by Debbie Hodge | Mar 31, 2010 | Embellishments, Hybrid Scrapbooking, Ideas for Page Elements, Paula Gilarde
by Paula Gilarde Don’t have the right embellishment for your page? Use Photoshop (or even Word if you’re handy with its drawing features) to create shapes, then add color and text for a custom embellishment you can print, trim, and mount on your paper...
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 22, 2010 | Hybrid Scrapbooking, Paula Gilarde, Photos
by Paula Gilarde I’m always looking for scrapbook page ideas that give my page a great look and get me inspired. In this hybrid lesson, I’m going to show you how I created a photo strip for my page “January Snow.” Instructions for doing this in...
by Debbie Hodge | Mar 17, 2010 | Photos, Yourself
No photos for your scrapbook page? There are several alternatives you can use: Use journaling only to tell your story and select colors, papers, patterns, and embellishments that support the subject. Use one photo to spur your journaling. This black and white photo of...
