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Christmas Scrapbooking: Some Tips And Tricks

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Interested in starting a family scrapbook for Christmas, but have no idea how or where to start? Well, youâ€™ve come to the right article, and â€œxâ€ really does mark the spot for information about Christmas scrapbooking ideas designed to save you time toil, trouble and money. Read on and get inspired.

Pick a theme and stick to it.

It may take time to establish the exact theme desired, but this is one of those steps that the entire Christmas scrapbooking operation hinges upon. It will determine your content, direction and outcome. So pick carefully and thoughtfully, for the Christmas scrapbooking idea that you save may well be your own. Changing themes for your Christmas scrapbooking has the same result as what Abraham Lincoln said about â€œchanging horses in mid-stream.â€

Collect material that reflects your Christmas scrapbooking theme.

Remember that anything goes, and the world is your source of material for your Christmas scrapbooking. Consider all kinds of paper ephemera; namely, cards, newspaper clippings, letters, lists of all kinds, tickets to shows, cartoons and any other physical artifacts from the life of the subject or subjects of your Christmas scrapbooking. Consider stuffing it all into a big basket until you can sort through it all and refine your selection.

Remember the special can be found in the mundane.

Life is made up of many simple moments and you want to capture those that reflect the passion of the theme of your Christmas scrapbooking. Everyday photos are just as important as those commemorating important events. Take pictures often so thereâ€™s a lot to choose from. Even a Christmas scrapbook can hold a memory of summer if it is pertinent to the theme presented in your Christmas scrapbooking idea.

Design each page as a whole story in itself.

You may want to use creative design techniques such as paper piercing, punch art and inking as well as simple color schemes to differentiate the pages of your Christmas scrapbooking and insure that they stand alone. Create a title for each page and lay out everything, along with a caption for each item, to see how it all looks in your Christmas scrapbook before gluing it all down. Balance your photos and captions first and then decide which technique will accent that page uniquely. Remember too that not every inch of space on a page in your Christmas scrapbooking need be filled. A little space between photos and captions is a good thing, as Martha Stewart used to say (and probably still does).

Display your photographs proudly while Christmas scrapbooking.

Photos are the heart of most scrapbooks and different showcasing techniques can render unique holiday flair to your Christmas scrapbooking. Some thoughts along these lines might include: old fashioned photo corners, matting shots against Christmas scrapbooking colors to set the images off from the white paper and silhouetting photos (cutting them out of their backgrounds). This last technique works best with full-bodied images.

Capture the specific and unique qualities of your Christmas scrapbooking family.

One way to do this is to find quotations, stories, jokes and cartoons that pertain specifically to your Christmas scrapbooking family. The extra care you take in selecting these items cannot fail to show in the final presentation of your Christmas scrapbooking product. You can also use markers to draw your own cartoons, family portraits and doodles, should you feel so inclined. Let your children dictate photo captions. Sometimes, they have great Christmas scrapbooking ideas. Use your imagination with your Christmas scrapbooking and create decorative borders with fingerprints, handprints and even foot-prints, if you can figure out a way to handle them artistically without ruining your carpets. Have fun and let the child in you come out and play for a little while! Thatâ€™s what Christmas scrapbooking is all about!

Go for Imperfection.

If you are going to have children participate in your Christmas scrapbooking, you will have to let go of the idea that results will be perfect (whatever that is). Leave the masterpieces for the likes of Michelangelo. (Your Christmas scrapbooking wonâ€™t include ceilings anyway.) Settle for finishing the project with all the children putting in their two cents.

Buy products of higher quality that will last.

It is the effort behind your Christmas scrapbooking that will surely touch the heart of its recipient. Spend a bit more to transform your Christmas scrapbooking idea into an heirloom that will stand the test of time. Make sure the papers you buy for your Christmas scrapbooking are free of the plant component, lignin, which will cause fabric and photos to turn brown. It should say â€œlignin freeâ€ on the package. As far as paper goes, buy 12-by-12-inch, acid-free, 100-pound stock pages in many colors, pre-cut with holes and laminated on the edges. While you are at the store, stock up on acid-free markers and double-sided tape, rubber stamps and pads, glue sticks, adhesive photo corners and pinking shears or other such â€œcrazyâ€ scissors that make decorative edges.

