Scrapbooking Success - Creative Crafts Group

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9 Guides to
Scrapbooking
Success
These exclusive guides were created by the editors of
Creating Keepsakes for you to help you learn quick and
easy tips to scrapbook successfully.
quick
& easy
albums
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Mom-and-Me Memories
The photo-album approach to scrabooking
is especially nice for young children, because
the 4 x 6 pockets are more approachable and
manageable than a standard 12 x 12 scrapbook
page. Elizabeth used this project as an opportunity
to spend time connecting with her young
daughter. Beyond bonding over adhesive (pun
intended), they selected a truly connective topic—
childhood—something both of them could recall
and document. How fun for young Maddie to see
photos of her mom at the same age she is now,
and what a wonderful way for Elizabeth to share
her favorite hobby with her creative girl!
Designer: Elizabeth Dillow
Album: unknown
Journaling Tip
Preserve your child’s current perspective by
inviting her to write down a few stories about
her life right now. This is a great way to find out
what matters to her, as well as to share your
passion for scrapbooking. Elizabeth helped her
daughter complete this project by providing her
with topics and asking her a few questions to
get her started.
Materials 2-up album (unknown)
• patterned papers (Scenic Route,
K&Company, Cosmo Cricket, Creating
Keepsakes, 7gypsies, SEI, Stemma, Daisy
D’s, Collage Press, Autumn Leaves,
Creative Imaginations, BasicGrey)
• chipboard letters (Scrapworks) •
chipboard arrows (Making Memories)
• circle punch (McGill) • stamp punch
(Uchida) • album by Elizabeth Dillow,
Arlington, VA
www.creat in g keep sakes.com
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Design Tip
Dress up plain white
journaling cards with
colorful scraps of
patterned paper. This flat
embellishing solution
will prevent your album
from becoming too
bulky, allowing it to close
even after it’s completely
full. For some spreads,
Elizabeth pulled out her
small punches to create
interesting designs.
Photo Tip
Place old and new photos side by side as you make connections between the past and the
present. Once Elizabeth had a list of topics in mind and photos for Maddie picked out, she took a
walk down memory lane and flipped through her own childhood snapshots. For subjects that she
didn’t have pictures of, like the two elementary schools, she set aside time to snap new photos.
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Adventures in an Accordion
With an assortment of travel photos and some quick journaling shortcuts, you can capture all the
majesty of an Alaskan vacation (or any vacation, for that matter) in one small accordion album, just
as Laura has done with her pocketsize project.
Designer: Laura Vanderbeek
Mini-album: Handmade
Finished size: 3 x 3
try this
Build your own accordion album! To start, open a wordprocessing document and place two 3 x 3 text boxes side
by side. Leave one empty, and fill the other with journaling.
Repeat this step to create your desired number of two-page
spreads. Print the spreads on cardstock, and trim each to 6 x 3.
Fold the spreads in half, placing blank sides back to back. Use
1 x 3 scraps of cardstock to attach folded pages together in
the correct order.
Get Ready!
To focus the direction of her design, Laura used a quiz to help her select the topics she wanted
to cover: where we visited, sights we saw, where we ate, etc. She then chose photos that would
illustrate those memories.
Get Going!
Make this album in an evening with these simple shortcuts:
1 T ry list-style journaling. Laura grouped her memories into six general categories by making lists
of towns, sights, restaurants, animals, and more.
2D
ownload a digital brush. Inking can be time consuming. To get the look without the work,
Laura downloaded a few digital frames—two for her journaling blocks and one for her photos.
3A
dd photo captions before printing. Laura already edits and resizes her photos before printing,
so adding photo captions took her just a few extra seconds. And it saved her time later on.
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Materials Photoshop (Adobe Systems) • paisley
patterned paper by Katie Pertiet (designerdigitals.
com) • paper punch by Brigid Gonzalez (3scrapateers.
com) • spiral binding (FedEx Kinko’s) • Arial and Times
New Roman fonts • 8¾ x 8¾ album by Brigid Gonzalez,
Alpharetta, GA
As scrapbookers, we all document the defining events and moments in our families’ lives—but
are we also documenting the unique traits that define who we are? Digital scrapbooker Brigid
Gonzalez certainly is, as demonstrated by her beautiful “Family Defined” album.
She began by gathering photos that captured each family member’s personality, including
portraits and caught-in-the-act snapshots, and took new photos when necessary. She converted
each to black and white for consistency. Pairing each photo with a descriptive word and its
definition, she created a series of thirteen 8 x 8 digital pages that feature each family member at
least once. She used the same background patterned paper throughout her album, coloring it a
different jewel tone on each page for a unified color palette that truly highlights the photos.
To keep her journaling simple, she typed the dictionary definition of each title word (complete
with pronunciation key) on a strip of digital patterned paper and personalized the last sentence
to apply to the person or moment in the photo. She printed the pages on photo paper, mounted
them on cardstock, and had the album spiral-bound at a local copy center.
Although Brigid created her pages digitally in Photoshop, this look can easily be duplicated
with patterned paper, cardstock, and a favorite font or letter stickers. Either way, the result will be a
clever, unique album that you can add to—and enjoy—for years to come.
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Creative Variation
Create a definitions
album that’s all
about you. Start by
looking for photos
to represent the
following emotions:
• Peace
• Happiness
• Frustration
• Fun
• Contentment
• Silliness
• Stress
Brigid’s Framework
Purpose: To capture different family personality traits.
Photos: Use portraits, posed shots, and caught-in-the-act photos of family members.
Organizational System: Create pages about individual family members and some about
relationships.
Framework: Include as many pages as needed and allow room for expansion.
Album: Have 8¾ x 8¾ pages spiral-bound at FedEx Kinko’s.
Design Scheme: Mount one photo on each 8 x 8 sheet of digital patterned paper. Add adjective
and the word “defined” at right of photo. Type dictionary definition below photo, adding one
personalized definition.
Color Scheme: Use jewel tones to highlight the black-and-white photos.
