by Debbie Hodge | Jan 10, 2012 | Canvas, Get Started
by Debbie Hodge The canvas is the piece of paper (or digital background) upon which you build your page. It’s what holds all of your elements, and it defines the space within in which you’re working. One of the first scrapbooking choices you’ll make...
by Debbie Hodge | Jan 2, 2012 | Composition, Digital / Photoshop Techniques for Scrapbooking, Ideas for Page Elements, Jana Morton, Photos, Picture Your Story
by Jana Morton As the mother of three, I feel like I am constantly repeating myself. I repeat myself because I want to strengthen my message in hopes that one day the life lessons that I am trying to convey will sink in. Just like in parenting, repetition is a...
by Debbie Hodge | Dec 6, 2011 | Canvas, Ideas for Page Elements
by Debbie Hodge Your scrapbook page canvas is the base upon which you build your page. You might use solid cardstock, patterned paper, a die-cut shape, a base altered with mediums like paint and ink, or – how about a pieced background? Here are 4 ideas for starting...
by Debbie Hodge | Nov 18, 2011 | Digital / Photoshop Techniques for Scrapbooking, Events, Photos, Scrapbook Page Subjects
by Anna Aspnes We now have the freedom to take as many photos as we like, and probably more than we need, especially during the holidays when we tend to overindulge in capturing the magic of the season. The task of choosing photos for any project can quickly become...
by Debbie Hodge | Nov 9, 2011 | Embellishments, Ideas via Product & Technique
Scrapbook and art journal pages allow us to tell stories – of ourselves, the people in our lives, and sometimes even of characters we imagine. The imagined stories fiction writer Caroline Preston has told in her novels have been heavily inspired by her love of...
by Debbie Hodge | Sep 27, 2011 | Ideas for Page Elements, Ideas for Page Topics, Journaling, Paula Gilarde, Photos, Write Your Story
By Paula Gilarde What do you do when you have a memory that you want to preserve, but no photo? Here are a few of my favorite things to use in lieu of a photo: 1. Words One day when my kids were very little, I was having an awful day. Everything went wrong. It was...
