Donald Lawson asked:
While there are many articles on Scrapbooking
around the Internet, one question I seem to get asked the most is; How Do I Get Started Scrapbooking?
I’ve found very few articles on this subject. However, getting started scrapbooking is not hard at all. Here is how to start your first scrapbook project.
Start by gathering some scrapbook supplies. This can be anything that YOU like. A good starting point is some of those loose pictures you have stashed out of the way. I like to try and keep my scrapbooks to one or two themes. For example, one idea might be; “Fourth of July at the Lake.” Organize and categorize your scrapbook materials. Scrapbooks can cover any subject you want. If you keep your scrapbook to one or two subjects, then you can probably bypass this step. A scrapbook over a large subject like “Family” can be broken down into manageable categories such as school days, first job, first loves, family vacations, etc. Visualize then Design the layout of your scrapbook. I like to take as much time as needed to design my scrapbooks. I like to try and visualize how I want my scrapbook to look and how I want it laid out. I like to use short phrases or sentences to describe the pictures. I also use titles for every page. Keep the page titles and pictures relevant. You wouldn’t want pictures of your first day at the job under “Our Bermuda Vacation.” This is also the time to pick out any decorations you might want in your scrapbook. Don’t overdo it!
Scrapbooking Tips
Keep your photo’s in an acid free photo box for best results. Shoe boxes are also good if you’re on a budget. Be Yourself. If you’re making the scrapbook for yourself, then make it the way you want it! There’s no law that says you must make a scrapbook this way or that way. This is the beauty of scrapbooking. Pick one photo to be the main theme of your scrapbook. Think before you cut. New scrapbookers are so excited, they tear into their photo’s and start cropping or cutting them out in all types of shapes. Before cutting any photo, have a designated place for it. Makes sure it’s going to work in that spot. I prefer to matt the photo rather than cut the photo itself. Don’t cut the Polaroids! The chemicals inside can ruin other pictures. Again think about matting and overlays. KISS – Keep It Simple Scrap bookers! Nothing screams “AMATEUR” more than a scrapbook with every design, sticker and decoration imaginable. Stick to a few shapes and designs for each theme.
Scrapbooking is fun and addictive. Anyone can do it and it doesn’t take a rocket scientist to do it right because you decide which way is the right way to scrapbook!
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While there are many articles on Scrapbooking
around the Internet, one question I seem to get asked the most is; How Do I Get Started Scrapbooking?I’ve found very few articles on this subject. However, getting started scrapbooking is not hard at all. Here is how to start your first scrapbook
project.Start by gathering some scrapbook supplies. This can be anything that YOU like. A good starting point is some of those loose pictures you have stashed out of the way. I like to try and keep my scrapbooks to one or two themes
. For example, one idea might be; “Fourth of July at the Lake.” Organize and categorize your scrapbook materials. Scrapbooks can cover any subject you want. If you keep your scrapbook to one or two subjects, then you can probably bypass this step. A scrapbook over a large subject like “Family” can be broken down into manageable categories such as school days, first job, first loves, family vacations, etc. Visualize then Design the layout of your scrapbook. I like to take as much time as needed to design my scrapbooks. I like to try and visualize how I want my scrapbook to look and how I want it laid out. I like to use short phrases or sentences to describe the pictures. I also use titles for every page. Keep the page titles and pictures relevant. You wouldn’t want pictures of your first day at the job under “Our Bermuda Vacation.” This is also the time to pick out any decorations you might want in your scrapbook. Don’t overdo it!Scrapbooking Tips
Keep your photo’s in an acid free photo box for best results. Shoe boxes are also good if you’re on a budget. Be Yourself. If you’re making the scrapbook for yourself, then make it the way you want it! There’s no law that says you must make a scrapbook this way or that way. This is the beauty of scrapbooking. Pick one photo to be the main theme
of your scrapbook. Think before you cut. New scrapbookers are so excited, they tear into their photo’s and start cropping or cutting them out in all types of shapes. Before cutting any photo, have a designated place for it. Makes sure it’s going to work in that spot. I prefer to matt the photo rather than cut the photo itself. Don’t cut the Polaroids! The chemicals inside can ruin other pictures. Again think about matting and overlays. KISS – Keep It Simple Scrap bookers! Nothing screams “AMATEUR” more than a scrapbook with every design, sticker and decoration imaginable. Stick to a few shapes and designs for each theme.Scrapbooking is fun and addictive. Anyone can do it and it doesn’t take a rocket scientist to do it right because you decide which way is the right way to scrapbook!
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Anna Hart
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Western scrapbooking pages, free of charge, can be found on the Internet and in scrapbooking magazines. Scrapbooking is one of those hobbies in which people enjoy sharing pages they have created. Whether novice or professional, they want to help others have similar happy experiences.
Sources of Western Scrapbooking Pages
Western scrapbooking pages, free for copying, appear in many places on the Internet. You might want to try these options.
1. Galleries: Scrapbooking galleries are probably one of the best places to find western scrapbooking pages free. These galleries feature photos of successful scrapbooking pages, free for you to borrow from their creators. Scrapbook has nearly 350,000 images in their gallery, including both layouts and digital layouts of scrapbooking pages. A search there on the word “western” produced 214 western scrapbooking pages at the time this article was written. A mouse click at this gallery enlarges any photo so you can easily see the elements.
2. Forums and Chat Rooms: You may also find western scrapbooking pages free in forums and chat rooms. Sometimes, if you are cooperative, a forum member may even volunteer to create a western scrapbooking page free to meet your specific needs. Forum members are often scrapbooking “addicts” who love to share their talents.
