We have added a video here that talks about simple techniques to enhance a photo page within a scrapbook. Very interesting on how you can make a photo glimmer, and also give it a 3-D look. Enjoy.
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It seems summer comes faster and faster as the years go by! For those of you who completed previous scrapbooks up until now….I congratulate you. For those of you who still have yet to finish scrapbooks in progress….let’s get it done now! Summer is approaching and we need to get started on a new one!
When starting a summer themed scrapbook, think bright colors, stickers, flowers, trees, many small and medium sized matted frames for your pictures, and journaling of your summer experiences. The most common, of course, is the travels of your summer vacation!
There is much to experience during a nice getaway trip. Make sure that you take good notes so you won’t forget a single thing. The high points, the things that did not go right, and the new friends you made while on your trip.
It seems that the digital scrapbook is getting more popular now and most pictures taken with a digital camera is simply transfered directly to your computer and you email the “scrapbook” off to your friends and family. I, for one, would rather do it the “old fashioned” way….buying a stylish binder and filling it with your favorite embellishments and pictures.
Keep focused on what you want to put into your summer scrapbook before you start your layouts.
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We have a nice scrapbook page submission from Arizona! This is a nice family page that has pictures of her grandkids. They are very cute and outgoing children.
Here is an example of a nice family theme scrapbook that is made for the parents of the kids. I am sure the grandmother is very proud to make this scrapbook!
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The time of year when the Thanksgiving holiday comes, brings to mind a vivid picture of the dining room table filled with the aroma of a hot roasted turkey dinner with the trimmings and stuffing, cranberries and pumpkin pie.
This is a great time to take a lot of pictures of friends and family and share in fellowship and have a great time! When the Thanksgiving holiday is over, that would be a good time to put together a nice scrapbook of this wonderful experience!
You can still buy the Thanksgiving theme scrapbook pages with cornucopia images, pumpkins, Pilgram silhouettes, corn on the cobb and various other festive graphics. Although this scrapbook may or may not be full of pictures and journaling, you can be sure that it was a very sentimental and unforgettable time of your life!
Make your Thanksgiving scrapbook, take a picture of some of the pages and feell free to email us those pictures here.
Thanksgiving and Disney Scrapbooking Made Quick
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This is a very cool scrapbook video I happen to catch while “surfing” the internet the other day. I wanted to share it with you scrappers! I love the alternative rock song that goes along with it. Never mind that there is no narration for this short scrapbooking ditty. This is for pure enjoyment!
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Due to the economic situation we are all in now, we have compiled some tips on how to scrapbook on a budget. You may find that you have more ideas to save money too! Please add your tips by clicking on the “comments” button.
- Use any and all materials you have on hand in the house first
- Buy seasonal embellishments during “off time” of the season you are working in. (i.e. buy Christmas embellishments a week or more after Christmas, etc.)
- Seek page layout ideas from the internet, as opposed to buying high priced scrapbook ideas books at the book store.
- Swap tools and embellishments with your friends and family who are not using them now.
- Only buy your supplies when they are on sale.
- Don’t overstock yourself on embellishments in advance…you may be building up inventory that you may never use again.
- Build a “scraps” collection of unused or “extra” scraps of paper of unused materials. You can always make use of these scraps later.
- If you use stamps, contact your scrapbooking “buddies” and trade use of your stamps for theirs and swap them back.
- When getting photos reproduced, don’t over order duplicates thinking you are going to use all of them. Plan in advance and only order the photo prints you are going to actually use.
- If you are going to use a lot of a particular embellishment, get your scrapbooking buddies to chip in money to buy them and share the embellishments with them.
- Contact your scrapbook buddies and ask them if they have any embellishments or materials that they don’t intend on using and ask for them.
- Always be on the lookout for discount coupons at art stores like Michaels. You never know when you will have need for them in a moment’s notice!
- “Shop” the internet for scrapbook supplies….quite often they are cheaper than you could buy at a local store.
These are just some ideas to make a scrapbook on the cheap. There is always creative ways to make scrapbooks. The main expense on any scrapbook project is going to be the binder. Don’t sacrifice on that….you want the binder to last for a very long time. As always, use acid free paper for mounting photos.
It the USA, it is customary about this time of year where we have literally back to back holidays from October through December.
We start with Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas and then New Years. It seems that time will literally stand still as we prepare from one holiday to the next!
For us scrapbookers, it is also a busy time. We may have to buy 4 scrapbook binders and work on them all at the same time!
In either case, make sure you go to the art store or scrapbook supply store early to select your embellishments. Many other people are going to be buying up the holiday decorative accessories in advance to beat the rush at the stores and also to be well prepared to use these items in their scrapbooks!
In the next posts in our scrapbook blog, we will be going over the best tips for getting your scrapbooks done fast! You don’t want to be left behind or even procrastinate on getting these out! Good luck.
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I was amazed by how creative some people can be when making a scrapbook. Can you say, "Yummy Treats Scrapbook?" There is this lady from Austrailia that put together a digital scrapbook and collaborated with many scrappers out there who cook and have "secret family recipes" and put together a delicious recipe book all "dolled out" in scrapbook fashion! I was excited to discover this blog site. You can visit Karen’s blog site at www.scrapsofmind.com
You can actually download for free, the finished recipe scrapbook at http://www.scrapsofmind.com/2008/05/28/free-scrapbooking-recipe-book-2/
Karen managed to give such a large scrapbook to all of us for free! The download is fairly big, over 3 MB. So make sure you have enough space in your hard drive for this! Enjoy.
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One of the most popular embellishments that is used in scrapbooks is floral shapes, especially in 3-D, you know, the ones that appears to "pop up" off the page. There are many places you can get these pre-cut at your neighborhood scrapbook stor
e or art store. Or, you can use a die cut machine with a floral template attached to it. There is no limit to the size and color you can apply to the shapes.
Often, floral scrapbooks are made for females so this flower shape will be perfect for them! It is fun to make repeated floral shapes. There are so many ways to display them. They could be piled on top of each other and make a very raised effect. You could make one flat floral layer and fill the page to make a textured page. You could also overlap the flowers to make a virtual "flower bed!"
So when making a floral scrapbook page, go wild and make up as many different patterns as you can!
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This is a great video from WatchMojo.com. This lady is classy and very much a scrapbook expert. Watch this video as she shares with you how she uses, picture matting, card stock, stamping, patterned paper and eyelets to put together a wonderful looking picture book.
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