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quick
sketches
page designs
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Are you a schemer? I am. I don’t have a sneaky bone in my whole body, but when it comes to
scrapbooking, scheming is where it’s at. Haven’t tried it yet? Here’s your chance. Take a few
minutes to peruse the scheme on this page and the layouts that follow. Then choose one to five
pictures you love, settle into your scrapping spot, and see how quickly your page comes together.
Materials patterned papers (Around The Block, Chatterbox) • letter stickers (SEI) • dimensional adhesive (All Night Media)
• Bookman Oldstyle font • 12 x 12 page by Kim Morgan, Pleasant Grove, UT
Tip
Using just a few simple products, I was
able to complete this layout in record
time. The heart patterned paper made
a perfect (and incredibly easy!) accent
strip. For added texture, I tore the edges
of the red heart block and mounted it on
dimensional adhesive.
12 x 12 page. One square equals one inch.
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Elizabeth had only two photos from Father’s Day, so she included three additional pictures from
other occasions to support her fatherhood theme. The torn paper and rounded corners add a soft
feel, which complements her tender journaling.
81⁄2 x 11 PAGE. One square equals one inch.
Materials patterned papers (Carolee’s Creations)
• letter stickers (Chatterbox, Creative Memories) •
FoofaLa buttons (Autumn Leaves) • corner rounder
(Creative Memories) • 81⁄2 x 11 page by Elizabeth van
der Wier, Beamsville, ON, Canada
The journaling on this digital
page is from a song Kim used
to sing to her daughter when
she was young. That daughter,
now a beautiful young woman,
will soon graduate from high
school, and this layout is part of a
special album Kim is creating for
her. Kim liked that this scheme
allowed her to add color and
texture, while keeping the focus
on the photo and journaling.
Digital Tools background paper, chipboard letter and
flower by Katie Pertiet; other papers by Andrea Victoria;
string (designerdigitals.com) • letter pin by Linda GB
(catscrap.com) • Times New Roman font • 12 x 12 page
by Kim Buzan, Milwaukee, OR
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This summer I plan on staying inside, staying cool, and scrapbooking as much as possible. When I
posted this scheme online, I knew I’d receive many beautiful layouts. What I didn’t anticipate was
how inspired I’d be by the talented designers who submitted their pages. The layouts that follow
represent diverse themes, color palettes, and photo arrangements, demonstrating the versatility of
this simple design. Plus, each was created in less than an hour. So grab some photos and colorful
paper, and get ready to scrapbook!
Materials Rotis Semisans Light
and Two Peas Lighthouse fonts
• 81⁄2 x 11 page by Barbara Carroll,
Tucson, AZ
Although I try to hibernate during the hot Arizona
summer, I can’t resist my niece or the lure of a refreshing
swim. The cardstock colors on this page were inspired
by my niece’s colorful swimming vest, and my “fish”
embellishment was designed to match the water.
81⁄2 x 11 PAGE. One square equals one inch.
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Mo’ photos, mo’ betta!
If there’s one challenge we all face, it’s how to get more photos on our pages in an attractive, eyecatching manner. And this time of year, when we’re bombarded by weddings and graduations
galore, that need is particularly strong. Donna Downey sketched this page design specifically for
those of us who have more photos than time. And as with all of Donna’s projects, this design does
double-duty. Not only did she manage to get ten (count ’em!) photos on one page, but she also
followed a grid-like approach that makes it easy to rotate, flip, and change up the page elements
any way you like.
Count to ten
Donna fit ten playful photos on one 12 x 12
layout. You can, too! Copy her design exactly,
or adapt it to create a multi-photo masterpiece
of your own.
Materials chipboard letters (Li’l Davis Designs) • brad (Bazzill Basics)
• anywhere hole punch (Making Memories) • circle punch • Times font
• 12 x 12 page by Donna Downey, Huntersville, NC
12 x 12 page. One square equals one inch.
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Copy it exactly
After arranging her photos,
Melanie added three simple
stars cut from patterned
paper, one chipboard
heart, and a staggered
title. By converting the
majority of her photos to
black and white, Melanie
kept competing colors to
minimum.
Materials patterned paper, letter rub-ons
(American Crafts) • chipboard numbers
(BasicGrey) • chipboard heart (Doodlebug
Design) • stamping ink • 12 x 12 page by
Melanie Louette, Pointe Claire, QB, Canada
Replace a photo
By swapping out one of
the larger photos for a
journaling block, Cathy was
able to include more “story”
inside the framework
Donna provided. The
whimsical stamps and
distressed page edges help
pull the eye toward the
middle of the page, adding
texture and interest with a
minimum of product.
Materials patterned paper, foam stamp
(Making Memories) • chipboard letters, brad
(American Crafts) • date stamp • stamping ink
• Wussy font • photos by Tara Whitney • 12 x 12
page by Cathy Zielske, St. Paul, MN
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simple
shortcuts
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To get a meaningful album completed in a hurry, pick up a premade album kit from your favorite
manufacturer. Everything is preselected to coordinate perfectly, and you’ll get an amazing value for
your money. From cartoony printed album covers to classy accordion-style kits to hip chipboard
books, there’s something out there for every style and taste. And remember, you don’t have to
stick just to what’s in the kit. Feel free to dress up your album with stuff from your stash!
In this Mickey album kit from Sandylion, you get ten page protectors, 12 sheets of patterned paper,
and eight sticker sheets (including character stickers, Disney street signs, letter stickers, and more).
Just add your own cardstock, and you’ve got everything you need to preserve your most magical
Disney memories. To complete the adorable spreads at right, Tina Cockburn also mixed in a
journaling stamp and a label sticker from her personal collection.
More Fun Kits
Connect and Join by K&Company
Preserve family memories while
a loved one serves. A portion of
the proceeds supports Internet
connectivity for deployed troops.
Outdoors by Adornit Scrapbook your hiking,
biking, camping, or fishing trips in an 8 x 8
album with 14 page protectors.
Mr. & Mrs. by EK Success Store wedding
keepsakes and this guided scrapbook in
a stylish suitcase kit.
