Torn paper lends a gorgeous look to a scrapbook page. You can get two different looks with torn paper: a torn piece with a white edge or one without. For the white edge, hold your paper with your left hand...
The Issue of Acid and Lignin Anything that touches your photos should be acid-free and lignin-free, including paper, glue, markers and stickers. Why? Otherwise your photos will discolor and disintegrate more...
Unless you're creating a scrapbook for an organization or business or for a gift to help tell the story of someone else's life, the biggest rule to never break when making a scrapbook is there are no rules. A...
Although the art of scrapbooking includes several elements to tell a story - photos, words and embellishments - each component is important for the finished product.To ensure a story is told and it's told...
What’s one of the hottest trends in scrapbooking right now? Swirls. They’re showing up everywhere, providing gorgeous accents to pages and cards. And if you’re a little leery of trying to freehand this...
Attach a Tag in 3 Easy Steps: 1. Set an eyelet in your paper. 2. Load Tagger Tails in Top of Gun. Carefully remove needle cover and poke through the tag and eyelet. (Pierce epoxy tags with needle or...
Pick your photos, First, select your photos based on one theme or event—a child’s first birthday, your weekend trip to the coast or an everyday event like the kids’ bathtime. Think of each page as having a...
Acid-free chalk is a wonderful product to add a touch of color to your pages. My favorite is a set of decorating chalks from Craf-T. The chalk set will come with six different colors, plus two foam-tipped...
What is journaling, anyway? It’s telling the story of your photos and memories. You might write a simple headline like “At The Beach” and supplement it with the four W’s: who, what, when, where and why....