by Debbie Hodge Double Up is a new regular column at Get It Scrapped. In each Double Up, I will share: a two-page layout design analysis of what makes this two-page design work sketch layered template (I’d love to feature readers’ pages in this column, contact me if you’re interested in...

by Debbie Hodge When I first started scrapbooking and shopping for patterned papers, I gravitated to eye-catching patterns with motifs like flourishes, stars, paisleys, and florals. The dots and stripes weren’t as interesting to me. I didn’t see why I needed them, and I rarely bought them unless they...

by Debbie Hodge Ah, embellishments! Yes, they are decorations for your scrapbook pages, but they can do a lot more–from supporting theme and meaning, to guiding the eye and offering opportunities for repetitions that build page unity. Your primary tasks when it comes to adding the embellishments to...

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 Debbie Hodge What is asymmetry? Asymmetry means “without symmetry.” Nothing is mirrored or centered. You could have an odd or mismatched number of differing elements. Designing with an absence of symmetry, does not mean there is not balance. Since there is no formula for asymmetrical balance, you must...

by Debbie Hodge How do you like your pages? Simple and clean? A little busy? Or filled with layers of paper, images, tags, envelopes, fibers and any embellishments you can find to support your subject? Do you layer? Wondering why you should layer or how to get more out of your layering? Here are 5 things...

by Amy Kingsford If you’re looking for some inspiration or ways to take your scrapbook page layouts in new directions, try using something different–something you don’t usually reach for. Below are three layouts that all use the same background paper by Die Cut With A View and the same page...

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...

Using and choosing colors is a first step in learning how to scrapbook. What are your go-to colors? Do you use neutrals? A lot? Never? Wondering what neutrals can do for your pages? Want some ideas for using neutrals on your scrapbook pages? Read on. Neutral colors may be totally without color or appear to...

by Debbie Hodge Do you plan out where to put your scrapbook page journaling as you start a page? Or do you figure it out as you go? Or do you reach the end and say: “Yikes! I don’t have any room for my journaling?” I do all three. You’d think I’d get in a habit of some planning...

running time: 4mins 30secs/no ads In this episode of “Why It Works,” I’m looking at a page by Leah Allen. Lea has taken all of Doris Sanders’ Product Pizzazz classes as well as Scrapbooking with Fabric from Tania Willis. Leah’s Blog Little Bitty: Random Blabbering from a...

Scraplifting – My Not-so-secret Secret by Jane Howden Yes, I admit it, I scraplift – and I do it openly and frequently!  So what exactly is scraplifting? Scraplifting is using another scrapbooker’s completed layout as a basis for your own.  There are lots of ways to lift a layout or an idea you have...

by Debbie Hodge The straight line is a basic element of design. This post shows you how to use it on your scrapbook pages to guide the eye and set tone. Use horizontal lines to guide the eye across a page. Connect the two sides of a two-page layout with horizontal lines as in “Rock My Soul”...

by Debbie Hodge With scrapbook pages, you have the opportunity to convey emotion that the viewer can understand and believe. You can use a combination of photos, color, words, and images to create a mood or tone — for example of comfort, excitement, happiness, or disappointment. Bright colors,...

Why It Works: a closer look at scrapbook pages from the Get It Scrapped! gallery by Debbie Hodge This is the first in a series of short videos in which I talk about scrapbook pages that I like and what I think makes them successful! I’m planning to make these videos frequently and, thus, quickly, so I...

by Debbie Hodge Most of my 4×6 photos straight out of the envelope can be—and even need to be–cropped. To get clean designs that go together quickly, I always look for uniform cropping opportunities. Crop for Columns: “Women Who Love Wool too Much” The photos I took from this...