History of Scrapbooking

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Table of Contents
Intro to Scrapbooking ...............................................................................6
Ideas for getting started on your first project ................................6
Scrap books ….What are they? .............................................................6
History of Scrapbooking ..........................................................................7
How do I start Scrapbooking? ...............................................................8
Getting started ..................................................................................9
Getting children started on scrapbooking ...................................9
Using Photographs ...................................................................................12
Cropping and Matting photos ........................................................13
Cropping ..........................................................................13
Matting ................................................................................13
Tags and Trimmings ..................................................................................14
Accessories ...................................................................................................15
Papers you can use ..........................................................................16
Stickers ................................................................................................17
Using tassels .......................................................................................18
Getting furniture for your scrapbooking .....................................19
Layout .............................................................................................................21
Beautifying the scrapbook .....................................................................23
Covering the Scrapbook ........................................................................24
Scrapbook as an Addiction ....................................................................25
Over the years... .........................................................................................26
Layout ideas and themes ........................................................................27
Some theme ideas.... ................................................................................28
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Theme Halloween .....................................................................................28
Spooktacular night ............................................................................28
Our LIL’ pumpkin ..............................................................................28
The haunted house ...........................................................................29
Theme Christmas .....................................................................................30
New Born Baby Girl Theme .................................................................32
Daddy’s little girl layout ....................................................................32
In my daughter’s eyes layout ..........................................................32
High School Graduation Theme .........................................................34
Travel Scrapbook .......................................................................................35
Scrapbooking Digitally ..........................................................................36
Using the Freebies ..........................................................................37
Online Scrapbooking ........................................................................37
Scrapbooking Software’s .................................................................39
Advanced Scrapbooking using Paper Pulp ....................................40
Techniques to create professional looking software .................42
Hand Photo Colouring ....................................................................42
Stencil Plastering ...............................................................................42
Sewing your pages .............................................................................43
Embossed Vellum Layover ...............................................................43
Digital Scrapbooking ........................................................................44
Using Chalk in your layout .............................................................44
Video Scrapbook ..............................................................................46
Art of arranging photos in your Scrapbook ................................47
Host a scrapbook party ..........................................................................49
Budgeting your Scrapbook ...................................................................50
A room for Scrapbooking .....................................................................51
Rainy day Scrapbooking with Children ............................................52
Scrapbooking your Family Tree ...........................................................54
Crafting a Photo Book for your Little One ....................................55
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Creating a Memory Scrapbook ..........................................................56
Keepsake Scrapbook Specially Designed .......................................57
Mini Scrapbooks using Ziploc Bags ..................................................58
Scrap Quotes ...............................................................................................60
Storing Scrapbook Materials ...............................................................64
Sympathy Scrapbooking .......................................................................65
Scrapbooking as a Business .................................................................66
Direct Sales Consultant ..........................................................................67
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Intro to scrap booking:
Ideas for Getting Started On Your First Project
Scrap books ——- What are they?
Most of us at some point of
our lives have indulged in the
pastime of making a scrapbook
of anything that fancied us at
that stage of our life. The
passion with which the
scrapbook was put together
can not be put in words, at the
same time the heartbreak that
was experienced when the
scrapbook came apart after a
few years was catastrophic.
Lovers of scrapbooks will be overjoyed to hear that making a
scrapbook is no longer a cumbersome task where you had to work
with loose sheet of paper which had a mind of their own, the glue
which spread more than it stuck.
All this has been replaced with Scrap booking albums, which could be
either placed in three ring binders or bound. You need not use the
messy glue, instead you can use specialized glue-dots or double-sided
sticking tapes which make work a pleasure and enjoyable.
These are so effective that you can even stick feathers, metal gems
and beautiful ribbons. Scrap booking is a great gift idea; it can be used
as an educational tool and is an amazing way to immortalize your
memories
The Christensen family officially launched it in the year 1980 in Utah.
Today it is a booming business called Keeping Memories Alive and still
growing at an amazing pace. Scrap booking has flourished into a
Billion Dollar business with a number of new people entering the
market with their own companies.
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History of Scrapbooking
We can trace the origin of
Scrapbooking to ancient
Greece where a form of
notebook called the
hypomnemata was used for
recording what one heard, saw,
or thought that was important
to remember.
Apart from Greece there is no
proof or evidence of this
practice existing anywhere else
in the world.
When the paper came into existence, more and more people started
recording happenings. With the invention of printing, people have
shifted from writing in their own hands or writing through their
family and friends to the more commercially available printed
material.
Some of the well known American Scrapbookers are Thomas
Jefferson and Mark Twain.
When photography became common, people started using them in
their scrapbooks.
Old Scrapbooks had these photographs mounted on photomounts
with corners. These scrapbooks included newspaper clippings, letters,
etc whereas with advancement of technology, modern scrapbooking
has evolved into attractive display of text, journaling and memorabilia.
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How Do I Start Scrapbooking?
The most basic thing
that you will need
before you commence
with assembling your
scrapbook will be the
album; there is any
number of these
available in the market
today. You can select
one that will be most
appropriate for your
theme.
Other than this you will need a good pair of scissors, glue, pictures,
photographs, clippings from the newspaper, and any assorted
decorative bits and pieces which will enhance the beauty of the
scrapbook. There are many other things which are indispensable to a
scrapbook maker.
An exact knife is a must have for anyone making a scrapbook, since
everything can be cut into any shape. It is devised in such a way that
when the tip gets blunt, it is broken off and a new sharp tip is
exposed.
Care has to be taken while using this knife, you should always cut the
desired picture after placing it on a mat or newspaper, or else you
will end up cutting things which you had no intentions to cut!!!
There are a variety of glues such as glue dots, Xyron and two-sided
tapes available in the market, do a proper survey and pick up what
suits you most. Tweezers though unconventional are very practical to
pick up tiny gummy bits and move them around without creating a
mess.
It is worth taking the trouble to look for albums which have acid
free, lignin free pages; they enhance the life of the scrapbook. They
prevent the paper from turning yellow and disintegrating.
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Getting started
At the onset you must have the theme for the scrapbook you want
to make. You can make it as simple or as complicated as you want to.
Scrapbooks can be given as gifts for baby-showers, wedding
anniversaries, weddings or birthdays. They could be made to
immortalize special moments from the lives of your favorite actor,
sportsperson, grandparent or child.
Small details that are special to these people can be a part of this
book, which will eventually be symbolic to them. These little details
can be decorated with trimmings, dried flowers, by fingerprints or
anything, which is special to the theme.
Once you have settled on your theme you have to think of what you
are going to name the scrap book and then name the individual pages
.It should have an identity of its own so that the viewer knows what
he is going to view. This name could be the person’s name, date or
some special event. It could be slogan like, dressy or simple quotes,
the choice is entirely yours.
A lot of attention will have to be paid to the colour scheme of the
scrap book. You can work on a single color scheme if the book is a
personalized gift idea and you are sure of the color preference.
It could be a mix n match concept provided you are confident of
the outcome. You have to pay a lot of attention to the color scheme
as this could highlight the beauty of the scrapbook or make it look
gaudy and distracting. You could visit your neighborhood paint and
hard ware shop and refer to the color wheel.
Getting Children started on Scrapbooking
Scrapbooking is an interesting hobby for both children and adults. All
children with no exceptions love to play around with paper, colours,
pictures, etc. It is very easy to make a child interested in
scrapbooking only because it is plenty of fun.
It is a mistaken notion that girls enjoy making scrapbooks more than
boys. Boys are creative too and enjoy creating especially with their
friends in a group.
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Adults can really motivate their children to start on a scrapbooking
project by talking about if first and getting them interested. Children
then eagerly start planning and collecting materials required like
photos, school papers and awards, etc.
The first step is to help the child decide on the theme. It is a good
idea to let the child select his own theme so he will be more excited
and motivated about the project. Some of the good themes are
sports, school, friends, family, etc.
Children can also be asked to create a scrapbook on a birthday party
they enjoyed, a good vacation they really enjoyed, a day they visited
the zoo or their favourite park, etc.
Without unduly interfering or giving them suggestions, allow the
children to choose the things they want to go into the scrapbook.
When you go to the shop to get them the supplies, make sure you
take them along and choose supplies like tags, trims, background
paper, colours, etc.
Gently suggest things that you think will be interesting for the child
like borders, ribbons, animal cut outs, additives which are fun, pieces
of foam, etc. By matching trims and accessories with pictures you can
explain to them and help them choose the right product.
There are two types of scrapbooking. One is a short term project
which will be completed in a day or two. The other is an ongoing one
which encourages the child to take it as a hobby and teaches him to
be patient.
It is better to go in for short term projects if the child is very young
and the long term hobby if he or she is a little older.
It is a long and tedious process to accumulate items needed for the
scrapbook. Make everything very interesting and interactive. While
choosing photographs make them laugh by telling them incidents
associated with it to make it livelier.
Give a freehand to the child to arrange and organize the photographs
in whichever way he or she wants. Do not try to correct them and
force your ideas on them.
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Make sure you give them a lot of stickers as they love to play around
with them. Design scissors which make a design when when we cut
is an all time favourite with kids. If they are very young, you can help
them cut.
Glue sticks are ideal for children rather than the messy adhesives.
Give them a paper punch to punch paper and foil. If you give them an
ink pad and some stamps they will be delighted. They will have
tremendous fun stamping images on their album.
