Scrapbook ideas and tutorials

by Debbie Hodge Dimension (or depth) refers to the measurable extent to which something lifts off the page. Real dimension (as well as the illusion of it) can be added to your scrapbook pages. Dimension on your pages will engage the viewer’s sense of touch–and, thus, involve them more deeply in your pages. Actual dimension on scrapbook [...]

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Space is the ground or field of a composition. It’s inactive until it’s broken into by form. Once form breaks into space, the proportions of negative and positive space are altered. When you’re scrapbooking several photos and substantial journaling, those proportions will probably be heavy on positive space. You’ll be using much of the “real [...]

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by Debbie Hodge If you love playing with design, and want a new challenge, step away from the grid and the block for today (you’ll want to get back to them tomorrow because they are fabulous foundations)  and try working with multiple clusters. Debbie Hodge‘s “Be Happy” has three clusters, each isolated from the other [...]

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by Debbie Hodge In a symmetrically balanced visual design, elements on either side of a central axis balance one another. The act of riding a bike requires the balancing of physical weight on either side of a vertical axis. The act of creating a symmetrical visual design requires balancing visual weight on either side of [...]

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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. Photos are most often the focal points on scrapbook pages. They don’t have to be, though. Depending upon your story and the materials you’re working with you could make [...]

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by Debbie Hodge Resources: I use Totally Rad Labs to edit my photos. I use acdSEE to organize my digital supplies. I used this layout from Frankie magazine as inspiration. Digital scrapbooking supplies used: Country Charm by Celeste Knight; Storyteller by One Little Bird; Farm Fresh, Tied Fasteners No 2 by Katie Pertiet; Cumulus, Cabin fonts.  

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by Debbie Hodge Resources: I used Totally Rad Labs to edit my photos and get the shadows off my subjects’ faces I used this page by Doris Sander to figure out where to put my photos, to guide my foundational pieces and titlework. The digital kit Diptych by Paisley Press is a part of this month’s [...]

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by Debbie Hodge Resources Digital Supplies: Trendy, Beach Party, Rhinestone Buttons and Bows, Mercantile Mix 4 by Jenni Bowlin Digital; Just Linens by Michelle Martin; Tidbits by One Little Bird; Yellow Paper Alpha by Katie Pertiet; Wanderlust by Pink Reptile Designs; Cookie, Century Schoolbook fonts  

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by Debbie Hodge I like making scrapbook pages because I get to spend time playing with color and pattern and image — all the while thinking about the memories associated with the photos I’m working with AND the story I want to tell about them. It’s a puzzle; it’s an exploration of my life; it’s [...]

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About Purple   |   Purple Dominating   |   Purple Drawing the Eye   |   Purple Guiding the Eye   |   Purple Accenting About the Color Purple Color conveys meanings or evokes feelings in three chief ways. See the resulting associations with purple for each trigger. 1. PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE: Purple stimulates the areas of the brain that do problem solving. 2. [...]

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