Be guided only by your imagination. Things may turn out differently than originally planned, but that only proves that art really does imitate life. Most important, have fun while working on your Christmas scrapbooking project. You are sure to look back on it with love and pride as you pass this new family heirloom on to future generations. Thatâ€™s a true Christmas legacy and a gift that will withstand the test of time!

Scrapbook embellishments – Part 2

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I love scrapbooking; it's the way I relax. Creating beautiful pages and preserving the past has become such a passion for me. I started about 9 years ago with just different color cardstock, decorative scissors and a glue stick. I used some ribbon in some layouts but there were not a lot of 3D embellishments like we have available now. I can't live without my brads, eyelets, flowers, stickers, etc. You could go to you office supply store and pick up inexpensive color paper clips and other supplies to use on your pages and save money. Don't know what to do with all those extra button you get with new clothes? Used them on a page or a card. There are hundreds of things around the house that we can incorporate on a page as an embellishment. You don't have to spend a lot of money to preserve those memories and have a great looking album. And let's not forget the paper. The color combinations and the different textures in papers now makes such a difference in the way a photo is display, it's just amazing. A big bonus of having all of those supplies is all of the cards you could make for your family and friends from all of the scraps.

Have Fun With Free Scrapbooking Template

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Information technology or internet has become the order of the day. One is always hooked to a computer and internet amenity for various reasons and purposes. And scrapbookers no exception to this, as one can find scrapbookers hooked to internet for innovative and newer concepts that can make their work look unique and fresh. Internet has certainly made the life easy for them, as they do not have to flip pages again and again for that great project. In fact, it has been helpful in reducing both money and time as one access a free scrapbooking template online, as this allows to have materials that can be printed and used as designs. A free scrapbooking template is much cheaper than buying various supplies from the craft or online store or from the market.

With the help of a free scrapbooking template, one will be able to create wonderful scrapbooking designs within a short span of time and without getting bored or tired. The materials that are used for scrapbooking like paper, frames, titles - even embellishments or stickers are already placed on the website in a JPG format for the use. One does not need to find or prepare each element. Just slip the photographs into place, add a journaling note or caption, and one has finished pages. Free scrapbooking templates are, in a sense, scrapbooking kits. The free scrapbooking templates provide great pleasure as they are attractive when one looks at them. In fact these free scrapbooking template are great to be with as they also offer a chance to learn about this interesting art. These free digital scrapbook templates are often provided as samples, with themes that appeal to a large number of people.

Many of the websites hope that one will enjoy their experience and return to the website to purchase more materials. Most of them offer a complete page for a holiday or themed occasion. You can also find a free scrapbooking template that has flowers and other wonderful designs. All you have to do is insert the pictures you want to use in the appropriated sized openings and you have a complete scrapbook page. In fact free scrapbooking templates are nearly-finished scrapbook pages. Some call them pre-made pages, or pre-made layouts. There are also several free scrapbooking templates available for digital scrapbooking projects. For those of who are not much familiar with this concept, will learn to create wonderful scrapbooking pages that one has on his or her computer.

One can also create a digital scrapbooking album that allows others to view the whole album or just a few pages. These make fun projects and with a free scrapbooking template one wonâ€™t have to invest in materials either. If you arenâ€™t sure which free scrapbooking template will work best for your project you can take a look at what is available. This can help you find exactly what you are looking for. There are thousands of free scrapbooking template designs you can select from so take your time to find exactly what will complete your unique scrapbooking project.

Scrapbooking: Utilizing the Right Avenues for Scrapbooking

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When we first think of embarking on the project of scrapbooking we immediately think about the materials that we will need to get the job done. The usual materials that come to mind are the actual scrapbook or the scrapbooking paper and the binder that will keep our scrapbook pages orderly and intact.

Then of course, one may think of the photographs or snapshots to be used along with other elements or "scraps" that will be used to enhance to the photos to be able to tell a story.

