Saturday, May 26, 2012

Hints And Tips On Scrapbooking --- Baby's Firsts

It is true to say that a lot of people begin to get the scrappin’ bug after their child/children are born and usually their first attempt at scrapbooking is making a baby album.
Having a child is one of the most important events in our lives and baby’s first year is a busy, lively, ever changing journey of discovery. It is full of important milestones…
No wonder then, as parents we want to capture and record all those many memorable moments - preserving them in scrapbooks is a great way to safely keep and cherish those memories for years to come.
One timeless and extremely popular baby scrapbooking idea is to make an album that consists of ‘firsts’.
This is a relatively easy and flexible theme to follow, especially for someone new to scrapbooking and is a great way to create enchanting baby scrapbooks.
This kind of album usually consists of a scrapbook arranged in chronological order with individual layouts showing special and notable moments in your baby’s life.
New babies are so photogenic it’s hard to resist capturing all the big and little things that make up their day-to-day lives.
No doubt you will have lots of pictures to sort through – so here’s a small list of ‘firsts’ to give you some ideas for organizing your photos:
  • sleep/nap
  • bottle/breast feed
  • diaper change
  • dressed in their first outfit
  • ride in a car seat
  • smiles
  • bath
  • trip out in the buggy
  • solid food
  • teeth
  • sitting up
  • drinking from a cup
  • feeding him/herself
  • crawling
  • walking with the furniture
  • steps/walking on their own
  • hair cut
  • halloween
  • Christmas
To add a little more interest to your album try and vary the layouts, for instance make some events into double page spreads. Such as coming home from the hospital or bath-time, which always presents an opportunity for some great photos!
Give your pages a personal touch by adding some memorabilia, using a pocket envelope, to your layouts - like the birth announcement or maybe a lock of hair from their first hair cut.
If you are new to scrapbooking and you’re unsure about starting out on your new album then a good choice would be to buy yourself a baby scrapbook kit. These kits contain everything you will need to begin scrapbooking and are a great shortcut to creating super layouts that you can be proud of.
You can also enhance your pages with some of the many baby-related products that are available on the market. Decorate your layout with an adorable or cute baby scrapbook paper.
Then, embellish your page with some charming baby scrapbook stickers like rattles, booties, bibs, bottles etc and when they’re done display all of your beautiful pages in a lovely baby scrapbook album.
Go on… give it a go. Make yourself a baby scrapbook to savor and keep all those incredible memories. You’ll find it’s much more than just a scrapbook – it will become a precious family keepsake that you’ll treasure forever.




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Thursday, May 17, 2012

Wedding Anniversary Scrapbooking Ideas

Are you looking for wedding anniversary scrapbooking ideas to help you create a unique gift for a special couple for their anniversary? This article has many simple ideas that you can use to create a wonderful and lasting wedding anniversary gift.

One of the most important wedding anniversary scrapbooking ideas you can use for an anniversary scrapbook is to have the couple’s wedding picture on either the first or last page of the scrapbook.

A copy of the wedding invitation makes a really great introduction to the scrapbook. A scrapbook makes a creative anniversary gift for any anniversary year, but it is particularly effective for milestones such as the first anniversary, silver, diamond or golden anniversaries. For the 25th, 50th or 60th wedding anniversaries, you can start the scrapbook with the wedding photo.

Other scrapbooking ideas you can use are:

Photos of the couple during each year of their marriage

Photos of the couple’s family at various stages of growth

Photos of memorable occasions, such as weddings of the children

Photos of the couple with their grandchildren

Photos of trips and vacations

Wedding scrapbooking ideas, for the first year of marriage could include:

Photos of the planning done for the wedding

Copy of the wedding service

Place cards

Bridal registry

List of gifts received

Ribbons to represent colors used in the wedding

Wedding favors that was used

Notes about planning mishaps

You can also include the following in the Wedding anniversary scrapbook:

Pressed flowers

Napkins

Christmas pictures of the couple together

Letters and notes that the couple has written funny scenes from their lives together

Invitation to the anniversary party

Photos of the party

The colors you choose for embellishing the scrapbook should represent the year of the anniversary. For example , 25th anniversary is silver, 50th is gold and 60th is diamond. The colors used in other wedding anniversary scrapbooking ideas could be the colors the couple chose to have at their wedding or their own favorite colors.




