Wednesday, July 26, 2006

Using fibers on your scrapbook pages

What on earth do you do with all those great little fibers?  You know the ones..they look like little fancy pieces of yarn and they come in beautiful textures and colors but what on earth do you use them for?

Here are a number of ways you can use them:

 

As a border

Tie on a tag

Wrap around a frame

Punch holes in the side and tie through to look like a tied on binding

Hang' a photo or title with it

Stitch around your frame

Use it to "tie" items on your page together

Use it to write text (remember glue and yard words and designs as a kid?)

 

If you have other ideas, leave a comment and share!

 

 

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Tuesday, July 25, 2006

Getting Started

I wanted to share this article with you simply because it makes mention that scrapbooking can be relaxing.  Personally it is my favorite way to relax.  As soon as I sit down it seems like I am transported to another place where there is no noise, no stress, no dishes, etc.  Enjoy!

 

Memories Should (and Can) Last Forever

by Stephen Johnson

 

 If you're looking for a hobby that allows you to express yourself creatively, look no further. Scrapbooking not only provides a great form of self-expression with its endless possibilities; it is also a great form of relaxation and enjoyment. For generations to come, your family will appreciate the unique spin you incorporate into documenting the moments-ordinary and extraordinary-that define their legacy.

Americans are now, more than ever, calling scrapbooking one of their favorite pastimes. More than a hobby for most, scrapbooking has become a lifestyle for millions of people dedicated to preserving life's most treasured moments. Today, as many as one in three American households embrace scrapbooking as their preferred method of memory preservation, believing that how well you preserve personal mementos will influence generations to come.

Scrapbooking's popularity has skyrocketed over the last couple of years. No longer the "cut, paste, add sticker" of the early days, scrapbooking has evolved to incorporate a variety of mediums-paper, fabric, ribbon, wood, metal, chalk and paint-you name it. The "anything goes" mantra, combined with a whole host of high-quality products and innovative tools, is sure to get your creative energy flowing.

Some of the innovative tools out there include a device for quickly and easily cutting designs, called the Xyron Personal Cutting System, and a one-of-a-kind handheld printer that allows printing directly onto most any surface, called the Xyron Design Runner. With the Personal Cutting System, shapes, layered designs and letter accents can easily be cut at the mere touch of a button. And with the Design Runner, a selection of preset shapes, phrases and other designs (like Happy Birthday, butterflies and Happy Holidays) can give your projects a personalized and polished look.

To get started, follow the tips below from Xyron, the experts in scrapbooking tools and creative self-expression, to ensure your memories last forever:

• Use only acid-free supplies-acid-free adhesives, for example, help protect delicate memorabilia, such as ticket stubs and dried flowers.

• Incorporate a variety of items, such as ribbons, tissue paper and jewels into your scrapbook-a diversity of items will add texture and personality to your pages.

• Purchase top-quality tools-such as the Design Runner-to effortlessly print captions and headings directly onto your projects, on a variety of surfaces.

Expert advice and cool tools can definitely give you a professional edge, but your photos and special memories are the key to successful scrapbooking. Most people save precious photos, travel souvenirs and sentimental objects, whether in boxes, envelopes or even dresser drawers. Taking the collected items just one step further by putting them in a scrapbook ensures joyous personal experiences and memories will stay fresh in the minds of those who experienced them first-hand, while creating a vivid legacy for generations to come.


