by Debbie Hodge Mosaic, the making of images by combining small pieces of glass or stone, was a primary form of decorative expression in antiquity. Its use arose independently in a number of cultures, with the earliest in China. Mosaics continue to decorate homes and architecture today — and digital technologies make new approaches possible. [...]
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Ideas for Mosaic Techniques on Your Scrapbook Pages
Posted in Feature, Ideas via Product & Technique, Patterned Paper
Scrapbook Page Starters: Arrange Photos and Elements in an Asymmetrical Cross
by Debbie Hodge The asymmetrical cross is a scrapbook layout design that has flexibility for just one photo or many. Dina Wakley praises this design for its flexibility says, “It’s a great framework on which you can be creative and add many or just a few photos and embellishments. To keep the design fresh, I change my [...]
Posted in Composition, Feature
Ideas for Shapely Journaling that Reinforces Meaning and Story on Scrapbook Pages
by Debbie Hodge The text of your journaling has a shape. It also takes on visual weight and can even set a mood. When you’re deciding how and where to place your scrapbook page journaling consider: how you might place and shape your journaling to enhance the story you’re telling how you might place, shape, and [...]
Posted in Composition, Feature, Journaling
Ideas for Using Oversize Floral Patterned Papers on Scrapbook Pages
Debbie Hodge Floral print patterned papers range from delicate and pretty designs to those that are big and bold. Each has its own personality and floral prints work well with many topics. See ideas for using BIG florals on scrapbook pages here and you can check out tips for mixing floral patterns in an earlier [...]
Posted in Feature, Patterned Paper
9 Ways to Give Your Scrapbook Pages a Trendy Rainbow Color Treatment
by Debbie Hodge The spring fashion runway was full of bold colors and rainbow combinations, and the “rainbow” color scheme is a popular choice for weddings in 2013, Rainbow-colored hair treatments are even trendy this year. Here, the Get It Scrapped Creative Team put rainbow color schemes to work on their scrapbook pages, matching their [...]
Posted in Color, Feature, Ideas from Current Trends
Scrapbook Page Starters: Arrange Photos and Elements on a Shelf
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 foundations are used again and again because they work well for housing the most frequently encountered combinations of elements (1 to 5 photos with title and journaling) and they [...]
Posted in Composition, Feature
TLS008 Scrapbooking Process Video: Making An Easter Page
by Debbie Hodge When I began this page I knew that I wanted to make a page that included lots of buttons and pretty bits in a profusion alongside two photos from the Easter Table. I started with two same-sized photos. It took me a bit of time to figure out that I needed to [...]
Posted in Composition, Digital / Photoshop Techniques for Scrapbooking, Feature, Time Lapse Video Tutorials
Go Off the Edge with Clusters and Bits For Scrapbook Pages with Tension
When you set up a visual situation with tension, the viewer feels like something isn’t quite right, that something might happen they don’t want to miss. And so they dive into your piece and stay! One way to add tension to scrapbook pages is to “break canvas edges.” Doing this is unexpected, but it also [...]
Posted in Composition, Embellishments, Feature
2 Video Lessons | Why Scrapbookers Care about Figure and Ground and Page Foundations
About Figure and Ground and Page Foundations Make a “shelf” page with embellishment “scatters” Click here for Quick Reference PDF
Posted in Composition, Design Principles, News
Double Up No. 15 | Make a 2-Page Layout from a 1-Page Sketch or Template
See how scrapbookers Adriana Puckett and Marie-Pierre Capistran used a one-page sketch/template from Amy Kingsford’s August 2012 Sketch/Template Pack on their two-page layouts. balance the smaller photos from the original sketch with a enlargement Adriana Puckett says, “We recently visited Disney World and really embraced all of the photo opportunities with characters at the four parks. This [...]
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