You’ve taken tons of photos: of the grandchildren; of that special cross-country trip; of your house-move … You want to capture the essence of the event rather than scrap every detail. The 6×4s you got developed are too big. How can you take advantage of that photo-editing software you’ve got, but are unsure of how to use, to resize your photos?
From the category archives:
Getting Started
This simple scrapbooking layout idea uses five photographs, some brads, a word fragment and journaling block. It includes text on the dark area of the large photo.
That’s it! As I said: simple!
Read on for a few scrap booking tips.
This simple, budget Christmas scrapbook page is made without buying any extra supplies. Yes, it’s a Christmas layout, but it could just as happily be a Valentine’s Day , birthday or anniversary scrapbook page – any occasion where you want to spend the money on gifts rather than scrapbooking supplies!
We’ve used paper ‘ribbon’ – you’re bound to have red paper you can cut into strips, or even real ribbon in your stash from previous Christmas or Valentine layouts.
We had been invited to teach a scrapbooking class at Friends and Neighbors. What is that you ask? It’s a local group of senior ladies who meet for coffee twice a month and invite speakers to talk about interesting topics. This time the topic was scrapbooking. But we did not want just onlookers only, we wanted workshop participants – it’s so much more fun that way.
Have you wondered how to start scrapbooking on a budget? We have 10 tips that will get you off the starting blocks fast.
I’ll give a class of Seniors their first scrapbooking lesson next week, and one of the questions I have to answer is: “What is the basic ‘tool-kit’ that a beginning scrap booker needs to get started? It seems that so many of the supplies cost a lot; especially if you are starting from scratch. I just have trouble determining what is essential to get a good start on my scrapbooking experience.”
So I’ll start the answer here, and maybe post some of the results of their efforts with minimal tools after the class.
Here is a layout made with sketch #9. Apologies for the poor quality of the photograph. (I’ll try to get a better one and upload it later.)
Forever Yours
I’ve only been scrapbooking for a short time. In this layout I used papers and punch-outs by Colorbok. The flower, brads and ribbon are from Hot Off The Press creative kits.
A layout with no frills. Scrapbooking does not have to be complicated and extravagant.
I saw this layout and thought how magnificently simple yet effective it was. Isn’t it beautiful?
‘Sweet Baby Journey Turns Six Months’ (click to go to site for a bigger view of this layout) is by Joy Madison. Check out Joy’s blog. She is very talented and has some wonderful ideas.
Thanks for letting me show this Joy.
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For this layout, scrapbooking newbie Valerie used scrapbooking sketch #5 published on our site recently. I’m always surprised at the varying results you can get from the same template.
In this page Valerie highlights a favorite poem and uses photographs of white and blue lavender from her garden. (Did you know that you can get pink lavender, too?)
Scrapbooking pets is as important to many as scrapbooking family – because they are a much loved part of the family.
In this layout made using our Scrapbooking Sketch #5, Simone’s Blue Merle collie is waiting for some action. Blue doesn’t sit still for long despite a back problem that leaves him lame at times. His wonderful blue eyes shine out of these photos as he takes a breather between activities. I didn’t know dogs could have blue eyes … (I’m showing my ignorance, lol!)
Three Generations: This wedding scrapbooking layout shows the Bride, the Mother of the Bride, and Grandmother of the Bride.
“When I first saw this photograph I felt seasick,” Isabella said.
If you had a photo that made you feel ill would you include it on a scrapbook page?
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