If the children are of an age where they can write and draw let them
make their own tags. Even if it isn’t perfect the child will enjoy
making as much of the scrapbook as possible by himself.
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Using Photographs…
A scrapbook can never be conceptualized
without photographs. A photograph be
the first thing that will catch the attention
of even the most biased on looker. It is a
good idea to scan the photograph and
then take a print out on paper that is
lignin free and acid free paper.
This way you will not damage the original
photograph. A photograph can convey the
most eloquent ideas. They are very
powerful mediums of expressions and add
a lot of life into a scrapbook.
Choose them with a lot of care and ensure that they follow the
theme of the scrapbook. You can even use digital photographs, which
are printed on paper that is lignin free and acid free.
Now that you have selected your photographs, make sure that they
are not oversized or miniscule in size. They have to be cut carefully
to augment the beauty and aesthetic sense of your scrapbook.
You can use an exact knife or scissors to cut the pictures, just
remember to outline the desired picture with a chalk before you cut.
Take the trouble to be doubly sure with the measurements before
you cut as you can never undo what is done once in this case!!
In today’s scenario with so much of computer assistance you can use
the help of the Photo Editor to brighten, darken or contrast the
background effect of the photograph to bring out it’s beauty. You can
even change the setting of the photograph if you want.
The placements of theses photographs are entirely at your discretion.
The placements can be in a chronological order, based on a color
scheme, some specific occasions, or just casually.
If you are making a scrapbook to give as a birthday gift it would make
sense to stick photographs of the concerned person right from birth,
through the growing years. The footprints and hand prints would
make the whole scrapbook extremely special.
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You could write out some captions under the photographs to make
it more personal and interesting. Some special anecdotes can be
handwritten or printed on the computer using fancy fonts and color
contrast schemes to beautify the scrapbook.
Cropping and matting photos
Cropping
Removing unwanted background from the photographs is called
cropping. Cropping ranges from rounding off corners to cutting
shapes from the photograph.
You must not remove any important background from the
photograph you are going to crop. Select the shape you want to cut
with care keeping all the important details in mind.
Make sure you leave items which you think will be of historical
importance for your family like photos of cars, houses, furniture, etc.
You can also use a template to assist you in cropping photographs.
This makes it look neat and even. Some of the templates available are
squares, round, rectangles, triangles, circles, etc.
You can trace the template on the photograph lightly with a pencil
and cut it along the line.
If you don’t want to cut the photograph you can keep to its original
shape and only trim the edges to make it look straight and neat.
Matting
Matting is placing a photograph on a card stock and cutting a margin
along its sides. This gives an effect of framing for the photograph. You
can use various colour combinations to make it look very attractive.
The colour of the background you choose should match with the
colour scheme in the photograph. This ensures the colour scheme
compliments and enhances the photograph.
Cutting of the mat can be done using either a straight edged or a
patterned edged scissors. Using a colour similar to the subject’s
clothing for a mat works well.
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Tags and Trimmings
To make your scrapbook still
more attractive and special you
can make use of tags. These can
be made from different material
like fabric, pieces of furnishings,
or anything that catches your
fancy.
If you are not too creative, you
can pick them up from shops.
Tags are very useful for
highlighting some special
incidents from ones life and can
be in any shape, color or texture. Tags allow you to be as creative as
you can get.
You can use any kind of trimmings to personalize your scrapbook.
It could be the centre piece of a page, could be used as the border
or just to emphasize on something interesting or some special
moments captured.
You can use your own creativity and imagination to make these
trimmings. They could simple ribbons to exquisite pieces of
decorative items, which can be made by using odd things or small
little nothings picked up at garage sales.
Trimmings can also be left over’s from other projects, you just have
to use anything that catches your eye and fits into the theme. Again
there is no hard and fast rule of what you can use and what you
can’t. It’s entirely your wish on how you want the end result to look.
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Accessories
While you are looking at the
accessories make sure to pick
up a marker to write in the
scrapbook and to highlight
letterings, and borders.
There are a variety of markers
available in the market make
sure to pick up the ones that
will not smudge on the
scrapbook pages. These are
available in reputed stationary
shops and are available in a
variety of colors. They are acid
free and do not fade over a
period of time.
Making a scrapbook will not be possible without the wax pencil.
These are specially made to enable you write on glass, photographs
and plastic. You can also use this for coloring, making borders or for
highlighting something on the pages. The ink used in these pencils is
acid free and comes in many colors.
While making scrapbooks for children stickers can be used
extensively. Stickers specially ones involving favorite cartoon figures
immediately endear the book to the child and add a personal touch.
They can be used to hide mistakes add a little humor and can be
used as trimmings. Before using stickers, you must take care to see
that the stickers are lignin free and acid free and the glue is not
dried.
One more exciting trimming that can be used is a rubber stamp
which when dipped in acid free ink can be used to make various
trimmings. You can make charming designs on scrapbooks for children
in attractive colors. Souvenir can be decorated with different rubber
stamps
If the scrapbook is not a formal one you could casually tear up paper
and stick it in different shapes and give your page a very informal
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trimming effect. These could also be used as borders and
backgrounds. Great care should be taken to see that this is not used
with any other theme other then casual ones.
Fraying paper and using it as a border looks very nice in children’s
scrapbook.
They also go well with scrapbooks being made for someone who has
a great aesthetic sense. Fraying cannot be used with all themes. One
must learn the art of fraying before trying to practice it.
Papers you can use….
There is variety of papers available for scarp booking. You can select
either patterned paper, vellum color paper or specialty paper.
Patterned paper helps you to make scrap booking easily and
beautifully.
Sharon Ann baby boy papers have 16 papers and several piece cuts to
enter the first 12 memorable months of your baby. The Sharon Ann
scrap booking paper is available for girl babies separately. The borders
and designs are perfect and will make your memorable memories
exciting.
Double sided patriotic papers are having 12 inches card stocks. You
can also get Basic prints in paper like one color dot, stripes, plaid,
gingham etc. You can get the excellent colors here.
Baby line papers will help you to design your scrap booking lay out
and here are 3 printed vellums and 3 textured card stocks here that
allow you to work beautifully.
His story is the name of rugged texture design paper. It will consist of
giant gingham, blue marbled, brushed, turtle shell and so on. The sand
stone and water color sand stone will offer you a powerful
background that suits all your outdoor photographs.
Patriotic patterns are ideal for any images. The stars, alphabetical cord
stocks, scarlet stars, red and blue stars on vellum are ideal back
ground for any images and pictures. The navy gingham and navy stars
on vellum will provide a beautiful back ground and it will not disturb
the picture.
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Paper addict is the biggest home for scrap booking papers. It has
more than 6000 varieties of paper. There are many new additions to
this list. Ancestry collection provides a wide range of papers where
you can store family photographs and pictures.
Ancestry family history guide book has 38 pages made up of soft
papers and you can store any family history here. It also provides
some brilliant lay out ideas.
Bo bunny is another paper collection in paper addict. There is lot of
colorful paper models here. It includes flowers, colorful dots, hearts,
stripes and much more.
You can select anything from here that will suit your scrap booking
requirements. Basic grey model has mild back ground with colorful
stripes, dots, monograms, mini monograms and much more. This will
be ideal for sending messages to friends and conveying regards to
teachers.
Scrap bour Italian papers have wonderful rose pictures as back
ground. Scrapbook velvet collections, grace collection, Elizabeth
collection, Paul collections, st.Danis collections, sublime collections
are the most important paper models that offer a powerful back
ground to your scrap books.
Scrapbook Italian fashion collections are most suitable to express
your love to the partner. The back ground has a beautiful young lady
image with flower background.
Scrap book papers must be beautiful yet strong to make albums. You
can use the scrap book paper design in web sites to make scrap
book albums. They are not only funny but they will also remain for
longer period of time as a token for your memory.
You can get separate scrap book paper for Valentine’s Day, Christmas,
father’s day, Birthday and so on.
Stickers
Scrapbooking stickers are perhaps the most preferred decoration for
scrapbooks. They are easy to use and come in a variety of patterns. In
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fact, stickers representing multifarious emotions with a huge variety
of pictures are easily available. One has to just stick them which make
their application quite easy. Besides, stickers are low-priced and
almost everyone can access their use.
The world of Scrapbooking stickers is large. Stickers representing
love, hatred and other emotions are widely used in Scrapbooking as
these are emotions everyone can relate to.
The other stickers used on a large scale include stickers representing
seasons, festivals, sports and other activities of day-day life. All these
stickers are available easily and can be widely used in your
scrapbooks.
Some other Scrapbooking stickers include graduation stickers,
alphabet stickers, children stickers, birthday stickers, dance stickers,
family stickers, floral stickers, garden stickers, inspirational stickers,
music stickers, party stickers, flag stickers, school stickers, teacher
stickers, travel stickers, safari stickers, beach stickers, men stickers,
women stickers, teen stickers etc.
Today, Scrapbooking stickers are expanding their dimensions with
introduction of new stickers like 3D stickers, crystal stickers,
gemstone stickers, motion stickers etc. all these stickers have exciting
new features that will surely sweep the sticker buyers off their feet.
Besides, acid-free stickers are available. Children can have a lot of fun
Using Tassels
Scrapbooking tassels are decoration ornaments that add a whole lot
of fun and frolic to your scrapbooks. These tassels are available in
several shapes, sizes and colors. They are created from a variety of
materials and are available in multifarious patterns. The variety in
patterns is so huge that every buyer can take his pick. Scrapbooking
tassels are hugely popular as they add their own distinct charm to
your scrapbooks.
