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Tutorial 1:
The Basics of Scrapping
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| The following steps give simple, basic
guidelines that will help you create beautiful scrapbook
pages that highlight your precious memories. |
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Basic supplies:
- Photographs and/or Memorabilia
- Album with Acid Free and Lignin
Free Pages
- Page Protectors (1 for each album
page)
- Permanent, Waterproof, Fade Resistant
Writing Utensil
- Photo-safe Adhesive (permanent
or non-permanent)
- Acid Free and Lignin Free Paper
- Embellishments (Acid Free and Lignin
Free Stickers, Die Cuts, etc.)
- Scissors
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Begin by cutting (cropping)
your photographs. Cropping your photos allows you
to take out people or things you wish you didn't
get in your picture, plus it allows you to add more
photos to your pages. This will decrease the number
of total pages in your album, thus it decreases your
total cost of the album.
Tips
on cropping photographs:
- Do not worry about
making mistakes or ruining a picture. You always
have negatives and as an amateur photographer
you may find that cropping your photographs makes
them look more professional. You can read more
about taking "Smart Photos"
on our
website.
- Keep objects in
your photos that may be of historical significance
like a family car or pet.
- Polaroid
photos can safely be cut 24 hours after developing.
- Cut photos into
squares, circles, triangles, hearts, balloon shapes,
etc.
- Try cutting around
the outline of an object in your photo.
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| Step 3 Choose Coordinating
Papers |
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Adding photo safe paper to your album can make your
pictures pop to life. The following tips will help
you create nice looking album pages that make your
photos the main focus of your album page.
Tips on choosing
paper:
- The simplest way to ensure a nice looking album
page is to choose colors that coordinate with your
photos.
- Choosing 3 colors allow you to double mat your
photos if desired and overlap photos on your page.
- One paper color can be for the background and
the other paper two colors can be used to mount
photos and create designs.
- Make one or two of the papers textured or printed
leaving one that is mostly solid.
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| Step 4 Mount
Paper and Photos to Album Page |
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Using photo-safe adhesive mount paper to your pages
and/or photos.
Tips on placing paper and photos:
- Matting photos is a clean way to add paper to
your page.
- When matting photos or embellishments use a mostly
solid color paper right behind your photo then use
a printed-paper as a second mat or background paper.
- Double matt photos or stickers.
- Use long strips of paper to make borders for
a title or as matting for stickers.
- Place your photos starting from the center of
your page and workout to the edges until you find
a layout that you like.
- Overlap photos to create interest and save space
for more photos.
- Place a matted photo in the top right or left
corner and add a long strip of paper underneath
to create a border.
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Using a permanent, waterproof, fade resistant pen/marker
to journal your thoughts on the album page. This is
the second most important part of your album making
next to your photos themselves. Writing allows you
to add important information and feelings to your
photographs.
Tips on writing:
- Include who, what, where, when, and why.
- Use tiny stickers as bullets for a list of facts.
- Write in paragraph form as telling a story.
- Write captions around the outside edge of your
photos. Make titles to introduce your page.
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Using stickers, die-cuts, eyelets, and more add to
the theme of your page. Tips on using embellishments:
- Complete this step last to ensure your page focuses
on the memories and not the decorations.
- Overlap stickers and die-cuts on a piece of photo
mounting paper to create a border.
- You can place borders at the top, side, or even
across the center of your page.
- If your background paper is printed, use a solid
die-cut for a section to journal.
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