by Amy Kingsford Inspiration truly is EVERYWHERE–including right under your very nose! We accumulate hundreds of mementos and objects throughout our lifetime. As such, our own homes are natural places to begin the search for scrapbook page inspiration. Using treasured belongings and memories from your home to inspire your pages is a sure-fire way to [...]
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by Debbie Hodge Texture is tactile. When you add texture and dimension to your scrapbook page, you engage the viewer’s sense of touch — another sense in addition to sight. As a result you draw your viewer in on another level. It’s an obvious design move to add texture with embellishments, chipboard titlework, and mixed [...]
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Got stash? Whether that pile of scrapbook supplies is paper or digital, these 4 approaches will have you looking at your supplies in new ways–with two goals: 1) to use your stash, and 2) to make scrapbook pages with new looks you’ll love. Get ready to: Rethink function, Find strength in numbers, Make an arrangement, [...]
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by Debbie Hodge When you make a scrapbook page you are combining elements (photos, text, embellishments, journaling, title) within space (your canvas). Your canvas shape and size are what define the space within which you create. The edges of the canvas define your scrapbook page boundaries and the treatment of them offers opportunities for affecting how a viewer [...]
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by Debbie Hodge Since antiquity, patterns have been incorporated into tiles, linens, rugs, wallpaper, dishes, upholstery, clothing, and more. Pattern and texture are wonderful tools for adding interest to scrapbook pages, especially when they’re mixed well. You’ll find patterned papers for scrapbooking in four types–and these same four types are prevalent in decorating. These are: [...]
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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 [...]
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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 Jana Morton As the mother of three, I feel like I am constantly repeating myself. I repeat myself because I want to strengthen my message in hopes that one day the life lessons that I am trying to convey will sink in. Just like in parenting, repetition is a design tool that brings strength [...]
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Exploring new and creative uses for your current scrapbook supplies and tools can not only help you to save time and money, but can also take the quality and creativity of your scrapbook pages to a higher level. You just have to be willing to open your mind and see the potential of your current [...]
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by Tami Taylor Charles Dickens said, “Change begets change. Nothing propagates so fast.” The same is true of inspiration. When other artists are inspired enough to write and share their work it can only inspire others. As I read articles and blog posts, watch tutorials and listen to podcasts, I bookmark, ‘pin’ and flat-out print the details [...]
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