Scrapbooking Articles
The Secret to Scrapbooking
There are 3 secrets to Scrapbooking: organizing your photos, planning
your layouts, and claiming a workspace. If these 3 steps go smoothly,
you will be able to spend more time completing your scrapbooks,
and less time trying to track things down.
Scrapbook Supplies
Here is a basic list of scrapbooking supplies that no scrapbooker
should be without.
Scrapbook Cropping Tools
Get acquainted with the main cropping tools available to scrapbookers.
Scrapbook Cropping Templates
Ever wonder how people get those perfect oval or round shapes? Click
above to see the templates used in combination with the cropping
tools.
Scrapbooking Tools
Here is a list of all the other scrapbooking tools most scrapbookers
find handy.
Scrapbooking Themes
One of the first questions that beginners ask is where do I start?
One of the easiest ways is to decide upon a theme and then build
from there.
Make a Scrapbook Title Page
The goal of the title page is to introduce the theme and/or showcase
the subject(s) in your scrapbook. Consider including photos, embellishments
and some journaling.
Scrapbooking Layouts
Here are some general guidelines for laying out your scrapbook pages.
It can be one of the most difficult things you will face.
How to Crop Photographs
Once you have chosen your photographs and planned your layout, it
is time to crop your photos. Cropping itself is an art form as you
want to accomplish several things... center on the subject, remove
damage and ensure that the shape will fit the layout you envisioned.
Scrapbook Journaling
Journaling is the writing that accompanies photographs in a scrapbook
album. Typically scrapbookers write the information, as they consider
the handwriting part of the history of the scrapbook album.
Scrapbook Embellishments
Embellishing your pages is like coordinating an outfit when you
are getting dressed. There are many things you have to take into
consideration when you are planning out every detail of a scrapbook
page.
Advanced Scrapbooking
Techniques
Once you have got the basics of layout, cropping journaling and
embellishing your scrapbook you may want to give these advanced
techniques a try. There are only a few right now but I will be adding
more scrapbooking techniques soon!
Computer Scrapbooking
Using your computer and the Internet as a tool in your scrapbooking
opens a whole new world of possibilities for you. The Internet can
be a wonderful resource for you to access products and supplies
you may need and inspiring layout ideas for when you are blocked.
Caring For your Photographs
Make sure to protect your photographs when putting them into storage
so they will be in good shape when you are ready to use them.
Taking Useful
Photos for Scrapbooking
When you are taking photos on a trip or photos you know will end
up in one of your albums you need to think about how you will use
that photo so you can get the most out of your film.
Caring for Your Scrapbook
Album
Once you have made your scrapbook make sure to protect it. Here
are some quick tips to preserve your keepsake.
Scrapbooking Ideas and Layouts
Baby
Scrapbooking Ideas
Here are some baby scrapbooking ideas and layouts. I found that
these are the easiest pages to make because there are always so
many baby pictures to choose from!
Holiday
Scrapbooking
So far the layouts include Valentine's Day and Christmas. Expect
to see new ones for most upcoming holidays and special days.
Family Scrapbooking
The Family Scrapbooking section includes all the memories of how
your children changed when they were growing up, milestones they
achieved, amazing accomplishments you want to remember as well as
the little things (i.e. favorite outfits, toys and activities, etc.)
Family Scrapbooking is all about documenting the life you had together.
Heritage
Scrapbooking
Here are some ideas for heritage layouts. I have found that Heritage
Scrapbooking layouts are some of the most difficult to do of all
the layouts. Quite often you will find that the pictures are damaged
from handling, gone yellow with age or, due to old technology, the
picture is crooked on the photo paper. In some cases you won't even
know who it is in the picture so you have to do some detective work!
Vacation
Scrapbook Ideas
Vacation Scrapbooking is all about preserving your memories from
fun vacations you have taken as a family, as a couple and before
you were married. The photos and journaling are not the only elements
of making vacation scrapbooks that are important, it is also essential
to include memorabilia from the trips such as tickets from attractions
you attended, information pamphlets on the places you visited as
well as samples of money (if you were vacationing in a different
country. Click the link above for some sample layouts.
Fond Memories Scrapbooking
I decided to make a scrapbook a while ago containing my fondest
memories. I have a lot of them, more than any one scrapbook could
hold, so I really had to cut down on the number of photos.
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Book Reviews
Learn the basics of scrapbooking, get more ideas, techniques and
inspiration.
Scrapbooking
Directory
Find listings of online scrapbooking merchants and sites that offer
layout ideas.
Scrapbooking
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