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Monday, July 24, 2006

Tips for Scrapbooking

Tips for Scrapbooking
by OliviaAndrews
 
 Scrapbooking is a hobby or craft that is related to pasting newspaper clips, magazine articles, and personal photographs or other into customized decorated albums or scrapbooks. So if you too share in the same interest you should choose the right paper, templates and ideas to make your own scrapbook.
 1. You need to choose the right paper for your project as there are a variety of scrapbook papers available. Cardstock is a heavy weight paper mainly used for your page layout especially for photo mats and paper piercing. Background and Texture paper is used to decorate the background of your scrapbook pages. Gingham paper is a patterned paper used for background accents on your scrapbook pages. Mulberry paper adds a bit of “flair” to your pages whereas Vellum looks very elegant and could be used for masking an image or embossing. When you choose a scrapbook paper for your memory books always choose one that is acid free so that the photographs you need to preserve are not ruined. 
2. There are different scrapbooking templates that you can use for your scrapbook pages like the lettering templates, envelope templates, die cut templates that shall assist you in making the perfect design for your scrapbook layouts.
3.  A scrapbooking technique known as “Inking” offers a lot of variety whereby there is no specific way to ink your pages and you can use as much ink as you like in your project. For this you need to have 1) scrapbooking paper, 2) clean and dry sponge, ink pads of your choice and other supplies such as stamps, stickers, templates.
First you should cut your desired mattes and papers, then dab the paper in the inkpad and turn it into various directions. It will create a smudged color on your paper and then use a sponge to fill in the color in uneven areas you like. It adds a depth to your pages and gives an antique and weathered look by enhancing your paper and adding to overall layout.
4.  You can even use craft punch templates that comes in different shapes and are usually only an inch or two in dimension. Punch your shape on the scarp book paper and place it on a copier with a dark sheet of paper covering the punched potion and lastly enlarge it to your desired size and cut out the black punch pieces for templates. This way you have some nice shapes for your scrap book layouts.
5.  For beginners, there are some tools such as Eyelet setters, decorative scissors, paper trimmers that shall help you to get start off with the whole fun.
6. You can also include quotes to add some elegance to your page layouts. Thus your scrapbook will become unique and also interesting for others to view.
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Olivia Andrews, writer of  craft-books.net   is a freelance journalist and has written many reviews on subjects such as finance, education, health, entertainment, music, gifts, crafts, travel, apparels and mobile phones.
 
 
 
 

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Thursday, July 20, 2006

Milestone scrapbooks

One of my favorite things to give for a milestone event, (graduation, wedding, moving out, even a birthday) is a scrapbook.  When my kids graduated high school I made each of them a scrapbook of their lives.  I have also made wedding scrapbooks for friends and family weddings.  A great idea for a scrapbook gift anytime is to give cardstock cards or nice stationary to other relatives and friends and have them write a special message to the person recieving the gift.  Use the notes along with pictures of that person with the recipient, stickers, etc. to make a scrapbook that will be cherished for life!

 

 

 

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Wednesday, July 19, 2006

Quotes for your pages

“Life is the flower for which love is the honey.” Victor Hugo
 
Adding quotes to your scrapbook pages is a great way to let others know what you were feeling and give them an idea of what your pictures means to you. 
They are also a great way to add a little humor to your pages.  I always see the sarcastic side.  I imagine the quote: “What makes life dreary is want of motive.” George Eliot
next to a picture of my husband sprawled out and asleep on the couch. 
I love stuff like that.   Online Discount Mart has a whole section of great quotes you can use for your scrapbook pages.  They have quotes in a lot of different categories including, love, pets, easter, mother, motivational, inspirational and a whole lot more!  If you are looking for a specific quote and even if you aren't sure what you are looking for, you will probably find it here:
 
 
 
 

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Monday, July 17, 2006

Pinwheels for scrapbooks

You probably have your 4th of July pictures ready to be scrapbooked.  Now what can you do that is different and fun?  Of course you will probably want to use red white and blue.  I love the old time colors in the Americana collection at Leaving Prints personally.  They are all a little bit deeper.
Another thing you can add are these Patriotic Pinwheels. 
 
Of course you can use different colors and make pinwheels for other activities too.  Summer picnics, backyard play, etc.
 
They will make your pages come alive!  If you make them send me a picture, I would love to see how your pages turned out!
 

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Friday, July 14, 2006

Poor Handwriting

A lot of people feel that their handwriting is too poor to put into a scrapbook.  Here you are spending all this time making a beautiful book of memories and you don't want to mess it up with bad handwriting. 
There are options!  You can always use your computer to write out your thoughts and memories, print them out and add that to your scrapbook.  You can also use stickers and rub ons.
The thing to remember though is that this is YOU and YOUR memories.  Generations from now as long as your handwriting is legible, your relatives will love seeing YOUR handwriting.  Make sure to include some in your scrapbook.  Don't do all your journaling by computer.  It is like looking in a mirror.  Sometimes you are the only one who doesn't like what you see. 
 