Lace, silk, wool and nylon tassels are widely used. These are available
almost anywhere. Along with the stores in several cities, online stores
too retail these tassels. Making tassels is an extremely simple job.
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We can make it all by ourselves. Besides, we can add a whole lot of
creativity and make an interesting variety of tassels. Beads, sequins
and glitter can be added to our tassels. Making tassels at home is
certainly an exciting task.
Scrapbooking Tassels can be used in a variety of ways. The cover page
of the scrapbook can be decorated with beautiful and pretty wool
tassels. Little woolen dolls can be attached to these tassels which
probably will make our scrapbooks look oh so cute.
Firm and sturdy nylon tassels in bright colors can be used for binding
our scrapbook through the punch holes. They not only keep the page
of our scrapbook bound and well-ordered but also add brightness to
our scrapbooks.
Ribbons hanging from the first few pages of our scrapbooks are
certainly a welcoming sight. Beautiful ribbons in colorful patterns can
enchant the reader of the scrapbook in many ways.
Ribbon or silk tassels can be attached to our bookmarks to give
them a nice cheerful touch. Bookmarks with perky strings of tassels
add a lot of style and color to your scrapbooks. Indeed, scrapbooking
tassels are the perfect decoration for your scrapbooks.
Getting Furniture for Scrapbooking….
Furniture for Scrap book may include desk top since you may wish to
do your craft work there. The folding craft table and hutch is ideal
for scrap booking work. You can fold the table when not in use so
that you can save the storage space.
This table has proper height and so you can work either by sitting on
a chair or by standing. It has shelves and drawers where you can
preserve your scrap booking tools and scrap books.
You can arrange for a scrap booking party with this table around. It
will offer a neat and compact look. You can move the table with the
help of 8 casters. The hutch in the folder table helps you to store
more scrap booking items. You have to assemble the able once you
get the delivery.
Struts table leg set is less expensive and you can place them for
indoor use. You can do any scrap booking art and craft in this table.
This has rust resistance capacity and so it lasts or longer period.
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Scrap booking armoire is ideal for storing large number of scrap
books and tools also.
You can order the scrap booking furniture in the crazy scrapper’s
web page. The product has so many shelves where you can keep all
your scrap booking items in an organized manner. It has separate
desk top also so that you can sit and do all your craft work there.
The product is made up of wood and there are separate doors for
upper and lower shelves. You can keep the scrap booking armoire
closed when not in use. The separate desk top can be pulled for use
and again you can insert it in the shelves. It occupies less space and it
will provide value for your money.
The lower shelves in the scrap booking armoire have casters and you
can move it easily. Then you can place a chair near to the shelf and
pull the table for doing any craft work. You can search for any scrap
booking armoire in online also.
There are number of small shelves where you can place the scrap
books horizontally and long shelves to keep the scrap books
vertically. The doors of original scrap box are foldable and that too
contains number of shelves.
On either sides you can place all your scrap booking tools and
accessories. There is separate table also which you can use to do
your scrap booking work. This is ideal for storing all your scrap
booking items and it occupies less space only.
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Layout
The next thing that you will
need to take care of would be
the layout of the scrapbook.
You will have to decide
whether you want to follow a
planned layout or create one
randomly.
It could be a particular shape
depending on the end motive,
e.g. If it’s a wedding gift, it
could be in the shape of a
wedding cake. You could
spread out the entire matter
per page or else lay it out in the centre of the page and decorate the
borders or corners as per your desire. Please remember the lay out
should correlate with the theme of the scrapbook.
Now that you have decided on the layout of the scrapbook you have
to think about how you are going to space the both the written and
printed matter in the book. If you are not careful and conscientious
about this it could look too garish and unattractive.
While you space out the material care should be taken that the
trimmings are not so prominent that they distract from main theme
of the project. If the page seems too crowded, you can always reduce
the trimmings, and if it seems too bare, more trimmings can be
added.
The layout has been planned, spacing has been finalized it is time to
sticking the various photographs and trimmings to place. Care should
be taken that this part of the job is done with great care, one wrong
move it sure will be an irreversible disaster.
Using glue to stick pictures could be dangerous, as it tends to run all
over the place, it is safer to use glue dots, glue pens two-sided tapes.
There is a chance that even though you take immense care
something may spill and cause some stains. Here are some tips to
prevent major problems.
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Soft white erasers can be used to wipe off some glue stains, errors
from the scrapbook page. If the mark is prominent, you could
decorate it or camouflage it with some sticker or trimmings. In case
you notice some fingerprint stains on photographs, these can be
wiped off with a piece of flannel.
After having put in so much of an effort to make the scrapbook, you
sure would like to protect it. The best way would be to use paper,
which is lignin free and acid free since this prevents paper from
turning yellow and crumbling. Page protectors can also be used to
protect pages.
Technology has developed to such an extent that making copies of
the different pages of the scrapbook is no big deal. If you are making
a scrapbook on recipes you can scan and copy any recipe any number
of times. You just have to add trimmings to theses copies after you
have the print outs either on vellum or paper.
It is difficult to visualize making a scrapbook without any newspaper
clippings. It gives the scrapbook a personal touch if you see a clipping
of birth announcement from a newspaper or any private details or
achievement details of your hero are preserved in the scrapbook.
You need not worry about the longitivity of the paper as it contains
about 4% lignin so this will delay the commencement of the
yellowness and brittleness setting in considerably. To make sure that
the quality of the paper is maintained you could even use Mylar paper
and pages protectors to protect the paper from external factors
which could damage the paper.
Internet is a great boon to scrapbook makers. You can get any kind of
graphic or clip artwork done easily. The printing also costs nothing.
Through the internet, you can download any details that you need for
your scrapbook.
Not only can you download printed material but also photographs.
You cannot imagine the joy you will give your child, when he sees his
favorite actor or sportsperson photograph in the scrapbook. Care
must be taken to print these on lignin-free and acid-free paper.
Half the times we do not take care of the art things the children do
in their school. If these are photographed and saved, they could be
used in the scrapbooks being made for the children or grandparents.
They could also be used the background or as the main theme for
one page in the scrapbook.
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Beautifying the Scrapbook
We can beautify the
scrapbooks by using various
techniques like inter weaving
two copies of the same
photographs. This looks very
creative and distinctly artistic,
especially if it is to be gifted to
one who is very creative by
nature.
Scrapbooks can also be made
as collection of photographs
or cuttings from the
newspapers. They can be presented as a collage of a single person, an
event or occasion.
You can present the various activities in life of the concerned person
in the format of a collage. This breaks the monotony of the
scrapbook pages and the scrapbook grabs the attention of the
viewer.
Collages make the scrapbook look very stylish. While making the
collage you must remember that the fixing has to be done
temporarily till you are satisfied with the end product. Once it is
ready you can start the final sticking.
Photograph Mosaic is a very distinct way of inserting photographs in
the scrapbook. The photos are cut into evenly shaped squares and
then glued onto the page with equal spacing between the pieces.
This gives the picture a widened effect, which in turn looks very
stylish. This can be glued either on to a contrast background or on to
same colored background.
A page with an antique finish look makes the page look amazingly
striking and adds a lot of character and maturity to the scrapbook.
The easiest way to get this effect is to rub sand paper on the page
and leave it a little roughened. You can rub chalk on the edge of the
pages and give it a colored effect. You could work on a contrast color
scheme or same color scheme to beautify the page.
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Covering the Scrapbook…
You can use your creative genius to
produce wonderful covers for your
scrapbook. One type you can use
are the fabric jackets.
To make a fabric jacket, mark the
measurements on the wrong side
of the fabric and cut it out. Then
you can sew half an inch hem on
the two sides and after folding
another one quarter inch on both
sides you can sew this to the fold.
Flaps can be made by holding the cover on to the book and folding
back the fabric on each side of the cover right sides together. After
sewing these flaps along the top and bottom on each side of the
cover, you must turn right side out and iron it out before putting it
on to the scrap book.
Plastic covers are easily created than the fabric ones. The dimensions
should be one and a half inch more on all sides. Since you need not
hem plastic cover, they just have to be sewed on to wrap around the
scrap book.
There is another way to protect your scrapbook which is to keep it
safe by following carefully some preservation techniques.
Some simple techniques which can be followed are –
Store the scrapbook in a standing position and do not keep anything
on top of it.
Store the scrapbook away from sharp objects in a safe environment.
When not in use make sure scrapbooks are not lying all over the
house. They are then prone to accidents and may get spoilt.
Lastly, cover them with a fabric or plastic cover to ensure a lifetime’s
worth of memories is kept safe and protected.
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Scrapbooking as an addiction
If you want to analyze why people
get addicted to the pastime of
scrapbooking, you have to just
start doing it yourself.
That is the only way you will
realize how this hobby can be a
stress buster and make your life so
much more enjoyable.
When you return home tired from
work, the best thing you can do is
to spend some time scrapbooking.
This will make you smile
immediately and unleash your
creative abilities which you may not even know existed.
The best thing about this hobby is it can be pursued in your spare
time with no tension of time limit in contrast to your work in office.
You can also form a group and work on scrapbooking to make it
even more enjoyable.
