by Debbie Hodge Michelle Houghton’s online class, “Hand Lettering for Scrapbookers, Crafters, and Journalers” starts next Monday. As I’ve been going through the materials and prepping them for her, it’s been occurring to me how many ways there are to use these skills. Here’s a round-up of some...

The Get It Scrapped! team has launched a new website that will offer monthly seminars and interviews on focused scrapbooking topics. Read about it below OR come check it out right now at Masterful Scrapbook Design. And let me know if you have any questions. Once your trial membership is over, the cost is...

online workshop with Michelle Houghton 6 lessons from September 6 to September 22nd (on Mondays and Wednesdays) price: $30 early birds: $25 through August 17th if you’re excited about adding a new technique to your scrapbooking and crafting toolkit, click the button below Create hand-lettered...

Color and over-the-top handmade touches are the hallmarks of the pages Tania Willis makes for her family and for manufacturers like Karen Foster Designs and Little Yellow Bicycle. Tania Willis is the author of several how-to books and has been teaching papercrafting in stores and in written tutorials...

Your Kids: Captured Through the Lens 6 week workshop with Katrina Kennedy starts July 20th. Early bird discount through July 9th. Cheesy grins and funny faces? Fast-moving subjects? Uncooperative teens? Capturing your kids in photographs can be tricky. Join Katrina Kennedy and look through the lens together...

Have you ever wished there was a formula you could use to make awesome (and original) scrapbook pages quickly? Would you like to understand why certain page designs work and how to make those kinds of pages yourself? Without sketches? Would you just like to broaden your style or jumpstart your mojo? I...

by Katrina Kennedy Events. Moments. Emotions. Places. People. So many things to capture and so many ways to capture them. Join me on May 26th in my online class Your Life: Captured Through the Lens–(yes, it started yesterday, but it’s six weeks long and starting today or tomorrow isn’t too...

consider yourself: How Do YOU Do It? Source: stock.xchng / 13dede Look to your behavior to find material for scrapping yourself: Begin with your habits and routines around daily life—from what you like for breakfast to a look at the errands you run regularly. Chart out a typical day. Think about how long...

consider yourself: your interests & passions What are your interests big and small? What are you good at and what do you enjoy doing? Ask yourself these questions about yourself at different times in your life. Have your passions changed since childhood or are you still loving animals and painting? When...

consider yourself: your stuff OK . . . so it’s hard to find quotes and inspiration about scrapbooking material possessions. Almost anything quotable notes that material possessions are not what bring happiness. I get that. As a former business student, I also get that much of us in the world live in...

consider yourself: friends & other folk Source: stock.xchng / Mattox who are they? Think about the many people with whom you interact: Who are the (non-family) people in your life–the ones you’ve chosen (or who’ve chosen you) to spend time with? Do you have friends for different parts of...

by Debbie Hodge This is number 7 in an 11-part series full of ideas for making scrapbook pages about yourself. consider yourself: work Without labor nothing prospers.  -Sophocles It could be paid employment, personal gardening, home keeping, raising children, volunteering or any number of things, but...

by Debbie Hodge Last week I wrote about lots of spots on the scrapbook page where you can put your blocks of journaling in 10 Ideas for Placing Your Scrapbook Journaling On the Page. Today I’m writing about all the ways I know to arrange my journaling within one of those places. Justification is all about...

by Debbie Hodge This is number 6 in an 11-part series full of ideas for making scrapbook pages about yourself. consider yourself: you and family In this session we’re talking about scrapping YOU and family. On other pages you can present the stories of your family members, but here, take some time to...

this class with Pattie Knox stars Monday, April 5th Pattie Knox has been working her Photoshop hard these last couple of months to discover and develop new techniques for your digital projects. Pattie’s lessons have both breadth and depth — always showing you more than one way to do something...

photo by stock.xchng / harrykeely by Debbie Hodge consider yourself: personal milestones & accomplishments A part of personal growth is passing milestones and accomplishing goals. Milestones are markers of growth and development that are to be expected (i.e., losing a tooth, getting to vote, turning 30 ....