Scrapbooking Idea’s and Solutions - What’s on a Scrapbooking Page?
Scrapbooking Ideas and Solutions recognize that most pages are made of the following elements:
1. Your Background: This is where the scrapbooker sets the mood for the page.
2. Photos: These will be the focal point of your page.
3. Mat: Doing this technique highlights your photos.
4. Title: This is a must as it names your page.
5. Journaling: This documents memories and recollections.
6. Embellishments: This is the final stage for your page, like the icing on the cake.
Backgrounds:
The background that you choose for your page is very important, as it sets the mood for your page. The easiest way is to use the coloring and content of your photos as a guide for your background. The right color is usually quite obvious, but sometimes you will have to look a little harder. The best solution is to place your photos on several background colors to see which one looks the best.
Photos:
These will be the focal point of your page and is usually the main reason you’re scrapbooking. Some photos will need to be cropped. This is the trimming off of parts of the photo that detract from the main image, or if you have too much background.
Be careful when cropping that you don’t cut away part of a story. Also don’t crop a photo that you don’t have a negative for. Best to make a copy of the photo and keep the original in tact.
Don’t cut a Polaroid or instant photo.
How many photos’ you put on a page is entirely up to you. You don’t even have to tell the entire story on the same page - the rest of your photo’s can be put away for another page another day.
Mats:
These are layers of card or paper that are different, but complimentary to the background of your page. They are placed behind your photos to enhance and highlight them.
You can change the look and style of your mats to suit the mood of your page. You can also use multiple layers to frame your photo. Experiment with different widths, or one of my favorites is to place the photo skew on the mat. You don’t have to mat all your photos in the same way on a page. Try matting one photo differently to draw attention to it.
Titles:
Titles give your page a personality, and can be as individual and varied as the pages that you create. A title can be situated anywhere on a page and can be a single word or an entire sentence. You can also use your handwriting to create a title. Stickers are a great time saving device for titles, or you can use your computer.
Journaling:
Journaling is also an important part of scrapbooking, as it is a written record to go with your memories. It may be a list or recollections of a specific event, or even just a quote, song or poem. Make your journaling count, and make it personal and genuine. Computers are becoming a huge part of scrapbooking and there are thousands of fonts to choose from to add character to your journaling. Don’t forget however, that your handwriting is also a part of your, so make sure it is documented somewhere in your album.
Embellishments:
These are the decorations that you put on your page to finish it off - the icing on the cake as such. Make sure that whatever you put on your page is safe, and if in doubt, do not place anywhere near your photos. First mount on acid free card, or in a pocket. With embellishments, you are limited only by your imagination, so go wild.
Tags: best photos, one of my favorites, instant photo, background colors, recollections 1. Your Background: This is where the scrapbooker sets the mood for the page.
2. Photos: These will be the focal point of your page.
3. Mat: Doing this technique highlights your photos.
4. Title: This is a must as it names your page.
5. Journaling: This documents memories and recollections.
6. Embellishments: This is the final stage for your page, like the icing on the cake.
Backgrounds:
The background that you choose for your page is very important, as it sets the mood for your page. The easiest way is to use the coloring and content of your photos as a guide for your background. The right color is usually quite obvious, but sometimes you will have to look a little harder. The best solution is to place your photos on several background colors to see which one looks the best.
Photos:
These will be the focal point of your page and is usually the main reason you’re scrapbooking. Some photos will need to be cropped. This is the trimming off of parts of the photo that detract from the main image, or if you have too much background.
Be careful when cropping that you don’t cut away part of a story. Also don’t crop a photo that you don’t have a negative for. Best to make a copy of the photo and keep the original in tact.
Don’t cut a Polaroid or instant photo.
How many photos’ you put on a page is entirely up to you. You don’t even have to tell the entire story on the same page - the rest of your photo’s can be put away for another page another day.
Mats:
These are layers of card or paper that are different, but complimentary to the background of your page. They are placed behind your photos to enhance and highlight them.
You can change the look and style of your mats to suit the mood of your page. You can also use multiple layers to frame your photo. Experiment with different widths, or one of my favorites is to place the photo skew on the mat. You don’t have to mat all your photos in the same way on a page. Try matting one photo differently to draw attention to it.
Titles:
Titles give your page a personality, and can be as individual and varied as the pages that you create. A title can be situated anywhere on a page and can be a single word or an entire sentence. You can also use your handwriting to create a title. Stickers are a great time saving device for titles, or you can use your computer.
Journaling:
Journaling is also an important part of scrapbooking, as it is a written record to go with your memories. It may be a list or recollections of a specific event, or even just a quote, song or poem. Make your journaling count, and make it personal and genuine. Computers are becoming a huge part of scrapbooking and there are thousands of fonts to choose from to add character to your journaling. Don’t forget however, that your handwriting is also a part of your, so make sure it is documented somewhere in your album.
Embellishments:
These are the decorations that you put on your page to finish it off - the icing on the cake as such. Make sure that whatever you put on your page is safe, and if in doubt, do not place anywhere near your photos. First mount on acid free card, or in a pocket. With embellishments, you are limited only by your imagination, so go wild.
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