Scrapbook Ideas for Using Meaningful Shapes and Silhouettes in Your Scrapbook Page Foundations | Page Guide No. 7

by Amy Kingsford | Feb 15, 2017 | Canvas, Composition, Feature, Page Guides

The first layers you place on your page play an important role in your design’s final look. These first layers (and their shapes) create visual weight, directional pull and contribute to the balance of the design. When those first layers are shapes or...

Scrapbook Page Starter: Use a Story-First Approach | Page Guide No. 6

by Amy Kingsford | Feb 14, 2017 | Design Your Story, Feature, Page Guides

Quite often a scrapbook page comes out of the simple desire to get a story told. A “story-first” approach means you: start with your story first, writing it before you design, make room for the written story on the canvas right away, choose the right...

Ideas for Scrapbook Page Storytelling with a “Photo Journalist” Style | Page Guide No. 1

by Amy Kingsford | Jan 3, 2017 | Design Your Story, Page Guides, Story Styles

Your best scrapbook pages will incorporate your visual style–your way of choosing and putting together pieces. These best pages of yours also reflect a storytelling style–your preference for certain kinds of stories and your way of telling them both...

Video Blog | 3 Journaling Treatments That Add Texture and Dimension to Your Scrapbook Page

by Amy Kingsford | Dec 7, 2016 | Feature, Journaling, Videos

Texture is tactile. When you add texture and dimension to your scrapbook page, you engage the viewer’s sense of touch — another sense in addition to sight. In this video blog by Christy Strickler, We’ll see how using journaling treatments with texture will help you...

6 Design Solutions for Getting More Photos on Your Pages

by Amy Kingsford | Nov 29, 2016 | By # of Photos, Feature, Ideas for Page Elements, Photos

Getting more photos onto your layouts is a challenge we frequently hear our readers face–and one we tackled in a recent video lesson at the Get It Scrapped membership (Skillful Storytelling-Picture Your Story #3). For our readers hear, we present the creative...

Scrapbook Ideas for Using Hand Lettering in Your Titles

by Amy Kingsford | Nov 8, 2016 | Digital / Photoshop Techniques for Scrapbooking, Paper Techniques for Scrapbooking, Titles

Hand lettering is currently a trendy aspect of decor, stationary and graphic design. Hand lettering is also a natural fit with scrapbook page titles. Our creative team shows you how they’re using hand lettering on their projects. [hr] Marie-Pierre Capistran...