by Debbie Hodge | Dec 27, 2011 | Finding and Using Inspiration
by Tami Taylor Charles Dickens said, “Change begets change. Nothing propagates so fast.” The same is true of inspiration. When other artists are inspired enough to write and share their work it can only inspire others. As I read articles and blog posts,...
by Debbie Hodge | Dec 7, 2011 | Design Elements, Design Principles, Ideas Spurred by Design
by Debbie Hodge Texture refers to the surface characteristics of a material: is it rough or smooth, matte or shiny? Dimension refers to extent to which something lifts off the page. Adding texture and dimension to your scrapbook pages engages another sense in...
by Debbie Hodge | Dec 6, 2011 | Canvas, Ideas for Page Elements
by Debbie Hodge Your scrapbook page canvas is the base upon which you build your page. You might use solid cardstock, patterned paper, a die-cut shape, a base altered with mediums like paint and ink, or – how about a pieced background? Here are 4 ideas for starting...
by Debbie Hodge | Nov 9, 2011 | Embellishments, Ideas via Product & Technique
Scrapbook and art journal pages allow us to tell stories – of ourselves, the people in our lives, and sometimes even of characters we imagine. The imagined stories fiction writer Caroline Preston has told in her novels have been heavily inspired by her love of...
by Debbie Hodge | Oct 20, 2011 | Crafty Projects, Ideas via Product & Technique
by Amy Kingsford Many of the products we can buy for papercrafting projects are actually inspired by everyday items. From notion-inspired embellishments to office-inspired papers, we see these items on the shelves of our local scrapbook stores and in our online carts...
by Debbie Hodge | Oct 12, 2011 | Ideas via Product & Technique, Paper Techniques for Scrapbooking
by Amy Kingsford As a digital scrapbooker I’m used to having a variety of tools and everyday items packaged in kits that make achieving certain effects on my pages a snap. When I’m making paper scrapbook pages, I often dismiss these looks because they...
