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How to scrapbook
By Wendy | May 15, 2008
Let’s face it scrapbooking isn’t rocket science. Scrapbooking is relatively easy to do and can be done by people of all ages, even younger children, and skill levels. There are several companies to assist the modern scrap booker. Companies such as Creative Memories, Cricut, Quikutz, Sizzix and Stampin’ Up, have a bevy of choices to enhance memorabilia with.
First, organize the memorabilia by dates, events or person. This will give an easy sequence of events to follow. If that seems overwhelming, try doing it from present day to past. Then reverse the items and there you go – you’re ready to place the pieces on your new scrapbooking pages pages.
Next, select the type of book you want to use. There are many different sizes and colors to use, but make sure the pages are ph balanced and acid and lignin free, as this will decrease the rate of natural decay, making your wonderful scrapbook last longer. Older magnetic albums are notorious for damaging photos beyond repair.
Now that you have your book, pick out some paper or stickers to enhance it with. The paper and stickers should also be ph balanced and free of acid or lignin. Background paper comes in plain or printed versions.
Now start journaling. This is important in order to preserve your personal or family history. Thomas Jefferson and Mark Twain were avid record keepers. Scrapbooks with journaling back then were more of personal diaries and sometimes were not seen publicly until after the person’s death. Thomas Jefferson even had rough drawings of new constructions he was working on. Your journaling style is your own and is a form of your own history. Don’t be afraid to instill your own humor in it. Poetry looks beautiful and you can keep your individual writings all in one place.
What else can you do? Embossing is a beautiful technique to enhance your pages. It presses the paper to create raised areas of design. The raised areas are naturally shadowed so that they are easily visible.
There are also die cut machines on the market. They are able to create any font, shape or alphabet available and can be hooked up to your home computer. Cricut and Quikutz are two companies offering die cut machines, plus many other products. Stampin’ Up offers these products as well along with rubberstamping supplies.
After your pages are just perfect, it’s time to put on those all important page protectors. They do what they say – they protect. They protect your pages as you work on them and protect your pages long term. A Midwest scrapper lived through a tornado and was thrilled to find out that her scrapbook lived through it as well – just a couple of fields away. There was a little water damage, but the bulk of her book was unscathed! None of the pages came out and all her pictures were intact. If that’s not a perfect reason to scrapbook, what is? Your history is too important to not take care of!
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