Scrapbooking Fun

Typography and words are important parts of good graphic design. It is no surprise that text has become one of the most popular embellishments in scrapbooking. You can find text printed on vellum, transparency sheets, rub-on's, or even chipboard. The words cover everything from quotes, titles, phrases, to complete journaling blocks.

You can easily add interest to patterned background paper by printing your own themed text over the paper.

How to Create Your Own Printed Text Papers:

1) Copy text into your favorite word processing program. You can find a "Love" themed text block by clicking here. Or create your own using themed words or famous quotes.

2) Copy additional blocks of the same text, over and over again until the whole page is full.

3) Change the font of the entire block to a free-flowing script, or any other font that seems to fit your chosen theme. The font used on the samples below is called

4) Trim 12"x12" scrapbook papers to 8.5"x11" to fit into your printed if needed.

5) Print your text page directly on the patterned paper.

6) Use your new papers to create elements on your next scrapbook page.

Tip: Change the margins on your document to be as small as you can for your printer so that the text will fill as much of the page as possible. Also, you may want to "full justify" your text so that it evenly fills the page.

Sample Printed Text Patterned Papers:

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Papers Used: SandyLion Gold Damask, Spring Flowers, and Textural Red

Project Sample: Click here to see a Valentine's Day card created with the Textural Red patterned paper with Love themed text printed on it.

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Tuesday, November 9, 2010

How To Scrapbook - Step 4: Create a Background

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Free Printable Flower Patterns for Scrapbooking - Flower 5

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Monday, November 8, 2010

Wedding Scrapbook Pages - Love

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Scrapbook Sketch Challenge

When time is tight, you still want to create beautiful scrapbook pages. Quick and Easy scrapbook page ideas here on About.com Scrapbook are the solution. This layout features two 4x6 inch photos. Simply pick your favorite vertical and favorite horizontal and you can put this layout together in minutes. The key tool used on this scrapbook page is the corner rounder. The rounded background matted on a solid color frames out the scrapbook page layout for a simple, yet dramatic, look. Click to the next image for the free scrapbook page sketch.

Products Used: Patterned and solid paper, 3-d embellishment, bracket, and title tab all from the Travel Page Kit by Colorbok; font - Freehand591BT; navy blue mini brads from Hot Off the Press.

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Sunday, November 7, 2010

Wedding Scrapbook Pages - Celebrate

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Free Printable Flower Patterns for Scrapbooking - Flower 3

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Saturday, November 6, 2010

Make Your Own Paper Bag Mini-Scrapbooks

Unique Mini Scrapbooks You Can Make Yourself
Article by Darcy Baldwin

I never realized how ahead of the trend my mom was. She altered paper lunch bags everyday - writing my name on it with a smiley face in the D, or tying a colored ribbon around it on special occasions, or drawing balloons for my birthday. And now, who could have imagined that what typically carries a cold lunch to cafeterias everywhere, has become such a hot trend. Using paper bags to create cute and interactive albums is a great project for brag books, cards, and special gifts. And they are so easy to make!

Step By Step Instructions:

1. Lay 2 or more paper bags together, alternating ends.

2. Fold the bags in half and you have a "spine." I found it easiest to sew a single line up the fold line to help hold the book intact while I worked on other features.

3. Punch holes along the binding area of the book. Do not place eyelets here until you have put on your "binding" if you choose to do one.

4. At this point, you are ready to decorate!

Ideas for Binding:

Ties - Use bits of ribbon, fabric or fiber tied in knots in each hole. This method can be seen on the Valentine's Day album.Paper Binding - Create a binding with a strip of coordinating paper. You can then re-punch your holes for perfect placement, then add any of the binding ideas. Paper binding shown here with brass brads.Lacing Ribbon - Lace ribbon in a zig-zag fashion through the holes, coming back in the middle with a bow. Metal Binding Clips - Found in the office supply stores.

There are a lot of hiding spots for journaling tags or extra pictures in your book. Each open end of the bag now can be used as a pocket to slide tags or pictures into. What once was the bottom flap of the bag now serves as a hidden journaling feature. Either use it as a lift the flap type of feature where you hide journaling under it, or open it, cut a slit along the fold line, and insert a tag (narrow tags work best here).

Above all, have fun decorating your new album to fit your theme. They make great brag books for grandparents or friends, special memory books for birthdays or anything you can dream up!

A special note about paper bag albums: Paper bags are not acid-free, meaning that over time, they will break down much faster than acid-free, lignin-free papers. They are also not as sturdy as a cardstock album. So please remember to only use duplicate pictures when making your albums. Precious, one-of-a-kind photos can be printed out, color copied at a quick copy shop or duplicated at your neighborhood photo lab.

Sample Paper Bag Mini-Scrapbooks:

Complete Valentine's Gift Album - This gorgeous album is fully decorated and journaled. It is a piece of art. View the pages by clicking here.