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Scrap Booking A New Skill

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The first thing you need to know about making a scrapbook is that it isn’t a complicated process at all. Scrapbooking isn’t just for the crafty person among us either. In fact, you don’t need to have any crafting skills at all, in order to create a scrapbook of memories that will last for generations to come.

 

Scrapbooking is a way to take those photographs, and things that hold special meaning, out from the standard, and (yawn) boring photo albums, and the boxes where they are being stored, to add personality to and truly capture the essence of what these mean to you.

 

There are so many books, DVDs, software programs, scrapbook stores, and internet sites dedicated to scrapbooking that anyone can do it. In books, and DVDs about scrapbooking you will find ideas and tips on how to create personalized pages for your scrapbook, some even have patterns that are easily copied for use in the designing of your scrapbook. Most software programs have templates built into them for a fast and simple way to decorate your scrapbook. Scrapbook stores, online and off, and web sites for scrapbooking are all good resources to find design ideas for your scrapbook as well as the supplies you will need to complete your project. You will even find information on how best to join or bind your personal pages together once you have created them to make a lasting keepsake that you will cherish. With such a wealth of information, materials, supplies, and services available today: it is no wonder that scrapbooking has become so popular, and fun for so many.

 

Some of the unique supplies available for you to use in making a scrapbook and that also helps to make this such an easy and enjoyable activity for so many include items such as:

 

Stickers

Pre-Filled Labels

Patterns

Stencils

Serrated- Scissors

Designer Papers

Glitter Pens

Cut-outs

Ribbons

Buttons

Binders

 

Making a scrapbook of memories doesn’t have to be an expensive endeavour either. You can find many of these things at discounted prices and you may already have some of these items around the house, in the kid’s craft box for example. Scrapbook making is especially fun for children. Let them get out the construction paper and cut out picture from magazines or old greeting cards to glue on their very own special pages. Encourage them to be creative using markers, crayons, glitter pens, stencils, buttons, small pieces of fabric, or whatever else you can come up with together. You can punch holes in the pages that they create and then let them loop the pages together with ribbon or yarn. This is an activity that will keep the kids busy for long periods of time and is also an activity that you can enjoy right along with them.

 

Once you have all constructed your own unique scrapbooks, you can share them with one another to get a different perspective on old photographs and memories. Recall the memories of the events displayed in your scrapbooks and share love, laughter, and life-lessons with each other.

 

It is time to bring those pictures and mementos that hold such precious memories, out from the confines of drab albums and dark boxes, so that they can be displayed in a manner that best represents their full meaning to you and those you share these treasure books with. Create your keepsake treasure by making a scrapbook today!

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Scrap Booking Taking It To A New Level

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Scrapbook paper can be used in several different ways to add creative touches to your pages and enhance your photos. Displaying your photographs in scrapbook albums is a great way to preserve your treasured memories for posterity, and scrapbooks you’ve made yourself make wonderful keepsakes. To make sure your precious photographs are archived safely, it’s important to use special scrapbooking paper and adhesives that are acid-free and lignin free, so they won’t damage your pictures. There’s a huge variety of different types of papers available these days, in all kinds of colours and patterns. Look out for free scrapbooking ideas online and in craft magazines to help inspire your creativity!

 

Scrapbook paper is most commonly sold in standard sizes of 12 x 12 or 8 x 8. As well as providing an attractive background for your photos, paper can be used to embellish your pages in many ways. For instance, torn or crumpled scraps of paper can be used to add texture and this is a very simple technique to use. Readymade kits of paper piecing patterns give you the option to add all sorts of images and shapes to help add meaning to you pictures and elaborate on the story they tell. Vellum paper has many uses. Because it is translucent, lots of scrappers like to use it to give their pictures a matte appearance. It can also be decorated and used as a stylish background.

 

If you’ve got a computer you may want to have a go at digital scrapbooking and print off your own designs onto your paper. If you’ve got a scanner, you could scan your chosen images and print them out to use as stylish backgrounds. You could use anything from a postcard to a map – use your imagination to see what you come up with! Think about what would fit in with the theme of your scrapbook, and reflect the characters of the people in the pictures. Of course, you can embellish your pages by hand if you prefer. Ideas range from using stickers or rubber stamps, to adding journaling or quotes.

 

Plain scrapbook paper can instantly be transformed with a bit of imagination and some artistic flair. Creating your own unique scrapbooks is a lot of fun and can become an addictive hobby!

 

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