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.
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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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Bernadine Otis asked:
Now that New Year is approaching, expert scrapbook makers are all looking to make up scrapbooking embellishments out of old New Year decorative pieces to help save money. After all, spending again after spending so much on the event isn’t really a good practice now that the world is in a financial crisis. It’s truly a good idea to start buying for New Year scrapbooking embellishments and materials even before Christmas season comes in to avail of all good seasonal promos and discounts. Still, if you’re looking for some original pieces straight out of New Year, here are some ideas you can use for your scrapbook.
Confetti
One of the most useful New Year decorative pieces that you can use for scrapbooking embellishments are the confetti. Confetti in New Year is used to throw around especially when the clock strikes 12. Now, confetti as in rice is different from that used in New Year. Creative people may use colorful pencil scraps that can also be used in place of glitter as scrapbooking embellishments. In the same way, others use small cut outs of colored paper – usually neon for brighter appearance at night – as confetti. The colorful cuts can be used to make an unorganized puzzle as a background in your scrapbook.
Party Poppers
Well, because New Year is one big party, party poppers are always used. You can only use these once, but when the Japanese paper is released from the popper, you can use these as scrapbooking embellishments in place of ribbons for your outline and border. Not only do you save money in buying expensive New Year ribbons, you get authentic, easy to use Japanese paper, already cut in strips straight for decoration.
Other New Year pieces
Like Christmas, New Year has a lot of decorating involved. There’s those New Year banners, little toy trumpets made of cardboard paper that says “Happy New Year” and all those fireworks wrapper leftovers. Before throwing those “trash” out, see if you can find any double purpose use for any of them. Who knows, you may be able to find the best scrapbooking embellishment in the simplest piece of junk.
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Now that New Year is approaching, expert scrapbook
makers are all looking to make up scrapbooking embellishments out of old New Year decorative pieces to help save money. After all, spending again after spending so much on the event isn’t really a good practice now that the world is in a financial crisis. It’s truly a good idea to start buying for New Year scrapbooking embellishments and materials even before Christmas season comes in to avail of all good seasonal promos and discounts. Still, if you’re looking for some original pieces straight out of New Year, here are some ideas you can use for your scrapbook.Confetti
One of the most useful New Year decorative pieces that you can use for scrapbooking embellishments are the confetti. Confetti in New Year is used to throw around especially when the clock strikes 12. Now, confetti as in rice is different from that used in New Year. Creative people may use colorful pencil scraps that can also be used in place of glitter as scrapbooking embellishments. In the same way, others use small cut outs of colored paper
– usually neon for brighter appearance at night – as confetti. The colorful cuts can be used to make an unorganized puzzle as a background in your scrapbook.Party Poppers
Well, because New Year is one big party, party poppers are always used. You can only use these once, but when the Japanese paper is released from the popper, you can use these as scrapbooking embellishments in place of ribbons for your outline and border. Not only do you save money in buying expensive New Year ribbons, you get authentic, easy to use Japanese paper, already cut in strips straight for decoration.
Other New Year pieces
Like Christmas, New Year has a lot of decorating involved. There’s those New Year banners, little toy trumpets made of cardboard paper that says “Happy New Year” and all those fireworks wrapper leftovers. Before throwing those “trash” out, see if you can find any double purpose use for any of them. Who knows, you may be able to find the best scrapbooking embellishment in the simplest piece of junk.
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Lisa Robbins asked:
Scrapbooking Eyelets
Eyelets are the new craze in scrapbooking. See what the fuss is all about.
About Eyelets
Eyelets are embellishments used for scrapbooking and other craft projects such as card making. Eyelets are generally made of aluminum or brass and come in two sizes and three types. The most common size for eyelets is 1/8″, although they also come in 3/16″. 3/16″ eyelets are larger than 1/8″ eyelets and generally cost more.
Types of eyelets include plain, top coat, and anodized. Plain eyelets are not painted so they are the color of the metal they are made out of. This type of eyelets is not very common. Eyelets also come with a top coat color. These eyelets are painted. The last type of eyelet is anodized. Anodized eyelets have a more metallic color than eyelets with a top coat.