Scrapbooking therefore is a welcome obsession. For once, it makes
sense for everyone in the family to get addicted.
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Over the Years…..
Scrapbooking is not a new
concept. It has been in
existence for many years
now. People have made up
scrapbooks using things that
they consider special. For
example, teenage girls have
stuck prom tickets to
notebooks, and written
about their memorable
prom experiences along with pictures, mementos, and other
souvenirs.
The concept of scrapbooking first began in 1980 by the Christiansen
family in Utah, who went on to start ‘Keeping Memories Alive’, a very
successful company in the scrapbook industry. This industry has been
around for about twenty-five years and has flourished a great deal in
the last four years, and continues to keep growing steadily.
Scrapbooking has undergone many changes in the last few years.
Scrapbooks are not merely just books with a few pictures, prom
tickets, or labels anymore. They are now sophisticatedly designed
memory books with stylish accessories.
Scrapbooking is also considered an art by some people and has
grown into a billion dollar business. In the United States alone, the
scrapbooking business has recorded business worth $2.25 billion per
year. To add to these figures, many people are starting their own
scrapbooking business.
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Layout ideas and themes….
Before you go in for planning your page
layout, you will have to see what are the
things like photographs, memorabilia, etc
you are planning to display. Planning on
how to display these in a beautiful manner
is what matters the most and is the whole
point of scrapbooking.
photographs available.
A layout can be either a single one or a
double one depending on the number of
It is interesting to create a theme for your layout. Ideas for themes
range from Halloween to Christmas to football and baseball.
The paper used is also very important. The paper should be very
attractive as it will display and show off your photographs. Taking
your photos to the shop while you shop for paper is a good idea. You
can keep the photograph against the paper to see if it looks good
before choosing the paper.
Papers can be bright and colourful with bold patterns if you want to
set a cheerful mood. If you want a much sober effect you can go in
for subtle colours.
The next step is to frame or mat the photographs. You can give a
rugged effect by ripping off the edges carefully.
The next step involves journaling. Journaling is any kind of matter you
want to put in on your scrap book. You can talk about an incident in
your family, tell a story, write a poem, talk about the photo and about
the moments when the photo was taken, etc. Journaling is a
wonderful way of keeping memories alive.
The last step involves choosing enhancements or embellishments for
completing that look. Enhancement options include rubber stamps,
stickers, die cuts, stamped images, pressed flowers, buttons, beads,
mesh and a host of other interesting things.
After having collected all the necessary things required for your
layout, you can start playing around and using your creativity.
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Some Theme Ideas….
Theme Halloween…..
Spooktacular night:
Create a spooky atmosphere by
depicting graveyard on the page,
preferably at the bottom. You
can use suitable colours like
dark blue and a starry night
paper as the background.
tombstones, moon, pumpkin, etc.
You can create the ground using
tan or brown strips of
cardstock. Scissors can be used
to cut the edges jaggedly to give
a feel of bushy grass. You can
also use die or hand cut
Journaling can be done on tombstones and on the top of the page,
you can use orange die cuts to write Spooktacular Night or any
other interesting title of your choice.
Photos can be mounted against the background of the sky in
between the title and the graveyard.
Our lil’ pumpkin:
You can use pumpkin die cuts to make oval or circle pumpkins of
different sizes. It is better to keep the pumpkins less than 2” in
diameter.
Faces can be decorated using hold punches for eyes and a half circle
punch for the mouth.
After completing the pumpkins, you can add some raffia clips to
resemble stems and vines and some green leaves to embellish.
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On the top, use orange or yellow die cut letters to write Our LIL
Pumpkin or any title of your choice.
The haunted house:
Depending on how you want it you can make this layout simple or
elaborate. Choose the background paper first. It makes sense to use
a patterned starry night’s paper and a sheet of gray or brown
cardstock.
In the next step, cut out a basic shape of a house with a simple
square bottom and a triangle shaped roof. Then one by one, cut out
the doors, windows, window flaps and shutters, etc.
The house is now ready to be decorated. Decorating involves making
roof shingles, shutters, etc using a pen or layers of small squares of
paper.
Using your creativity, you can draw knots holes or wood grains on
the outer surface walls and doors of the house. For that extra effect,
you can also add a “Do Not Enter” sign outside the door.
Now, after choosing your photos, arrange them inside the house
after opening all the doors and windows. You can stick these photos
with glue or a glue stick.
Now it is time to lay the house on the background.
Strips of brown or green paper can be used to make dry or green
grass depending on what you want the effect to be. You can also add
a spooky tree, bushes, a moon or other stickers to enhance the
spooky look.
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Theme Christmas…
If you want the scrapbook
to be good, it is very
important to choose a single
Christmas theme and work
on it. It is exciting to collect
pictures of the season like
Santa, Christmas tree, snow,
sledge, etc.
You can associate important
incidents of your life like the
getting married, birth of a
child, buying a pet, etc with
the Christmas of that year
in your scrapbook.
You can put in pictures of you and your spouse enjoying Christmas
together or you and your child spending your first Christmas
together, etc.
Borders for your scrapbook can be made attractive. The possibilities
are innumerable.
You
can cut out the cardstock in circles and decorate every
circle as a Christmas ornament. The possibilities for creative
borders are endless.
You
can use decorative garland after trimming off some
springs from the back of it. You can then stick these to the
edges of your scrapbook and also creatively include some
berries in them to make them look like hollies.
Alternately you can use raffia’s which are of a natural colour
and put them on the borders in a line like small bows.
For the background page of the scrapbook, it is a good idea
to use the wrapping paper you get for wrapping gifts. You can
even save wrapping papers from gifts you have received, make
scraps out of them and stick them up.
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You
can journal your photographs using gift tags to make it
look attractive.
If you cannot paste pictures directly on the scrapbook page
you can fold a piece of cardstock into half and make a
snowflake pattern in it. You can paste the snowflake in it and
the picture in the centre of the snowflake.
Another cute idea would be to cut out a Christmas tree
large in size, paste it on the scrapbook page, cut out small
circles from the cardstock and paste pictures of your family
inside these circles and hang them on the trees just like
ornaments.
There is no dearth of ideas that can be created. You can have
immense fun creating with Christmas themes and ideas.
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New born baby girl theme
Daddy’s little girl layout:
All you need for this is a photograph of daddy and her little girl,
Lyrics of the song “Daddy’s Little Girl”, cardstocks in colour of your
choice, Acid neutralizing spray, Adhesive or glue stick or even a
double side sticking tape, a craft knife or scissors.
You can use some famous
song like “Daddy’s Little
Girl,” by Bobby Burke and
Horace Gerach written in
the year 1949, to create a
unique and attractive
background.
Spray the acid neutralizing
spray on the sheet of music
following the instructions on
the can. This has to be done
because the sheet music may not be of archival quality and it may
ruin your scrapbook in the long run. What the spray will do is to
neutralize the acid content in the paper making it safe to be used.
Card stock can be chosen from a variety of colours like mint, yellow,
lavender, pink, etc and the music sheet has to be placed on it. You
have to tilt it slightly in order to make the corners go a little off the
page. Stick it together using glue or double sided sticking tape.
Corners can either be trimmed off or glued to the backside of the
page.
You can mat the photo of daddy and little girl on a piece of cardstock
to make it look like it is framed. You can even double matt it to make
it look attractive using complimentary colours.
In my daughter’s eyes layout
For this you will need a photograph of the little girl and her mother,
their hospital ID bracelets, cardstock in mint, pale yellow, pink, or any
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other attractive colours, a pink marker, pink die cuts or letter
stickers, pink ribbons, hole puncher, adhesive, stickers, pencil, etc.
Martina McBride’s “In My Daughter’s Eyes,” is an ultimate song for
mother/daughter.
The
first step is to create a matte out of the pink cardstock
leaving a border all around the photograph. create a matte out
of pink cardstock, leaving a 1/8” border all around your
photograph.
Create the second matte leaving a half an inch border around
the first.
After double matting it thus, make a dot with a pencil on the
back of the yellow cardstock in each corner about a quarter of
an inch from the edges. Make quarter inch dots all around the
edges of the matte.
The
next step involves making holes on the pencil dots using
a hole puncher.
Thread
the ribbon in an out of the holes punched finishing in
the centre to tie a bow above the photograph.
Next with the mint cardstock do the same thing and tie a
ribbon.
Next, make a 3 inch square of the yellow cardstock and matt
it on to the pink one leaving a border. With the pink market
write a journal. It can be a line from the song to make it more
interesting.
Punch two holes on the centre of the flap of the vellum
envelope and tie a bow by threading the remaining ribbon
through it.
Finally, use die cuts or letter stickers to spell “In My
Daughter’s Eyes” and arrange them in whichever way you want
to and fix them with glue or tape.
After
setting them up, place the hospital ID bracelets in the
vellum envelope as a keepsake.
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High School Graduation theme
High School Graduation is a very
important event in anyone’s life. It is to be
celebrated and made as special as possible.
Most of the people look back on high
school as some of the best years of their
lives. Graduation is a memory that many
would like to keep preserved.
Take a lot of pictures during your
gradation so you can select the best
among them for your scrapbook. You will
have to make sure the photographs you
have
Selected include people who have helped you in your achievement
like your teachers, friends and family.
Graduating from high school is not everyone’s prerogative. So, it is
only natural for you to feel exalted and high. Make sure you capture
this emotion on the photograph so you can look back in the years to
come you can look back and smile at your happiness over your first
major achievement and enjoy the feeling all over again.
