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Basic Scrapbook Freebie Information for beginners
Jun 11th
If the craft of scrapbooking started, it was tons of stickers, tape, glue and paper rather than only on the first photo of your child stick to buy. Now days, more and more economical use scrappers and happy than the technology available to them. With digital cameras and the Internet has become a scrapbooking hobby that anyone can do, and without a huge amount of costs. It 's a world of images, clipart, fonts, borders, etc., which can be downloadedor is stored on your computer and printed for your album.
The wealth of scrapbooking freebies out there online, a simple Google search for "graphic scrapbook free" or "free clip art '. There are many to use different keywords that can tell the different scrapbooking freebies you find. It is entirely possible to scrapbook with all the problems of how to obtain the corresponding free clips, borders and fonts used in almost all of the scrapbook.
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Here are some tips andFreebies scrapbooking ideas can be found online:
Clipart makes scrapbooking easy and fun. The Internet offers a wide range of original clip art for any occasion or theme, such as festivals, music, religion, animals, people, sports and more. Most of the time the image is cropped to fit all the patterns scrapbook. An artisan can choose between many designs usually grouped by themes to choose your search easier.
Scrapbook enthusiasts love their creations in the newspaper. There aretons of cool and interesting fonts available online that make the art of journaling scrapbook even more fun. This wonderful, unique characters are often designed by scrapbookers and others are available in a variety of colors, shapes and sizes. Implementation of different fonts that can lead to creativity of everyone.
You can also use a variety of images online and add photos to your scrapbook theme.
Often, pictures and images are animated, making it perfect for variousOccasions such as weddings, birthdays and holidays.
Avid scrapbookers tell you how to add graphics and pictures vintage scrapbook pages of their love. You can easily download free vintage clipart illustration of different people, times and places in history. vintage advertising art and greeting cards are a popular item downloaded scrapbook, along with the art book of the public domain.
Take advantage of all the Internet has to offer for your scrapbooking projects. Many of theabove items are available for free, while some are for sale. Regardless, the time exactly what your pages are to make it unique and beautiful. Not only save money by using clip art and then tweaking for Adobe Photoshop to create your own, but you will save time for shopping or to save articles online in the comfort of your home.
Have fun creating the perfect guest book!
Basic Scrapbook Freebie Information for beginners
Scrapbooking Books – Scrapbook Fundamentals – Your Guide to Getting Started
Jan 1st
Whether you’re new to scrapbooking or a scrapper from way back, Scrapbooking Fundamentals is a high quality reference manual to gather ideas for any scrapbooking project you may have. This journal focuses on the fundamentals scrapbookers most need to know, from the early stage of page concepting to showcasing completed works in albums. The book is well proportioned with many step by step diagrams and detailed instruction to develop beautiful scrapbooking projects.
This reference manual covers all the essentials for a person beginning their first steps in scrapbooking in this straight-forward, no-nonsense resource guide. From this guide you are able to develop these basic skills to progress to more extravagant projects in the future. I have found this to be a most comprehensive guide that serves to both inspire and educate the new to scrapbooking as a hobby. Further to this, the book is set out in such a way that it makes an excellent starter manual for children to learn from including the fundamentals of organizing and storage of scrapbooking materials, including paper, embellishments, photographs. It also details many of the tools you will need to successfully produce high quality scrapbooking pages.
This book is produced and designed by Memory Makers Books, who have a reputation in providing the highest level of instruction and inspiration for scrapbookers. This firm has identified that scrapbooking is one of the fastest growing segments of the craft industry and has produced a number of excellent guides.
Books Details 144 Pages
Published in English
Approximate Cost $20.00
Other Scrapbooking Books that may interest you include:
- Encyclopedia of Scrapbooking
- 501 Great Scrapbook Page Ideas and
- Scrapbooking made Easy
http://www.scrapbookpageideas.net and http://www.scrapbooking-books.com
Create a Journal Scrapbook Instead of a Diary
Dec 30th
Many people turn to writing as a means of journaling their thoughts, their feelings and the activities that go on in their lives from day to day.
I know that while I’ve kept many journals, both in books and on the computer, I almost never go back and read them. Once in a while I’ll search out a particular topic and re-read my thoughts on that topic, but more often than not, I never go back and re-read my entries.