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Materials Mickey album kit (Sandylion) • journaling stamp (Fontwerks) • label sticker (Heidi Swapp)
• cardstock • 12 x 12 spread by Tina Cockburn, San Diego, CA
Materials Mickey album kit (Sandylion) • journaling stamp (Fontwerks) • cardstock
• 12 x 12 spread by Tina Cockburn
More Fun Kits
Recipe Kit by American Crafts
Organize treasured family recipes
using an all-in-one 6 x 6 recipe
album kit.
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Life Delights by Close To My Heart Pick up
a complete 9 x 9 accordion album kit with
a total of eight panels to decorate.
Hello Kitty by Sandylion Say hello to this
sweet 6 x 6 album kit with eight boundin pages and accents to spare.
Make a Group
Create a focal-point gathering. By combining my title, journaling, and two photos into one unified
grouping, I created a focal area that attracts the eye. I gave it even more prominence by placing it
toward the top of my layout and converting my supporting photos to black and white so that they
wouldn’t compete with my color images.
TIP
Focal shots don’t have to be the most
stellar of the bunch. Just use the ones
that tell your story the best.
Materials patterned paper, die-cut arrow (Scenic Route)
• heart punch (EK Success) • Avenir font • 12 x 12 page by
Cathy Zielske
Materials patterned paper, die-cut arrow (Scenic Route) • tag (Making Memories)
• eyelets • number rub-ons • 8½ x 11 spread by Cathy Zielske
Use Your left
Place your focal shot on the left page of a two-page spread. We read from left to right, so it just
makes sense to position your main shot where the eye naturally wants to start. I also used photo
size and title placement to draw attention to my winter-wonderland shot.
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You come up with the words; we’ll show you how to make them pretty. As you know, journaling
doesn’t have to be lengthy to have great impact. In most cases, briefer is actually better. But supershort journaling can easily be dwarfed by other page elements. That’s where we come in. We
rounded up three easy journaling helpers that will make your thoughts—when they’re short and
sweet—really stand out in your overall design.
Materials journaling template,
vanishing ink pen (Chatterbox) •
letter stamps (Fontwerks) • buttons
(FoofaLa, Autumn Leaves) • silk
flower (Heidi Swapp) • Signo white
pen (Uni-ball) • black pen • gray
pen • sewing machine • 12 x 12
page by Tia Bennett, Puyallup, WA
Tia hand-lettered her journaling, “enjoy this time to laugh and to play…,” in thick black marker,
adding shadows in gray marker to emphasize particular words. How’d she get that cool shape? She
used Chatterbox’s Journaling Genie, which provides traceable templates in scroll shapes, waves,
spirals, rainbows and even paragraph forms with space for a drop cap.
Chatterbox’s Journaling Genie is
truly as easy as 1-2-3.
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1 Trace the template using
Chatterbox’s vanishing ink pen.
2 Journal along the lines. (You may
want to write in pencil first.)
Materials word stamps (Magnetic Poetry) • patterned paper (American Crafts) • buttons (Doodlebug Design) •
chipboard and clear hearts (Heidi Swapp) • 81⁄2 x 11 page by Courtney Kelly, Colorado Springs, CO
Do you struggle with writing in complete
sentences? Hide your grammatical weaknesses
(we all have them, in varying degrees) using
word stamps from Magnetic Poetry. These slick
little stamps snap to a magnetic block, so you
can stamp multiple words at one time. Using
stamps from two different kits, Courtney arranged
and rearranged her words until phrases began
to emerge. In the end, she used just 18 stamps,
leaving her plenty of poetic options for future
pages. The best part? No punctuation required.
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easy
scrapbook
techniques
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Fun Photo
Makeovers
It’s time to shake up your
scrapbooks! Six designers
took products they love
and used them to alter and
enhance photos. Follow
their lead, and see how a
bit of paint, a stamp or two,
or a new frame can create a
new look.
paint the town—or your photos
Mi’Chelle used acrylic paint and a foam brush to add a simple frame to her sweet photo. Achieve the
same look with acrylic paints from Making Memories. When using paint, a light touch is best—a dab
of paint goes a long way! Look to the right for other ways to enjoy paint’s possibilities.
materials patterned paper (KI Memories) • letter stickers (American Crafts, Making Memories) • paint • 8½
x 11 page by Mi’Chelle Larsen, Bountiful, UT
Paint a stamp. Acrylic paint is thicker
than stamping ink, which can be
beneficial when stamping on photos.
Use two colors of paint to achieve
this layered look, letting the paint dry
between layers. (Quick tip: this trick
works best with foam stamps.)
Create a mask. A mask works like a
stencil, only in reverse—you cover the
area you don’t want to color, paint
over the entire area, and then remove
the mask. Voilà!
Color a transparency. Prima Paintables
are designed to be paired with
paint. Mi’Chelle highlighted these
pretty swirls by lightly painting the
reverse side. She then stitched the
transparency to her photo.
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Materials patterned paper (October Afternoon) • letter stickers, plastic flower (American Crafts) • brad • SS Play and SS Play Words fonts • 11 x 8½ page by
Rachel Gainer, Saratoga Springs, UT
“Fussy cutting” is quilters’ speak for cutting motifs from fabric. With the rich assortment of
patterned paper available, it’s no wonder scrapbookers have adopted the process. Rachel’s page
features fussy cutting with a creative twist. Instead of trimming an accent from a bold pattern, she’s
actually set aside the trimmed pieces and used the negative space to frame photos of her adorable
bookworm. Talk about a novel idea!
Step by Step
What’s all the fuss about? You’ll see. Use fussy cutting to turn your favorite patterned paper into an
original photo frame in three easy steps.
Select a pattern that lends itself
to framing.
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Position the paper on a self-healing
cutting mat, and cut along the lines
of the image with a craft knife.
Remove the cut image (or negative
image), and layer the cut paper
over your photo for a cute and
creative frame!
Q&A: Heat Embossing
Tips for success
Q. What type of inkpad should I use?
A. Use a thick, slow-drying inkpad. Embossing
ink, watermark ink, pigment ink, hybrid ink
and chalk ink work well. Dye- and solventbased inks tend to dry too quickly to hold the
embossing powder well.
When you’re pouring the powder onto a
stamped image, do it over a folded piece
of scrap paper so you can pour the extra
powder directly back into the jar.