3. Scrapbooking Kits: Online retailers who sell scrapbooking kits often feature 2 or 3 kits, showing large pictures of scrapbooking pages within the kits. The pages are copyrighted, but the ideas can be adapted. Digital scrapbooking kits are sometimes free for the taking as an introduction to a site’s digital elements. You may find just the western scrapbooking pages you want on a kit site.
4. Scrapbooking Stamp Retailers: Online retailers of stamps often show scrapbooking pages to illustrate what their stamps will add to a layout. We found lovely western scrapbooking pages free at one of these sites.
5. Scrapbooking Supplies Retailers: Internet retailers who sell an array of scrapbooking supplies follow the same practice: placing photos of samples to spark ideas, or giving 2 or 3 scrapbooking pages free as an introductory offer. Browse these retailers’ sites and you will come away with many ideas for western scrapbooking pages.
Do-It-Yourself Digital Western Scrapbooking Pages
Digital western scrapbooking pages can be created at your computer if you are handy with a computer graphics program. We use Adobe PhotoShop.
Begin by creating scrapbooking paper. Make your paper 12″ x 12″ for now. It can be reduced later if necessary. Create digital scrapbooking paper in several themes for your scrapbooking pages. These three ideas will get you started.
1. Western Riding Scrapbooking Pages
Make the paper background medium to light brown with a sandy texture.
Place a clear layer in front of the brown, and add words to it such as “Western” or “cowboy” to carry the theme. You won’t need many words. Vary the font for interest. This layer is optional on your scrapbooking page.
Find 1 or 2 clipart or photo images of cowboy hats. Then find a cowboy boot, saddle, and spurs. Add a rope if you wish. Once you have the graphics, create a pattern on your brown paper, repeating it at pleasing intervals.
2. Horseshoe Scrapbooking Pages
Make the paper background light brown, and then render clouds with light brown and ivory.
Find a clipart image of a steel gray horseshoe. Create a pattern over the clouds, repeating the horseshoe at intervals until the paper is covered.
3. Man and Beast Shoes Scrapbooking Pages
Begin by creating horseshoe scrapbooking paper. Add small clipart images of cowboy boots at wide intervals over top of the horseshoes. It’s good to have 3 different pairs of cowboy boots for interest.
Completing Western Scrapbooking Pages
Once your scrapbooking paper is ready, you can make digital western scrapbooking pages on it. Place cropped, scanned photos on each page. Overlap photos, with a piece of journaling placed to one side. Add a page title in bold, western font. Half a dozen wild mustangs in ivory or off-white might be placed at a page bottom, as though dashing in from one side. Add digital stickers to your scrapbooking pages and move to the next.
Tip: Western scrapbooking pages look best when “busy” cowboy paper is used intermittently with plain, more colorful backgrounds.
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Western scrapbooking
pages, free of charge, can be found on the Internet and in scrapbooking magazines. Scrapbooking is one of those hobbies in which people enjoy sharing pages they have created. Whether novice or professional, they want to help others have similar happy experiences.Sources of Western Scrapbooking Pages
Western scrapbooking pages, free for copying, appear in many places on the Internet. You might want to try these options.
1. Galleries: Scrapbooking galleries are probably one of the best places to find western scrapbooking pages free. These galleries feature photos of successful scrapbooking pages, free for you to borrow from their creators. Scrapbook
has nearly 350,000 images in their gallery, including both layouts and digital layouts of scrapbooking pages. A search there on the word “western” produced 214 western scrapbooking pages at the time this article was written. A mouse click at this gallery enlarges any photo so you can easily see the elements.2. Forums and Chat Rooms: You may also find western scrapbooking pages free in forums and chat rooms. Sometimes, if you are cooperative, a forum member may even volunteer to create a western scrapbooking page free to meet your specific needs. Forum members are often scrapbooking “addicts” who love to share their talents.
3. Scrapbooking Kits: Online retailers who sell scrapbooking kits often feature 2 or 3 kits, showing large pictures of scrapbooking pages within the kits. The pages are copyrighted, but the ideas can be adapted. Digital scrapbooking
kits are sometimes free for the taking as an introduction to a site’s digital elements. You may find just the western scrapbooking pages you want on a kit site.4. Scrapbooking Stamp Retailers: Online retailers of stamps often show scrapbooking pages to illustrate what their stamps will add to a layout. We found lovely western scrapbooking pages free at one of these sites.
5. Scrapbooking Supplies
Retailers: Internet retailers who sell an array of scrapbooking supplies follow the same practice: placing photos of samples to spark ideas, or giving 2 or 3 scrapbooking pages free as an introductory offer. Browse these retailers’ sites and you will come away with many ideas for western scrapbooking pages.Do-It-Yourself Digital Western Scrapbooking Pages
Digital western scrapbooking pages can be created at your computer if you are handy with a computer graphics program. We use Adobe PhotoShop.
Begin by creating scrapbooking paper
. Make your paper 12″ x 12″ for now. It can be reduced later if necessary. Create digital scrapbooking paper in several themes for your scrapbooking pages. These three ideas will get you started.1. Western Riding Scrapbooking Pages
Make the paper background medium to light brown with a sandy texture.
Place a clear layer in front of the brown, and add words to it such as “Western” or “cowboy” to carry the theme
. You won’t need many words. Vary the font for interest. This layer is optional on your scrapbooking page.Find 1 or 2 clipart
or photo images of cowboy hats. Then find a cowboy boot, saddle, and spurs. Add a rope if you wish. Once you have the graphics, create a pattern on your brown paper, repeating it at pleasing intervals.2. Horseshoe Scrapbooking Pages
Make the paper background light brown, and then render clouds with light brown and ivory.
