by Debbie Hodge | Mar 13, 2012 | Composition, Ideas Spurred by Design, Photos, Picture Your Story
by Debbie Hodge “Straight-on” photos Close to 100 percent of my scrapbook pages have photos placed like these on Spring Break: “straight-on.” The sides of the photos run parallel to the canvas sides (and the tops and bottoms run parallel to...
by Debbie Hodge | Mar 7, 2012 | Design Principles, Design Your Story, Journaling
by Debbie Hodge Alignment refers to how text is arranged into blocks or columns with hard or soft edges. There are four basic approaches to alignment: 1) Left, 2) Right, 3) Centered, 4) Justified. Check them out below — as well as a fifth option. Flush Left...
by Debbie Hodge | Feb 27, 2012 | Ideas for Page Topics, Moments, Photos, Picture Your Story
by Debbie Hodge When you’re scrapbooking photos of people, you’ve got an opportunity to document and show more than is immediately obvious. The things the people in your photos are doing and how they’re doing them, what they say and how they say it, and even the items...
by Debbie Hodge | Feb 22, 2012 | Journaling, Scrapbook Page Elements
by Debbie Hodge I love scrapbooking. I love having scrapbook pages made. And sometimes, in my rush to try a new look or use a new product or just get those new photos on the page, I neglect journaling. Yep. Even though I’ve written countless articles and lessons...
by Debbie Hodge | Feb 20, 2012 | Design Elements, Design Principles, Design Your Story, Journaling
by Debbie Hodge Texture is tactile. When you add texture and dimension to your scrapbook page, you engage the viewer’s sense of touch — another sense in addition to sight. As a result you draw your viewer in on another level. It’s an obvious design...
by Debbie Hodge | Jan 31, 2012 | Design Your Story, Journaling, Photos, Picture Your Story
by Debbie Hodge What do you do when you want to get lots of photos onto your single-page layout AND you’ve got a good bit of journaling to add? Here are 4 ideas for pulling it off –even when you think there isn’t any room. 1. Use longer text lines...