Hold the heat gun approximately 4" to 6"
inches from your project. Holding it too
close could cause the embossing powder
and the cardstock to scorch.
Q. Do I have to use a colorless inkpad?
A. No. Colored inkpads are fun to use with
embossing. Try colored inkpads with clear
embossing powder, or experiment with
stamping your image in one color and using
a different color of powder over it.
Q. What happens if I use colorless ink with clear
embossing powder?
A. You can create a cool watermark look. The
darker the paper color, the more pronounced
the look will be. You can also use this
technique to get a resist look. After you
emboss, swipe the cardstock with a colored
inkpad to reveal the embossed image.
Heat-embossing toolbox
Pick up these supplies you’ll need for
heat embossing:
• Heat gun
• Ink
• Embossing powder
• Stamps
Q. What type of paper works best?
A. Experiment with different paper finishes to
create a look that best suits your project. If
you want to emboss a clear, detailed image,
choose a smooth cardstock. If you want a
more textured look, use cardstock with a
textured finish.
How-To: Heat Emboss a Stamped Image
Basic heat embossing is simple—it only takes three steps! Here’s how:
1 Stamp your image or letters on a
piece of cardstock using a slowdrying or embossing ink.
2 Sprinkle embossing powder over
the stamped image. Tap off the
excess powder.
3 Heat the embossing powder
until the crystals melt together
to create a raised, shiny finish.
Allow it to cool.
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Play by Erin Lincoln. Supplies Patterned paper: American Crafts, Cosmo Cricket and Making Memories; Chipboard accents: American Crafts and Cosmo Cricket;
Felt accents: Chatterbox; Swirl and tag dies and die-cutting machine: Cricut, Provo Craft; Heart punch: EK Success; Fonts: CK Surfer, Buzz and Times New Roman.
Design Tip:
Play With Portions
5 x 3½
Who says bigger is better? While this sketch
calls for an enlarged photo and journaling
block, feel free to play outside the lines and
switch up the proportions, as Erin Lincoln did
with her layout. She printed her journaling
and photos on her printers at home, adapting
the sizes to fit what she had on hand. You
can use the leftover space to let creative
embellishments or fun patterned paper take a
more prominent role on your layout.
5 x 3½
8x6
4x6
5 x 3½
Add some pop-up charm
Creating a playful, pop-up look on your next layout will be easy and inexpensive. Simply cut out
a piece of the pattern from your paper, like Erin did with the clouds on her pages, and add the
pieces to your layout with dimensional adhesive. The three-dimensional look really stands out.
1 Cut out a designed piece from
patterned paper.
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2 Add dimensional adhesive to
the back.
3 Adhere red hearts over the
cutout accent and affix the
group to the layout.
Wander by Ali Edwards. Supplies Cardstock: Bazzill Basics Paper; Patterned paper: Bo-Bunny Press; Die-cut paper and felt star: Jenni
Bowlin Studio; Word stickers: Making Memories; Metal accent: Tim Holtz for Advantus; Scallop punch: Fiskars Americas; Fabric:
RobertKaufman.com; Other: Typewriter and thread.
Stitching tip
Technique tip
Go slow. Stitching at a really slow speed will
allow you greater control as you move the
page around in a circle.
Here’s an easy way to cut fabric shapes:
punch out a piece of cardstock, and then
place the cardstock punch on top of the
fabric with a little adhesive. You can use that
cardstock shape as your guide as you cut the
fabric shape.
Stitch a simple line on just one side of an
accent. Attach an embellishment to your
page with a simple straight stitch. Notice the
visual impact a single line of stitching brings
to the journaling block.
Stitch a basic shape. Before stitching around
the fabric circles, I used a bit of adhesive to
keep each one in place while I stitched. A
close view will show that these are nonuniform circles (which is exactly the way
I like it—perfectly imperfect).
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best
photo
tips
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Choose Your Focus
Whenever I talk with friends I haven’t seen in a while, I want to discuss so many things that I don’t
have a lot of time to spend telling each story. Instead, I highlight the points that mean the most to
me and that tell the events most directly. Sometimes I spend more time on the setting; other times
I talk about people I met. Choosing the most important points and focusing on them actually lets
me share more details by saying less.
The same is true of photos. Deciding what story or feeling you want to capture, then composing
each shot with that specific focus will help you take meaningful photographs.
Crop out any unnecessary
background from your
photo—it will help viewers
determine the focus of the
story more quickly.
To focus on the cards, select
the portrait mode on your
camera (it will blur the
subject in the background
while focusing on the subject
in the foreground). Focus
your viewfinder on the cards
and take the picture.
Focus on cards: Photograph by
Sande Krieger
Focus on boy’s face: Photograph
by Sande Krieger
If you’re photographing indoors, open the windows and use natural light where possible for the
best photos.
To focus on the boy in the shot, use the portrait mode and focus your viewfinder on him, then
recompose the shot so the cards are centered and take the picture. If you can control your camera
manually, experiment with the aperture to select your desired depth of field. (For more information
on aperture and depth of field, see the glossary on page 102.) The manual mode will give you
more options with depth of field than most point-and-shoot cameras will.
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photos by Elisha Snow
Photographing Your Home
• Take photos of your house at different times of day.
• Photograph your house from all directions.
•Use your wide-angle lens to capture your house and include the trees and yard.
• Capture close-ups of the garden, landscaping, mailbox, doors, etc.
• Use a tripod for night photos of your house (turn flash off).
•Early morning light will give the best colors in your photos.
•Watch the direction of the light when photographing your house—avoid shooting
into the sun.
D-SLR SETTINGS
exposure setting
Program Mode or Program Mode
Aperture Mode
f11–16
f11–16
white balance setting
AWB
AWB
flash mode setting
Flash Off
Flash Off
drive setting
Single
Single
iso setting
100–200
Auto
picture icon
Landscape
Landscape
aperture setting
P/S SETTINGS
shutter speed setting
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photos by Tara Whitney
Photographing Teens
•In addition to everyday activities, take
photos of your teen during the once-in-alifetime moments.
• Take photos of teens with their friends.
•Photograph teens close-up with report
cards, diplomas, awards, etc.