Eyelets have a hole through the center that is used to attach them to your paper. Brads are often sold with eyelets. Brads differ because they do not have this characteristic hole. Instead, brads have two metal flaps on the back that can be bent to attach them to paper.
Where to Use Eyelets
Eyelets come in many shapes and colors. They can be used to attach items such as ribbons, paper, pictures, and tags to scrapbooking pages. Eyelets are a simple way to add to the color and theme of your scrapbooking pages.
Here are 15 ideas for using your eyelets.
Embellishments on a paper piecing picture such as buttons on a snowman or dots on a lady bug Attach vellum paper To hange tags or frames from Create movable parts on your paper piecing Create a page theme such as shells for a beach page or fish for a fishing trip page Corners of picture mats In the hole of a tag As bullets for a list Journaling accents Eyes of animals such as owls The center of flowers Create your own bugs, butterflies,or bees from eyelet shapes As the dot on an i or the center of a letter To make a string of Christmas lights or as the ornaments on a christmas tree The M&Ms in M&M cookies String ribbon or craft fibbers through a line of eyelets
The list could go on and on. You can use eyelets to add dimension that will spice up any page.
How to Use Eyelets
It is time to roll up those sleeves and break out your handy tools. You will need a hammer, hole setter, and a resilient work surface such as a rubber craft mat to get started using eyelets.
Place your scrapbooking page face up on your work surface. Put the hole setter on your page where you want to insert the eyelet. Lightly tap the end of the hole setter a few times until a hole is created. Place your eyelet upside down on your work surface and put your scrapbooking page over the eyelet so that the back of the eyelet sticks throught the hole you just created. Place the setter with the flat end over the back of the eyelet and lightly tap the end of the setter with your hammer until the back of the eyelet begins to bend outward. Hammer the back of the eyelet directly until the eyelet flattens down into place. Turn your scrapbooking page over and be proud of your work.
Where to Buy Eyelets
You can purchase eyelets from me! My eBay Scrapbooking Store has hundreds of mixes of eyelets. Just look for my seller id: scrapsandcrafts
ScrapbookFinds.com has a search engine for finding scrapbooking eyelets, brads, and other supplies. Try it out.
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EyeletsEyelets are the new craze in scrapbooking. See what the fuss is all about.
About Eyelets
Eyelets are embellishments
used for scrapbooking and other craft projects such as card making. Eyelets are generally made of aluminum or brass and come in two sizes and three types. The most common size for eyelets is 1/8″, although they also come in 3/16″. 3/16″ eyelets are larger than 1/8″ eyelets and generally cost more.Types of eyelets include plain, top coat, and anodized. Plain eyelets are not painted so they are the color of the metal they are made out of. This type of eyelets is not very common. Eyelets also come with a top coat color. These eyelets are painted. The last type of eyelet is anodized. Anodized eyelets have a more metallic color than eyelets with a top coat.
Eyelets have a hole through the center that is used to attach them to your paper
. Brads are often sold with eyelets. Brads differ because they do not have this characteristic hole. Instead, brads have two metal flaps on the back that can be bent to attach them to paper.Where to Use Eyelets
Eyelets come in many shapes and colors. They can be used to attach items such as ribbons, paper, pictures, and tags to scrapbooking pages. Eyelets are a simple way to add to the color and theme
of your scrapbooking pages.Here are 15 ideas for using your eyelets.
Embellishments on a paper piecing picture such as buttons on a snowman or dots on a lady bug Attach vellum paper To hange tags or frames from Create movable parts on your paper piecing Create a page theme such as shells for a beach page or fish for a fishing trip page Corners of picture mats In the hole of a tag As bullets for a list Journaling accents Eyes of animals such as owls The center of flowers Create your own bugs, butterflies,or bees from eyelet shapes As the dot on an i or the center of a letter To make a string of Christmas lights or as the ornaments on a christmas tree The M&Ms in M&M cookies String ribbon or craft fibbers through a line of eyelets
The list could go on and on. You can use eyelets to add dimension that will spice up any page.
How to Use Eyelets
It is time to roll up those sleeves and break out your handy tools. You will need a hammer, hole setter, and a resilient work surface such as a rubber craft mat to get started using eyelets.
