by Debbie Hodge | May 4, 2011 | Digital / Photoshop Techniques for Scrapbooking, Hybrid Scrapbooking, Paula Gilarde
by Paula Gilarde Digital photo masks come in a variety of shapes and sizes and you can use them to get cool effects on your photos. You can then use these altered photos on digital or hybrid/paper layouts. To get the look on the photo above, I used one of Katie...
by Debbie Hodge | May 2, 2011 | Photography, Photos, Picture Your Story
By Katrina Kennedy After reading a few comments on a recent photo of one of our family dinners that I posted on my blog, my mind set off thinking about the idea of context and “the overall picture” of our photography. Sometimes, in working towards the...
by Debbie Hodge | Apr 21, 2011 | Paper Techniques for Scrapbooking
By Tami Taylor Ever since I took “Art Journaling 101” by Dina Wakley and watched her wield a spray ink bottle, I’ve been an avid collector of stencils. Problem is, my wallet is not an avid collector of money. I recently made a canvas that had a sun...
by Debbie Hodge | Apr 15, 2011 | Art Journaling, Color, Design Principles, DinaWakley
By Dina Wakley I love contrast. If you want a page element to be powerful, contrast it with its opposite and you have mega-impact. Contrast is what makes a piece of art surprising, or interesting, or even just plain good. Contrast is essentially the use of opposites...
by Debbie Hodge | Apr 14, 2011 | Digital / Photoshop Techniques for Scrapbooking, Paper Techniques for Scrapbooking
By Amy Kingsford Do you love finishing a page and the accompanying sense of accomplishment? One memory down; hundreds more to go! If you want to be a more productive scrapbooker, check out these ideas for making the most of your scrapbooking time. 1. Speed up your...
by Debbie Hodge | Apr 8, 2011 | Copic Markers
By Michelle Houghton A brand new image for you this week to color along on. I have been inspired by all the cute little monsters out there on the different collections so I figured I better create a few of my own. I have a second one that will appear and possibly...