• Take one shot with a flash and one without.
• Shoot at least two of every group shot.
photo by Barbara Carroll
D-SLR SETTINGS
exposure setting
Program Mode or Program Mode
Aperture Mode
f3.5-5.6
aperture setting
P/S SETTINGS
shutter speed setting
white balance setting
AWB
AWB
flash mode setting
On
On
drive setting
Single
Single
iso setting
200-400
Auto
picture icon
Portrait
Portrait
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Photographs by Shannon Taylor
Tell a story
If I were to tell a friend about a major event I experienced this morning, there’s no way I would
stop before finishing the story. It would diminish the point of telling her, and it would leave her
feeling like something was missing.
I try to approach my everyday photography with the same perspective—working to capture an
entire story in my pictures. And I want you to try that approach, too! Photographing the before,
in-process and after shots of the happenings will help you best capture the whole story.
•Capture the subject of the story—here, the berries—in each stage: on the bush, then picked
and then stored in a jar.
•For close-up shots of your subject, use the macro setting on your camera for the most eyecatching effect.
•People are generally a part of every story, but if they’re not your main focus, find creative ways
to include them in your photos. In the photo showing the berries being picked, the portrait
mode was used to focus on the berry (keeping it as the focus) while blurring the boy (making
him a secondary subject). In the picture of the jar, hands are holding it to signify that an older
man—not just the boy—participated in the activity.
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“D” by Denise Pauley. Supplies Printed transparency: K&Company; Tab: Autumn Leaves; Hinges: Making Memories; Rubber stamp: PSX
Design; Stamping ink: StazOn, Tsukineko; Pen: Pigment Pro, American Crafts; Computer fonts: Times New Roman, Microsoft Word; Stamp
Act, downloaded from the Internet.
Be sure to capture multiple photos to
tell these stories:
•Children decorating cookies or helping you bake a cake
•Teenagers washing their car for the first time in weeks
•The process of remodeling or reorganizing a room in
your home
•Kids building a sandcastle at the park
•The progression of game pieces, play money or cards
from a board game during a family activity
•When photographing a child on the move, not every photo will turn out in sharp focus. Take
several shots, then highlight the best ones on a layout (consider including a hidden door that
opens to reveal the extra photos).
•If your subject is sitting near a wall, especially a white or light-colored wall, turn off your flash to
avoid creating a silhouette on the wall (see the photos hidden in the interactive element on this
page). You can also reduce the chance of silhouettes by having your subject move a couple of
feet away from the wall.
•If you couldn’t capture a picture of your children pulling out toys, snap a shot at the end
when they’re putting them away—in the finished picture, most people won’t be able to tell
the difference.
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font
tips
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How do I know what type to choose?
With so many type choices available in fonts, stickers, chipboard and more, choosing the
right typeface can be challenging. Here are some tips:
1Consider legibility or readability. The reason for having type on your scrapbook page is to
communicate, so make sure your readers can read what you’ve written!
• Is the typeface easy to read?
• Is the type the right size? Who’s the audience for your page? Will he or she be able to read it
without squinting?
• Is the type in a color that provides enough contrast against the background color? Will the
type stand out against the background?
• Are there any distracting images or patterns behind the text? If you’re printing on a photo, do
you have a section of white space large enough to hold your text? If you’re adhering stickers
to patterned paper, is the print subtle enough that your title will be visible over it? What can
you do to minimize distractions?
2Decide on the focus of your page. What do you want the main focus of the layout to be—the
photo or the type? Usually, the focus of your page is going to be a photo. You can use type to
create a visual hierarchy and support the focus of the page.
• Is the type distracting?
• Does the type pull my eye away from my focal-point photo?
• Does the type provide a nice complement to my photos?
3Think about the appropriateness of the typeface. Choose typefaces that will enhance your
layout and support your page theme.
• Does the type match the personality of the scrapbook page? What’s the look and feel? What’s
the mood?
• Is the type appropriate for the subject matter?
• Do I like the way it looks on my page?
Typeface Classifications
Here are six common styles of type to consider as you choose typefaces for your pages:
• Serif. These letterforms have small lines finishing off the main strokes of a character. This is the
most used style of type. Times New Roman, Palatino, Garamond, Caslon and Baskerville are
examples of serif typefaces.
• Sans Serif. These letterforms don’t have the small decorative finishing lines of serif fonts. These
typefaces are generally used for headings and subheadings. Arial, Helvetica, Futura and Optima
are examples of sans serif typefaces.
• Script. These typefaces are cursive letterforms that resemble handwriting. Letters in this style
often connect. This style is used on ads, invitations, announcements and greeting cards. Brush
Script, Edwardian Script, Fling, Memimas, MVB Café Mimi and Snell Roundhand are examples of
script typefaces.
• Display. These typefaces are sometimes called decorative, novelty or occasional fonts. They’re
generally used for titles, advertising and headlines as they look best in larger sizes. Blackletter,
Bodoni Poster, Impact, Gigi and Rosewood are examples of display typefaces.
• Symbols. These typefaces feature punctuation, dingbats, printer’s ornaments and icons.
They’re generally used in conjunction with other type styles or for signage. Adobe Woodtype
Ornaments, Dingbats, Webdings and Wingdings are examples of symbol typefaces.
• Handwriting. These typefaces have a more casual feel and are based on handwriting. They’re
used for titles, subtitles and short blocks of text. Comic Sans, Emma Script, Handsome, Mistral
and Wendy are examples of handwriting typefaces.
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A Font Fit for a Princess:
{Aphrodite contextual}
Introducing the Princess of
Discussion by Tiffany Tillman.
Supplies Software: Adobe Photoshop
CS3; Patterned paper: Indefinitely by
TaylorMade Designs; Ribbon: Ribbon
People Princesses by Rachel Young
Designs; Border and staples: Tiffany
Tillman; Fonts: Aphrodite Contextual
(title) and Serifa BT (journaling).
Choose the Right Mood to Support the Design
Take a few cues from the world around you. You’ll notice that fancy invitations feature curves, and
signs for formal events use script fonts—just think weddings and proms. Matching an event with
a script font draws attention to the story on a layout. Keep in mind that script-based fonts work
best with journaling that’s no more than a few short sentences.