If you want to be realistic, you can paste pictures of your not so
favourite teachers with themes around it.
Extensively describe the graduation ceremony not leaving out any
details in order to retain the memory fresh forever. You can make it
more interesting by using different colours to depict different moods
of the people in your photographs.
You can include lyrics of songs which depict your mood on this
important day. Be realistic in recording your reactions to people
around you on this special day. Record all the good wishes not leaving
out the bad ones too.
Make sure you have pictures of the stage where you received your
graduation and also of the various speakers who tried your patience.
Capturing moments honestly will help you appreciate your efforts
more in the years to come.
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Travel Scrapbook
If you are an extensive traveler, it
is always interesting to document
and make a creative scrapbook
of the various photographs from
all your travels.
You can this way retain all your
memories fresh of the various
places you have visited. Travel
scrapbooks are very interesting
to create.
If you are a person who does not believe in keeping diaries or
journals and recording your impressions and incidents while you
travel, start doing so now. It is never too late.
View of the Grand Canyon with your family, view from the top of the
Eiffel Tower, etc can all be captured in photographs with your
emotions and feelings of the moment. Some people even journal
snippets of conversations and their thoughts along with the photos
to retain the freshness of those memories.
If you have pictures without any journal entries, sit with your spouse
or friend or whoever you made the trip with and try to recollect
feelings, emotions and conversation bits to document and journal
those. This will make your travel scrapbooking more creative and
entertaining. It will definitely be worth your effort.
An interesting addition to your travel scrapbook will be to attach
your flight tickets, itineraries, foreign currencies, ticket stubs, etc.
These will definitely take you back to those wonderful moments you
had anytime over the years.
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Scrapbooking Digitally…
Manifesting your creativity to the
maximum can be done on your
scrapbook. Designing the layout,
patterns, designs, etc according to the
materials available can be quite a bit
of fun.
Advance in technology has created an
option whereby you can use that
computer in your home to create
magnificent scrapbook using graphics and digital images, which is also
inexpensive.
Digital Scrapbooking is gaining in popularity as compared to the
traditional method of scrapbooking due to its convenience. Children
also love to play around with the computer and parents are not quite
worried about the mess that they would have created otherwise
using papers, scissors, glue, colors, etc.
Incorporating photos and pictures is a piece of cake using the
computer and you can choose from a wide range of designs and
techniques to create an attractive background for your scrapbook.
If you are bored with a particular layout, after a few months or years,
you can even change the layout design and pattern. Themes can be
created from a wide choice available on the internet.
You can print out your scrapbook if you want to create an album.
One more advantage of this is in the environmental perspective
whereby you can avoid wastage and using materials not very
conducive to environmental safety.
A digital scrapbook can be unique to a person. In a manual scrapbook
there are bound to be similarities as everyone has to use the
materials available in the market.
If you are a first time user, you can make use of the templates
available readymade. As you become more advanced you can create
your own templates. Options range from graphics which are simple
to graphics with 3 D effects.
Backgrounds can be enhanced and beautified by various attractive
themes, buttons, photo frames, jewelry, diamonds; etc.
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Using the Freebies
Freebies are pictures or images which attracts viewers towards your
scrapbook by giving them a clear idea about what to expect.
Freebies include different types of attractive icons and buttons which
lure the reader towards your scrapbook. Freebies thus can be used
to make your scrapbook impressive and unique.
There are a variety of freebies you can choose from the internet.
Various websites offer attractive templates, layouts, buttons, graphics
and icons which can be downloaded for free and used in your
scrapbooks.
Digital Scrap booking freebies make scrap booking economical. Your
scrap book’s quality will be improved if you try some of these
elements. The websites provide many clips, images, which are free to
download. There are many paper cutting patterns which will increase
the background and crafts effect in your scrap book.
Freebies related to events like Christmas, thanksgiving or Halloween,
Birthday, anniversary, Best wishes etc are available in plenty. You can
choose the website to select your freebies with the aid of numerous
reviews on the net.
It makes sense to check disclaimers carefully before using the
freebies available on the websites. You should give credit to the site
from where you have used these freebies from. You should be careful
not to claim or suggest it is of your creation and imagination.
Online Scrapbooking
Online scrap booking is an exciting way of sharing scrap booking
ideas. There are various things you can do online like joining
discussions, forums, sharing your ideas, join the scrapbooking
communities, etc.
You can look up the various interesting online scrap booking sites.
You can join one of them for free and share your ideas and designs
and even photos. You can also comment on other people’s
scrapbooks. These interactive sessions are very helpful and
interesting.
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There are various features available for scrapbooking online and one
of them is the Easy scrap book builder. This feature helps you design
your scrapbook by providing images, shapes, clipart, etc.
Online scrap booking helps you make wonderful piece of art without
using any of the materials like scissors, knives, gum, blade, etc. make
the art work easy and
you need not use any scissors, knives, blades, gum etc. Using the
arrow keys, you just need to select the pictures you need and put
them on your scrapbook.
There is an online scrapbooking website called Scrap which helps you
design, organize and share your ideas with others. One interesting
feature is you can also add music to your scrapbooks.
Scrapbooks created online can be printed and copies can be taken
out. This is a good way to preserve memories and store them
forever.
The online scrap booking is also easy to preserve. You can learn how
to do digital scrap booking easily online. You will have more fun in
doing this. You can also get featured lay out ideas from the web sites.
The digital scrap booking allows you to select correct colors and you
can also adjust colors by using the options provide online.
The clip arts contain various pictures for all special occasions. This is
very easy to use and even scrap booking beginners can use the web
objects by following the online instructions. You will get links to fonts,
images, back grounds etc.
Beginners can get ideas for scrap booking online. There are also
advanced scrap booking techniques here.
You can also use the poetry, quotations, catchy slogans etc to suit
various occasions. The scrap booking kits and scrap booking ideas will
help you to create your own scrap books in a fantastic way.
You can also keep your personal scrap booking safe in online. Sharing
and preserving scrap books is now easy with online scrap booking
features. So you can keep your memories to share with family
members for so many years.
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Scrapbooking Softwares
There are a host of scrapbooking softwares available today.
Scrapbooking softwares enable users to organize and create
scrapbook online. Users can also paste pictures or photographs of
their choice by getting them from other sources.
Digital collages, picture clipboards etc serve as mediums for
preserving memorabilia online. Scrapbooking softwares provide users
with several standard fields for creating their scrapbooks. Some of
these fields include ‘I Like….’, ‘I am happy when….’, ‘Places I love….’
Etc.
There are a host of websites which allow the user to create his
scrapbook on his own. These softwares provide attractive templates,
graphics, clip arts, designs, smileys, background options, borders, etc
which you can use to create a very attractive scrapbook effortlessly.
These softwares enable the user to keep his creations confidential
unless he wants them to be viewed by everyone. By allowing others
to view your creation you can join the online networking which has
become very popular these days.
Scrapbooking softwares facilitate online social networking, whereby
people meet each other online and make friends. In all online social
networking websites, scrapbooks are used by the users for giving
details about themselves to others.
Scrapbooking software used in social networking sites serves several
purposes, like making friends, dating, sharing of thoughts, matrimonial,
job hunts etc.
A person can create an attractive scrapbook to give his or her
personal account and create a good impression among other users. A
person’s creativity skills are put to test in such websites.
The trend of online scrapping has truly united people from different
parts of the world in a huge social network.
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Advanced Scrapbooking using
paper pulp
One of the flexible and easy to use craft
medium is the paper pulp which is thick
and heavy and hardens into a solid mass.
This can be used in various ways like
forming into a design and sticking it on
to the page, which gives the page a
textured look or just spreading it out on
the paper.
You of course need paper to make this
paper pulp paste. Before using the paper
you have to make sure it is acid free by
spraying the acid neutralizing spray.
Using colour paper will give you coloured paper pulp. Alternately, you
can also use white paper and add colorants like paint or chalk.
Making paper pulp is very easy. You have to puree the paper by
putting strips of it in a blender and adding cold water to it. After
blending it, you will have to pour it through a fine strainer and gently
press out the excess water.
Use a disposable container to take out the pulp from the strainer
and put it in. In case you want to colour your pulp, you will have to
add chalk or paint to gel glue which is clear and acid free and mix
them well.
Add this blend to the pulp with a spoon till the pulp is fully coated
with the glue to make clay like substance which is pasty.
Of course, you can simply colour the paper pulp after it is dry. Paint
it or, for a more subtle shaded effect, rub scrapbooking chalk on it
with a sponge-tipped make up applicator or cotton swab.
Now that you have your paper paste, you are ready to use it in a
layout. Here are some ideas to get you started:
Spread a thin layer of paper paste with a plastic knife over
the paper. After it dries the paper will have a hand crafted look
and an interesting texture.
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Use templates or stencils to make 3-D paper paste letters,
numbers or designs. Simply place the template or stencil where
you want the figure to go, and fill the empty space in with
paper pulp paste. Just press it in and smooth off the top.
Carefully pull the stencil or template straight up so you don’t
smear the figure. Let dry. The figure will look like it was
plastered onto the page.
Add
a line of paper pulp paste around the border of the page
or photograph. Spread it out with your finger or a plastic knife,
making it as smooth or as rough as you want. When dry, it will
look like a 3-D clay frame.
