by Debbie Hodge | Jun 25, 2014 | Finding and Using Inspiration, Lift These Ideas
Studying scrapbook pages by others is a great way to get scrapbooking ideas for growing your own style. In this “study” look at how a scrapbooker has used product and design principles and how she’s handled the 5 parts of a scrapbook page (canvas, photos, title,...
by Debbie Hodge | Jun 12, 2014 | Embellishments, Ideas from Current Trends, Ideas via Product & Technique
Badges tell a story visually, and that makes them great for embellishing scrapbook pages and scrapbook page storytelling. While a police badge looks a whole lot different from a Girl Scout badge, the two are both small accessories that represent and convey...
by Debbie Hodge | Jun 11, 2014 | Ideas via Product & Technique
Your scrapbooking process can have a starting point can be as straight-forward as a desire to put a recent photo or story on a scrapbook page. It could be a desire to try a new technique, an inclination to work from an inspiration piece, or even a product you have in...
by Debbie Hodge | Mar 26, 2014 | Design Your Story, Ideas from Current Trends, Journaling
Scrapbook page storytelling that’s done with a mix of both the obvious and the hinted-at engages the viewer or reader at a deeper level. On these pages we have scrapbooking ideas for supporting the clearly explained parts of a story with cut-paper collage. ...
by Debbie Hodge | Mar 19, 2014 | Design Principles, Ideas Spurred by Design, Photos
Part of scrapbook page storytelling is putting things together so that the viewer knows where to start looking and then where to look next and next. There are several tools for creating flow on the scrapbook page. One technique is to understand that the viewer’s...