Find a clipart image of a steel gray horseshoe. Create a pattern over the clouds, repeating the horseshoe at intervals until the paper is covered.
3. Man and Beast Shoes Scrapbooking Pages
Begin by creating horseshoe scrapbooking paper. Add small clipart images of cowboy boots at wide intervals over top of the horseshoes. It’s good to have 3 different pairs of cowboy boots for interest.
Completing Western Scrapbooking Pages
Once your scrapbooking paper is ready, you can make digital western scrapbooking pages on it. Place cropped, scanned photos on each page. Overlap photos, with a piece of journaling placed to one side. Add a page title in bold, western font. Half a dozen wild mustangs in ivory or off-white might be placed at a page bottom, as though dashing in from one side. Add digital stickers
to your scrapbooking pages and move to the next.Tip: Western scrapbooking pages look best when “busy” cowboy paper is used intermittently with plain, more colorful backgrounds.
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?Crystal? asked:
I’m a beginner in scrapbooking, but I really wanna make my daughter’s baby book. I need ideas and where I can buy supplies online.
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Jasmine N asked:
Children at age of five to six are very passion in drawing, art and craft. You can get them involve in scrapbooking to express their interest of crafting. Here I share my seven secret tips for your children scrapbooking ideas.
#1 New Year Family Scrapbooking
January is beginning of the year. You can arrange to do family scrapbooking related to new year with your children. If your child love scrapbooking, this is good theme to train their creativity in scrapbooking.
#2 Friendship Scrapbooking
Every children have their own good friends, including my daughter. Take a few candid photos of your child and his or her good friend, then create a friendship theme or scrapbooking.
#3 Easter Scrapbooking
Easter day is the good celebration day for children to do craft related to this even.You can organize a craft gathering activity, with all your children and friends to have an egg painting session, take some candid photos of the activity, and use it to create an Easter scrapbooking.
#4 Mother Day and Father Day Scrapbooking
Mother and father day is celebration of wonderful mother who has been work their life for their children. It is very meaningful for your child to create a mother and father day scrapbooking, at the same time your child learn about the family value and respect to parents.
#5 Country National Day Scrapbooking
This is a good theme for children to be aware of the country they live and cultivate their love to the country they born. There are a lot of ideas on this theme, such as cultural, tourist attraction locations, life style of the country and a simple flag can be design as national day scrapbooking.
#6 Earth Day Scrapbooking
Earth is the planet we stay, it is critical to let our children aware of how to protect our earth. Earth day scrapbooking is a good theme for children age of 5 to 6 to understand how to be environmental friendly in their daily life.
#7 School Sports Day Scrapbooking
Children like sports a lot! One of the good idea is get your child to do gymnastics scrapbooking, if your child love gymnastics. You can find your own theme that apply to your children interest in other sport activities.
Once your toddlers done, you may put them to their album scrapbooking. Hope you like above themes!
scrapbooking themes
Children at age of five to six are very passion in drawing, art and craft. You can get them involve in scrapbooking
to express their interest of crafting. Here I share my seven secret tips for your children scrapbooking ideas.#1 New Year Family Scrapbooking
January is beginning of the year. You can arrange to do family scrapbooking related to new year with your children. If your child love scrapbooking, this is good theme
to train their creativity in scrapbooking.#2 Friendship Scrapbooking
Every children have their own good friends, including my daughter. Take a few candid photos of your child and his or her good friend, then create a friendship theme or scrapbooking.
#3 Easter Scrapbooking
Easter day is the good celebration day for children to do craft related to this even.You can organize a craft gathering activity, with all your children and friends to have an egg painting session, take some candid photos of the activity, and use it to create an Easter scrapbooking.
#4 Mother Day and Father Day Scrapbooking
Mother and father day is celebration of wonderful mother who has been work their life for their children. It is very meaningful for your child to create a mother and father day scrapbooking, at the same time your child learn about the family value and respect to parents.
#5 Country National Day Scrapbooking
This is a good theme for children to be aware of the country they live and cultivate their love to the country they born. There are a lot of ideas on this theme, such as cultural, tourist attraction locations, life style of the country and a simple flag can be design as national day scrapbooking.
#6 Earth Day Scrapbooking
Earth is the planet we stay, it is critical to let our children aware of how to protect our earth. Earth day scrapbooking is a good theme for children age of 5 to 6 to understand how to be environmental friendly in their daily life.
#7 School Sports Day Scrapbooking
Children like sports a lot! One of the good idea is get your child to do gymnastics scrapbooking, if your child love gymnastics. You can find your own theme that apply to your children interest in other sport activities.
Once your toddlers done, you may put them to their album
scrapbooking. Hope you like above themes!scrapbooking themes
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Bernadine Otis asked:
Christmas is one of the most joyful events in a year. This season gives meaning to life and erupts in love and the festive activities – food, gift and sharing – the perfect time to record in a scrapbook. Aside from the fact that you’ll have plenty of photos to use, you’ll also be able to make use of many scrapbooking ideas to emboss onto your Christmas theme. First of all, in creating a scrapbook based on a festive season, a theme will help guide your way to creating a memorable scrapbook. Second, the use of a theme enables you to prepare beforehand the materials you may need for your scrapbook. Here are some scrapbooking ideas for your Christmas themes.