Place your scrapbooking page face up on your work surface. Put the hole setter on your page where you want to insert the eyelet. Lightly tap the end of the hole setter a few times until a hole is created. Place your eyelet upside down on your work surface and put your scrapbooking page over the eyelet so that the back of the eyelet sticks throught the hole you just created. Place the setter with the flat end over the back of the eyelet and lightly tap the end of the setter with your hammer until the back of the eyelet begins to bend outward. Hammer the back of the eyelet directly until the eyelet flattens down into place. Turn your scrapbooking page over and be proud of your work.
Where to Buy Eyelets
You can purchase eyelets from me! My eBay Scrapbooking Store has hundreds of mixes of eyelets. Just look for my seller id: scrapsandcrafts
ScrapbookFinds.com has a search engine for finding scrapbooking eyelets, brads, and other supplies. Try it out.
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Peata Hepi asked:
Love is in the air and it is time to pull out your red and black patterned papers and all of those heart shaped embellishments to throw together in a mini album which is all about the love. Take a look through these 5 fabulous mini book theme ideas for your next Valentine’s Day gift. We have something for everyone including your lover, your family and even your friends.
1. 10 things I love about you
Pick the 10 top reasons you love your partner and dedicate a page to each one.
2. Our Love Story This will be a love story about yourself and your partner. From the very first day that you both met until now and every moment in between.
- When did you meet?
- How did you meet?
- What were your first impressions?
- When did you know it was love?
3. Love coupons
This is a quick and easy gift idea for a loved one. Make up a book of vouchers and pop them into an Valentine’s Day card or envelope. Try being really creative and alter an altoid tin or a small cigar box to hold your vouchers along with some candy hearts. Your love vouchers can entitle the bearer to
- One kiss
- A romantic dinner for two
- A night of house duties
- Breakfast in bed
4. The loves in my life A mini album to fill with everyone close to your heart not just your significant other.
5. Valentines Day A mini scrapbook keepsake to treasure. Remember every moment from this special day and base your album around it. Keep any small mementos from the day like dinner menus, matchbooks, movie or concert tickets.
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Love is in the air and it is time to pull out your red and black patterned papers and all of those heart shaped embellishments
to throw together in a mini album which is all about the love. Take a look through these 5 fabulous mini book theme ideas for your next Valentine’s Day gift. We have something for everyone including your lover, your family and even your friends.1. 10 things I love about you
Pick the 10 top reasons you love your partner and dedicate a page to each one.
2. Our Love Story This will be a love story about yourself and your partner. From the very first day that you both met until now and every moment in between.
- When did you meet?
- How did you meet?
- What were your first impressions?
- When did you know it was love?
3. Love coupons
This is a quick and easy gift idea for a loved one. Make up a book of vouchers and pop them into an Valentine’s Day card or envelope. Try being really creative and alter an altoid tin or a small cigar box to hold your vouchers along with some candy hearts. Your love vouchers can entitle the bearer to
- One kiss
- A romantic dinner for two
- A night of house duties
- Breakfast in bed
4. The loves in my life A mini album to fill with everyone close to your heart not just your significant other.
5. Valentines Day A mini scrapbook
keepsake to treasure. Remember every moment from this special day and base your album around it. Keep any small mementos from the day like dinner menus, matchbooks, movie or concert tickets.Caffeinated Content
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Cherie Litchfield asked:
Even a beginner soon realizes the importance of scrapbooking embellishments. Without them, your scrapbook is basically a plain old photo album. Embellishments are what make your album fresh, unique and memorable. They are the pizazz on the page!
Even a beginner soon realizes the importance of scrapbooking embellishments. Without them, your scrapbook is basically a plain old photo album. Embellishments are what make your album fresh, unique and memorable. They are the pizazz on the page!
Scrapbooking embellishments can be any miniature craft piece, memorabilia or decoration that helps to spice up a page.
There are an enormous variety of different types of embellishments that you can use in your scrapbooking. You might want to include stickers, diecuts or cut-outs, bows, buttons, beads, various ink and paint stamp images or near flat back charm embellishments.
