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. And how to you create a focal point? There are three approaches to making something stand out and catch the eye. 1. Create a focal [...]
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by Debbie Hodge A successful scrapbook page captures the viewer’s attention, controls the eye’s movement, conveys information, and evokes emotion. The title is one of the tools you have for achieving these ends. Just as every sentence in a story should either deepen character or advance the action, every item on your scrapbook page should be pulling [...]
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by Amy Kingsford Once a thing of the past, “chevron prints” have made a raging comeback. Everywhere you turn in today’s fashion, home decorating and scrapbooking industry you will find this lively motif! Read on for ideas on putting this hot trend to work on your scrapbook pages. Interesting facts about the chevron The chevron [...]
Making a winter page? Use these “quickstarts” to get ideas for your page motifs, embellishments, wordart, titles, and fonts. Hallmark Images of Winter | Winter Sayings and Phrases | Fonts for Winter Pages This series provides “starter” lists for making scrapbook pages on a particular subject. Each post includes a list [...]
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Parties come in many flavors: big, small, birthday, holiday, theme, family, friend, community, planned, for a reason or just because. Making party layouts that convey the spirit of the party, as well as who was there and what went on is immensely rewarding. You get a chance to relive the event, to think back over [...]
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Texture refers to the surface characteristics of a material. Is it rough or smooth? Plush or gritty? Dimension (or depth) refers to the measurable extent to which something lifts off the page. Real texture and dimension (as well as the illusion of texture and dimension) can be added to your scrapbook pages. Texture is a powerful [...]
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by Tami Taylor What’s a 5 year Journal? That was my question when I first heard of it. (Ok, my first question was “five years??” Stick with me, though, it’s relatively painless. I promise.) A five year journal is, just as it sounds, a journal you keep for five years. You write just one line every [...]
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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 sketches complement each other well. Consider that the blocks on any of these can be easily modified: combine small blocks to accommodate one larger [...]
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Find ideas and how-tos for coming up with and rendering titles on your digital and paper scrapbook pages. 10 Creative Techniques for Titling Your Layouts (Aaron Morris) 10 approaches to coming up with a title for your scrapbook pages. 14 Ideas for Scrapbook Page Titles (Jennifer Wilson / Simple Scrapper) 14 layouts that will get you out of [...]
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by Debbie Hodge The canvas is the piece of paper (or digital background) upon which you build your page. It’s what holds all of your elements, and it defines the space within in which you’re working. One of the first scrapbooking choices you’ll make is of canvas size and shape. This choice is primarily driven by how [...]
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