Top 10 Fonts & Dingbats
Check out these incredible fonts for some of the most popular scrapbooking themes.
1Princess: Aphrodite Contextual
($15 at Myfonts.com)
6Halloween: Creeper
(free at HalloweenFonts.com)
2Zoo and Safari: Jungle Bones
(free at Dafont.com)
7Christmas: Christmas Lights
3Frontier: Bleeding Cowboys
8Vintage: The Lunch Box Font Set
($28 for 12 fonts at FontDiner.com)
4Everyday Journaling: CK Allison
(free at CreatingKeepsakes.com/-issues/
October_2009)
9Outer Space: Sevil alias Esra Lite
5Animal Embellishment: Sakabe Animal 01 (free at Dafont.com)
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0Amusement Park, Circus or Carnival: Coffee
Tin (free at 1001FreeFonts.com)
A Font for the Frontier:
{Bleeding Cowboys}
The Making of 3 Cowboys by Amanda Probst. Supplies Cardstock: Prism Papers; Stamp: FontWerks; Ink: ColorBox, Clearsnap; Star punch: Fiskars Americas;
Pen: Precision Pens, American Crafts; Fonts: Bleeding Cowboys (title), Giddyup Std (numeral) and Rockwell; Adhesive: Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L.
Mix and Match Fonts
For your next title, use three fonts! The trick to making it work like Amanda Probst did is to
stack them or overlap them slightly. It will lend a cute, creative and customized look every time.
Remember, try not to use more than three fonts on any page—any more than that can begin to
feel overwhelming to the viewer.
A Font for Embellishing:
{Sakabe animal 01}
Create Embellishments
from Dingbats
Dingbats can be a scrapper’s secret
weapon. When the perfect element
eludes you, allow dingbats to come
to your rescue. Jackie Stringham
printed animal dingbats, punched
them into circles and then affixed
them to her layout with page
pebbles. Instant success! You’ll find
dingbats in all sorts of holiday and
themed shapes.
What a Kid by Jackie Stringham. Supplies Cardstock:
Bazzill Basics Paper and Die Cuts With a View; Patterned
paper: KI Memories; Chipboard letters: American Crafts
and Imagination Project; Circle punch: EK Success; Page
pebbles: Jo-Ann Stores; Fonts: Andy (text) and Sakabe
Animals 01 (animal dingbats); Adhesive: Glue Dots
International and Tombow.
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Love Family by Laura Kurz
“I love using Garamond for journaling; it’s a classic and
easy-to-read font. Though the Doodlebug stickers are a
much different style, the two work well together.”
—Laura Kurz
Laura left spaces in her journaling text to allow room for the title stickers. Notice how she also
increased the leading to leave enough vertical space for the letter stickers.
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Beautiful Colors by Kelly Purkey
“I chose this font because it feels very crisp and classic
to me. I think it matches the tall trees in the photos.”
—Kelly Purkey
Did you notice that Kelly layered text into her photo?
You can replicate her technique:
1 Using Photoshop, add layers of white text onto your photo.
2R
educe the opacity of the text so that most of the photo can be seen through the letters.
3D
uplicate the background layer (the photo) and place it on top of all of the text layers.
4U
se the Eraser tool to erase the photo where you want the text to show through so that some
of the edges blend into the photo.
5 Flatten all layers.
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festive
holiday
pages
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The Best Santa by Kelly Goree. Supplies Cardstock: Bazzill Basics Paper; Patterned paper, printed transparency, chipboard shapes, chipboard letters and
dimensional stickers: BasicGrey; Border punch: Fiskars Americas; Ink: ColorBox Fluid Chalk, Clearsnap; Pen: Uni-ball Signo, Newell Rubbermaid; Fonts: CK Ali’s Hand
(“the”) and Rockwell (journaling); Other: Glitter glue and dimensional paint.
Personalize a Christmas tree with the
lyrics of a favorite carol. On her “The
Best Santa” layout, Kelly Goree included
phrases from “Santa Claus Is Coming
to Town” to support the photos of her
children visiting Santa at the mall.
How-To: Personalize a Tree with Lyrics
1Type the lyrics to your desired carol on your computer. Note: If you feel comfortable creating a
text box, you can make one a little larger than the size of your tree. If you don’t know how to use
a text box, just copy and paste the lyrics multiple times to fill the required height of your tree.
2Print the lyrics onto patterned paper or cardstock.
3Cut the paper into your desired tree shape.
4Add garland to your tree using glitter glue, and add ornaments using dimensional paint.
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Chanukah Magic by Allison Landy. Supplies 4 featured products; Scallop punches: Marvy Uchida; Fonts: Lucida Handwriting, Microsoft (title)
and SP Wonderful Wendy, www.scrapsupply.com (journaling).
Allison’s thoughts:
Allison’s design tip:
I’m a product junkie, so this was indeed a
challenge! But it reminded me that scrapbooking
is about the photos and the story. I don’t need a
lot of products to make that story come to life.
Using plain ribbon between your photos
and a bold patterned paper keeps the
pattern from overwhelming your photos.
Early Snow by April Foster. Supplies 4 featured products; Pen: American Crafts.
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April’s thoughts:
April’s supply tip:
This challenge changed how I scrapbook. I
normally use more than four items, so this forced
me to think about how I used each supply.
With limited supplies, you can maximize each
product’s potential.
When using paper with a shaped edge
(such as scallops), cut off the edges and
use them as a major design element
on the layout (see the borders I created
between the photos on my pages).
Fruitcake Memories
Janelle Clark | Newport News, VA
When it comes to capturing holidays, don’t forget the food, suggests Janelle. The smell, taste and
sight of holiday favorites are so locked into her memory that all it took was one whiff of freshly
baked fruitcake to transport Janelle back in time for this layout. To add to the blast-from-the-past
feel, she used pages torn from a vintage cookbook to decorate the recipe folder.
