, 2017 | Design Your Story, Feature, Page Guides, Story Styles
A moment storytelling style is great for those photos that move you but don’t necessarily have an incident or story to go with them. Use this style to record what you like, what moves you, how you see the world, or even what you believe. The best “moment”...
by Amy Kingsford | Feb 14, 2017 | Design Your Story, Feature, Page Guides
Quite often a scrapbook page comes out of the simple desire to get a story told. A “story-first” approach means you: start with your story first, writing it before you design, make room for the written story on the canvas right away, choose the right...
by Amy Kingsford | Jan 3, 2017 | Design Your Story, Page Guides, Story Styles
Your best scrapbook pages will incorporate your visual style–your way of choosing and putting together pieces. These best pages of yours also reflect a storytelling style–your preference for certain kinds of stories and your way of telling them both...
by Amy Kingsford | Sep 19, 2016 | Design Your Story, Feature, Finding and Using Inspiration, Ideas Spurred by Design
Everyday items can be a great source of inspiration for your scrapbook pages–giving your ideas and plans for color, shape, motif, and layout. Today our team shares their pages inspired by board games. Take a look at what they’ve done, and then check out...
