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 | Dec 3, 2014 | Design Elements, Embellishments, MSD Excerpt
by Lisa Dickinson This lesson originally appeared in the Get It Scrapped Membership class Oomph & Polish. Click here to get all the lessons on this topic with an all access pass. Color, Texture, Pattern & Shine One of my favorite television shows is What Not...
by Debbie Hodge | Nov 11, 2014 | Motif, Picture Your Story
The family tree motif has been used to represent lineage since the biblical Book of Isaiah used it to detail Christ’s ancestors originating from Jesse of Bethlehem. Visual depictions of this Tree of Jesse can be seen rendered on stained windows, carvings, and...
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 30, 2014 | Design Principles, Layout Design, Scrapbook Page Elements
Our free class Design Principles for the Scrapbook Page has shown 1000s of scrapbookers how to figure out just what to put on a scrapbook page and how. Take a look at the video version of Lesson 1 here. Click here to get the PDF version of the class for free | Click...
by Debbie Hodge | Oct 29, 2014 | Composition, Embellishments, Feature
Embellishing scrapbook pages with a strong visual triangle is good because it moves the viewer’s eye through your page. While you can add eye-catching complexity with the skilled use of multiple visual triangles, a clean and straight-forward approach also yields...