Materials patterned paper (Two Busy Moms) • alphabet rub-ons (Autumn Leaves) • snaps (Making Memories) • ribbon (Offray) • wooden letters • corner
rounder • chalk • stamping ink • AL Aunt Marie and Garamond fonts • 12 x 12 page
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Ho Ho Ho by Ali Edwards. Supplies Cardstock:
Bazzill Basics Paper; Patterned Paper: Teresa
Collins; Vintage sheet music: Cocoa Daisy; Felt
star: Fancy Pants Designs; “Santa” accent: KI
Memories; Word sticker: Making Memories;
Ink: Close To My Heart and Ranger Industries;
Stamp: Savvy Stamps; Pen: American Crafts;
Decorative trimmer blade: Fiskars.
Photo Technique: Decorative-Edge
Photo Gatherings
Use a trimmer attachment to create a decorative edge on a group of photos. After trimming each
photo, match up the edges from one to another, leaving a thin gap in between, then adhere them
to your page. Make it extra fun by elevating one of the photos with adhesive dots or foam squares.
Add in lined patterned paper with the same edge treatment for your journaling. This same look
could also be achieved with decorative scissors.
Ali’s Notes
Trimmer by Fiskars
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ather a small group of elements in the bottom
G
corner of a layout for added interest. Here, I
included a strip of Christmas sheet music, a dot
stamp, a text stamp and a word sticker. Gatherings
like this are a great way to use up some of those
supplies you probably already have on hand.
Don’t forget to slow down enough during the
busy holiday season to capture some of the things
that your kids or family members are into this year
before the actual festivities on Christmas Day.
Now, here’s the really cool part. You know how you can use the same cookie cutter but get dozens
of designs depending on how each treat is embellished? The same is true with these downloads.
I invited three other Dream Team members to play with my digital ingredients. Look at the sweet
confections they concocted! Take your cue from them, and you’ll be whipping up some wonderful
treats of your own in no time. Before you know it, you’ll be relaxing in a cozy chair enjoying your
own homemade holidays.
Simply Christmas 2007 by Tiffany Tillman. Supplies Tab board
book: Zsiage; Digital kit products: Merry Kissmas by Michelle
Coleman, www.littledreamerdesigns.com; Alphabet stickers: EK
Success; Dimensional accents: KI Memories; Brads: SEI; Ribbon:
Michaels (black and white) and Strano Designs (red and white,
green); Fonts: 28 Days Later, www.dafont.com (title) and Georgia,
Microsoft (journaling); Software: Adobe Photoshop CS3.
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fun
vacation
pages
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Materials patterned papers (BasicGrey, Creative Imaginations) • transparent overlays (My Mind’s Eye, Hambly Screen Prints) • letter stickers
(7gypsies, BasicGrey) • Eras Light ITC font • 12 x 12 page by Paula Gilarde, Bedford, MA
Paula grew up in Daingean Uí Chúis (or Dingle, Ireland, for those who don’t speak Gaelic). Paula
always appreciated her beautiful hometown, with its enchanting landscapes in rich hues of green
and blue, but she gained a new perspective after taking her children to visit for the first time.
Familiar places become new again when traveling with fresh eyes, Paula eloquently notes.
It is not down in any map; true places never are.
–Herman Melville
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Materials letter stickers (American Crafts) • rub-ons, metal tab, date sticker (7gypsies) • 8½ x 11 spread by Elizabeth Dillow, Mountain House, CA
I love traveling with my family, but I also love traveling with my friends. There’s something special
about a trip with friends like these, and I don’t want to forget a single conversation, uproarious
moment of laughter, or unique stop along the way. At the conclusion of our weekend in Northern
California, I felt as if I had reluctantly finished a favorite novel, though thankfully one I can now
“reread” any time as I add pages to my travel album.
Digital tools Photoshop (Adobe Systems) • Avant Garde font • 8½ x 11 spread by Becky Pogatchnik, Proctor, MN
If you’ve been to Walt Disney World, you can relate to the range of emotions Becky felt as her
travels drew to a close. Her journaling is more than just a summary of her family’s trip; it’s an actual
in-the-moment recap of her feelings, jotted down on the airplane in a notebook she carries with
her everywhere. She snapped the gorgeous photo of the clouds out of the plane’s window as a
symbolic reminder of the trip.
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Wendy’s Road-trip Ideas
• Experiment with texture. Wendy used foam, acetate and more on a
single layout.
• Cross-balance like page elements. Notice how Wendy accomplished
this with the red circles, the word stickers and the photos—nice!
• Using a map patterned paper? Include circles to show where you
traveled. Wendy’s bottom circle is centered around Cincinnati, the
destination of her road trip.
Wendy Bretz
Road Trip by Wendy Bretz. Supplies Cardstock: Bazzill Basics Paper; Patterned paper, transparencies, chipboard embellishments, word stickers and brads: Making
Memories; Foam letters: American Crafts; Acetate letters: Heidi Swapp for Advantus; Letter stickers: Li’l Davis Designs; Photo turns; Jo-Ann Craft Essentials; Circle
cutter: EK Success; Font: District Thin, downloaded from the Internet.
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Lea’s Design Looks
• When you travel with family, include something of theirs on a layout to
add meaning. Lea’s in-laws gave her this Disney-themed scrapbooking
product. “By using the gift,” she says, “it feels like my in-laws had a part
in creating this album.”
• Set off a photo strip with patterned-paper borders. Add one to the
bottom of the layout for balance when your photo strip appears near
the top.
Lea Lawson
Magic of Disney by Lea Lawson. Supplies Cardstock: Bazzill Basics Paper; Patterned paper: Chatterbox; Stickers: EK Success; Chipboard letters: Heidi Swapp for
Advantus; Rhinestones: Westrim Crafts; Ink: ColorBox, Clearsnap; Glitter: DecoArt; Fonts: Century Gothic and Palace Script, Microsoft Word.
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Passport Mini Book by Ingunn Markiewicz. Supplies Passport book: Eastern National; Patterned
paper: Reminisce; Sticker: Cloud 9 Design, Fiskars; Other: Snowflake eyelet.
This fun little passport, sold in all national parks, is designed to be stamped at each park you visit.
I decided to make mine into a mini scrapbook by documenting each visit with a photo, basic
embellishments and a few lines of journaling. Kids of any age will
love flipping through it on the way to their next adventure!
