This is used for all “major” scrapbooking tips presented in a series.
Do you get flustered by clusters? You’re not alone. A lot of people feel unsure about creating them. Good news is…clusters don’t have to be complicated to be eye-catching. When I was a paper scrapbooker, I always tried to limit how many elements I piled onto a page. Nobody wants bulging albums. And you have to be careful that all of those dimensional elements don’t cause damage to underlying layouts. With digital layouts you can be as dimensional as you’d…
Good shadowing is perhaps the most important element in digital scrapbooking. If you want your digital layouts to have the same dimensional look as paper layouts, proper shadowing is key. If you are new to digital scrapbooking, I hope to give you some basic pointers to get you started. I also hope that you “seasoned” scrappers will pick up a few new tips here or there. Over the years more than a handful of people have asked me how I…
So, now that I’ve given you some of my “foundational” steps for creating scrapbook layouts, the Tuesday Tips are going to take on a more relaxed (hopefully shorter 😊) and somewhat random format. Today I want to start with something fun. I can’t even begin to tell you how excited I am to share this with you. This is a game changer for me and I know others will appreciate it. Do you think removing backgrounds from photos is a…
Have you ever flipped through some of your mom’s old recipes and just loved seeing her handwriting on those cards? Do you cherish seeing your dad’s handwriting on letters he sent to mom? Do you ever want to leave your own legacy in your scrapbooks that make them even more personal? Keeping our memories through scrapbooking is one of the main reasons that most people scrapbook. But the written word in our journaling can be just as visually powerful as…
By now, perhaps you’ve spent some time experimenting with fonts. That means it’s time to really think about journaling. For many of us, journaling is one of the most difficult parts of putting a scrapbook page together, digital or traditional. Yet it sometimes is one of the most important parts of the layout. It lets others know why you made the page. Coupled with your photos, or perhaps even with no photos, journaling allows you to tell meaningful stories. And…