12 Days of Christmas
May it be your first Christmas with a boyfriend or a new husband or a newborn baby; having a 12 Days of Christmas as a theme oozes a lot of scrapbooking ideas. Record the 12 Days of Christmas with surprise gifts for your honey and jot down the details of each surprise gift. If it’s your first Christmas with the family, prepare different special meals for the 12 Days and have a cookbook type of scrapbook.
Christmas Tree
Bizarre, but totally creative, using a Christmas tree as a theme is quite unique. Decide on the color of your tree and the materials to use – whether real fig leaves, aesthetic leaves or cut-out materials. Use ribbons as branches and each photo as the fruit. Draw branch lines on the background for a more effective “tree” outlook.
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Christmas is one of the most joyful events in a year. This season gives meaning to life and erupts in love and the festive activities – food, gift and sharing – the perfect time to record in a scrapbook
. Aside from the fact that you’ll have plenty of photos to use, you’ll also be able to make use of many scrapbooking ideas to emboss onto your Christmas theme. First of all, in creating a scrapbook based on a festive season, a theme will help guide your way to creating a memorable scrapbook. Second, the use of a theme enables you to prepare beforehand the materials you may need for your scrapbook. Here are some scrapbooking ideas for your Christmas themes.12 Days of Christmas
May it be your first Christmas with a boyfriend or a new husband or a newborn baby; having a 12 Days of Christmas as a theme oozes a lot of scrapbooking ideas. Record the 12 Days of Christmas with surprise gifts for your honey and jot down the details of each surprise gift. If it’s your first Christmas with the family, prepare different special meals for the 12 Days and have a cookbook type of scrapbook.
Christmas Tree
Bizarre, but totally creative, using a Christmas tree as a theme is quite unique. Decide on the color of your tree and the materials to use – whether real fig leaves, aesthetic leaves or cut-out materials. Use ribbons as branches and each photo as the fruit. Draw branch lines on the background for a more effective “tree” outlook.
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Cherie Litchfield asked:
Scrapbooking as a hobby has been around for decades but, today, the ideal way to scrapbook is to encourage each individual to be creative in the Scrapbook Themes that they use. Gone are the simple black and white scrapbook pages; now colored and textured papers can be used to enhance your carefully chosen photos. And lovely themed stickers and other creative embellishments are woven in to create a truly unique, ‘one-of-a-kind’ memory album.
There really is no limit to the types of Scrapbook Themes you can use in your scrapbooking projects. Whether you choose to highlight one specific event or you decide to compose a large, family album covering years of memories – the options are many and the choice is yours.
FAMILY SCRAPBOOK THEMES
For your own personal scrapbooks, you may choose to create family album sections for your Scrapbook Themes. Each occasion can be given its own scrapbook album section: seasons, holidays, birthdays, family reunions, sporting events, etc.
If a family album is too large of a project to tackle, consider creating Scrapbook Themes specifically for each child. A baby’s ‘firsts’, including their first smile, a lock of hair, first words or baby booties are excellent additions to a baby themed scrapbook.
As the children grow older, the family Scrapbook Themes could include such things as: awards, graduations, certificates and other accomplishments that can be inserted into protective covers to showcase and protect these precious memories for years to come. Make sure to include photos of your child with school friends and special teachers as well.
INDIVIDUAL SCRAPBOOK THEMES
Individual Scrapbook Themes make great small albums and are perfect gift ideas. Themes like a baby’s birth, graduation, marriage, promotions, retirements or other momentous occasions make wonderful unique and memorable gifts.
You can easily and inexpensively make a small gift with a ‘brag book’ accordion style scrapbook album. Purchase coordinating stickers, rubber stamps or charms to make your Scrapbook Themes more tangible. For example, for a wedding scrapbook, you could include such items as the couple’s wedding invitation and newspaper announcement which will be cherished mementos. Use paper doilies, lace, gift wrapping paper and pressed flowers to embellish the pages in keeping with the theme of the scrapbook.
WHEN SELECTING SCRAPBOOK THEMES
Scrapbooking is more than just a fun (and addicting) hobby – it is a way to preserve precious memories. But you do not have to choose Scrapbook Themes just because they are common or can be purchased in a pre-packaged kit. It’s more important to choose the memories that you feel are worth the extra effort of preserving in a scrapbook that will last a lifetime and then determine from that what the scrapbook theme should be.
Create a video blog
Scrapbooking
as a hobby has been around for decades but, today, the ideal way to scrapbook is to encourage each individual to be creative in the Scrapbook Themes that they use. Gone are the simple black and white scrapbook pages; now colored and textured papers can be used to enhance your carefully chosen photos. And lovely themed stickers and other creative embellishments are woven in to create a truly unique, ‘one-of-a-kind’ memory album.There really is no limit to the types of Scrapbook Themes you can use in your scrapbooking projects. Whether you choose to highlight one specific event or you decide to compose a large, family album covering years of memories – the options are many and the choice is yours.
FAMILY SCRAPBOOK THEMES
For your own personal scrapbooks, you may choose to create family album sections for your Scrapbook Themes. Each occasion can be given its own scrapbook album section: seasons, holidays, birthdays, family reunions, sporting events, etc.
If a family album is too large of a project to tackle, consider creating Scrapbook Themes specifically for each child. A baby’s ‘firsts’, including their first smile, a lock of hair, first words or baby booties are excellent additions to a baby themed scrapbook.
As the children grow older, the family Scrapbook Themes could include such things as: awards, graduations, certificates and other accomplishments that can be inserted into protective covers to showcase and protect these precious memories for years to come. Make sure to include photos of your child with school friends and special teachers as well.
