Heritage Makers Studio Master Class

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The 12x12 Solution

• Heritage Makers Studio Master Class
• Presenter Christina Mika

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Im Every Woman!

• New to scrapbooking
• Started when I signed up as a Heritage Makers
  Consultant
• Sporadic bursts of free timeanyone else?!
• Fight perfectionism and need for organization

• Christina Mika
• Director, Southern California

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Keep It Simple!

• Capture the story of your life.
• What moves you to tears? What makes you laugh?
  Who is important to you? What lessons is life
  teaching you?
• If you are able to record even a fraction of
  this, youve succeeded!

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Why 12x12 Pages Are Significant

• Comprehensive Publishing Platform
• Capability to capture all aspects of life big
  and small
• Books Vacation, Recipes, History, Life Story,
  Holidays
• Pages Smaller events, great photographs,
  journaling
• Celebrate ACTIVE Heritage!
• Immediately capture the everyday things -
  pictures and journaling - that tell the story of
  today
• Capture random, real-life thoughts, pictures, and
  experiences without the necessity of a cohesive,
  published project

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Organizing 12x12 Pages(adapted from The Big
Picture by Stacy Julian)

• Create the following albums as a means of
  organizing pages
• All About Us (Personality Pages)
• Celebrate what makes each member of your family
  unique and loved
• Places We Go
• Capture local trips to favorite hangouts
• People We Love
• For other people you love Grandparents, Extended
  Family Friends
• Things We Do
• These pages reflect your lifestyle and any
  activity you participate in. Capture things like
  Everyday Life, Accomplishments, Traditions, and
  Sports Recreation
• Create new albums, as needed, for new categories
  Halloween costumes, Family Celebrations, etc.

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Approach To A 12x12 Page

• Ask, What is the key story I want to tell with
  this page? What will my focus be?
• The Journaling?
• The Colors or Collection?
• The Photograph?
• The Intended Reader?

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Layout 1 The Power of FiveUse Five Page
Elements And Keep It Simple!

• APPROACH Journaling, Speed
• PRINCIPLES
• The Power Of FIVE!
• Design Utilizing Symmetry And The Rule Of
  Thirds
• Think of the blank page as a Tic-Tac-Toe board.
  Place items of interest at the intersecting
  points.
• TIPS
• When youre stumped on what to write, look for
  quotes, song lyrics and poetry!
• Choice Of Elements Based On COLOR
• A few rules of thumb regarding color
• Hot, Warm Colors convey excitement and intensity
  (red, yellow, orange, fuchsia and neon)
• Cool colors convey serenity softness (baby
  pink, baby blue, pastel yellow, violet)
• Ask, How did this event FEEL? and use it to
  guide color choices. Dont always chose layout
  colors based on the photograph(s).

• FIVE THINGS Bikini Sticker (Summer Fun), Letters
  (Anna Joy), Brads (Friendship Biggie),
  Journaling Block (Text Box, filled), Text Box
  (Learning To)

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Layout 2 Grunge It Up!Use Studio 2.0 To Create
Trendy Layouts

• APPROACH Photograph, Colors/Collection grungy
  elements
• PRINCIPLES
• Utilization of Rule of Thirds Design Principle
• Color Selection As a general rule, use no more
  than 3 colors
• Focus here is on blue, gold, plum
• TIPS
• With grunge, less is often more. Let the
  distressing serve as embellishing for the page.
• Face eyes of photograph so they look toward
  center of page, larger empty space, or seam of
  book
• Use duplicate, recolor, blur and transparency to
  create different looks and layers
• This layout features only 7 elements, colored and
  manipulated differently

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Layout 3 Focus on the Photo

• APPROACH Photograph
• PRINCIPLES
• Rule of Thirds
• Odds Are Best!
• Elements in groups of three or five are almost
  ALWAYS better than even.
• TIPS
• Use several backgrounds to make your own papers
• Neutral colors and earth tones often suit older
  photographs and create a vintage feel
• Keep the page SIMPLE
• Use text to embellish
• Distressed metal embellishments also complete the
  look of heritage layouts be sure the metals
  match!
• Many old photos are small and, even when scanned,
  are lacking in quality. Take a picture of the
  picture with your digital camerathe size, when
  uploaded, is much easier to work with.
• If photo quality is lacking, you can
• Convert to black white

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In Summary

• 12x12 Pages are FUN!
• Bridge the gap between everyday moments and
  biggies, creating a comprehensive publishing
  application
• Easy way to capture active heritage through
  journaling and miscellaneous photos