Spread a layer of your paper pulp into shallow molds made
for soap or chocolate making. Don’t make it too thick or it
won’t dry properly; just spread enough on so that the pulp is
pressed into the design and coats it. Allow it to dry. Pop the
dried pulp out of the mold. Trim or paint if desired. You will
have little 3-D paper embellishments to glue on the page.
Use a biscuit tin or round cookie cutter to pile up a small
circle of paper pulp paste on wax paper, approximately 1/16 to
1/8 of an inch thick. Or, if you prefer a rough-edged, aged look,
simply make a freehand circle by piling it up lightly on wax
paper with a plastic spoon or craft knife.
Press a rubber stamp into the centre of it. Allow it to dry.
Pop it off the wax paper. For a great look, gently rub some
paint or chalk over the top of it with your finger. The colour
will bypass the impression, leaving it much more pronounced.
Glue these seals onto your layout.
Paper pulp gives your product such a unique look that you will tend
to use it again and again. It is very thrilling to create crafts and
scrapbooks using paper pulp.
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Techniques to create a
professional looking scrapbook
Various
techniques like
hand photo
coloring, stencil
plastering, sewing
your pages,
embossed vellum
layer, digital
scrapbooking, etc
helps you create a
very attractive
and professional
looking
scrapbook.
Hand photo coloring:
Spice up your photos by getting them printed in black and white,
then colour them yourself. There are a number of photo colouring
chalks, markers and paints on the market that you can fill in the
colour right on the photo yourself for a look that is more
reminiscent of portrait paintings.
Chalks will give a very subtle colouring, and paints will give bolder
colours. You can colour the entire photo, or you can only fill in a few
elements and make them stand out against the shades of gray.
Chalks can be rubbed on with a cotton swab, as can paints if you
want a more toned-down look and for the colours to blend. Use a
pencil eraser before the paint dries to remove any mistakes or
splatters.
Stencil plastering:
To give your pages depth and dimension, get wall plaster or spackle
and some plastic or metal stencils. The stencils can be of lettering, or
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pictures. You can plaster directly onto the page, or you can do it on
small squares or scraps of paper, and then place them on the page.
In order to do this, simply clip your stencil to the paper with a paper
clip to make sure it won’t move, or use a temporary adhesive. Stir
your plaster or spackle until it is of a smooth consistency, then, with
a small spackle or painters knife, fill in the stencil with a thin layer.
Scrape across the top of the stencil with the long edge of the knife
to smooth it, or leave it bumpy for extra texture. Carefully pull the
stencil off by lifting it straight up. Try not to let it smear the image.
Allow the plaster to dry. You can use a coloured plaster, or a white
plaster. If you like you can add colour to white plaster after it is dry
by brushing some coloured chalk on it, or painting it.
Sewing you pages:
For an interesting look, throw out your glue and sew your elements
on your page. You can sew on cardstock and heavy paper the same
way you sew on fabric. Choose threads in coordinating colours.
Use your sewing machine and make either a straight stitch, or fancy
zigzags. This is a particularly great method for putting together a
paper “quilt” layout.
Embossed Vellum layover:
Vellum embosses beautifully, and, because it is transparent, when you
lay it over a page it makes a great effect. You can even emboss vellum
without using any type of heat or light tables. In fact, if you don’t have
a stylus, all you need is a paper clip.
It is easiest to emboss with a metal or plastic stencil. Take the stencil
and lay it on the table. Remember that the image will come out
backwards, so if you are embossing letters or images that need to
face a certain way, turn the template upside-down.
Lay the vellum paper face-down over the template. You will easily be
able to get it in the right place because you can see the stencil
through the vellum. When it is in place, gently rub into the paper with
your stylus, or the rounded edge of your paper clip, pushing it into
the stencil.
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For sharper edges, go over them a few times, but be careful not to
tear the paper. The more you rub over the vellum, the more opaque
the image will become. Pick up the vellum, turn it over, and see the
image you have created.
Digital Scrapbooking:
The new rage is going digital. Basically, with digital scrapbooking, you
can scrap the scraps. No glue or scissors involved, with digital
scrapbooking you create the page right on your computer with your
digital or scanned photos, and print it when it is complete.
While for some people who like to get their hands into their work,
this can be a downfall, for others who absolutely love the look of the
modern memory album, but don’t have the time, patience, or artistic
drive to hand-craft it, this option is ideal.
There are a number of digital scrapbook programs that can be
purchased at craft stores, computer software stores, or on the
internet. With literally thousands of options for colours, patterns,
fonts, and embellishments, you can still create pages that are unique,
but without having to dedicate an entire closet to scrapbooking
supplies.
Using Chalk in your Layout
Chalks can create a variety of tones
on your scrapbook page. You can
create subtle shadings and rich
colouring depending on how much
you apply. You can also create various
effects like fading effects by blending
two colours.
The soft and coloured chalks are the
best ones one can use for this
purpose. These are chalks which are
especially available for paper crafting.
You can also use chalkboard or sidewalk chalks grated into a powder.
However, this is a messy job and by the time you are done with it,
the chalk dust will be all over the place.
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Artist chalks being harder than the usual are not good for this
purpose. Using paper crafting chalks which are soft and easy to use is
the best option available.
It will be a good idea to practice doing this on a piece of waste paper
before actually applying it on the scrap paper. Make sure you apply a
little bit at a time as you can always make it darker if necessary but it
is more difficult to lighten dark areas.
Cotton swabs can be used to apply the chalk. Alternately, a sponge
tipped make up applicator is also a good idea.
Clean cotton swabs can be used to lighten the shades by rubbing
them over it.
Two colours can be blended by applying them side by side and
rubbing the edges where they meet with the cotton swabs. You will
have to rub back and forth in a circular motion until they blend
perfectly.
You can give a fading appearance by applying the chalk dark in one
area and a lighter shade next to it and rub on the edges where they
meet in a circular motion until the two colours blend to give a fading
effect. This also has to be done with clean cotton swabs and you have
to keep changing the swab as it gets coloured.
Using templates or stencils will give you a sharp outline around the
area where you want to use the chalk. After applying the chalk you
must blow over it to remove any extra chalk particles. Make sure you
do not rub this with anything as it will blur the outlines.
Chalk can be also used for shadowing. Use chalk around the edges of
your photos, fading it out as it moves away from the picture.
Shadowing letters is another interesting thing you can do which adds
depth to your scrap page.
Chalk borders can be created by placing a page border template
about one fourth to one inch away from the edge of the page and
applying chalk to the edge exposed with a cotton swab.
After applying the chalk evenly all over, blow away excess chalk dust
and lift the template.
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The chalk outline of the design will run along the page border. Repeat
this, if desired, on the other three edges to frame the page with this
border.
You can make page titles with a tow tone effect using chalk. Using
two colours of chalk and a letter stencil you can create beautiful
effects on the page titles.
Apply the colours where you want them to go. Take a clean cotton
swab or sponge applicator tip and begin to blend at the line where
they meet in small circular motions until the colours have faded into
one another. Give a quick blow to remove excess chalk dust, remove
the template and reposition for the next letter.
Negative print is another thing you can do using the chalk. Using the
letter die cuts, keep the letter the colour of the page and create a
cloud using the chalks around the letters. This creates a very beautiful
effect.
You can create a lot of wonderful and fascinating chalk book ideas
using a bit of chalk.
Video Scrapbook
Video Scrapbooking is
all about catching
important family
moments on the video.
Precious moments will
be lost if you do not
take the effort now.
It is also fun looking at
photographs or a video
after a long time to
relive memories. There
is one disadvantage in this for the person who is videotaping the
event. He tends to miss out on the fun of the event while focussing
on capturing the event itself.
One thing that could help in a situation like this is hiring a
professional to videotape the event if it is a big event like weddings,
graduations, ceremonies or even births.
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Whether you are hiring a professional or a trusted friend, make sure
to explain to him what exactly you have in mind and what is
important that he should not leave out.
These are a few tips if followed will give you a quality video –
While taping, keep in mind the end video and how it will look
when viewed.
Avoid
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sudden and abrupt stops and changes.
can keep the video running for at least five minutes as it
is quite cheap and reusable.
Make sure you are stationary while taping unless you have a
camera with advanced features which keeps the picture steady
even while you move around.
Once you complete taping the event, you can suitably edit it
and label and date the VCR tape before storage.
Art of arranging Photos in your Scrapbook
Photos bring your scrapbook to life. The placement and type of
photos you choose will make the difference between an ordinary
scrapbook and a scrapbook that truly tells a story.
You can place your pictures individually or as a collage, and create
colorful borders through the use of ribbons, beads, captions, and
artwork. The possibilities are endless when deciding how to place
your pictures in your scrapbook and what items you should use to
make decorative borders.
Deciding which photos to use in your scrapbook can be a difficult
task. Here are a few tips on taking pictures that make great
scrapbook additions:
Take candid photos of people doing everyday things such as playing a
game, participating in sports, or relaxing in a favorite chair. Make sure
you get pictures of people interacting with others.
This is one of the best ways to fully capture a person’s personality
and facial expressions. Your subjects do not need to be looking
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directly at the camera. Photos of people simply being themselves are
among the best additions that will make your scrapbook unique.
When taking photos of children, make sure to bend or squat so you
capture the child at his or her own level. The idea is to create natural
photos, not ones that are staged and arranged especially for a photo
album.