What about creating a scrapbook instead of a journal? What if you were to add stickers and photos to your diary, thus creating a scrapbook?
Here’s an example. My daughter had a rehearsal last night. The teacher ended up keeping the kids until 11:10 p.m. I was really upset. Instead of just writing on a page about how upset I was, what about a scrapbook page that includes a photo of my daughter, a photo of the school theater and a photo of a clock that says 11:10 p.m.? Of course I can still write about it, but I’ll also have photos to go along with my journaling.
You can also keep your journaling on separate pieces of paper or cardstock and then put this in a pocket, versus right on the page, so that when you do go back and view the entries, you’ll be seeing photos and embellishments. If you want to re-read what you’ve written about the day or the experience, the journaling would be in a pocket.
By keeping a scrapbook, instead of a diary, you have both a visual and a written account of the thoughts, feelings and activities that have taken place in your life.
Audrey Okaneko has been scrapbooking for several years. She can be reached at audreyoka@cox.net or visited at http://www.scrapping-made-simple.com.
A Very Unique Wedding Scrapbook
Dec 25th
We have all been to weddings where the bride and groom have placed a pretty signature book somewhere near the entrance. A pretty pen or pens usually accompany this pretty signature book.
While these books are lovely, they almost never are looked at again. I know when I looked back at my own wedding guest book there were actually a couple of names I couldn’t read.
With some planning, you can create a guestbook that will be created as the guests arrive. You’ll need to choose a scrapbook prior to the wedding. You’ll also need to hire someone who can take and print digital photos on the spot. Next, find a local scrapbook consultant who will put together the album as the photos are being taken, so that by the end of the evening, you’ll have a scrapbook-guestbook that everyone can enjoy.
As your guests arrive, you’ll have someone at the entrance taking their photos. I am not a fan of Polaroid photos. This is why I recommend digital photos. With a laptop and photo printer, the photos can be printed out as they are taken. There are electrical outlets in almost every lobby I’ve seen.
You’ll also want to have available precut acid free paper and pens that your guests can write a personal message to you on. After their photo is taken or while they wait to have their photo taken, they can both write you a personal message and sign their names.
If you have someone there who can create the pages as the photos are taken, you’ll have a completed guest book by the end of the evening. Embellishments and enhancements can be added by the bride and groom after the wedding, if they want to add these items.
This is a very unique way to create your guestbook and have a lasting memory of your very special day that you and others will look at over and over again.
Audrey Okaneko has been scrapbooking for several years. She can be reached at audreyoka@cox.net or visited at http://www.scrapping-made-simple.com
Create Your Own Envelopes For Your Scrapbook Pages
Dec 24th
Often times we want to store items in our scrapbooks, yet we don’t want to glue the item down on the page, and we don’t want the small page protectors bought in the store.
The solution is simple. Make your own storage envelopes for your scrapbook pages. These envelopes can range from very simple to very detailed.
Here are a couple of suggestions on how to make envelopes:
1. Take an envelope in your home. Choose any size, large or small. Unfold the envelope and lay it out on your paper. Choose a paper that will coordinate with the scrapbook pages you are creating. Trace the open envelope. Cut out the shape and fold into an envelope. You may need to score the fold lines with a ruler or other straight edge tool. You now have an envelope the exact size of the one you unfolded.
2. Coluzzle makes both an envelope template and a library card template. Both templates come in many sizes. You trace the template on the paper of your choice with an exacto blade, cut out and then fold into an envelope. This technique can allow you to have a few envelopes of the same pattern, but in very different sizes.
3. Take the sheet of paper you wish to use for your “envelope”. Cut that sheet of paper in half diagonally. Match the straight edge of your envelope with the straight edge of the bottom of your scrapbook page. Attach the envelope at the three points. You now have an “envelope” right on the page that you can put items into. I almost always use cardstock for this technique, as cardstock is stronger and will hold up better on the page.
All of these styles of envelopes can be decorated with embellishments, stickers or rubber stamps. These envelopes make great additions to your scrapbook pages.