Bryce Canyon by Brenda Arnall. Supplies Cardstock: Bazzill Basics Paper; Patterned paper: Autumn Leaves, BasicGrey and Cosmo Cricket; Chipboard letters:
American Crafts and Maya Road; Cardstock die cut: Daisy D’s Paper Co.; Clip: Making Memories; Punches: 7gypsies and EK Success; Mini brad: Queen & Co.;
Ticket: Jenni Bowlin Studio; Stamps: Inque Boutique and Technique Tuesday; Ink: Tsukineko; Paint: Golden Artist Colors; Font: Architect, Internet; Other: Thread.
Brenda Arnall’s fabulous photos really stand out against her
monochromatic design—a busier background would have
stolen the focus away from the spectacular canyons.
Design tidbit:
Notice how Brenda’s clever
title placement draws your
eyes across both pages.
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birthday
page
ideas
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The Whole Kit and Kaboodle:
Fit most of your birthday photos on one layout
From opening presents and playing games to blowing out candles, birthday celebrations offer
plenty of photo-taking opportunities. But when all that celebrating results in a dozen or more
pictures, it can be difficult to pick just one or two for a layout—so don’t! Instead follow our lead,
and use these three schemes to include six, eight, or ten photos on one simple layout.
Materials patterned paper (Bo-Bunny) • alphabet dies (QuicKutz) • chipboard number (Making Memories) • brads (Queen & Co.) • Jester font • 12 x 12 page by
Katrina Simeck, Colchester, VT
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You Can Do This!
Are you having trouble whittling down that pile of party pictures? Don’t worry! By cropping your
shots into smaller blocks, you can easily adapt my ten-photo scheme (above) to fit at least another
five photos.
Materials patterned paper (BasicGrey) • foam letter and number stickers, brad (American Crafts) • acrylic star (Heidi Swapp) • American Typewriter font • 12 x 12
spread by Beth Proudfoot, Lebanon, NJ
Materials patterned papers (Chatterbox) • letter
stickers (Adornit, EK Success) • letter rub-ons, brads
(KI Memories) • chipboard bookplate (SEI) • journaling
stamp (Fontwerks) • 8½ x 11 page by Athena Mejia,
Aurora, CO
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birthday bonanza
A birthday is a milestone to be remembered—no matter whether you threw a themed party
for a child or celebrated your big day with family and friends. Once the party’s over, scrapbook
the festivities with flair! The following six layouts take the cake with their sweet approaches to
memorabilia, banners, photos, shapes and journaling.
by jana lillie
Spotlight the birthday boy’s or girl’s age by using
the number as your page title, and then share goals,
dreams and journeys planned for the year ahead.
31 by Jen Jockisch. Supplies Cardstock, ribbon, buttons and
brads: American Crafts; Patterned paper: 7gypsies (cream text),
Sassafras (pink hearts, blue/green circle, yellow cloud and pink
wave) and SEI (leaf); Chipboard: Heidi Swapp for Advantus
(numbers) and Magistical Memories (circle); Paint: Making
Memories; Ink: ColorBox Fluid Chalk, Clearsnap; Pen: Slick Writers,
American Crafts; Font: Elephant; Adhesive: Pop Dots, EK Success;
ATG Tape, 3M; Other: Rhinestones.
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Happy Birthday by Cindy Tobey. Supplies Cardstock: Bazzill Basics Paper; Patterned paper: Creative Imaginations; Stickers: American Crafts (letters and
epoxy border), Creative Imaginations (journaling circle and numbers) and Love, Elsie for KI Memories (epoxy); Chipboard: BasicGrey; Decorative paper
strip: Doodlebug Design; Crepe paper ribbon: Jenni Bowlin Studio; Buttons: BasicGrey (yellow) and My Mind’s Eye (blue); Brad: Queen & Co.; Ink: Clearsnap;
Pen: Sakura; Font: Calibri; Adhesive: Glue Dots International; Other: Fabric, felt, staples and thread. Note: To add a touch of whimsy, Cindy used a chipboard
candle for the “i” in “Birthday.”
Create a celebratory banner across your page with
fabric pendants and twine. Here’s how:
1 Cut scraps of fabric and felt into diamond shapes.
2 Fold each shape in half to create a triangle, and
then machine stitch 1⁄4” from the folded edge.
3 Thread twine onto a large yarn needle and run it
through the tops of the pendants.
4 Knot both ends of the twine, and then staple
them to your page.
5 Place ultra-thin Glue Dots beneath each pendant
to keep the banner in place.
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Curious George by Allison Davis. Supplies Cardstock: Bazzill Basics Paper; Patterned paper: BasicGrey (orange), Creative Imaginations (red) and Reminisce
(yellow); Chipboard letters: American Crafts; Word stickers: 7gypsies; Ink: ColorBox Fluid Chalk, Clearsnap; Embroidery floss: DMC; Pen: Zig Writer, EK Success;
Adhesive: Mini Pop Dots, All Night Media, Plaid Enterprises; E-Z Runner, Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L.
Cut themed designs from extra plates, cups, napkins and party hats for cute, ready-to-go page
embellishments, as Allison Davis did here. She also created “balloons” by punching circles from
paper and memorabilia and then adding “strings” with stitching.
Top a hand-cut party hat with
crisscrossed ribbon strips and
a lively button center. Outline
the hat with pen for emphasis.
Tip
Scrapbooking birthday
memories can be a treat if
you have the right supplies.
Turn “so-so” into “sensational”
with collections, stamps and
tools that’ll feel like a present
for you!
Just One Wish by Kelly Noel. Supplies Cardstock: Bazzill Basics Paper; Patterned paper, rub-ons, pompom trim and brads: Fancy Pants Designs; Stickers, green ribbon and button: American Crafts; “Wish”
and birthday-hat die cuts: Silhouette, QuicKutz; Gloss medium: Glossy Accents, Ranger Industries;
Font: Kayleigh; Pens: American Crafts (black) and Uni-ball Signo, Newell Rubbermaid (white). Note:
Kelly traced over her “wish” letters with a white pen to help the title letters stand out.
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