by Debbie Hodge | Aug 19, 2014 | Color, Ideas via Product & Technique, Patterned Paper
If you’re a patterned paper lover, surely you’ve got a stash of papers calling to you. Challenge yourself to shake up your scrapbooking page storytelling process by starting with a patterned paper and color before your photos or story. It will give you a...
by Debbie Hodge | Aug 12, 2014 | Embellishments, Ideas from Current Trends, Ideas via Product & Technique
While the expected goal of making a scrapbook page is to get photos presented and stories recorded, there’s lots of creative satisfaction to be had in working with new and trendy scrapbooking product. Product can even be the spur that gets you inspired to make a...
by Debbie Hodge | Jul 9, 2014 | Digital / Photoshop Techniques for Scrapbooking, Feature, Ideas via Product & Technique, Paper Techniques for Scrapbooking
Layering is a great tool for scrapbook page storytelling, and it takes on a new power when we see the elements below through a cutway (or negative space). Make the most of that opportunity and layer something behind your cutaway that supports your story and...
by Debbie Hodge | Jun 12, 2014 | Embellishments, Ideas from Current Trends, Ideas via Product & Technique
Badges tell a story visually, and that makes them great for embellishing scrapbook pages and scrapbook page storytelling. While a police badge looks a whole lot different from a Girl Scout badge, the two are both small accessories that represent and convey...
by Debbie Hodge | Jun 11, 2014 | Ideas via Product & Technique
Your scrapbooking process can have a starting point can be as straight-forward as a desire to put a recent photo or story on a scrapbook page. It could be a desire to try a new technique, an inclination to work from an inspiration piece, or even a product you have in...
by Debbie Hodge | May 21, 2014 | Ideas via Product & Technique
Use these scrapbooking ideas for including tulle fabric on your pages and you’ll be right in line with the tulle skirts forecast to be trendy this summer. [divider_flat] a tulle “skirt” makes a great border Sian Fair says, “Although my...