Certainly, great care will be taken in the considering what types of scrapbooking materials will be purchased. For instance, only acid-free materials will be used in the making of the scrapbook to ensure that the stories and memories recounted by the scrapbook project will remain intact and safe throughout the years.

After you have all the scrapbooking materials that you can think of like the scrapbook paper and binder, scrapbooking stickers and other scrapbooking items along with the snapshots to be used and some personal effects to enhance your layout, you're pretty much set to begin on the wonderful endeavor of your scrapbooking project right? Wrong.

Seldom thought of in the preparation for a scrapbooking project is the scrapbooking table. While you can use any surface to work on your scrapbooking project, it would be very ideal to have your own craft or scrapbooking table to be able to have the best output from your scrapbooking work.

After all, your computer has its own desk and the television set has it's own stand too. You might as well get a scrapbooking table that can be totally devoted to your scrapbook work.

The difference between having a scrapbooking table and using just any surface for your project is that a scrapbooking table is made specifically for that task and it will have the proper ergonomics that is needed to be able to do your scrapbooking projects comfortably.

It will also have the proper storage for all the scrapbooking materials and knick knacks that may be otherwise lost or damaged in any other type of storage. What's more, the scrapbooking table can be easily fitted with a scrapbooking lamp to allow you great visibility way into the night.

Another benefit to having a scrapbooking table is that you can rest assured that you will go undisturbed while you work on your project. There will be no having to set your materials and project aside to make room for dishes if in case you use the family table as the surface area to work your scrapbook on. If you work on the floor, you won't have to constantly make room or get in the way of people passing if you have your own scrapbooking table.

The best part is, it is not difficult to get a scrapbooking table. These are available from usual craft stores. What's more is that most craft tables are multi-faceted and double up as scrapbooking tables. This way, you can use your scrapbooking table for other types of crafts so that you can get more out of it.

Whatever the case, any scrapbooking project or endeavor will benefit from you having your own scrapbooking table to work on. Your scrapbooks are important and valuable and need the proper workspace and work environment to ensure comfortable execution all the time.

Traditional Vs Digital Scrapbooking The Pro And Cons

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Even if you are new to scrapbooking, you have probably seen the trend towards digital scrapbooking. Scrapbooking has been a popular hobby for hundreds of years. While it has continued to change over the years, the most significant change is the addition of technology to scrapbooking. Digital scrapbooking blends technology with the creativity of scrapbooking.If you are having trouble choosing between traditional and digital scrapbooking, consider evaluating the strengths and weaknesses of each option. Start with traditional scrapbooking methods. The most obvious advantage with the traditional scrapbooking method is that it is more personalized, because you have to cut out, paste, and write all of the information in the scrapbook yourself. Traditional scrapbooking is definitely more tactile and hands on than digital scrapbooking. Digital scrapbooking is, of course, a newer form of scrapbooking. The advantages that this form of scrapbooking has are mainly in terms of all the unique things that you can do with images and designs. When it comes to the disadvantages, there is one main one, and that is purchasing the right digital equipment. You will need a digital camera, digital scrapbooking software, and a digital photo printer that will meet your scrapbooking needs.If you would like more information on traditional vs. digital scrapbooking, you can find lots of resources in the various scrapbooking magazines that can be found at your local bookstore. There is even a new scrapbooking magazine specifically for digital scrapbooking. You can also check out the many scrapbooking websites that are available on the internet. Researching the advantages and disadvantages of traditional vs. digital scrapbooking will help you choose which option is best for your scrapbooking style.

Scrapbooking tips: Heat embossing techniques

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You can get gorgeous and professional effects with the use of heat-embossing techniques, and once you have the basic equipment, it is a very cost-effective way of adding sparkly, depth and interest to your scrap-booking pages.

EQUIPMENT

You will need embossing ink, ink pads, stamps, embossing powder, a small fine brush, and a heat gun made especially for embossing.

BASIC TECHNIQUE

First, choose what you want to emboss. This can be a part of a design, such as a letter or a flower, to highlight it, or it can be the edging of an embellishment.