 
 

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Thursday, July 13, 2006

Distressing your scrapbook pages

Distressing your scrapbooking pages gives them a very unique one of a kind look and is personally one of my favorite techniques. 
To get a crumpled look you can take your regular paper and just crumple it into a ball.  Open back up and do it again until you get the look you want.  If you are using cardstock you will want to spray it with water first and then crumple.  You can use an iron to help dry it or even just to flatten it out a little if you have too much crumple.
You can use sandpaper to roughen the paper up.  This looks especially good if you sand the edges of your frames.  Just rub the sandpaper over the parts of the paper you want to distress. 
Tearing your paper gives you another distresses look.  You can also use chalk or ink around the torn edges to give it an even more unique and aged look. 
One of my very favorites is using watered down paints or walnut ink on paper.  I used walnut ink to distress some of my tags.  I just soaked them in the watered down ink until I had the look I wanted and then crumpled them up and used them on pages for a very fun look. 
You can do the same with watered down paints.  Just brush the paint over the sections or even the whole page.  I took a white piece of cardstock and painted streaks along it to make my own background.  It looked great and with this technique you can use all the bright and bold colors you love!
 

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Tuesday, July 11, 2006

Make money with wedding scrapbooks

Its the wedding season so here is more on wedding scrapbooks and how to make money with them!
 
Make Money Creating Wedding/Memorial Scrapbooks
by Jenny Harker
 
 
 If you're familiar with creating scrapbooks then you have a work at home business waiting to be opened in your lap. Scrapbooks are a wonderful way to treasure wedding memories or the memories of a lost loved one.
To create a wedding scrapbook for a client you will need to attend the wedding or reception in order to gather photographs and quotes from family and friends of the happy couple. For this you will need a digital camera and a small tape recorder or notepad.
If the scrapbook is meant to be a memorial for someone you will need to gather photographs of the person from his or her relatives. Try to get photos from all phases of the person's life. Ask the friends and family of the person to recall their memories of their loved one.
It would be best to use a tape recorder for this for accuracy. You don't want entire chapters about the person, just words he or she said or funny events that occurred in their life.
Use the wedding's theme for the wedding scrapbook. Use items from the wedding in the scrapbook, pressed flowers, ribbons, and lace from the veil, the couple's vows, and even the groom's tie. This scrapbook will become a family treasure. You want the scrapbook to bring the wedding to life each time someone opens it.
For the memorial scrapbook try to base the theme on the person being honored. What is the one personality trait or hobby or quirk of his or hers that the person's relatives remember best? Was the person a comedian, an avid fisher, or the scholarly type? Was the person a proud veteran? Maybe he or she was a community activist.
Try to use small objects from the person's life in the scrapbook to personalize it, a bit of cloth from a favorite dress, favorite flowers, awards, the ugly tie a child bought for a dad's birthday or for Father's Day, school drawings made by the person's children.
While performing either scrapbook service you must remember that discretion is of utmost importance. For example, leave out the embarrassing remark the bride's aunt made no matter how funny you may think it. Don't include an ugly quote or memory in the memorial scrapbook. Your clients won't appreciate it.
To advertise your wedding scrapbook service create eye-catching business cards and brochures on your computer and leave them at bridal shops, at stores with wedding registries, and place ads in your local newspaper. You might try church bulletins boards as well, as long as the powers that be don't mind.
For your memorial scrapbook service leave brochures at funeral homes, place newspaper ads, and leave your card with the ministers and priests in your town. Act with respect and discretion. In other words, don't hand out brochures at the funeral.
When a client asks about your service it would be wise to have a scrapbook you've already made on hand that you can show the client to demonstrate your skill. Your client wants to know what he or she is getting in exchange for their hard-earned money.
But how much should you charge?
People are willing to pay well for a truly beautiful scrapbook of their memories. $50 to $100 isn't unreasonable for the work and time you put into the scrapbook. You could charge more for a really detailed wedding scrapbook.
Charging more for a detailed memorial album would be up to you. But it might be wise to set a fixed price for memorial albums, for example $50 for a small album and $75 for a large album.
You don't want to seem as if you're trying to gouge the mourning family as doing so could harm your business reputation. Treat the family with respect and do the finest job possible on their scrapbook. Soon word of your skill will spread to other people interested in having a memorial album created.
Put your love for creating scrapbooks to work, and one day you can create a scrapbook about your successful business that you created one memory at a time.

