by Debbie Hodge | Sep 18, 2012 | Feature, Ideas for Page Topics, Journaling
by Debbie Hodge Journaling prompts yield scrapbook pages that take thought and even a bit of soul searching. While it may not be everyday fodder for your scrapbook pages, taking that “journaling journey” every once in a while will give you albums with a...
by Debbie Hodge | Aug 16, 2012 | By # of Photos, Composition, Feature, Photos, Picture Your Story
When you’re working with three photos there are some basic choices you make again and again: same size or create emphasis with a larger photo? same orientation? and, thus, stacked or side-by-side? all different sizes and orientations? Here are 5 approaches that...
by Debbie Hodge | Jul 25, 2012 | By # of Photos, Composition, Feature, Photos, Picture Your Story
When you’re making a page with two photos, your photo sizes and crops as well as the orientation of your photos will impact how your arrange elements on the canvas. See how the pages below work with a variety of cropping and orientation choices. See, also, how...
by Debbie Hodge | Jul 24, 2012 | Feature, Photos, Picture Your Story
When you want to show both the details and the context of a situation or when you want to reveal different angles of a subject, use the same (or very similar photos) with different crops. Jana Morton used two shots of her son at bat and cropped each differently. The...
by Debbie Hodge | May 14, 2012 | Design Your Story, Journaling
by Debbie Hodge While journaling is an important part of many scrapbook pages, there are times when minimal journaling works just fine. Here’s a look at 6 of those instances in which titles, design, lists, and photos do the work typically expected of scrapbook...
by Debbie Hodge | Apr 12, 2012 | Composition, Finding and Using Inspiration, Lift These Ideas, Photos, Picture Your Story
Betsy Sammarco scrapbooked two of her favorite photos on “Cherry Blossoms.” One photo is enlarged and the other is repeated many times — with one instance of it framed. (Check out 4 Ways to Use Repeated Photos for more scrapbook page ideas.)...