With the variety and sheer number of embellishments to choose from, the choices may feel a bit overwhelming at first. And you may be worried that you could break your scrapbooking budget just by buying embellishments alone. But keeping your memories in scrapbooks with all of the beautiful embellishments doesn’t have to cost a small fortune. There really is no need to spend the money for fancy or even store–bought embellishments.
Some of the best resources for scrapbooking with embellishments are items that you already have at home. Cards that were given to you, pieces of your baby’s blanket, locks of hair, theater ticket and sporting event stubs, etc. all make perfect embellishments that can be used to accent your main photos on your scrapbook pages.
When assembling your scrapbook supplies gather themed embellishments and paper that are based on your picture selection. For example, if your brother is working his way through medical college, you could create embellishments that look like a thermometer, face mask or medical charts.
Another great idea is to use almost anything that you kept from your vacation as an embellishment for your own scrapbook. These could include such items as your paper luggage tags, a piece of hotel stationary, tour maps and stamped tickets and stubs, postcards or brochures.
You will want to protect your precious photographs from the acid in embellishments. Make sure you use proper precaution to prevent warping or otherwise ruining your pictures by using the appropriate adhesives and page protectors in your scrapbook.
Make sure to organize and store these wonderful and special embellishments properly to protect them for future use to be enjoyed by your family and friends.
Have fun experimenting with all of the different types of embellishments. They really bring life to your scrapbook pages. And that what scrapbooking is all about: remembering “scraps” of your life.
If you are a Scrapbooking addict and are always searching for fresh new ideas and tips on tools, papers, organization of supplies, embellishments and inspiration, visit us at:
http://www.Scrapbooking-For-Fun-And-Profit.com (in print and audio versions). We are constantly updating our site with ways to help you get more out of your Scrapbooking addiction.
Create a video blog
Even a beginner soon realizes the importance of scrapbooking
embellishments. Without them, your scrapbook is basically a plain old photo album. Embellishments are what make your album fresh, unique and memorable. They are the pizazz on the page!Even a beginner soon realizes the importance of scrapbooking embellishments. Without them, your scrapbook is basically a plain old photo album. Embellishments are what make your album fresh, unique and memorable. They are the pizazz on the page!
Scrapbooking embellishments can be any miniature craft piece, memorabilia or decoration that helps to spice up a page.
There are an enormous variety of different types of embellishments that you can use in your scrapbooking. You might want to include stickers
, diecuts or cut-outs, bows, buttons, beads, various ink and paint stamp images or near flat back charm embellishments.With the variety and sheer number of embellishments to choose from, the choices may feel a bit overwhelming at first. And you may be worried that you could break your scrapbooking budget just by buying embellishments alone. But keeping your memories in scrapbooks with all of the beautiful embellishments doesn’t have to cost a small fortune. There really is no need to spend the money for fancy or even store–bought embellishments.
Some of the best resources for scrapbooking with embellishments are items that you already have at home. Cards that were given to you, pieces of your baby’s blanket, locks of hair, theater ticket and sporting event stubs, etc. all make perfect embellishments that can be used to accent your main photos on your scrapbook pages.
When assembling your scrapbook supplies gather themed embellishments and paper
that are based on your picture selection. For example, if your brother is working his way through medical college, you could create embellishments that look like a thermometer, face mask or medical charts.Another great idea is to use almost anything that you kept from your vacation as an embellishment for your own scrapbook. These could include such items as your paper luggage tags, a piece of hotel stationary, tour maps and stamped tickets and stubs, postcards or brochures.
You will want to protect your precious photographs from the acid in embellishments. Make sure you use proper precaution to prevent warping or otherwise ruining your pictures by using the appropriate adhesives and page protectors in your scrapbook.
Make sure to organize and store these wonderful and special embellishments properly to protect them for future use to be enjoyed by your family and friends.
Have fun experimenting with all of the different types of embellishments. They really bring life to your scrapbook pages. And that what scrapbooking is all about: remembering “scraps” of your life.
If you are a Scrapbooking addict and are always searching for fresh new ideas and tips on tools, papers, organization of supplies, embellishments and inspiration, visit us at:
http://www.Scrapbooking-For-Fun-And-Profit.com (in print and audio versions). We are constantly updating our site with ways to help you get more out of your Scrapbooking addiction.