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Friday, July 07, 2006

Free Fonts

One of my very favorite things to do with my scrapbook pages is to use great looking fonts.  The same ole fonts that everyone else uses get kind of boring.  I like to use different fonts for my titles, journaling, notes, etc.  Anytime I plan to use the computer to type something up I try to pick a font that compliments the look of the page I am working on.  You can make your own titles by just going into Word and typing up what you want it to say, adjust the size to fit your page and they print it out on cardstock or vellum.  I try to think of a bunch of different titles when I do one so that I'm not wasting paper.  You can download a lot of really fun fonts for free at: http://www.coolarchive.com/fonts.php
 
 
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Thursday, July 06, 2006

Creating a Wedding Scrapbook

Creating a Wedding Scrapbook
 by Audrey Okaneko
 
 
 A scrapbook of a wedding is different than a photo album of a wedding. I believe a photo album is to showcase the photos taken at the wedding. I believe a scrapbook of the wedding is to share the story of the days/years leading up to the wedding and then share photos of the event itself.
The following suggestions are just that, suggestions. There is no right or wrong in creating a scrapbook. It is my goal to provide some thought starters to creating a wedding scrapbook.
Consider starting with a few photos of both the bride and the groom as children. Add a few photos of them as teens and then some photos of the couple during the dating process.
During the planning stages, often banquet rooms are looked at, dresses and tuxedos are looked at, and invitations are looked at. Taking a few photos of the various planning days are great additions to the scrapbook. If the bridal shop will allow it, it can be fun to take photos of the bride in each dress she tries on.
When you decide on a banquet room, take a few photos of the room empty. Take a few photos of the building housing the banquet room.
Once a menu is decided on, save a copy of the menu provided by the banquet room. One event I helped with, we actually made the menu ourselves. We wanted guests to know what was being served that night and so we included our self made menu in the scrapbook.
You’ll also want to save one copy of all of the following:
• An invitation
• An R.S.V.P. card
• A place card
• A thank you note
• A copy of the guest list
If you order candy bar wrappers, or any other wedding favor, save one for your scrapbook. If you use a D.J. or a band, save one of their business cards, or one of their brochures, to include in your scrapbook. If you hire any other type of entertainer, again, save a business card or brochure. 
As you plan your wedding, it can be fun to journal the days. There will always be mishaps along the way and as you are celebrating your first anniversary, you will laugh over the mishaps and the other notes you took as you planned.
When the R.S.V.P. cards come in, often times folks will write personal messages. Save those. Just like a high school yearbook, it’s fun to go back and read what others wrote, several years later.
And now, the day of the wedding has arrived. It’s time to take those photos that you’ll want for both your wedding photo album and also your wedding scrapbook.

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Wednesday, July 05, 2006

Scrapbooking memories without pictures

How do you remember all those little things you want to remember?  Most people try to take pictures but that isn't always possible.  You want your scrapbooks to detail the memories and important events of your lives but you can't possibly take a picture every single second of every single day! 
You can still add those memories to your scrapbook and you will want to!  Journaling is a great way to document those little moments.  You can use a great font and pretty paper to document something adorable your little one said and use that as the picture or even the border and then journal the moment in the center of the page.  If you are documenting an event, say a birthday party and the pictures don't turn out or you just didn't get to take any, you can use the invitation, some pieces of the wrapping paper etc and journal the day around them.  There are endless ways to incoporate your memories into your scrapbooks even without pictures.  If you have ideas you would like to share or if you are already doing this, please share with us!
 
 
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