INDIVIDUAL SCRAPBOOK THEMES
Individual Scrapbook Themes make great small albums
and are perfect gift ideas. Themes like a baby’s birth, graduation, marriage, promotions, retirements or other momentous occasions make wonderful unique and memorable gifts.You can easily and inexpensively make a small gift with a ‘brag book’ accordion style scrapbook album. Purchase coordinating stickers, rubber stamps or charms to make your Scrapbook Themes more tangible. For example, for a wedding scrapbook, you could include such items as the couple’s wedding invitation and newspaper announcement which will be cherished mementos. Use paper
doilies, lace, gift wrapping paper and pressed flowers to embellish the pages in keeping with the theme of the scrapbook.WHEN SELECTING SCRAPBOOK THEMES
Scrapbooking is more than just a fun (and addicting) hobby – it is a way to preserve precious memories. But you do not have to choose Scrapbook Themes just because they are common or can be purchased in a pre-packaged kit. It’s more important to choose the memories that you feel are worth the extra effort of preserving in a scrapbook that will last a lifetime and then determine from that what the scrapbook theme should be.
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Rex Camposagrado asked:
Valentine’s Day, a special day for couples in all stages of their relationships, is also a day for school children to express their friendships through Valentine’s Day cards and projects. Arouse the senses and show emotion with Valentine font ideas for Valentine’s Day cards, invitations, decorations, crafts, scrapbooks and other Valentine font projects.
The most popular Valentine Fonts that are use for Valentine’s Day cards and Valentine scrapbook projects are:
Swing Font – Swing™ was designed by Max R. Kaufmann as a frisky but well-behaved connecting script with an even color. Swing’s informal style fit perfectly with that era’s demand for beautiful but casual scripts. With its bolder weight, it exudes a classic elegance that can add a vigorous touch at Valentine’s Day, Mother’s Day and many other events.
Palace Script Semibold- Palace Script™ is an elegant version of an English copperplate script. Its steep incline and dramatic color variation give its letters the appearance of being engraved. Because of the small x-height and delicate weight you’ll want to use this font in large sizes. It is an elegant Valentine font that shows a touch of class.
New Berolina Font – New Berolina™was designed by Martin Wilke, a clever German lettering artist and type designer. It is a boyant, disconnected script that scampers merrily across the page in its eagerness to tell a story. Drawn with a light hand, New Berolina’s casual curves and flowing lines add a formal, friendly touch to Valentine’s Day Cards to give them a fresh and organic appearance.
French Script – Ooo La La…French Script™ is an elegant upright french script with delicate, flourished capitals and joining lowercase. These fonts are great for Valentine greetings cards, invitations, scrapbooks and announcements any time of year.
Here are more Valentine Day Card fonts and Sweetest Day fonts that would be ideal for the Valentine’s Day:
Crestwood Font
Dorchester Script Font
Hastings Font
Gill Floriated Capitals Font
Erbar Font
Curlz Font
Colonna Font
Zanzibar Font
Viant Font
Mecheria Font
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Valentine’s Day, a special day for couples in all stages of their relationships, is also a day for school children to express their friendships through Valentine’s Day cards and projects. Arouse the senses and show emotion with Valentine font ideas for Valentine’s Day cards, invitations, decorations, crafts, scrapbooks and other Valentine font projects.
The most popular Valentine Fonts that are use for Valentine’s Day cards and Valentine scrapbook
projects are:Swing Font – Swing™ was designed by Max R. Kaufmann as a frisky but well-behaved connecting script with an even color. Swing’s informal style fit perfectly with that era’s demand for beautiful but casual scripts. With its bolder weight, it exudes a classic elegance that can add a vigorous touch at Valentine’s Day, Mother’s Day and many other events.
Palace Script Semibold- Palace Script™ is an elegant version of an English copperplate script. Its steep incline and dramatic color variation give its letters the appearance of being engraved. Because of the small x-height and delicate weight you’ll want to use this font in large sizes. It is an elegant Valentine font that shows a touch of class.
New Berolina Font – New Berolina™was designed by Martin Wilke, a clever German lettering artist and type designer. It is a boyant, disconnected script that scampers merrily across the page in its eagerness to tell a story. Drawn with a light hand, New Berolina’s casual curves and flowing lines add a formal, friendly touch to Valentine’s Day Cards to give them a fresh and organic appearance.
French Script – Ooo La La…French Script™ is an elegant upright french script with delicate, flourished capitals and joining lowercase. These fonts are great for Valentine greetings cards, invitations, scrapbooks and announcements any time of year.
Here are more Valentine Day Card fonts and Sweetest Day fonts that would be ideal for the Valentine’s Day:
Crestwood Font
Dorchester Script Font
Hastings Font
Gill Floriated Capitals Font
Erbar Font
Curlz Font
Colonna Font
Zanzibar Font
Viant Font
Mecheria Font
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Vicki Churchill asked:
Embellishments are a great way to accessorise your scrapbook page layouts however buying them ready made can be extremely costly. Using your scrapbooking tools you can easily and effectively create your own free embellishments at a fraction of the cost.
Adding tags to your pages is one of the most popular ways of entering details of the event in question. You can make your own scrapbook tags from scraps of card and accessorise it using paper clips, punches, glitter and scraps of paper that you may have considered throwing away.
Use can even use old items of clothing to bring a page to life by cutting off and using the buttons or even removing a whole pocket and adding it to your scrapbook page layout. A pocket can be used to store memorabilia or simply a great way to insert a tag.
