by Debbie Hodge | Apr 3, 2013 | Feature, Get It Scrapped!, Ideas for Page Elements, Ideas via Product & Technique
by Debbie Hodge As more of us read books on electronic devices, the actual paper page takes on an aspect of nostalgia — and of the treasured! Book pages for making art are available in digital forms, in torn bundles from Etsy, and in books you pick up at the...
by Debbie Hodge | Apr 2, 2013 | Everyday Life, Feature, Ideas for Page Topics
by Debbie Hodge Weather is a part of your daily life. It can affect your mood. It can limit or make possible activities. The earliest diarists recorded the weather in their journals. Get the weather on your scrapbook pages. Let it be a backdrop for your stories or...
by Debbie Hodge | Mar 25, 2013 | Feature, Finding and Using Inspiration
When you’re looking for a starting point and ideas for a scrapbook page, you want resources for getting the job done, and Pinterest probably has what you need . . . if you could only find it. Scrapbooker Katie Scott’s favorite way to use Pinterest is as a...
by Debbie Hodge | Mar 19, 2013 | Feature, Ideas via Product & Technique
by Debbie Hodge Tearing papers on your scrapbook pages is a way to add texture and dimension. It’s a way to get a handmade, spontaneously crafted look that varies from the clean lines of scissors or punches.[twocol_one] Different papers torn will yield...
by Debbie Hodge | Mar 18, 2013 | Feature, Finding and Using Inspiration, Paper Techniques for Scrapbooking, Their Cool Thing Now
When you come upon a new technique, product, story approach, design challenge or just SOMETHING that gets you excited, you often find that the the creating comes easier and faster. You start using this new “cool thing” again and again because it results in...
by Debbie Hodge | Mar 14, 2013 | Everyday Life, Feature, Ideas for Page Topics, Yourself
by Debbie Hodge Consider your home: the places you sit, the items you use daily, the decorations you choose, the messes that arise. And then get them onto the page! Playroom As Tara McKernin picked up her son’s toys, she thought about how the contents of the toy...