by Debbie Hodge | Jul 3, 2012 | Digital / Photoshop Techniques for Scrapbooking, Feature, Ideas via Product & Technique, Paper Techniques for Scrapbooking
If you love using paints, inks, mists, modeling clay or other messy mediums, then stencils and masks are the tools for you. Understand the difference between the two and check out ideas for using each of these individually or even in combination. Stencil: A stencil is...
by Debbie Hodge | Jun 29, 2012 | Composition, Feature, Ideas Spurred by Design
Using a grid structure for organizing your photos, title, journaling and embellishments is a great way to start a page. That very same grid that holds your elements on one page, though, can become the backdrop for your elements on another page. Lynnette Penacho says,...
by Debbie Hodge | Jun 28, 2012 | Design Principles, Feature, Ideas Spurred by Design
Repoussoir is a figure or object in the extreme foreground of a composition. It’s used to create contrast and to increase a sense of depth. See how this art technique inspired our creative team and consider how you can use it on your next scrapbook or art...
by Debbie Hodge | Jun 27, 2012 | Embellishments, Feature, Ideas via Product & Technique
“Small and versatile” embellishments–like buttons, gems, brads, epoxies, and beads–are great for grounding and adding bits of color or texture to your scrapbook page. These versatile “bits” go with most subjects because...
by Debbie Hodge | Jun 21, 2012 | Digital / Photoshop Techniques for Scrapbooking, Feature, Ideas via Product & Technique
layout by Tanyia Deskins Want to get started with digital scrapbooking but trying to make sense of just how it’s done? In this series of articles we show you a digital scrapbook page and then connect the dots between the elements on the page and the Photoshop...
by Debbie Hodge | Jun 20, 2012 | Composition, Feature, Ideas Spurred by Design
[twocol_one] [/twocol_one] [twocol_one_last] There are several layout configurations of combined elements that scrapbookers use again and again when making scrapbook pages (for example, block, cluster, and band). These foundations are used again and again because...