You can emboss straight onto your scrapbook page, but I would recommend using small pieces of paper that can be embossed and glued onto the page later. This way you have the flexibility of moving them around the page to check the effect before gluing them in place, and it also allows for any mistakes that you might make.

Stamp the design onto your chosen paper. It is better if you don't choose a shiny paper, because the ink doesn't stick well to this. Try not to press too hard, or to rock the stamp, as this can lead to distortion.

Next, sprinkle your chosen embossing powder over the stamp. Try to use as little powder as is necessary to cover it, but enough so that it is fully covered over.

Tap the paper gently to ensure that all the stamp is covered, and tip any loose powder back into your pot.

Lastly, position your heat gun a few inches away from the powder and start to heat it up. As you heat the powder, you will see it begin to melt and go shiny. As soon as you see this happen, stop heating it.

TYPES OF POWDER

You can get powder in many different colors, mainly metallic. You can get them with additions of mica, to make them shiny, and in matte colors, too.

Clear powder can be used over items that are already colored, but would benefit from becoming 3D. Layer the powder on top and proceed as before.

INK PENS

If you want a more controlled approach to applying ink, so that you can draw freehand designs, or just to touch up existing designs, look for embossing ink pens, which will give you this flexibility.

Remember that the color of the ink will color the final embossed item, so choose with care.

WHAT CAN I EMBOSS?

You can emboss anything that won't be damaged by the application of heat. This means that you can emboss paper, card, fabric, metal, and any embellishment made of strong enough material.

Use colored embossing powder to change the color of your brads, eyelets, corners and fixings to extend the range of your supplies.

Use embossing pens to write messages on your pages and make them pop'.

Emboss commercially produced tags and toppers to make them individual to you.

Add glitter to fairy wings and highlights to lettering the list is endless!

TWO WARNINGS

1. Keep the heat gun pointed away from your face, and from anyone near you. Don't let children play with the gun.

2. Once you've started embossing you'll never look back! Gift tags, photos, ribbons and mounts will all be graced with a glittering garnish. Hooray!

Be different in your DIY Scrapbooking

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Scrapbooking is not just for kids or teenagers; it is for you, me and everyone who believes in displaying and preserving all the cherished memories in a beautiful way. Well if you are thinking that you are not game for scrapbooking, then think again, as you can always try and do DIY scrapbooking very easily. All you need to do is to collect materials like some old magazines, unused fabric materials and lots of other stuff that is can be found conveniently. Other thing that you need for a perfect DIY scrapbooking is good layout design and idea. And you do not have to go beyond your limits also. In fact, DIY scrapbooking is fun as you can do anything with your stuff and moreover it will be different from other scrapbooks. However, if you are the short of ideas then, you can always choose from various themes like travel, holiday, birthday, first day in school, college, or even at work.

The other ideas can be wedding day, anniversary, baby shower, baby arrival, and many more. All you have to do is to concentrate and prepare material according to your taste. For instance, you can collect DIY scrapbooking material for doing a scrapbook on travel; you can use your air tickets, boarding passes, hotel booking receipts and leisure activities pictures along with the souvenirs. Or you can go ahead and apply the idea of displaying photographs of your children doing things that they are proud of. For instance, if you have a photo of your child winning at the school or anywhere else, or sharing things with his or her friends or classmates or even doing other activities then you can display these pictures proudly on these pages.

And if this is not enough for you, then look around your surroundings and take DIY scrapbooking ideas from television shows. Moreover, getting inspired by your favorite celebrityâ€™s latest fashion is not a bad thing either, and this may lead to a new color scheme for one of your pages. Nevertheless, a magazine can cater to your needs. So do not waste time and get started. Billboards, advertisements, movie posters, and simply the scene in your neighborhood can all become sources of inspiration if you look at the world with a scrapbooking eye. Since your scrapbooking projects are merely yours and unique too, hence you should be enjoying it. Use every scrapbooking material that can be an excellent source of your imagination and get going towards your great scrapbooking thing.

