The Best Practices for Copic Marker Cleaning | Michelle Houghton on Mixed Media

by Debbie Hodge | Dec 22, 2014 | Copic Markers, Feature, Mixed Media

Protect your marker investment with the best methods for Copic Marker Cleaning. I’ve found copic cleaning information shared online that is not totally accurate.  Here, I share the best way to clean copic markers, why these guidelines work, and how other...

On-Trend Scrapbooking Ideas for Making Your Own Big-Dot Pattern

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...

Ideas for Editing Your Poor-Quality Photos with Apps, Actions and Techniques

by Debbie Hodge | Oct 7, 2014 | Photography, Photos, Picture Your Story

  The days of regretting a poor photo result are over. Software solutions make it easy to improve that under- or over-exposed, yellowed, or blurry shot. See how the Get It Scrapped Creative Team fixed up their poor photos and got them onto the scrapbook page....

Mixed Media with Michelle Houghton | 3 Ways to Use a Geli Plate

by Debbie Hodge | Sep 18, 2014 | Mixed Media

Each month Michelle Houghton examines an artistic technique or supply to add to your scrapbook layouts.  She shows you the steps to get this product or technique onto your pages now.  This month Michelle dug out her Geli plate that was gifted to her, and finally begin...

Ideas for Composing Within the Negative Space of Your Die Cuts

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...

Mixed Media with Michelle Houghton | Technique for Making Copic Markers Look Like Chalk

by Debbie Hodge | Aug 29, 2014 | Ideas via Product & Technique, Mixed Media

Here’s a copic marker technique that yields a chalk-look effect. Each month Michelle Houghton is examining an artistic technique or supply to add to your scrapbook layouts.  She will show you the steps to get this product or technique onto your pages now.  This...