Create a video blog
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Fion Lim asked:
Having this nagging doubt that you may upstage your precious photos or clutter your pages with scrapbooking embellishments?
One moment you’re just so tempted to paste the embellishment onto your page, and the next moment you’re questioning yourself, “Should I? Should I not?” You even wonder if you’re just trying to force that simply irresistible page accent onto your page to satisfy your craving for… more embellishments.
Well, you’re in good company. I still remember the first time I encountered packets and packets of wondrous embellishments. My eyes sparkled with enthusiasm, and my heart fluttered in excitement and the truth was, I simply can’t decide. What a rush!
So for anyone who loves scrapbooking embellishments, we have to learn some balancing acts and avoid falling into the trap of overwhelming the pages with loads of such page accents.
Here’s some tips for you to consider when you’re holding that simply irresistible piece of embellishment in your hand, and pausing for that momentous decision.
TIPS:
If it distracts people from your photos, you might be better off saving that piece of embellishment for another page. Let’s remind ourselves that photos form the essence of scrapbooking, not embellishments. If the reason to use the page accent is because it’s the coolest or hottest trend right now, upon reflection this may not be so in the long run. Remember how you flinched in horror as you looked back at your biggest fashion mistakes? It can happen to your scrapbooking layouts too. If there’s only a single photo especially with close-ups, by all means launch into your most daring mode and spark up your page with embellishments. But keep the scrapbooking embellishments to the minimal, when there’s multiple photos on a single page. If the piece of accent has a functional purpose such as concealing unsightly parts of your photo, adding balance to the overall layout or holding another item in place, then use that lovely embellishment. If the embellishment boosts your story-telling ability for the page, then jump on the chance. If the purpose of the embellishment is to copy what you’ve seen people did in some magazine, it’s might not speak of you own style. Instead, follow your instincts and use whatever you feel confident of expressing your style on the page!
There’s probably no hard-and-fast rules when it comes to scrapbooking with embellishments ideas. Just keep in view that an embellishment or two when used in the right combination, will contribute to the vision you’ve been trying to express in a powerful way.
Happy scrapping with embellishments!
Kansieo.com
Having this nagging doubt that you may upstage your precious photos or clutter your pages with scrapbooking
embellishments?One moment you’re just so tempted to paste the embellishment onto your page, and the next moment you’re questioning yourself, “Should I? Should I not?” You even wonder if you’re just trying to force that simply irresistible page accent onto your page to satisfy your craving for… more embellishments.
Well, you’re in good company. I still remember the first time I encountered packets and packets of wondrous embellishments. My eyes sparkled with enthusiasm, and my heart fluttered in excitement and the truth was, I simply can’t decide. What a rush!
So for anyone who loves scrapbooking embellishments, we have to learn some balancing acts and avoid falling into the trap of overwhelming the pages with loads of such page accents.
Here’s some tips for you to consider when you’re holding that simply irresistible piece of embellishment in your hand, and pausing for that momentous decision.
TIPS:
If it distracts people from your photos, you might be better off saving that piece of embellishment for another page. Let’s remind ourselves that photos form the essence of scrapbooking, not embellishments. If the reason to use the page accent is because it’s the coolest or hottest trend right now, upon reflection this may not be so in the long run. Remember how you flinched in horror as you looked back at your biggest fashion mistakes? It can happen to your scrapbooking layouts too. If there’s only a single photo especially with close-ups, by all means launch into your most daring mode and spark up your page with embellishments. But keep the scrapbooking embellishments to the minimal, when there’s multiple photos on a single page. If the piece of accent has a functional purpose such as concealing unsightly parts of your photo, adding balance to the overall layout or holding another item in place, then use that lovely embellishment. If the embellishment boosts your story-telling ability for the page, then jump on the chance. If the purpose of the embellishment is to copy what you’ve seen people did in some magazine, it’s might not speak of you own style. Instead, follow your instincts and use whatever you feel confident of expressing your style on the page!
There’s probably no hard-and-fast rules when it comes to scrapbooking with embellishments ideas. Just keep in view that an embellishment or two when used in the right combination, will contribute to the vision you’ve been trying to express in a powerful way.
Happy scrapping with embellishments!
Kansieo.com
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