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Sunday, May 13, 2012

The 7 Scrapbooking Supplies Essential For The Serious Scrapbooker

Buying scrapbooking supplies has never been simpler, with the huge variety of products available online these days. From albums and paper to all kinds of embellishments, the internet can be a fantastic place to buy your scrapbook supplies. Whether you’re a beginner or an experienced scrapper you should be able to find a huge variety of scrapbooking accessories and equipment to help you put your creative ideas into practice. Web sites are also great places to find lots of free scrapbooking ideas to inspire you to try out new techniques and experiment with different page layouts.

There are so many scrapbooking supplies on sale these days that it can be a bit daunting for new scrapbookers to know where to start! The seven essential items that are needed for all scrapbooks include album, refill pages, cardstock and acid-free adhesive. Good quality scissors are important, and a paper trimmer can be very useful. Acid-free, permanent pens are crucial for journaling and other annotations. Then there is the huge variety of scrapbook materials designed for decorating your pages, including stickers, frames and die cuts, as well as paper piecing patterns and stencils. You can use your imagination and have a lot of fun with embellishments!

One way to save time when deciding on what supplies you need is to buy a pre-packaged scrapbooking kit. Ready made kits come in a big choice of themes, and contain a coordinated selection of products related to a specific theme, such as weddings, travel or babies. Using a kit can make it quicker and easier to plan your scrapbook layouts, at the same time giving you the flexibility to come up with a unique look and add your personal touches. If you like to use digital scrapbooking software, there are loads of downloads and CDs available to help you build your pages on your computer.

The Internet is a brilliant source of all sorts of scrapbooking supplies and ideas to help you preserve your treasured photos in a unique and memorable way.




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Tuesday, May 8, 2012

Scrapbooking Ideas


I hope that the following article will help you to better understand this topic. Variety of ideas and tips for scrapbooks that will improve your scrapbook creation

Many wander What is scrapbooking? scrapbooking is one of the methods for the saving of memory in the form of information. This data is in the form of photos, pictures, text, stickers etc . scrapbooking involves pile of your creativity. scrapbooking is not just in essence a note-book but it is also a preservation of all the movements that precious to you and much more...

Here is an ideas and tips for scrapbooks The first thing the user should remember in mind is that the scrapbook is a replication of your self. The person should put all his / her creative thinking skills. Its important that a person before creating a scrapbook should keep in mind about the size, the number of pages, the quantity of materials to be needed and the tangible aspects for devising a perfect a perfective scrapbook.

If scrapbook is looked as a spare-time activity the exploiter of a book can put more creative thinking in devising the scrapbook. Color combinations plays a necessary function in the over all look. If color combinations are not proper the scrapbook looks ratty and untidy. The proper colours which match your scrap book should be used. By Modesty enhancing the quality of scrapbooks will help the scrapbooks to be more sparkly and adds a touch off to your scrapbook.

Another think is the use of proper borders that is also one of the most significant aspects for the formation of an attractive scrapbook. Borders can be made attractive with the help of materials like stickers, stamps or even stencils. The main photos in the scrapbooks should be highlighted or decorated with dissimilar color pencils or multi-colored pencils. There should be two borders made in the scrapbook one should be thin while the other should be a bit wider than the other.

It should be kept in mind that the borders play a critical function in the scrapbook, the borders helps to add spark in your scrapbook. The photos in the scrapbook should be located in a proper order. The order of photos plays an crucial function in one's scrapbook. The order should be a such that it should be gratifying to the eyes. Proper flow of the photos makes the scrapbook more realistic and easy to follow. The related accents should be located in good order this will help to add a special impression to your scrapbooks.

Photos and stickers should be pasted in the form of triangles this will make the scrapbook more pleasing. The scrapbooks should be divided in multiple-sessions this will enhance the looks of your scrap book. The principal of "Rule of Thirds" should be kept in mind while the establishment of the scrapbook. This will help to raise the caliber of your scrapbook.

For a better attractive lineament in the scrapbook the stickers or the stamps used should be repeated. Sketching of the significant photos should be done this will help to improve the looks of the scrapbook. The scrapbooks is classified in the form of three or five accents.

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