Standout Titles & Creative Journaling

Class Preview

Share your story with bold titles and lively journaling for eye-catching scrapbook pages you’ll love showing off!

Introduction to Fonts

Meet your instructor, Lisa Andrews, as she discusses the titling and journaling theories and techniques you’ll learn in this class. Then, dive into the messages and personalities fonts convey as Lisa shares her advice for matching typefaces with the content and subjects of a page. Finally, see Lisa’s own design process as she takes you through one of her own personal pages.

Customized, Supersized Titles

See how bigger can be better as Lisa shows you how to incorporate supersized titles onto your pages for a fun and colorful pop. Learn how to use die-cut letters to create bold statements. Don’t have a die-cutting machine? Lisa shows you how to mimic the effect with a stencil and a pair of scissors! Then, be bold as Lisa shows you how to cut block letters out by hand — without a stencil! Finally, see how to incorporate pre-made titles onto your page and even add your titles right onto your photo.

Negative Space

Discover quick and easy ways to customize pre-made embellishments that match your style and the page’s mood as Lisa introduces you to using negative space. See how to turn chipboard cutouts into a bold title tag as you layer on textures and embellishments. Then, layer in pattern and texture under your negative-space titles. Finally, see how to combine negative space with traditional message layering to create dynamic pages full of interest!

Playful Titles

Learn how to mix and match big and small words to create dramatic messaging as Lisa shares advice for which words to showcase. Then, learn how the color of your typography can affect the mood and meaning of your message and how to incorporate a variety of media into a title. Lisa offers design tips and assembly tricks along the way!

Title Placement

Now that you know what you want to say and how to say it, delve into placement options with Lisa’s guidance. See how to guide a viewer’s eye down the page starting with the title. Then, discover the fun and delight you can create with more subtle titles worked in within a page.

Creative Journaling

Tell the story of your page as you learn how to add journaling in a variety of ways. Include the what, where and when of an event and any other sentiment you wish to convey, and see the different ways to incorporate messages onto your page. Finally, work along with Lisa as she uses journaling to frame a page, and pick up a neat trick for using your mist spray as a pen.

Journaling With Lists

Lisa demonstrates a variety of ways to tell a whole story with just snippets of information. Discover how to add lists on your page, either as a grouping or individually, and learn about the different pre-made and handmade embellishments you can use. Finally, Lisa shows you how to create a list using numbers, customized with a quick ombré design that you can easily recreate!