by Debbie Hodge | Feb 11, 2013 | Feature, Ideas from Current Trends
Following on the 2012 profusion of prints (and even wildly mixed prints), 2013 fashion trends include the bold stripe. It’s still a pattern but one Stylecaster calls “palette-cleansing. See our “Bold Stripes” pinboard for examples of stripes in...
by Debbie Hodge | Feb 5, 2013 | Everyday Life, Feature, Ideas for Page Topics, Picture Your Story
What are the chores around your home? Who does them and how? Get a record of them on the page for a look at the details of your everyday life. scrapbook the tools you need to do your chores Amanda Jones says, “I have spent a small fortune on vacuum cleaners...
by Debbie Hodge | Feb 4, 2013 | Digital / Photoshop Techniques for Scrapbooking, Feature, Ideas from Current Trends, Ideas via Product & Technique, Paper Techniques for Scrapbooking
by Debbie Hodge Painting techniques have shown up on t-shirt, tabletop decor, and wallpaper. We’re seeing wide and messy brush strokes and even finger-painting looks on everyday accessories, clothing and even dishes. Amy Kingsford says, “I combined a...
by Debbie Hodge | Jan 28, 2013 | Digital / Photoshop Techniques for Scrapbooking, Feature, Finding and Using Inspiration, Lift These Ideas
by Debbie Hodge Each issue of Masterful Scrapbook Design now includes “style lifting” guides. These guides include sketches, templates, and analysis that make it possible for you to get the look of each of our teachers on your own pages. Copying successful designs is...
by Debbie Hodge | Jan 25, 2013 | Feature, Finding and Using Inspiration
When you’re looking for a starting point and ideas for a scrapbook page, when you’re figuring out how to scrapbook, you want resources for getting the job done, Pinterest probably has what you need . . . if you could only find it. These 5 pinners curate...
by Debbie Hodge | Jan 22, 2013 | Feature, Ideas via Product & Technique
Page and element edges provide opportunities for both subtle and bold embellishing, for a strip of contrasting pattern or an ornate punched scallop. Use borders to organize, to frame, to decorate. Read on for border ideas. A bold patterned paper border along the...