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    How to Make a Scrapbook: Your-Step-By-Step Guide to Making a Scrapbook
    How to Make a Scrapbook: Your-Step-By-Step Guide to Making a Scrapbook
    How to Make a Scrapbook: Your-Step-By-Step Guide to Making a Scrapbook
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    How to Make a Scrapbook: Your-Step-By-Step Guide to Making a Scrapbook

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    “How to Make a Scrapbook” is about the hobby of making a visual diary. While the format of scrapbooking may have changed as new tools and techniques are developed, the reason for “scrapping” is universal: it is to record precious memories. In this guide you will learn how to:
    - Select the proper tools to get started
    - Select the style you want to use
    - Frame a photo
    - Mat a photo
    - Crop a photo
    - Use the proper adhesives
    - Journal in your scrapbooks
    - Save deteriorating photos
    - Create flow through your albums
    - Select more advanced tools for scrapping

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHowExpert
    Release dateNov 6, 2011
    ISBN9781476010335
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      How to Make a Scrapbook - HowExpert

      How to Make a Scrapbook

      Your Step-By-Step Guide to Making a Scrapbook

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      HowExpert Press & Donna Fisher

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      TABLE OF CONTENTS

      Introduction

      Chapter 1: Saving Your Photos

      Professional Restorers

      Do it Yourself

      Dealing with Acid

      Points to Remember

      Chapter 2: Terms

      Vocabulary

      Points to Remember

      Chapter 3: Basic Materials

      Paper Cutters

      Scissors

      Solid Adhesives

      Liquid Adhesives

      Undu

      Color Coordinated Card Stock

      Points to Remember

      Chapter 4: Building Your Album

      Types of Albums

      Types of Album Pages

      Points to Remember

      Chapter 5: Developing Your Style

      Simple Style

      Simply Elegant Style

      Girly-girl

      Girly Elegant Style

      All Boy

      Matchy-Matchy

      Eclectic

      Based on a Color Scheme

      Just Get Me Started!

      Points to Remember

      Chapter 6: Getting Started

      Choose Your Page Theme or Album Theme

      Writing on the Page

      Title

      Story

      Spotlight Your Picture

      Size of the Picture

      Matting and Framing

      Mounting

      Prints, Textures, and Solids

      Choose a Layout

      Symmetry

      Balance

      Flow

      Points to Remember

      Chapter 7: Cropping Photos

      Reasons for Cropping

      Digital Cropping

      Overlapping

      Creative Framing

      Cut Up the Photo

      Add Embellishments

      Points to Remember

      Chapter 8: Types of Pens

      Journaling Pens

      Specialty Pens

      Points to Remember

      Chapter 9: Tools

      Paper Piercer

      Hole Punches

      Work Mats

      Stencils

      Misc Tools

      Points to Remember

      Chapter 10: Die Cutting Systems

      Professional Die Cutting Systems

      Personal Die Cutting Systems

      Lifestyle Crafts

      Sizzix

      Cricut

      Cuttlebug

      Slice

      Spellbinders

      Cottage Cuts

      Tim Holtz

      Points to Remember

      Chapter 11: Ideas for Pages – Put It All Together

      Put it All Together

      Points to Remember

      About the Expert

      Recommended Resources

      INTRODUCTION

      Do you have boxes of photos in your closet? Most people do, so don’t feel bad. My family used to get out the shoe boxes on holidays and look through all the pictures, and lament the fact that they were fading. Then, the shoe boxes would go back into the closet until next year.

      You don’t have to let those old family photos fade away. And, you don’t have to let your favorite pictures of the kids sit in a dust covered box in the attic.

      If you are a hobbyist, you’ll love scrapbooking. With just a few basic tools, you can create attractive albums showcasing your favorite pictures, and tell favorite family stories on the page with creative journaling.

      You don’t even have to delve into the overwhelming pile of boxes, if it seems a little too much for you. Perhaps you have a special occasion coming up—like a 50th wedding anniversary or 80th birthday party, and would like some special way to commemorate the festivities! A scrapbook of the occasion will become your new coffee table book, giving you years of enjoyment.

      Find out, here, why those old photos fade, and how to stop it. And, you’ll find out how to keep it from happening to your new photos. If you like working with your hands, this is the hobby for you, because in scrapbooking:

      We cut big pieces into little ones, and glue them back together.

      CHAPTER 1: SAVING YOUR PHOTOS

      Too many times the snapshots we treasure gradually deteriorate. This is due to a lot of factors, including the type of paper and ink used in the original printing, storage problems, and just plain age. Let’s look at a number of ways to preserve those great snapshots.

      PROFESSIONAL RESTORERS

      There are professional photo restorers who can save that civil war snapshot of a family member, or restore the tin-type of your grandparents. The sooner you can get the photos to the restorer, the better, because every year that they sit in the drawer or box, they become a little more brittle, and lose a little more of the details needed for thorough restoration. Even if the photo you have displayed on your shelf seems to be in good shape, it wouldn’t hurt to have it checked by a professional restorer, to see if he can clean it. He can also treat the photo to neutralize any acids in the ink or paper.

      DO IT YOURSELF

      The colors in photos start fading over the years, with reds going first. This is why your photos start looking yellow. You can’t always stop this, but you can scan and color correct the photos to restore the original appearance. This way you have a copy of the original that is more indicative of the original appearance of the original. And the great thing is – you probably have the tools to do this at home! If you have an all-in-one printer, you can scan your photos. There is usually a color correct option included. If your scanner doesn’t have a color correct option, you can find photo kiosks at most drug stores and WalMarts. These are the places where you print off your own photos. Not only can you plug in a jump drive on which you’ve saved new photos, you can scan previously printed photos. Now, they won’t let you print copyrighted photos, such as studio shots. But for scanning snapshots, it’s great. There is a color correct option on most of the scanners provided. You’ll love the difference in your old photos when you see the colors come alive again! That red and plaid dress you wore to your 6th birthday party will look as great as it did…however

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