Focal Points
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Guest teachers: Noell Hymann, Kelly Purkey, Betsy Sammarco, Krista Sahlin, and Celeste Smith.
Canvas
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This issue focuses on the scrapbook page canvas, beginning with the options you have for its base, moving onto the first layers and foundations you place upon on it, and delving into the many ways you can fill a canvas for striking looks.
Guest teachers: Dina Wakley, Emily Pitts Lynnette Penacho, Doris Sander, Anna Aspnes
Texture and Dimension
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We are looking at adding texture and dimension to both digital and paper pages in this issue. Texture is a powerful art element because it can quickly evoke memories and emotions. Artists use both visual and physical textures to trigger your memories of previous texture experiences. Texture is tactile: it appeals to our sense of touch. It is an essential design element for visual artists, because it engages another sense in addition to sight. When you can incorporate texture on your pages, you draw your viewer in on another level.
Guest teachers: Jana Morton, May Flaum, Cindy Liebel, Michelle Clement, Peppermint Granberg
These Times
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The times we are living in right now—from global politics and trade, to technology and styles—are especially remarkable. Scrapbook pages that weave in such references have a richness that endures and triggers long-forgotten memories decades later. This month, we take you more deeply into the topic. You come away with a wealth of starting points and approaches for making sure you’ve incorporated images, works, styles, memorabilia and more that capture “these times.”
Guest teachers: Doris Sander, Paula Gilarde, Lynnette Penacho, Keandra Willis, Kelly Purkey
Design Play
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Your comfort level with design principles and elements goes way up this month when you see how digital and paper scrapbookers Emily Pitts, Lisa Dickinson, Vivian Masket, Amy Mallory, and Kayleigh Wiles challenge themselves and end up with striking results.
Design principles are a great jumping off point for anyone who want to make original and well-designed pages. Not only do you learn how to work with “variations on a theme” you also get a handle on how attention to every little detail when it comes to design play yields great pages.
Guest Teachers: Lisa Dickinson, Emily Pitts, Kayleigh Wiles, Amy Mallory, Vivian Masket
Smorgasbord
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8+ hours of video/audio conversations with 24 top scrapbook page designers. The interviews ask questions and get answers that give you the know-how and inspiration to use current techniques and products as you tell your stories on scrapbook pages.
Topics are: hybrid scrapbooking, finding and evolving your style, composition, digital pages inspired by paper pages, pages with lots on them, favorite techniques for paper pages, clean and simple pages that wow, pages that reflect the times. The interviews are in video mp4 and audio mp3 formats compatible with pcs, macs, smart phones, mp3 players, and iphones/ipads.
Fast Starts
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Whether you’re a speedy scrapbooker or one who puts things together at a slower tempo, there are times when you need to step up the pace up.
You’ll get details on how to speed things up in the areas of preparation, streamlining page elements, product choices, and process. And then . . . you get lots more “by the numbers.” Understand and use basic approaches that work for pages with 1, 2, 3, and 4 photos.
Guest teachers: Celeste Smith, Vee Jennings, Keandra Willis, Lynnette Penacho
(June, 2011) Photos
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It’s the rare scrapbook page that doesn’t feature a photo. We’re talking about the many aspects of taking photos, selecting the ones you’re putting on the page, cropping and editing photos, and all those design choices photos drive. We cover best tips for “getting the shot,” strategies for selecting the “keepers,” approaches to editing and cropping photos, and new ways of thinking about how to place your photos on the page.
Guest teachers: Dina Wakley, Karen Grunberg, Jana Morton, Katrina Kennedy
Stash Busting
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This module is all about using the scrapbook supplies you have in both creative and practical ways. The goal is to help you use your stash, try new things, and make scrapbook pages you love. We’ve got approaches, inspiration, interviews, and lessons that get you thinking about product and scrapbook pages in ways that get your bins, baskets, and digital folders emptier and your albums fuller.
Guest teachers: Kayleigh Wiles, Emily Pitts, Amy Mallory, Noell Hyman
Patterned Paper
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Since antiquity, patterns have been incorporated into tiles, linens, rugs, wallpaper, dishes, upholstery, clothing and more. Oscar Wilde said, “The repetitions of patterns give us rest. The marvels of designs stir the imagination.” This month we’re looking at patterns in both big and small ways, learning how to choose, mix, and use them on our scrapbook pages.
Guest teachers: Wilna Furstenberg, Cindy Liebel, Emily Pitts, Celeste Smith
Inspiration
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We’ve heard a lot about ”finding inspiration” for your pages from store shelves, magazines, fashion, websites and many other resources. It’s time to get specific about just how we can show YOU resources and methods for finding, gathering, and specifically translating inspiration to the scrapbook page.
Guest teachers: Anna Aspnes, Lisa Dickinson, Paula Gilarde, Celeste Smith
Titles
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A good title connects your photos to their story. We’re going to talk about the wide variety of approaches you can take for coming up with and designing your scrapbook page titles. From low-key and descriptive titles to elaborate word-plays filling half the page, we’ll give you ideas and help you get quicker and more skilled at designing titles you’ll love.
Guest teachers: Doris Sander, Karen Grunberg, Kayleigh Wiles, Aaron Morris
Journaling
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Whether you want to get a short record of thoughts and facts down or write a longer recount, we’re sharing ideas, how-tos, and resources that will help you do this well. The January issue explored both the composition and content of journaling as well as ways to incorporate it into overall page design.
Guest teachers: Dina Wakley, Karen Grunberg, Paula Gilarde, Lain Ehmann
Events
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This is a huge topic and the seminar that goes with it is huge! We show you how to approach scrapbooking your events with analysis and creativity. Understand the kinds of events you scrapbook and the many aspects of any event. What’s more use cropping and design techniques to make multi-photo one -and two-page layouts that tell your story well and look great. Webinars, annotated layouts, album projects by each guest designer and 9 videos for getting your photos in order make this a big bundle.
Guest teachers: Anna Aspnes, Cindy Liebel, Amber Ries, Sharyn Tormanen
(November, 2010) Details
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Our study of embellishing/using details on scrapbook pages kicks off with a survey course including the role embellishments should plan on a page, specific ways to add charm and design interest as well as strengthen the design of your pages. Four in-depth interviews with guest teachers as well as articles and 100+ annotated layouts make this a treasure trove of ideas and instruction for anyone who want to ramp up their embellishing skills or even just have more fun making awesome pages.
Guest teachers: Jenni Bowlin, Doris Sander, Kayleigh Wiles, Tania Willis
Layering
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This is an in-depth and rich exploration of “layering-it-on!” We cover reasons to layer–what layers do for a scrapbook page–as well as how to go about layering, including the kinds of materials that are available and the ways in which you can explore and express meaning with your choices. In the interviews you’ll get new ideas and insights from paper and digital scrapbookers — and the interesting thing about this is that the ideas translate wonderfully between mediums. Articles and even a spray-ink video as well as 100+ annotated layouts will provide ideas and inspiration for all.
Guest teachers: Amber Ries, Dina Wakley, Lisa Dickinson
Color
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Are you ready to truly get a handle on color — on what role it plays in memory keeping, on how it triggers emotional and cultural associations, and on how a smart use of design principles with your understanding of color can help you make awesome pages? Check out the seminar, interviews, challenges and annotated layouts to become more masterful at color.
Guest teachers: Doris Sander, Lisa Dickinson, Debbie Hodge
