by Debbie Hodge Here are three new coordinated scrapbook page sketches with free layered templates for digital scrapbooking. Use one of these singly or, when you’re making a multi-page album, these sketches complement each other well. You can find all of our sketches in the “Sketches” Category. Download zipped file with layered templates for use [...]
Posted in Sketches and Layered Templates
by Debbie Hodge The work of selecting and combining colors for scrapbook pages is much like the work of of employing design principles: it’s not a straightforward, step-by-step task. Rather, it’s one with points or questions to hold loosely in you mind and cycle through, revisiting until it looks right. Here are three questions to consider [...]
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by Debbie Hodge A focal point is the center of a design. It is the most important part (or parts) of a piece. A scrapbook page benefits from having a focal point because Without some variation in emphasis among the elements on your page, everything takes on the same level of importance, and the viewer has to [...]
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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 [...]
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By Amy Kingsford Using digital word art as a title for your scrapbook pages can be quick, fun, and, best of all, super easy! Ideas for turning your favorite word art into the perfect title for your next scrapbook page follow. Note: If you’re in need of word art to put the following ideas into [...]
Posted in Digital / Photoshop Techniques for Scrapbooking, Ideas via Product & Technique, Titles
Making an Easter page? Use these “quickstarts” to get ideas for your page motifs, embellishments, wordart, titles, and fonts. Hallmark Images for Easter | Easter Sayings and Phrases | Fonts for Easter Pages This series provides “starter” lists for making scrapbook pages on a particular subject. Each post includes a list of [...]
Posted in Theme Quickstarts
by Tami Taylor Welcome back. This is the third installment of: “Keep a 5 year Journal.” I’m back with a quick observation and another list of questions. I’ve been plugging away at my journal and have a few things to share. Slow and steady wins the race When life gets in the way, it’s hard [...]
Posted in 5 Year Journal, Journaling
A fun way to work with embellishments is to group them together. Embellishment clusters can be showy or simple. The beauty of a cluster is that you can combine several elements, including images, to reinforce page subject and contribute to design. Think of an embellishment cluster as a small arrangement that works both on its [...]
Posted in Embellishments, Ideas for Page Elements
Betsy Sammarco scrapbooked two of her favorite photos on “Cherry Blossoms.” One photo is enlarged and the other is repeated many times — with one instance of it framed. (Check out 4 Ways to Use Repeated Photos for more scrapbook page ideas.) Step-by-step 1. Select two photos: one a close-up and one a smaller context [...]
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When one element is different from another, there is contrast. The bigger the differences, the greater the contrast. Greater (i.e., obvious) contrast is what you’re after to make better page designs because contrast draws the eye and makes your elements “pop.” Contrast in titles Your title can not only contrast with the other elements on [...]
Posted in Design Principles, Titles
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