Keep your camera within easy reach so you can snap the perfect
pictures at a moment’s notice. School pictures and professional
photos are great as additions to your scrapbook, but you will want
pictures that tell a story of the person’s life as well. The very best
scrapbook pictures are ones that capture spontaneous moments.
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Host a Scrapbook Party….
Scrapbook parties are
fun for any age group,
especially so for girls
get together. There are
no actual rules for
scrapbooking. You just
get together interesting
photos, pictures, and
supplies and you are
ready to go.
Scrapbooking as it is obvious is more interesting and fun in a group.
Innovative fresh inputs from other people, resourceful sharing of
materials,etc can make scrapbooking an ultimate experience.
In order to host a scrapbooking party, all you need is some space, a
big dining table or even small tables with end tables. People coming
for the party must bring their own pictures, photos and memorabilia
as well as the album where they want to assemble their pages. You
can organize for people to bring various supplies they will need.
If it is the first time you are organizing a scrapbook party, do not
make it go on for more than a few hours. Just aim to complete a few
pages in one session. If you push it or prolong it, it tends to get
tedious and monotonous.
It should be fun not a chore. You can get together more often for
short durations to make it more interesting. This gives people to
accumulate more photographs, supplies, die cuts, etc.
If you are hosting the party, it is a good idea to have snacks on hand.
Avoid liquids and messy snacks. If spilt by mistake it will ruin anyone’s
hard effort. You can also motivate people with some competitions
and prizes.
One idea is to award the scrapper who completes the most number
of pages with small scrapbooking supplies.
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Budgeting your Scrapbook…
Scrapbooking can be a very expensive
hobby if you go around shopping in the
market for materials to use.
There are ways by which you can enjoy
scrapbooking with minimal investment.
You will just have to learn a few
budgeting tips. Firstly, you must make
sure you do not get carried away and
buy all the materials available in the market. You can just start your
venture with some basic supplies.
Finding a scrapbooking partner is an excellent way to share expenses.
You can share stuff like tools, templates which you can borrow, layout
ideas, etc.
You can exchange decorations based on each of your needs so you
do not have to go and spend money on them. Each of you can buy a
scrapbooking magazine and swap them after reading thereby halving
the expense.
You could agree to buy two new instruments every month and
sharing those mutually.
Instead of spending on die cuts and stickers, you can matt your
layouts with various matting techniques to make them look
attractive. You can avoid buying materials for page toppers by
creatively printing out messages and headings on acid free paper and
including it in the layout.
Alternately instead of buying a variety of die cuts, you can just buy
one and use it again and again by carefully tracing it out on cardboard
stock using a pencil and cutting out letters.
Do not spend money on buying circle or oval cutters. You can just
find round or oval items in your house and use them to trace the
outline on the cardboard.
The more scrapbooking you do, the more ways you will discover to
use available materials and make this interesting hobby as economical
and as creative as possible.
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A room for Scrapbooking
Anyone who is heavily
into scrapbooking knows
it is no more some
snippets and pictures on a
piece of paper.
Scrapbooking as a hobby
is a big affair. A lot of
people come together to
create the most amazing
scrapbooks.
People have separate scrapbooking rooms where they get together
to create on a large scale.
Scrapbooking rooms are usually found at the homes of Scrapbooking
enthusiasts or sometimes even private associations. These rooms are
set up to motivate people to develop interest in this art. These
rooms stock all the materials that you need for scrapbooking. Some
of these rooms also have digital mediums like scanners, printers, etc.
Scrapbooking rooms are amply equipped with supplies. Stationary
items like felt pens, sketch pens, rubbers, erasers, scissors, art pens,
color paints, archival pens, mounting glues etc. are stocked in
abundance for everybody’s use.
These rooms’ also stock acid free albums and papers to make sure
the scrapbooks you create are preserved for a long time.
Materials like templates, rubber stamps, stencils, craft punches, eyelet
setters etc too are available here. Decoration material is also
available.
Scrapbooking rooms create a very well-organized and functional
atmosphere for the activity of Scrapbooking.
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Rainy day Scrapbooking
with Children
For new parents who do not
want to miss a precious
moment of their little ones,
scrapbooking is ideal. Days
when you are bored at home
can be spent usefully with your
children making a scrapbook.
After all little ones are not little
forever.
You should make an effort to
preserve milestones, memories
and events that are important
so your children can look back and enjoy the memories in the years
to come.
You can go in for the various baby books available in the market.
These are easy to create since you have pages printed. You just have
to fill in the blanks with incidents and memories. But then, there is no
fun without a bit of creativity.
A good idea is to note down important events and milestones in
your baby’s life on calendars and later when you find time you can sit
down and document the same making it more attractive by adding
pictures and photographs.
While looking for big events and milestones do not forget to
photograph little things like your child pouting in the corner, being
mischievous, laughing with those twinkling eyes, etc. These are a very
important part of any collection.
Get your kids accustomed to video cameras so you can record
happenings around them naturally. Just record small and important
happenings, moments, laughter, etc which you think is endearing.
As children grow older, you can interview them and have a
conversation with them which you can record either on a cassette
recorder or on the video.
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Baby clothes which they have outgrown can be displayed creatively.
You can alternatively piece together pieces of their clothing to make
an attractive quilt.
You can stuff their favourite T-Shirts with fibre fill to make pillows.
Though we wish we can document every single moment of our
children’s growing up, the least we can do is to capture at least some
of those special moments.
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Scrapbooking your family tree
By taking the trouble to create a
family tree, you are taking the first
step towards leaving a heirloom
and legacy behind for generations
to come.
Assembling your family history
tree can be very interesting. You
can track your family past using
genealogy searches. It may look
impossible now, but as you start
and proceed further in your
endeavour, you will be surprised
as to how much of information you are able to accumulate.
One of the easiest way to obtain facts is to tap your elders for
information. You can record any snippets of information provided by
them about various members who lived in your family. You can find
out from them as to how they were related to you, their individual
traits and characteristics, etc and document them.
Titbits of information on the existing family members can also make
this very interesting. You can make use of family reunions to get
information from various elders about their circle of family members.
There a lot of ways to document information gathered. You must
have a notebook ready on hand with questions you want to ask.
Using video cameras is also another good way to document your
information. This way you will not tend to make mistakes. A person
who is going to talk about his family acquaintances can introduce
himself first.
If you come across a camera shy person, switch over to the
notebook or even a cassette recorder. This way also you can be sure
you have not missed out on vital information.
Asking family members to write down his memories is also a good
idea. You can gather a lot of information this way. This is an ideal way
to get information from family members living far away. You can also
interview them through telephones or get information through email.
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Crafting a photo book for your
little one
Infants love to look at
attractive pictures of
people, pets, trees,
houses, etc. Though
there are a whole lot of
picture books available
in the market, it will be
satisfying if you can
make an effort and
create a scrapbook for
your little one with
pictures of things and
people and pets they
recognize.
This is very exciting for the little one. All you need is to take pictures
of the people, pets and places they are familiar with and cut them
into attractive shapes and glue them on.
To make the whole thing more attractive and fun, you can add die cut
shapes, colourful stickers, patterned papers, coloured ribbons or any
other interesting thing you can think of .
You can vary the size of your book pages according to what you
want.
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Creating a Memory Scrapbook
There are a variety of books which
are priced very high available at the
stores if you go looking for a book to
record memories. But then, creating
something of your own is more
exciting and a fascinating hobby.
Memories of your child like the day
they are born and the happy days
that follow…the delightful years of
their growing up. These are things
you would want to record and retain
as wonderful memories.
When you embark on the journey to do it on your own, you can be
assured of practical and affordable fun.
You need to first purchase photo albums slightly large in size, and of
different materials and colours.
You can make use of those various stickers from magazine offers,
mailings, etc.
It is very important to have fun while you create the book. You can
bring out your best creative abilities and mix and match attractive
materials to create a masterpiece.
You will have to sort through the pictures or document pictures right
from the beginning. Arranging the pictures year wise in the photo
albums is very important.
You can also arrange photos by events. Cutting pictures into different
shapes and sizes before putting them into the albums can be very
interesting. This also enables you to accommodate more pictures in
the albums.
You can create a theme around pictures of a visit to the beach by
sticking pictures of shells, sea, sand, starfish, boats, etc around the
photograph. This makes it more interesting and fun.
Making your own scrapbook like this in itself will be a wonderful
memory for you to cherish in the years to come.
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Keepsake Scrapbooks
specially designed…
A scrapbook which is
specially designed with
the use of fabric is very
attractive and stunning
which your friends will
love. You can safety
treasure and guard your
memories in this
beautiful piece of
keepsake.
All you have to do is to take a photo album. If you do not have one,
buy one from any of the departmental stores. You do not have to
spend much on the album as the fabric is anyway going to cover it on
the top. The album can be in the size of your choice.
Usually if it is for a wedding, we can use a satin fabric. The fabric
should cover the outer part of the album as well as the inside covers
of the binder. You should keep extra satin for a small oval shape in
the centre.
The next step is to measure the outside of the album for
determining the amount of lace that is needed. After placing the
fabric smooth on a flat surface and the album flat on it carefully glue
on the fabric to the album and secure it.
The next step is to glue on the lace all around the edges of the
album. Cut an oval shape from the leftover satin and glue it on to the
centre of the album using the glue. You can place a white satin ribbon
tied into a bow at the top of the oval shape and your keepsake
album is now ready to use.