Anyone who owns a computer can print images and pictures which will cost next to nothing. These images can be used to accessories tags and backing paper. You can search the web for online craft supplies and for scrapbook quotes or better still make you your own and print those too.
Instead of searching craft stores for fancy colored brads, change the color of the ones you already have. Most scrapbook enthusiasts will know if they enter a craft store to get some scrapbook supplies they are unlikely to leave the store with only one item so steering clear will also save you money. You can change the color of you brads by embossing them. Make sure you hold the brad with a pair of tweezers as they can get quite hot. Try not to over heat as the brad may become brittle.
You can also try decorating a paperclip with ribbon or yarn or changing the color with peel off pens. Paperclips are an alternative way to secure your pictures to your scrapbook page without having to glue the photo down.
Instead of paying out heaps of cash for rub ons, most of which never get used, why not create your own! You will need a computer, printer and transparency paper. By creating you own you can play around with different fonts and text sizes and there will be no waste as you will only print the scrapbook quotes you need.
The main thing is to keep thinking of new scrapbook ideas. When you have a scrapbook page layout in mind that requires embellishments do not rush out and buy them. Try and see if you have adequate scrapbook tools to create your own free embellishments. Making your own embellishments for scrapbook pages not only saves you money but you will also be creating something totally unique.
Above all, never throw away scrap paper or odd bits of card. In fact before you throw anything away even if it is a house hold item consider if it can be used to make free embellishments for your projects.
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Embellishments
are a great way to accessorise your scrapbook page layouts however buying them ready made can be extremely costly. Using your scrapbooking tools you can easily and effectively create your own free embellishments at a fraction of the cost.Adding tags to your pages is one of the most popular ways of entering details of the event in question. You can make your own scrapbook tags from scraps of card and accessorise it using paper
clips, punches, glitter and scraps of paper that you may have considered throwing away.Use can even use old items of clothing to bring a page to life by cutting off and using the buttons or even removing a whole pocket and adding it to your scrapbook page layout. A pocket can be used to store memorabilia or simply a great way to insert a tag.
Anyone who owns a computer can print images and pictures which will cost next to nothing. These images can be used to accessories tags and backing paper. You can search the web for online craft supplies and for scrapbook quotes or better still make you your own and print those too.
Instead of searching craft stores for fancy colored brads, change the color of the ones you already have. Most scrapbook enthusiasts will know if they enter a craft store to get some scrapbook supplies they are unlikely to leave the store with only one item so steering clear will also save you money. You can change the color of you brads by embossing them. Make sure you hold the brad with a pair of tweezers as they can get quite hot. Try not to over heat as the brad may become brittle.
You can also try decorating a paperclip with ribbon or yarn or changing the color with peel off pens. Paperclips are an alternative way to secure your pictures to your scrapbook page without having to glue the photo down.
Instead of paying out heaps of cash for rub ons, most of which never get used, why not create your own! You will need a computer, printer and transparency paper. By creating you own you can play around with different fonts and text sizes and there will be no waste as you will only print the scrapbook quotes you need.
The main thing is to keep thinking of new scrapbook ideas. When you have a scrapbook page layout in mind that requires embellishments do not rush out and buy them. Try and see if you have adequate scrapbook tools to create your own free embellishments. Making your own embellishments for scrapbook pages not only saves you money but you will also be creating something totally unique.
Above all, never throw away scrap paper or odd bits of card. In fact before you throw anything away even if it is a house hold item consider if it can be used to make free embellishments for your projects.
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Robin Michelle King asked:
Sometimes when I am scrapbooking I wonder if I am going a little too far. Are my embellishments taking over my photos or are they just enhancing them? With the new year starting I decided to take inventory of what I use and what I have found to be the most important when it comes to scrapbooking embellishments. We all want to make our photos the most important part of our page. Whether you are a seasoned scrapbooker or just starting out, I have found that these basic embellishments help make a page just right.
1. Eyelets – These embellishments now come in many different materials, sizes, and colors. And they are a super cheap way to add a little punch to a page without taking away from the other important parts of the page. With just a paper punch and an eyelet tool, you can apply these cute little additions to your page (I actually have a kit from Making Memories.)
2. Brads – I am so glad that brads have become even more popular than eyelets! They require no special tools (unless you want to get a special hole punch), and are so easy to apply. I use them to attach other embellishments, like book plates or flowers. They are also the perfect solution for attaching transparency or vellum. Don’t forget that they also help hold down ribbon and can become a perfect accent on their own.
3. Ribbon, fibers, string, embroidery floss – I find that I use ribbon on so many pages now. I use it for bows or knots. I use it to mat photos or hold on tags or other embellishments. I sew it on, staple it on, tie it on, and glue it on. I use embroidery floss to sew a word or sew an edge on photos. These embellishments are so versatile and cheap!
4. Flowers – These non-fragrant embellishments are not just for the frilly page anymore! These flowers can be as large as a page or as small as a dime (or even smaller). These look great in clusters or perfect all alone. Since they come in any color nowadays and can be attached easily with brads, these flowers are perfect little decorations for any scrapbooker’s page. I like to buy them in bulk in either a tin or bottle. As a note, you can save money buying these in a strand or bouquet from the craft area of any store and then take the flowers off of the stem. I usually remove any middle part of the flower because they tend to be too bulky. I have been able to get 50-100 flowers by only spending $2-3.
5. Buttons – I used to think these were kind of corny to use. But now buttons come in any shape, size or color. They have some that look like antiques and others that are hip and stylish.