Audrey Okaneko has been scrapbooking for several years. She can be reached at audreyoka@cox.net or visited at http://www.scrapping-made-simple.com
Creating A Title Page For Your Scrapbook
Dec 23rd
When I create a scrapbook, I always leave the first page blank. I start my scrapbooking on page two, knowing I’ll come back and create a title page.
The title page is the introduction to the scrapbook. I’ve always thought of this page as being similar to a book cover. The book cover gives you the title of the book.
Here are three ideas for a title page:
1. Use two or three photos that represent what’s inside. For example, if the scrapbook is about a person, then use a few photos of that person on the title page. If the scrapbook is about extended family, then a family photo would be great on the title page. If the scrapbook is of a trip, then maybe a photo of the “Welcome to Name Of Town” sign would be great on the title page.
2. Another idea for a title page is to just put words. For example, if you are making a baby book for your child, what about just the child’s name and the date of birth on the title page? If your book is photos of a holiday, consider putting the name of the holiday and the year on your title page, for example “Thanksgiving 2002″. Words can be accompanies by stickers. For example on the baby album, what about stickers of rattles? On the Thanksgiving page, what about stickers of turkeys and yams?
3. Poems or song lyrics also make great title pages. Maybe the album is of a wedding. The couple’s favorite song lyrics would make a great title page. Maybe you are making a school days album and your child wrote a poem. You can either copy the poem onto acid free paper, or you can type the poem, print it on acid free paper and use that as your title page.
Audrey Okaneko has been scrapbooking for several years. She can be reached at audreyoka@cox.net or visited at http://www.scrapping-made-simple.com
Creating a Summer Camp Scrapbook
Dec 20th
When my daughter goes to camp, she knows I’ll be asking her 100 questions when she comes home. This past summer she was gone for an entire month and I’m certain my questions numbered over 100.
Prior to digital cameras being so popular, I always would buy many disposable cameras so that she was able to capture photos of everything she did and everywhere she went. Even today, in the age of digital photography a disposable underwater camera is a wonderful investment.
We discovered the camp my daughter attended this past summer through her attending a one week program earlier in the year. When she attended the one week program the camp gave the kids their summer camp information. We saved those brochures for the beginning of her camp scrapbook.
As the months progressed, we began getting both postal mail and email from the camp about the summer ahead. We saved all of those communications so they could be copied onto acid free paper.
Each week my daughter was gone, the camp leader sent parents an email update of what the kids had done that week. There were also photos added to the camp website that parents could download. On my end, I was saving all of this for inclusion in the summer camp scrapbook.
Meanwhile my daughter was taking photos of the places she visited and the people she was with. She also kept a small journal so she could answer my countless questions when she returned.
In addition to taking photos of the other kids she was with, my daughter also took photos of the many counselors and other camp staff that supported the program while she was there.
For younger children attending day camp, ask if you can spend a bit of time taking photos. I know one of our local camps has a teen counselor who takes photos daily and uploads them to the camp website so the parents can download them for their personal use.
Camp is a lot of fun for kids. Capture that fun through photos and a camp scrapbook!!
Audrey Okaneko has been scrapbooking for several years. She can be reached at audreyoka@cox.net or visited at http://www.scrapping-made-simple.com
Creating a Scrapbook For Your High Schooler In Band
Dec 19th
I have such fond memories of my daughter spending her high school years in the marching band. I admit to wondering who had more fun, my daughter performing or her mom cheering her on at each performance.
Over the years, we have found quite an assortment of scrapbook papers, stickers and embellishments that were designed with a music theme.
You have the option of creating one scrapbook with all four years worth of photos or four separate scrapbooks, one for each year.
From talking with other parents, I have found most music programs are the same. The kids start out before school ever gets under way with band camp. This is where they begin to learn the music and begin to choreograph their show. You can make a copy of the marching drill on acid free paper and also a copy of the music being used for their show for your scrapbook.
As performances begin, you can snap a few photos of each performance. If your band performs at football games, see if you can snap a photo of the other team, so that you’ll have a reference about which game the performance took place at.
As the competition season begins, again snap a photo of the location of the competition. My daughter is several years post high school and she will still speak of a particular competition naming the location where the competition took place.
