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Scrapbook Page Composition: Arrange Your Elements in a Free-Form Cluster
by Debbie Hodge If you love working with an “explosion” of elements and getting an artsy look, the free form cluster is a page foundation that lends itself to this kind of creativity and... Continue reading »
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Alcohol Marker Comparison – Part 1 (copic tutorial no. 27)
by Michelle Houghton Markers with alcohol-based dye ink have special properties: they allow you blend colors together without tearing up your paper as you might with a water-based ink. I’ve... Continue reading »
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What’s Your Motif? Ideas for using Trees on your Scrapbook Pages
by Amy KingsfordUse trees to represent the literal trees in your photo or story or to support themes like life, growth, and strength. Use trees on your scrapbook pages to set the scene for your... Continue reading »
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Keep a 5 Year Journal | Progress to Date and Prompts for June
by Tami Taylor Welcome back. This is the fifth installment of: “Keep a 5 year Journal.” I’m back with a quick observation and another list of questions. I’ve been plugging away at my... Continue reading »
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When Short Journaling Works on a Scrapbook Page
by Debbie Hodge While journaling is an important part of many scrapbook pages, there are times when minimal journaling works just fine. Here’s a look at 6 of those instances in which titles,... Continue reading »
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Scrapbook Page Sketch and Template Bundle (#86)
by Debbie Hodge Here are three new coordinated scrapbook page sketches with free layered templates for digital scrapbooking. Use one of these singly or, when you’re making a multi-page album, these... Continue reading »
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Quotations and Word Art for Scrapbooking Mom
There is only one pretty child in the world, and every mother has it. -Chinese ProverbSome mothers are kissing mothers and some are scolding mothers, but it is love just the same, and most mothers... Continue reading »
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Scrapbook Page Compositions That Go To the Edge
A 1911 cover from Life Magazine uses conventional margins to frame the cover art. In the 1930s Life Magazine moved to using photographs bleeding off three edges of the page. by Debbie Hodge A... Continue reading »
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One Month at a Time | April 2012
by Tami Taylor On the 1st Friday of each month, Tami Taylor gives you a sketch and shows you how she’s scrapbooked the past month. She’s also got prompts for gathering memories in the upcoming... Continue reading »
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5 Liftable Ideas from 1 Scrapbook Page by Kim Watson
It’s the accumulation of well-chosen and carefully crafted details that create a masterful scrapbook page. Check out 5 details on “Tiki” by Kim Watson and see if one or two of them can inspire... Continue reading »
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Big Scrapbook Page Titles that Earn the Space They Fill
by Debbie Hodge Titles are one of the basic parts of a scrapbook page, and we’ve shared lots of ideas and how-tos for scrapbook page titlework. Recently, we even talked about the work a title... Continue reading »
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One Practical Scrapbooking Idea and a Book Giveaway
Along with many of scrapbookers who have taught and are teaching at Get It Scrapped and Masterful Scrapbook Design, I am contributing to an ebook produced by Simple Scrapper owner, Jennifer Wilson.... Continue reading »
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Give the Visual Triangle a Rest and Try Diagonal Flow
When you incorporate visual flow into your scrapbook page design, you guide the viewer’s eye through it, ensuring they understand what’s important about the story you are telling. The most common... Continue reading »
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Scrapbook Page Sketch and Template Bundle (#85)
by Debbie Hodge Here are three new coordinated scrapbook page sketches with free layered templates for digital scrapbooking. Use one of these singly or, when you’re making a multi-page album, these... Continue reading »
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3 Questions to Guide Your Selection of Scrapbook Page Colors
by Debbie Hodge The work of selecting and combining colors for scrapbook pages is much like the work of of employing design principles: it’s not a straightforward, step-by-step task. Rather,... Continue reading »
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How to make a scrapbook page focal point with structure
See the many lines leading to the centered focal point in this photo. by Debbie Hodge A focal point is the center of a design. It is the most important part (or parts) of a piece. A scrapbook page... Continue reading »
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Scrapbook Page Starters: Arrange Photos and Elements in a Band
by Debbie Hodge There are several layout configurations of combined elements that scrapbookers use again and again when making scrapbook pages (for example, blocked, clustered, and shaped). These... Continue reading »
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Unusual motifs
what they might mean and how you can use this open-enedness to design DRESS FORM10 Things in July by Debbie Hodge | Supplies: Just Linens No 1 by Maplebrook Studios; Flossy Stitches Yellow by Katie... Continue reading »
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5 Ideas for Using Digital Word Art for Scrapbook Page Titles
By Amy Kingsford Using digital word art as a title for your scrapbook pages can be quick, fun, and, best of all, super easy! Ideas for turning your favorite word art into the perfect title for your... Continue reading »
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Scrapbooking Themes Quickstart: Easter Images, Sayings and Fonts
Making an Easter page? Use these “quickstarts” to get ideas for your page motifs, embellishments, wordart, titles, and fonts. Hallmark Images for Easter | Easter Sayings and... Continue reading »