6. Letters – I am talking about the alphabet in any shape or form. Just keep to your budget. These ABC’s come in anything from chipboard to metal to rhinestones. Just be careful not to go too far on a layout. I like to use one letter that has dimension and then finish it off with writing or leave it as a monogram. If you can’t afford to buy a whole alphabet set, which can cost you $7-10 or more, consider going to a scrapbooking store that sells a letter alone. This is especially cost effective idea if you don’t plan on using the other letters in the set anytime soon.
7. Stamps – For a while there stamps were being replaced with stickers and diecuts. But now stamps are going full strong with the new acrylic stamps. These are great because they take up way less space and are cheaper than their counterparts. I am not saying the wood ones are not useful – I actually bought one last month – but they aren’t as versatile. I would invest in at least one good set of letter stamps so that you can spell out anything you want.
8. Chipboard – Ok, I know what you are thinking — is chipboard really an embellishment? Well, of course it is! It comes in many shapes and sizes that are ready to apply to a page. It is also great to add your own paint or stamp effects. I love to use chipboard letters (you can buy already cut ones or just get chipboard squares to cut your own). I also make a lot of tags out of chipboard. You can use this material to bring out your very imaginative self.
9. Metal – Once again, this is more of a material than an embellishment, but I am obsessed with it! I love the little phrases spelled out in metal. The hinges and paper clips can make a page go from blah to WOW! It is such a great material to use as a finishing touch to your pages.
10. Paper – I bet some of you were wondering if I would mention paper here. I left this one for last because if you used nothing else on your pages but paper, your page could still be perfect. You can mat pictures, make tags, cut out letters, make designs, etc. And that is just with solid or patterned paper. You can buy paper now that already has the whole page layout done for you – you just stick on your pictures and you are done. So if you are just starting out or want to cut back on the spending, I would suggest getting back to this basic embellishment. You would be surprised with what you could come up with!
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Sometimes when I am scrapbooking
I wonder if I am going a little too far. Are my embellishments taking over my photos or are they just enhancing them? With the new year starting I decided to take inventory of what I use and what I have found to be the most important when it comes to scrapbooking embellishments. We all want to make our photos the most important part of our page. Whether you are a seasoned scrapbooker or just starting out, I have found that these basic embellishments help make a page just right.1. Eyelets – These embellishments now come in many different materials, sizes, and colors. And they are a super cheap way to add a little punch to a page without taking away from the other important parts of the page. With just a paper
punch and an eyelet tool, you can apply these cute little additions to your page (I actually have a kit from Making Memories.)2. Brads – I am so glad that brads have become even more popular than eyelets! They require no special tools (unless you want to get a special hole punch), and are so easy to apply. I use them to attach other embellishments, like book plates or flowers. They are also the perfect solution for attaching transparency or vellum. Don’t forget that they also help hold down ribbon and can become a perfect accent on their own.
3. Ribbon, fibers, string, embroidery floss – I find that I use ribbon on so many pages now. I use it for bows or knots. I use it to mat photos or hold on tags or other embellishments. I sew it on, staple it on, tie it on, and glue it on. I use embroidery floss to sew a word or sew an edge on photos. These embellishments are so versatile and cheap!
4. Flowers – These non-fragrant embellishments are not just for the frilly page anymore! These flowers can be as large as a page or as small as a dime (or even smaller). These look great in clusters or perfect all alone. Since they come in any color nowadays and can be attached easily with brads, these flowers are perfect little decorations for any scrapbooker’s page. I like to buy them in bulk in either a tin or bottle. As a note, you can save money buying these in a strand or bouquet from the craft area of any store and then take the flowers off of the stem. I usually remove any middle part of the flower because they tend to be too bulky. I have been able to get 50-100 flowers by only spending $2-3.
5. Buttons – I used to think these were kind of corny to use. But now buttons come in any shape, size or color. They have some that look like antiques and others that are hip and stylish.
6. Letters – I am talking about the alphabet in any shape or form. Just keep to your budget. These ABC’s come in anything from chipboard to metal to rhinestones. Just be careful not to go too far on a layout. I like to use one letter that has dimension and then finish it off with writing or leave it as a monogram. If you can’t afford to buy a whole alphabet set, which can cost you $7-10 or more, consider going to a scrapbooking store that sells a letter alone. This is especially cost effective idea if you don’t plan on using the other letters in the set anytime soon.
7. Stamps – For a while there stamps were being replaced with stickers
and diecuts. But now stamps are going full strong with the new acrylic stamps. These are great because they take up way less space and are cheaper than their counterparts. I am not saying the wood ones are not useful – I actually bought one last month – but they aren’t as versatile. I would invest in at least one good set of letter stamps so that you can spell out anything you want.8. Chipboard – Ok, I know what you are thinking — is chipboard really an embellishment? Well, of course it is! It comes in many shapes and sizes that are ready to apply to a page. It is also great to add your own paint or stamp effects. I love to use chipboard letters (you can buy already cut ones or just get chipboard squares to cut your own). I also make a lot of tags out of chipboard. You can use this material to bring out your very imaginative self.
9. Metal – Once again, this is more of a material than an embellishment, but I am obsessed with it! I love the little phrases spelled out in metal. The hinges and paper clips can make a page go from blah to WOW! It is such a great material to use as a finishing touch to your pages.