Most competitions had programs available. Those can be copied onto acid free paper and put right into the scrapbook.
During award ceremonies, photos of your group accepting an award are a must. This is also a great time to snap some photos of the rest of the group sitting in the stands.
Some scrapbooks require more journaling than other scrapbooks. A band scrapbook does require a bit more journaling as many of the photos are taken from far away, and the kids all look the same in uniform. If you have a small notebook and pen, jot down the names of the kids in the photos you’ve taken.
If the kids and/or families get together for a social event, snap a few photos. It’s fun to see the kids out of uniform also.
If you can, get a few photos of the kids in the band room at school. After all, this is where it all begins.
Audrey Okaneko has been scrapbooking for several years. She can be reached at audreyoka@cox.net or visited at http://www.scrapping-made-simple.com
Creating a One of a Kind Birthday Scrapbook
Dec 9th
I believe each of us at one time or another has been faced with what to give as a gift to the “impossible to buy for” person.
Over the years I’ve often seen the small booklets that say “if you were born in 1959″, or “if you were born in October of 1959″. I’ve always marveled at how many of these books are available and are sold.
Thus the idea of a scrapbook of birth was formed. The information contained in those booklets can easily be put into a special birthday scrapbook which of course would also include both photos and journaling.
Today, the internet makes it very easy to research any particular day, month or year. What a wonderful gift for the recipient to receive a scrapbook filled with data about the day, month and year they were born. Here are a few ideas of items to include:
News events – Choose a few news events from the day, the month and the year the person was born. You can find scrapbook paper that resembles newsprint. Then, using your computer, either scan in the news items you’ve found, or copy and paste them to fit on the scrapbook paper the way you’d like them to fit.
Other birthdays – Find famous people who were also born the same day, month and/or year. Include some photos of the folks who were also born during this time.
Prices – I’ve been able to find the average price of homes, bread and butter for the year I was born. With a bit of research, you should be able to find the average prices of the year of the scrapbook recipient.
Home and Family – See if you can find a photo of the first home the recipient lived in. Or possibly a map showing the street the person lived on. What about an “about the city” from the city the person was born in? If the hospital the person was born at is still in existence, see if you can get a photo of the hospital to include in the scrapbook. Ask another relative if they have a few photos they can give to you of the scrapbook recipient and his/her family. You can also include a page that resembles a family tree and write in the names of the parents and children if you know them.
These are just a few ideas of items you can include in a very personalized unique birthday scrapbook.
Audrey Okaneko has been scrapbooking for several years. She can be reached at audreyoka@cox.net or visited at http://www.recipe-barn.com
Creating a Scrapbook From Your Cruise
Nov 23rd
For many, sailing away on a cruise is the end result of a years worth of planning. Start taking those photos the day you start planning.
How did you find out about the cruise? Make copies of the literature that led you to book this particular cruise.
Did you read about the many port cities the cruise ship will stop at? Do you have brochure or internet photos of these cities? Again, make copies and include them in your scrapbook.
I know whenever I travel I never seem to have the right clothing. I am always shopping for just the right outfits to take with me. It is fun to take photos at home of the outfits purchased and include these photos in the “getting ready” section of the scrapbook.
When I renew my passport, I save the receipt and make a copy on acid free paper. This can be added to one of your scrapbook pages.
Once on the cruise, the photo opportunities are non stop until you return back home. Photos can be taken of the entire ship. The buffets are often almost too beautiful to eat from. Photos of chocolate buffets are wonderful conversation starters, over and over again.
As you land in each port, capture as much of the city as you can by camera. If you find brochures about places visited, grab the brochures for inclusion in your scrapbook. Postcards are also great for capturing photos you might not be able to capture yourself.
I personally love people photos. I always take photos of other people. On a cruise, you may or may not continue a relationship with those you meet on board. Use a small notebook to write down names and basic details of those you’ve met. If you don’t continue the relationship, those notes will come in handy when you view the photos 2 years later.
Whether on board or on land, carry your camera with you, so you can capture everything you wish to capture. Bon Voyage!!
Audrey Okaneko has been scrapbooking for several years. She can be reached at audreyoka@cox.net or visited at http://www.scrapping-made-simple.com