| So you have decided to create your own scrapbook | | | | each page with distinct designs. |
| work of art. Here is the step-by-step process you can | | | | For additional decorations, you can consider using a |
| follow to creating a one of a kind scrapbook... | | | | paper trimmer, punches, circle cutter, decorative rulers, |
| Shopping. | | | | paper rolling ball glue pen, or putting on some templates, |
| Yes, the best part of everything. It is as exciting as | | | | stickers, computer clipart, rubber stamps, and colorful |
| your birthday celebration. And no one can resist it. | | | | decorations you can find on magazines. Use the right |
| Shop for the supplies you need. Shop for the | | | | adhesives to secure what you have placed on your |
| essentials such as the album, album refill, adhesives, | | | | scrapbook. There are several of these: double-sided |
| card stock, embellishments, papers, pens, punches, | | | | adhesive dots, photo tape, glue pens, photo corners, |
| stamps, embossing, stickers, a pair of scissors and | | | | non-permanent glue, squares or strips, glue sticks, and |
| everything you need for your scrapbooking project. | | | | bottled glues. |
| Tip: Buy only acid-free adhesive, permanent marking | | | | Putting them all together |
| and non-fade pens and inks. Your aim is to preserve | | | | The most difficult part of the whole scrapbook making |
| memorabilia for years. These things will save you from | | | | is putting all the stuff together, so here are some of |
| messing up with your scrapbook. | | | | the tricks: |
| Gather your memories. | | | | Your options are more flexible if you are using |
| Get as many photos as you can. Depending on your | | | | photocopied pictures. You can cut them in to different |
| theme and the aim you want to achieve, you can sort | | | | shapes and sizes or you can decide the picture's size. |
| them according to their relations to one another. For | | | | Placing them to the pages is easier if you keep the |
| example, you can make a bibliography through | | | | space free; then decorate it afterwards. |
| scrapbook, then, you grab pictures from your childhood | | | | The best way to cut papers and photos would be |
| up to now. Sort them out according to the year they | | | | using this trick: think twice and cut with no hesitation. |
| were taken. | | | | Use a sharp pair of scissors. Exploring your creativity |
| Tip: If you are grabbing old photos, make sure that | | | | in cutting would give better impact to every page of |
| your hands are clean. Old photos can easily be | | | | your scrapbook. |
| destroyed with oil and dirt from your hands. Old photos | | | | Journaling |
| are also brittle so you may want to handle them with | | | | Adding some handwritten text also involves creativity. |
| extra care. | | | | Putting some captions, names, dates by hand would let |
| Another tip: If you want to preserve old photos, you | | | | give some personal touch on each page. The use of |
| can scan them to your computer and make a copy. | | | | templates and paper cut outs would also be great. |
| Doing this would also let you edit the quality of the | | | | When using pens, make sure that they are acid-free |
| photo or crop the particular portion you only want to | | | | which avoid degrading the scrapbook's image. Use |
| have. | | | | different colors for each page. |
| One more tip: If you want to take some recent photos, | | | | You can ask your friends and family members to help |
| use digital cameras. In this way, you can take as many | | | | you write something on the pages. |
| photos as you could without wasting film. Upload all the | | | | Finishing touches |
| photos you have taken, then, print the ones you have | | | | Use some additional decorations for final touches. |
| selected. | | | | Stickers, handwritten shapes, and paper cut outs are |
| Gather your supplies | | | | some of the things you can add as your final touches. |
| Let your imagination take you anywhere. From the | | | | Compile the pages carefully and share it with friends. |
| supplies you have, create a scrapbook that is truly | | | | Now that your have your own scrapbook, you can |
| yours. Decorate the front page of the album with your | | | | add pages anytime you want to and you can keep |
| chosen general theme. A delicate combination of | | | | your memories alive for as long as you keep your |
| colored papers, pens, photos and creativity would let | | | | scrapbook alive. |
| you create a good front page. On the inside, decorate | | | | |