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Mini Scrap Books
using Ziploc Bags
Being innovative in creating special
scrapbooks is very interesting and
fascinating. It can be quite
educational too.
Since scrapbook making is quite
expensive, parents tend to be around
the children making sure they do not
waste anything and consequently
spoil the fun for them.
We can avoid this by giving them ideas to make scrapbooks using
inexpensive materials.
All you need is a box of resealable bags preferably with nothing
printed on them apart from the regular materials like cardboard, glue,
scissors, hole punch, photos, mementos, etc.
The procedure involves -
Piling five bags with the opening at the top. Staple the bags on
the left side of the pile together.
Cover the cardboard sheets with construction paper. Punch
holes of about three fourths of an inch with a hole punch on
one side of the cardboard sheets. Keep the unpunched sheet
under the punched sheet and makr where the holes are. Punch
matching holes then in the second sheet. Now, this is the
scrapbook cover.
You
must now place the stapled stacks of bags inside the
cover. Drive nails through the bags using punched holes in the
cardboard cover as a guide and make matching punch holes.
Repeat again with second stack of bags.
After
aligning all the bags with the covers, sew through the
cover and bags with a yarn needle. You can whipstitch from
bottom to top and then again to the bottom. You can make a
yarn bow at the binding.
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Using rulers and scissors, measure one inch from the left
edge of the top cover and score along this line to make the
scrap book open and close easily. Do the same with the back
cover and leave it stiff.
Now, cut construction papers 10” x 10” in size. These will be
the papers which will slip into your plastic bags. You can keep
photos, mementos, etc inside these plastic bags and write
journals and memories under the photographs. The outside of
the scrap book can also be decorated attractively with markers
and colours.
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Scrap Quotes
Here are some of the popular
quotes you can use in your
scrapbook
Friendship Quotes
Many people will walk in and out
of your life, but only true friends
will leave footprints in your heart–
Eleanor Roosevelt
Friend to friend, heart to heart.
Special friends make special memories.
A
friend is one of the nicest things you can have, and one of
the best things you can be. – Douglas Pagels
A
friend is someone who loves you anyway.
Love and Marriage quotes
A
house is made of brick. A home is made of love.
I love thee with the breath, smiles, tears of all my life. And if
God choose, I shall but love thee better after death – William
Shakespeare
Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things,
endures all things. (1 Corinthians 13:4-8)
Love is a game that two can play and both win. – Eva Gabor
May I have this dance for the rest of my life?
Happiness is marrying your best friend.
Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies. –
Aristotle
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Famous Birthday Quotes
A
good man is one who always remember your birthdays but
forgets your age
You
Age
don’t get old; you become a classic
does not determine who’s right– it only determines
who’s left
Beautiful young people are acts of nature. Beautiful old
people are works of art
I started out a good boy, turned into a nice kid, became a
great guy, and grew into a fine man. Now, I’m just an old fart.
Baby Quotes
Coming soon to a cradle near you! (Ultrasound)
All
of God’s grace, in one little face.
No earthly joys could bring more pleasure than a little
girl/boy to love and treasure.
Not flesh of my flesh Nor bone of my bone, but still
miraculously my own
Never forget for a single minute, you didn’t grow under my
heart, but in it. – anonymous (adoption poem)
Double the Pleasure, Double the Fun! (twins)
We
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got two for the price of one! (twins)
baby is God’s way of saying the world should go on.
baby is nature’s way of saying the world deserves another.
Splish, splash— baby’s first bath!
Love At First Bite! (Baby’s first solid foods)
Put one foot in front of the other... (first steps)
I think I can... I think I can... I knew I could! (First crawl, first
steps)
I’m too sexy for my diaper.
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Quotes for children
Children are our most valuable natural resource. – Herbert
Hoover
The
soul is healed by being with children. – Fyodor
Dostoevsky
There
Adults
are angels among us.
teach children all about life; children teach adults what
life is all about.
The
fruit doesn’t fall far from the tree.
Children put a twinkle in your eye and a smile in your heart
Parent Quotes
A
father is someone you look up to no matter how tall you
grow
Anyone
daddy
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A
can be a father, but it takes someone special to be a
dad is your biggest fan, even when you strike out.
child’s first vision of beauty and grace is all within his/her
mother’s face
Mommy Quotes
Maker of Miracles.
Flowers have sunshine; children have mothers.
Quotes for Grandparents
When A
Child is born, so is a grandmother (grandfather).
For a good time call 1-800-GRANDMA (GRANDPA)
You
put the “grand” in “Grandparents” (“grandma,”
“grandpa”)
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Family Quotes
A
family is like a quilt, threaded together by love.
Even though we’re far apart, you’re always in my heart.
Families are tied together by heartstrings.
The
family stitched together with love seldom unravels.
Aunts
few!
(Uncles, cousins, niece, nephew) like you are a precious
Holiday Quotes
Eat, drink and be scary! (Halloween)
Be Witching! (Halloween)
A
spook-tacular night! ( Halloween)
I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the
year– Charles Dickens (Christmas)
The
true gifts of Christmas are family and friends. (Christmas)
Time
to roll out the holly! (Christmas)
Bless those gathered in this place, with thankful hearts and
gifts of grace. (Thanksgiving)
Look at this bunch of turkeys! (Thanksgiving)
Some bunny loves you! (Easter)
An
Easter egg-stravaganza. (Easter)
We’re
so egg-cited Easter is here! (Easter)
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Storing Scrapbook Materials…
It is not very easy to
store materials you
have bought to
scrapbook. There are
innumerable
scrapbooking
storage available
these days to enable
you to store all your
material
systematically.
Arranging your materials in order will help you avoid wasting time on
constantly searching for things.
A variety of scrapbooking storage options are available and you can
choose the one you want according to your requirement and
availability of space.
There is scrapbooking storage available which are made of fabric. This
is light weight and opens at the top. It is divided into compartments
where you can store your scrapbook materials.
Another option is to buy a box which can be placed on a shelf. This
box has compartments which can be used to organize and store the
materials.
There are pouches available too to store materials.
There are specially designed pouches available for storing your
photographs you are going to be using for your scrapbook. They are
of different sizes and can be used for storing other things as well if in
a slightly bigger size.
Tote bags and pouches are other options which can store
innumerable number of things like stamps, stickers, papers, photos,
etc.
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Sympathy Scrapbooking
them using scrapbook sympathy cards.
When you have to visit
your near and dear
ones or friends who
have lost someone, or
someone who has had a
major operation and is
hospitalized, or one
who is separated from
his or her loved one,
etc you can express
your condolence to
These cards are a good option for expressing grief over another
person’s loss.
You can make scrapbooking cards using appropriate pictures and
even add comforting messages and quotes.
You can even send a sympathy scrapbook online to a person who is
suffering from grief.
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Scrapbooking as a Business
Making money thorough
the scrapbooking business
is quite easy. You can start
your own company in the
comfort of your home,
and work as per your
own timings. Another big
advantage of this business
is that it involves little
investments to start off
with.
The success of your company and your work satisfaction completely
depends on the amount of creativity you are willing to put into your
work.
You will find many websites on the internet that will teach you how
to begin your own scrapbooking business for a price, and some of
these websites can offer you very valuable advice. But, the basic most
important factor in beginning your own scrapbooking business is a
love for scrapbooks and the will to succeed in doing what you love.
In this book you will find tips and tricks from people who have
successfully started their own scrapbooking business. You will learn
how to name your company, the supplies required, how much to
charge for your services, how to market and advertise your business
venture, and finding ways to be creative to establish your name.
This business also offers you the options of how you would like to be
involved. You will have the options of designing pages for other
people, you can sell supplies required for scrapping, or you can
become a consultant and teach people how to make their own
scrapbooks.
Given below are the many options with which you can be a part of
this industry. If you love this industry, working can be great fun!
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Direct Sales Consultant
The sure shot way to
break into any industry
is by practicing direct
sales. You will have to
make a breakthrough in
this field by deftly
planning your
strategies, for example
by starting out as a
discounted scrapping
supplier.
You will have to choose
your parent supplier
with great care, check out their range of products and then go all out
to market their products. You should be thoroughly convinced that
the company you are promoting is the best, only then can you
convince people to buy your products.
It is mandatory that you know about the various products being
marketed by the company. You should definitely have a good look at
their range of products, at least order for them on a trial basis, if that
is not possible at least ask for a product catalogue. Only when you
are absolutely convinced about the company and its product should
you think of signing up with them.
The next step would be to give the investment involved a serious
thought. How much would you have to give as company is joining
fees, to ask for a beginner’s kit? How much of stock would you have
to keep in hand?
These are some of the things you will have to seriously look into
before commencing with your business. While you are at it find out if
the company has any sales targets and if you are ready to make those
commitments and sacrifices to touch the targets.
Check out the policies, which govern the company, what are the
commissions being offered for the work done and the mode of
payment.
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Once you have decided to join, the company, finally check out how
much of freedom you will have to do your kind of marketing, will you
be expected to adhere to the company approved rule-book.
Find out if there is anything like a back up help available in case you
are stuck in a situation where the company can help you out with the
help of their expertise. Find out if the company can help you in the
advertisement front.
Always remember the wider the scope of advertisement the better
the prospect for improving your business.
You should also be aware of whether you can make use of the
company’s name and logo to promote the product.
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