by Debbie Hodge | Apr 4, 2013 | Composition, Embellishments, Feature
When you set up a visual situation with tension, the viewer feels like something isn’t quite right, that something might happen they don’t want to miss. And so they dive into your piece and stay! One way to add tension to scrapbook pages is to “break...
by Debbie Hodge | Mar 26, 2013 | Digital / Photoshop Techniques for Scrapbooking, Photography, Photos
by Debbie Hodge I edit every photo I scrapbook with Totally Rad Lab. I don’t edit every photo — just the ones I’m putting on scrapbook pages — and I don’t spend more than 30 seconds editing any photo. Three of my favorite ways to oomph up...
by Debbie Hodge | Mar 21, 2013 | By # of Photos, Composition, Feature, Photos, Picture Your Story
Got lots of photos? Check out the Get It Scrapped team’s ideas for getting 9 photos onto the page. Katie Scott says, “These photos are from a fun layover at the Denver Airport. My husband had seen a show about this airport on the SciFi channel so I took extra...
by Debbie Hodge | Mar 20, 2013 | Composition, Feature, Photos, Picture Your Story
by Debbie Hodge Squares are familiar and stable shapes. Their right angles and equal sides suggest order, equality, and even conformity. So how do you leverage the stability of squares and steer clear of boring? Our team and teachers show you ideas for how they like...
by Debbie Hodge | Mar 14, 2013 | Composition, Digital / Photoshop Techniques for Scrapbooking, Picture Your Story, Time Lapse Video Tutorials
by Debbie Hodge In this scrapbooking process video, see a page made from start to finish. The process begins with my desire to scrapbook a pretty photo and includes my efforts to make the page go beyond pretty — with a photo and journaling that add meaning. ...
by Debbie Hodge | Mar 13, 2013 | Composition, Design Your Story, Feature, Journaling
by Debbie Hodge The space your journaling fills has a shape it and it a particular amount of visual weight. A block with tight line spacing will be dense and, thus, heavier than a few staggered lines. Pay attention to the shape and weight of your journaling and use it...