10. Paper – I bet some of you were wondering if I would mention paper here. I left this one for last because if you used nothing else on your pages but paper, your page could still be perfect. You can mat pictures, make tags, cut out letters, make designs, etc. And that is just with solid or patterned paper. You can buy paper now that already has the whole page layout done for you – you just stick on your pictures and you are done. So if you are just starting out or want to cut back on the spending, I would suggest getting back to this basic embellishment. You would be surprised with what you could come up with!
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Beverly Frank asked:
If you want to personalize your Valentine’s Day cards this year, you can do it with a few easy craft items and a few spare minutes of your time. To get started with some easy do-it-yourself Valentine’s Day cards, here are the supplies you will need:
• Valentine scrapbooking paper
• Old Valentine’s day cards
• Heart-shaped rubber stamp with a red or black ink pad
• Heart-shaped hole punch
• Red or white cardstock paper
• Red or white foam paper
• Glue stick
• Scissors
• Family pictures
• Glitter
• Red and white ribbon
Now that you have all the supplies laid out before you, let’s get started with your Valentine’s Day card. Here is a simple step-by-step guide of what to do:
Step # 1 – Get the decorations ready
Before you start gluing things to the card, you need to get all of the decorations ready that you need to glue to the card. Use the heart-shaped hole punch to create some heart decorations out of the foam and cardstock paper. Once you have cut them out, dip them in some Elmer’s glue and sprinkle them with some glitter. Give them a few minutes to try on wax paper so they don’t stick to your kitchen table and other surfaces. Tie the ribbons into small bows. Use white and red ribbon and tie them together in double ribbons. You will want at least one double ribbon because you will need to glue it to the top of the card.
Step # 2 – Word the card
To get started with the decoration of your Valentine, you need to choose the wording for the card. Would you like to say the simple ‘Happy Valentine’s Day’ message or would you like to offer something extra like a poem or a love note? Use the Valentine’s scrapbooking paper to type your message on the computer and print it out. This will be used as the inside of your card. For the message on the outside, grab some of the old Valentine’s Day cards you have and cut out the heart shape on them along with the phrase ‘Happy Valentine’s Day’. This is a fun way to liven up a dull Valentine’s Day card. Once you have this ready, you are ready to start gluing things into their proper place on the card.
Step # 3 – The Layout
Use all of the decorations and add them to the card. Which items will go inside the card and which ones will look good on the outside of the card? Don’t forget to add your family photos to the card. Placing them on the center of the card so it is the first thing the recipient sees. Cut the picture into the shape of a heart and glue it right in the middle and then glue some foam hearts around it. Glue the lace bow to the top of the card. If you want to get creative with the lace, glue two strings of lace to the front and back of the card, then tie them together in a bow. On the inside of the card, include your poem or love note that has been printed out on the scrapbooking paper. Be sure to decorate the inside of the card with the cardstock hearts that are covered with glitter. You might also consider adding a few different cut-outs from your family pictures on this page.
Creating homemade Valentine’s Day cards is meaningful and fun. You get a chance to sort through all of your recent family pictures and share them with the people you love.
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If you want to personalize your Valentine’s Day cards this year, you can do it with a few easy craft items and a few spare minutes of your time. To get started with some easy do-it-yourself Valentine’s Day cards, here are the supplies you will need:
• Valentine scrapbooking
paper • Old Valentine’s day cards
• Heart-shaped rubber stamp with a red or black ink pad
• Heart-shaped hole punch
• Red or white cardstock paper
• Red or white foam paper
• Glue stick
• Scissors
• Family pictures
• Glitter
• Red and white ribbon
Now that you have all the supplies laid out before you, let’s get started with your Valentine’s Day card. Here is a simple step-by-step guide of what to do:
Step # 1 – Get the decorations ready
Before you start gluing things to the card, you need to get all of the decorations ready that you need to glue to the card. Use the heart-shaped hole punch to create some heart decorations out of the foam and cardstock paper. Once you have cut them out, dip them in some Elmer’s glue and sprinkle them with some glitter. Give them a few minutes to try on wax paper so they don’t stick to your kitchen table and other surfaces. Tie the ribbons into small bows. Use white and red ribbon and tie them together in double ribbons. You will want at least one double ribbon because you will need to glue it to the top of the card.
Step # 2 – Word the card
To get started with the decoration of your Valentine, you need to choose the wording for the card. Would you like to say the simple ‘Happy Valentine’s Day’ message or would you like to offer something extra like a poem or a love note? Use the Valentine’s scrapbooking paper to type your message on the computer and print it out. This will be used as the inside of your card. For the message on the outside, grab some of the old Valentine’s Day cards you have and cut out the heart shape on them along with the phrase ‘Happy Valentine’s Day’. This is a fun way to liven up a dull Valentine’s Day card. Once you have this ready, you are ready to start gluing things into their proper place on the card.
Step # 3 – The Layout
Use all of the decorations and add them to the card. Which items will go inside the card and which ones will look good on the outside of the card? Don’t forget to add your family photos to the card. Placing them on the center of the card so it is the first thing the recipient sees. Cut the picture into the shape of a heart and glue it right in the middle and then glue some foam hearts around it. Glue the lace bow to the top of the card. If you want to get creative with the lace, glue two strings of lace to the front and back of the card, then tie them together in a bow. On the inside of the card, include your poem or love note that has been printed out on the scrapbooking paper. Be sure to decorate the inside of the card with the cardstock hearts that are covered with glitter. You might also consider adding a few different cut-outs from your family pictures on this page.
Creating homemade Valentine’s Day cards is meaningful and fun. You get a chance to sort through all of your recent family pictures and share them with the people you love.
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