| Cheap Scrapbooking Ideas and Solutions that I use to | | | | gives your pages a personal touch, and something of |
| give my pages a personal touch. I am a scrapbooking | | | | yourself for future generations. |
| addict, and at the rate I go, it can get pretty expensive. | | | | Cheap Scrapbooking Idea no. 5: |
| I have a lot of methods and cheap scrapbooking ideas | | | | Another way to embellish your pages, is to make your |
| and solutions that I use to save costs on my | | | | own. I often use newspaper, or scrap paper which I |
| scrapbook layout pages. With a little bit of imagination | | | | crumple and age by inking, and then write on them. |
| your layouts can look like you have spent a fortune on | | | | Just beware of the acid content of the paper that you |
| them. | | | | use, and don't put paper you are uncertain about near |
| Cheap Scrapbooking Idea no. 1: | | | | your photo's. Strips of newspaper on the sides of your |
| Whenever I do a page, I never throw any of my | | | | pages are a great way of aging them. |
| scraps of paper left over from cutting out away. One | | | | Cheap Scrapbooking Idea no. 6: |
| can always use the scraps of paper on another page. | | | | Cheap Scrapbooking Idea's and Solutions uses old |
| I usually cut out interesting shapes, or just elongated | | | | buttons and ribbons, as they are a wonderful way to |
| triangle's and stick them onto the plain white paper that | | | | make your pages unique. String, embroidery cotton and |
| you get when you buy your albums to make your | | | | wool are also great. |
| own interesting background design. Just remember to | | | | Cheap Scrapbooking Idea no. 7: |
| place your photo's onto a card stock frame before | | | | I keep a lot of personal stuff to embellish with. For |
| you place them on the background, or the photo will be | | | | instance when my daughter had her first haircut, I kept |
| lost in the design. | | | | the hair and took before and after photo's. I made a |
| Cheap Scrapbooking Idea no. 2: | | | | shaker box with the hair in it and surrounded it with her |
| If you have a lot of bits of card stock in different | | | | photo's. She will always be able to see the color and |
| colors, I frame each photo with a different color and | | | | texture of the way her hair once looked. |
| this can look amazing, especially if the photo's are | | | | If we visit the circus or another special function, I |
| mixed and taken in different places. | | | | always keep something from the event to put on the |
| Cheap Scrapbooking Idea no. 3: | | | | page with the photo's. Even tickets, invites and table |
| Another way I use my scraps is by cutting out small | | | | menus make great additions for your memory pages. |
| circles of different sizes and making flowers to | | | | Cheap Scrapbooking Idea no. 8: |
| embellish my pages with. Crumple each circle slightly | | | | If you are doing a child's page, a good idea is to use |
| and ink the edges. Place the largest circle at the | | | | their hand print as an embellishment. |
| bottom, then the smaller ones on top to make three or | | | | Hand prints are especially appreciated in baby or |
| four tiers. Finally put a button on top which you can | | | | grandparent scrapbooks. |
| either sew or glue on. | | | | To make prints, prepare a flat surface. Use acrylic |
| Cheap Scrapbooking Idea no. 4: | | | | paint in a paper plate and have your child place his or |
| Instead of buying expensive stickers to journal with, I | | | | her hands in the paint and then on your scrapbook |
| use stamps, which are an investment once off, but I | | | | surface, one at a time. |
| get lots of mileage out of them using different color | | | | After the paint dries, you will have a permanent record |
| inks. I also do a lot of journaling by writing free hand. It | | | | of your child's hand prints. |