by Debbie Hodge | Feb 16, 2015 | Copic Markers, Ideas from Current Trends, Paper Techniques for Scrapbooking, Patterned Paper, Videos
Big dots are trendy. Especially big dots rendered in fun ways with a variety of mixed media supplies. Here’s the video version of an earlier blog post in which the Get It Scrapped Creative Team took the challenge to make their own “big-dot” patterns....
by Debbie Hodge | Jan 20, 2015 | Copic Markers, Digital / Photoshop Techniques for Scrapbooking, Ideas from Current Trends, Paper Techniques for Scrapbooking
Something we’re calling “flat geometry” is popular now in illustration, home decor, and print patterns. (Check out examples on our Pinterest Board of “Flat Geometry.”) In “flat geometric” works, the designs are rendered with...
by Debbie Hodge | Jan 6, 2015 | Ideas via Product & Technique, Paper Techniques for Scrapbooking
If you’ve got a Silhouette Electronic Die-Cutter, you have a new way to use scrapbook page “sketches.” Here’s an example of a full page die-cut mat made by Kim Watson for Fancy Pants. Cut it from a paper that goes with your subject and...
by Debbie Hodge | Nov 4, 2014 | Copic Markers, Ideas from Current Trends, Paper Techniques for Scrapbooking, Patterned Paper
Big dots are trendy. Especially big dots rendered in fun ways with a variety of mixed media supplies. The Get It Scrapped Creative Team took the challenge to make their own “big-dot” patterns here and share their scrapbooking ideas with you. [hr] make a...
by Debbie Hodge | Sep 9, 2014 | Composition, Digital / Photoshop Techniques for Scrapbooking, Ideas Spurred by Design, Paper Techniques for Scrapbooking
Cutouts are trendy, and that negative space they make provides a perfect home for eye-catching elements. What can you do within that negative space created by a cutout? Here are a few ideas for you ranging from using that space to house basic scrapbook page elements...
by Debbie Hodge | Jul 9, 2014 | Digital / Photoshop Techniques for Scrapbooking, Feature, Ideas via Product & Technique, Paper Techniques for Scrapbooking
Layering is a great tool for scrapbook page storytelling, and it takes on a new power when we see the elements below through a cutway (or negative space). Make the most of that opportunity and layer something behind your cutaway that supports your story and...