To save time, you can also buy the material from scrapbooking wholesalers and vendors or even download some great graphics from the internet. But being different and unique always pay. Also you can form a variety of linen, leather, simulated leather, plain, printed and textured papers, fabrics, sequences, shimmers, fragrant adhesives and cutting tools to make an album a great success. Take your time on deciding the material for your scrapbook. If you are new to the concept of scrapbooking, it is wise to try a variety of different scrapbooking material. This way you can discover what works well for you and wishing you luck for your DIY scrapbooking.

John Foster has special interest in arts. He gives advice to anyone who wants to know about online art school and scrapbooking and others. He refers to www.layersofourlives.com in many of his sessions for art school class for scrapbooking, DIY scrapbooking and DIY scrapbooking art,Scrapbooking Book.

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5 Reasons Why Scrapbooking Should Be Your Next Hobby

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Scrapbooks Protect Your Photos

Not only does a well-made scrapbook protect and preserve your photos, it also makes the photos themselves more fun to look at. Most people would much rather thumb through a scrapbook with its extra, fun touches than a plain photo album.

Scrapbooks Make Great Gifts

Because they are so personal, scrapbooks make a great gift for a loved one on a special day. Some especially good occasions to give a scrapbook as a gift are: weddings, anniversaries, milestone birthdays, graduations, and retirement parties.

Scrapbooks show that you put a lot of time and thought into your gift and can be a wonderful keepsake for the receiver.

Scrapbooking Is a Great Creative Outlet

Did you know that you have an artistic, creative side? Everyone does, itâ€™s just that not everyone uses it. Scrapbooking, with its colors, themes, cutting and pasting, writing, and arranging, is a great way to express your creativity. The best part is that all of that is enjoyable and so much fun!

Maybe you are one of those people that donâ€™t believe you can do any of that very well. Guess what? Youâ€™re wrong! Even the most un-artistic person can copy a page layout that they found somewhere and really liked. Besides, itâ€™s hard not to be inspired when you have some great photos and some fun scrapbooking materials in front of you.

After a while youâ€™ll be adding your own personal touches to your pages, and soon youâ€™ll be creating your own completely unique layouts that you can be proud of.

Other Scrapbookers!

Nothing will help you make new friends faster than sharing a hobby with someone! Scrapbooking is an especially great hobby for sharing with friends. Many communities have scrapbooking clubs where scrapbookers can get to together to scrapbook, share ideas, show each other photographs, and talk for hours. Some craft stores also have a scrapbooking night for this same purpose (usually with the hope that people will buy a few things).

These scrapbooking nights or â€œcropsâ€, as they are called by scrapbookers, are a great way to get out of the house and spend some time socializing with other people. If you really need some time for yourself, get your club to put on a weekend scrapbooking retreat. It will be two days of nothing but scrapbooking fun!

Your town doesnâ€™t have a scrapbooking club? Thatâ€™s easy. Find some friends who scrapbook and start one! If you donâ€™t have some other scrapbookers in your life, youâ€™re missing out.

Scrapbooking Captures Precious Moments and Memories

In my opinion, this is the most wonderful thing about scrapbooking. The best way to explain it is with a quick story.

When I first started scrapbooking, my grandma was the person in my family most interested in my layouts. Every time she came over we would look through them together and she would point out the things she liked the most.

She was so interested that I finally decided to make a scrapbook with her. We put in photos of us together along with mementos of all the special times we could think of. It took a few weeks to finish, but we had a great time.

Two short months later she was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and quickly slipped away. Iâ€™m so thankful that we were able to make that scrapbook together. Because now, whenever I miss her, I can just look through that scrapbook and smile at all the precious memories.

Conquer hearts with online scrapbooking

Amy — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 23:53:00 +0000

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Scrapbooking has come of an age and due to tight schedules, people are going hi-fi and Wi-Fi to create scrapbooks. You can say that online scrapbooking has become the flavor of the season and a reason too. Getting hi-tech has actually helped people to save time and energy along with money at one go! Therefore, opting for online scrapbooking is a good thing and also is lesser messy than the conventional art from.

