by Debbie Hodge | Feb 9, 2015 | Composition, Design Your Story, Videos
Here’s a video version of a past favorite blog post: When setting is key to your story, extend it from the photos out onto the canvas with these scrapbooking ideas. Click here to see the original blog post with written designer notes.
by Debbie Hodge | Feb 4, 2015 | Color, Design Your Story, Get It Scrapped!
by Doris Sander When I first began scrapbooking, about ten years ago, scrapbooking heritage photos was done with shades of brown. Any touches of color that were added were treated with a wash of walnut ink to give them a brown tint. As I’ve grown to love both...
by Debbie Hodge | Jan 13, 2015 | Design Your Story, Ideas for Page Elements, Ideas via Product & Technique
Add scallops to your scrapbook pages for visual appeal and storytelling support. Scallops are currently trending in fashion, appearing in a variety of shapes, textures, and styles. Need ideas for scrapbook page storytelling with scallops? Read on. And find visual...
by Debbie Hodge | Nov 5, 2014 | Design Your Story, Events, MSD Excerpt
by Amber Ries Scrapbooking events can be a challenge–but family and friends love seeing the photos from special events in scrapbook page albums. When I look back at all of the layouts I’ve created, my favorites are ones are events scrapbook pages —...
by Debbie Hodge | Oct 22, 2014 | Composition, Design Your Story
Some photos and scrapbook page stories are all about place. When setting is key to your story, extend it from the photos out onto the canvas with these scrapbooking ideas. And remember: the basic building blocks of written story–character, plot, and...
by Debbie Hodge | Oct 15, 2014 | Design Your Story, Picture Your Story
Today we’re oomphing our scrapbook page storytelling by incorporating basic building blocks of the best written stories: character, setting, and plot. 1. Character: The characters are the subjects in your photos, the people you’re sending a message to, or...
