by Debbie Hodge | Aug 8, 2013 | Design Principles, Feature, Finding and Using Inspiration
by Amy Kingsford This is a part 2 in a 3-part series that lays out how I approach the work of translating the inspiration from creative displays to my personal scrapbook pages. The series: Look for the underlying foundation of the display. (covered in Part 1) Study...
by Debbie Hodge | Aug 7, 2013 | Feature, Finding and Using Inspiration, Lift These Ideas
Scrapbook design inspiration is closer than you think. Our creative team tells you how they go about lifting their own pages, and they share their advice for making your own scrapbook pages this way. “The great thing about lifting yourself is that you have a...
by Debbie Hodge | Jan 26, 2012 | Design Principles
by Debbie Hodge A successful scrapbook page captures the viewer’s attention, controls the eye’s movement, conveys information, and evokes emotion. That first task–capturing the eye’s attention–is the work of making a focal point. About Focal Points A...
by Debbie Hodge | Aug 25, 2011 | Composition
by Debbie Hodge A successful scrapbook page: captures the viewer’s attention controls the eye’s movement conveys information, and evokes emotion. Each of these ends can be achieved in a variety of ways, all of which include getting your page elements (photos,...
by Debbie Hodge | Jun 9, 2011 | Canvas, Ideas, Ideas via Product & Technique, Photos, Scrapbook Page Elements
by Debbie Hodge Memory keeping is about preserving and presenting photos in ways that tell your stories. When you can do that clearly and with appeal you’ve got a page to love. Challenge yourself to tell a story by blurring the line between where the photo ends and...
