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SCRAPBOOKING |
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SITEMAP |
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Scrapbook fever hit me a few years ago. I picked up a scrapbooking packet - I think it was "Vacation" by Frances Meyers (see links page), the packet had some decorative paper, stickers, die cuts, and frames to create your own "layout". Which is a fancy way to say, a couple of pages with a unified theme to showcase your photographs. I started using 8 1/2 x 11 but now work mainly with 12x12 because I take a lot of pictures.
Below you will find some descriptions, definitions, links to examples and outside sites. If you have any links you would like to add, please e-mail me, or if you have comments, I welcome them. |
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Your layouts should be tied together under a unified theme, or color scheme and should be journaled - tell the story behind the pictures. Don't be afraid to "crop" your photo's down, to cut out unwanted parts or to accent one part of the picture by silouetting, in the same spirit don't cut out too much. . You can mat your photos to help bring out a color or "close" a photo.
I have found that if you are going to mat your photo's (which I almost alway's do) you should put the lightest color first, then a darker color. A general rule of thumb is three pictures per page, any more and the page begins to look busy, and the pictures can get lost. |
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LAYOUTS 2 |
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LAYOUTS 4 |
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LAYOUTS 1 |
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LAYOUTS 3 |
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There are many types of embelishments you can add to help tell your story : |
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PUNCHES |
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PAPER, MATTING TECHNIQUES |
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Punches are small shapes that you "punch" out on a piece of paper. There are many different shapes and sizes to choose from. When you combine or cut certain shapes you can create a whole new shape and there are several "punch art" books out their to help you.. I don't use much "punch art" on my layouts. I do use them for borders, picture framing and cards. |
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To mat your pictures you can use just about anything. Card stock, colored paper, patterned paper, paper made into a frame with punches on it, vellum, mulberry paper, even wax paper. Anything that is acid free can be used.
Paper comes in a variety of different types, weights, and styles, there is a Plethera of choices out there from small patterns to large prints, to pre printed bordered paper, textured paper and clear vellum. The two most common types of paper used for scrapbooks are cardstock (a bit heavier) and patterned (decorative) paper. If you are unsure whether the paper you want to use is safe, check it with a PH pen (to check for acidity.) Remember to save all of your scraps of paper, they are perfect for die cuts punches and paper piecings. |
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PAPER PIECINGS, DIE CUTS PAGE TITLES. |
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Paper piecings are just that, different textures or patterns of paper cut into shapes, you can make a paper piecing out of just about anything, or you can purchase them from a book, or get free ones off the internet, or join a swap. Just recently I have started using paper piecings.
Die cuts are much larger shapes cut with a sharp machine. They are available in most scrapbook and hobby stores.
Page titles are a nice way to introduce a page. (see layouts) They can explain what is happening in the pictures and they can be pre purchased and cropped down or created with the fonts on your computer. You can color them in using your painting program, a creative font disk, pens, watercolors, or chalk. |
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| MATTING EXAMPLES |
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| PUNCHES & BORDERS |
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| FREE FONT SITES |
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JOURNALING |
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PAPER PIECINGS &
DIE CUTS |
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Journaling may be the most important, and at times, most difficult part of scrapbooking for me. I want to be able to tell the story not just from my perspective, and still place the reader at the scene. One thing that I have started doing is to start the journaling right after the event. I type it into my computer - everything that I can remember. Tthen when the pictures are developed I can edit it down. I also have my husband look at what I have written and put his two cents in. Some people feel that the journaling should be in your handwriting. I have tried this but my handwriting is so bad...yadda yadda yadda. (standard excuse number 1) |
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| EVENTS & CLUBS |
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| STORES IN WASHINGTON |
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| LINKS |
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