Online scrapbooking is catching up with people who were earlier apprehensive about this form of art. Since decades, scrapbooking was regarded as time consuming activity. Now with the invasion of internet, things have changed and so has the scrapbooking. It has also become hi-tech, thanks to various readily available tools and user-friendly software applications. The reason for adopting online things to create a scrapbook or a card or anything that reminds you of your loved ones is that it reduces time. To create online scrapbooking material or album, all that one has to do is to install scanners and color printers. It also offers various page layout designs, patterns and borders. You can make your own unique scrapbook by downloading solutions like printed borders, caricatures, animated pictures, audio-visual and motion pictures from the net.

However, if you still want to create something that can make your scrapbooking mates turn envy in green, then you can additionally install high-performance online scrapbooking software. All you have to keep in the mind is that it has to be user-friendly and should be compatible to your desktop. Being a newer concept, even regular scrappers are apprehensive of using it, but trust your instinct, online scrapbooking is out-and-out fun and that too comes at a lower cost in comparison to traditional scrapbooking. Besides various designs and layout patterns, you can download and experiment with a large variety of images, stencils and fonts available in various hues of colors. You can find them in the clip art section of your desktop. Voila! Your cool and head turning scrapbook is ready to be presented in front of this world. Additionally, such online programs offer experience by providing you with the computer programs that are easy to follow. You will be happy to know that this online scrapbooking stuff comprises of templates, frames and other useful tools.

It is a perfect gift for anyone you love and care. In fact, online scrapbooking is a fantastic idea for people who used to create scrapbooks traditionally earlier but due to various reasons they are unable to do so anymore. This online scrapbooking consumes lesser time, and you just have to drag various scrapbooking materials on the right place with a click of a mouse. And your unique and clean scrapbook is ready to conquer hearts. In fact, you can also let other scrapbookers to have a look at it by connecting it with various other links for both limited and unlimited viewing. Therefore, online scrapbooking is the best way to get connected with family and friends without carrying the baggage of albums or scrapbooks.

Scrapbooking supplies: Great tools to make your project unique

Amy — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 23:53:00 +0000

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I have to admit that the price of a Cricut machine and cartridges seemed like a pretty big investment to me. Lucky for me, I received my Cricut as a gift from the scrapbook queen herself, my sister. She decided to get Cricut's newest version, Cricut Expressions, and gave me her "lil bug" and a cartridge to get me started. I didn't think I would use it that much but after tinkering with it for a week or two, I am hooked. I LOVE IT! I then decided to invest in some additional cartridges. I use them all the time.

This last Christmas we decided to buy each other the Sizzix Big Kick die cutting machine. I have bought several shape dies for it as well. I enjoy it a lot. I was thinking of buying a set of alphabet dies for it but when I started to do my research I realized that the Cricut is by far the best deal out there for fonts.

I looked at two different sets of alphabet dies for the Sizzix. One was a $49.99 set and the other was a $149.99 set. The only differences between the two sets besides a $100 in price, was that the more expensive set included 26 more dies, a smaller font size, 10 numbers and a handful of extra shapes.

Comparing the larger Sizzix set with a Cricut font cartridge which retails for $89.99. The Cricut offers almost 3 times as many extras, cuts in 11 different sizes versus Sizzix one size, has a smaller storage case and the price is $60 cheaper. Oh, and it has 6 creative features. Translation? You essentially get 6 additional font sets. You seea creative feature changes the way the font looks. For example, on the Cricut Printing Press font cartridge not only do you get the original font set you also get the following creative features that changes the look: character, tall, clip, framed, character shadow, and tall shadow. So the way I see it, I can spend $150 on one set of dies or spend less and get 7 sets of dies in one little cartridge. That's like $13 a set. Actually, since the Cricut cuts 11 different sizes, you could think of it as you getting 77 alphabet sets (7 alphabet styles x 11 sizes each). And that is like a little over $1 a set.

I like both my die cut machines but if I am looking for the best investment to make die cut letters, the Cricut is the best deal hands down!