by Debbie Hodge | Apr 4, 2014 | Ideas for Page Elements, Photos
Photos are a key part of most scrapbook layouts, and the selection and cropping of them is an early step in the making of a scrapbook page. If you’re looking for new looks, consider photo layering. The Photo Play class in the Get It Scrapped membership got us...
by Debbie Hodge | Apr 1, 2014 | Design Your Story, Ideas from Current Trends, Ideas via Product & Technique, Titles
A recent trend in print, fashion, and decor is to use ink and brushstrokes to create bold typography that’s a prominent part of a design. For your scrapbook page storytelling you can use it to draw attention, tell your story, and–as Amy Kingsford...
by Debbie Hodge | Mar 26, 2014 | Design Your Story, Ideas from Current Trends, Journaling
Scrapbook page storytelling that’s done with a mix of both the obvious and the hinted-at engages the viewer or reader at a deeper level. On these pages we have scrapbooking ideas for supporting the clearly explained parts of a story with cut-paper collage. ...
by Debbie Hodge | Mar 25, 2014 | Ideas via Product & Technique
Glitter is currently trendy for makeup, clothing, accessories and even home decor. It catches the eye and it’s a great support to lots of scrapbook page stories. 1. add glitter to a “landscape” for a sense of the extraordinary Celeste Smith says,...
by Debbie Hodge | Mar 21, 2014 | Ideas via Product & Technique, Paper Techniques for Scrapbooking
Are you curious about the difference between water soluble mediums? This month let’s take a closer look at watercolors, watercolor pencils, water soluble oil pastels and Gelatos. We will look at the similarities and the differences between these 4 water-friendly...
by Debbie Hodge | Mar 19, 2014 | Design Principles, Ideas Spurred by Design, Photos
Part of scrapbook page storytelling is putting things together so that the viewer knows where to start looking and then where to look next and next. There are several tools for creating flow on the scrapbook page. One technique is to understand that the viewer’s...
