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There are a multitude of scrapbooking supplies available to make your projects more attractive. However, some items that I really love are craft punches. Punches come in nearly any design you can think of. Whatever your theme is, I’m reasonable sure you can find a punch to coordinate with it.
Fortunately, we don’t need any knowledge or training to use a craft punch. Just insert your paper, card stock, or light metal into the slot or opening (depending on what type punch you are using) and squeeze or push down. The neat thing is that you can then use either the piece you’ve punched out or the surrounding area or both.
One word of warning!! Don’t try punching anything with an adhesive backing. I tried punching out some self-stick metal tape. It gummed up my punch.
My sister was the artsy-craftsy type. She was good at scrapbooking and other keepsakes, while I was horrified at the thought of even cutting through a photograph. She has heaps and heaps of beads, Wallies, yarns and papers in all colors. She’d be surrounded by all that stuff when she was working, and that one wrong move can topple everything stuff over.
But when she’s done working, the finished product is simply fabulous. She can match the mood and colors of the photograph perfectly, or if she’s in a different mood she can do contrasts to show off something unique. Her creations also stand the test of time, so goes the cliché. One of her wall designs that was made eight years ago is still there, the color still sharp. The scrapbook she made for one of our nieces, who is now ten, is still with them. She’s just extremely talented and we all admire her for that.
Add Craft Punches To Your Cardmaking & Scrapbooking Supplies
If you haven’t added an assortment of craft punches (or at least one or two) to your cardmaking and scrapbooking supplies, you might want to consider doing so. There are a lot of really neat punches available, and these punches are so much fun to use. You can find many, many uses for them. Punch out a design on your scrapbook page or card for effect and then use the shape you punched out elsewhere. Make fancy edges and corners on your papers , cards and envelopes. The possibilities go on and on.
When you consider all the designs and subjects that are available, it seems as if you can get nearly any style or design of punch you desire. I’ve just purchased a double-edged one that cuts out a piece of paper that looks just like a piece of lace. It makes a really beautiful embellishment.
Oftentimes selecting a gift for a friend or family member can turn into a very tedious process. Trying to decide what type of present might be appropriate and appreciated can be difficult. Even though we may be familiar with someone’s likes and dislikes, we still often do not know what they may already have.
Have you ever considered that a personal scrapbook might be the ideal gift? If you have access to photos of the person you are getting a gift for, a scrapbook would be something truly one of its kind.
One year at Christmas, my daughter-in-law gathered together photos of her family members and created scrapbooks for each of them. Certainly a gift of this nature would be loved, appreciated, and enjoyed for many years to come.
It’s cold here in Florida now, and when it’s cold here that usually means that most of the rest of the U.S. is cold too. That tells me that it is a good time to stay inside and get busy scrapbooking!
Now having come here from Ohio, I realize that it is not really cold, but when you’ve been here for a while and endure the hot summers, 50 or 60 degrees for daytime highs and 30 degrees, maybe even in the 20′s at night, feels quite chilly. Besides, our cold spells usually last only a couple days, and then it is back to the 80′s. This one is lasting over a week!
Anyway, whether you’re into scrapbooking or another craft or hobby, now is a good time to work on it. Keep warm!
Regardless of how you do your scrapbooking – traditionally or digitally – Christmas is a great time to make a record of your holiday gatherings and events. Just snap pictures of any interesting or unusual moments that catch your attention. Later you can sort your photos as you see fit and decide on a theme (or multiple themes) for your pages.
When it comes to scrapbooking themes, there are a vast assortment of them available to celebrate the Christmas season. With a little research, you can find quite an abundance of ideas and free digital scrapbooking themes on the internet to get you started.
When it comes right down to it, you may find that scrapbooking requires a lot of time, space, and dedication. One of the first things a beginner scrapbooker may learn is that it can take quite a bit ot time to finish an album. The next thing a newbie must consider is the amount of supplies (albums, paper, stickers, glue, tape, rubber stamps and pads, scissors, pens and markers) needed to finish an attractive scrapbook, and along with that, the space needed to store these items.
The perfect solution to these problems ( if they are problems to you) is digital scrapbooking. Do not feel intimidated if you are a little lacking in computer skills. Digital scrapbooking is easy to learn, and you’re sure to find that designing pages and creating albums will run much more smoothly for you.
When starting your scrapbooking project, it is wise to have a few scrapbooking layout ideas in mind. You can experiment a bit by laying your photos and embellishments on your background paper in various arrangements to see what looks pleasing to you. If your layout appears to be too large for one page, consider a two-page layout.
Be sure when planning your page to allow room for your page title and any journaling you plan to do. All people in your photos should be properly identified. (How many times have we gone through our old photos and family albums and saw lots of relatives, but we had no idea who they might be? So don’t make the mistake of failing to do this.)
Numerous ideas for scrapbook layouts are available online.
If you tap into your imagination or just look around, you can come up with all sorts of scrapbooking ideas. Any item – new car, new home, your dog, new motorcycle, 4-wheeler, even a bicycle – can be the theme or subject for a scrapbook page.
Along the same lines, any event or occasion such as a birthday party, Halloween party, Christmas party or dinner, Thanksgiving get-together, graduation, baptism, family reunion, birth of a baby, etc., etc. all are occasions for creating new pages for your scrapbook.
You more than likely can design a page or two around any thought that might occur to you.