by Debbie Hodge | Apr 9, 2010 | Design Principles, Design Your Story, Journaling
by Debbie Hodge Justification is all about how you’re going to line things up—or, rather, align them. Read more about alignments in Strengthen Your Scrapbook Page Design with Alignments. left-justified journaling Sometimes I left-justify my journaling. Actually,...
by Debbie Hodge | Apr 8, 2010 | Journaling, Scrapbook Page Elements, Write Your Story
You can use the “zoom” feature of 3rd-person point of view to tell a story that captures the current moment AND the times in which it takes place. Take a look at the lyrics to “On the Night Hank Williams Came to Town” (and even listen to Johnny...
by Debbie Hodge | Mar 31, 2010 | Journaling, Scrapbook Page Elements, Write Your Story
Writing story journaling is different from writing journaling for scrapbook pages that address a subject like “Piano playing in my life,” “My Favorite Place,” or “On Vacation in DC.” Scrapbooking a story means telling about a particular event (which may take place in...
by Debbie Hodge | Mar 24, 2010 | Design Your Story, Journaling
by Debbie Hodge Do you plan out where to put your scrapbook page journaling as you start a page? Or do you figure it out as you go? Or do you reach the end and say: “Yikes! I don’t have any room for my journaling?” I do all three. You’d think...
by Debbie Hodge | Mar 24, 2010 | Journaling, Write Your Story
Narrative tells and summarizes while a scene puts the story of the page right on the stage, with concrete details, movements, and even dialogue. narrative Take a look at the journaling in “Our Shelby.” It is written in narrative. Narrative is writing that tells...
by Debbie Hodge | Mar 12, 2010 | Digital / Photoshop Techniques for Scrapbooking, Photos, Picture Your Story
by Amy Kingsford As part of Get It Scrapped’s second dose of the Get It Blogged Challenge, I am blogging weekly “makeover” challenges. For more info about playing along, visit the Get Blogging Forum at Get It Scrapped! This week, we are making over...