Tip for the Week - Journaling on your scrapbook pages

 Journaling

I found this wonderful article on Papermill.com and thought I would share it.

Scrapbooking is all about the photos. Here are our tips for choosing and working with your photos:

1.    Print multiple photos, especially if you plan on cutting them. That way, you’ll have a backup in case something goes wrong.

2.    Start with recent photos. Don’t jump in using important photos like antique prints passed down from your grandparents or expensive shots like wedding photos, unless you can easily reprint new ones.

3.    It’s totally okay to trim or crop excess sky, landscape, or background when necessary, but…

4.    Don’t cut or trim heritage or antique photos, and…

5.    Avoid cutting your photos into weird shapes. If you want to crop your photos, stick to the classic shapes like squares or ovals.

6.    You don’t need to use every photo from an event or vacation on a particular page. Instead, narrow it down to a few of your favorites and focus on only the best memories.

7.    Use different photo sizes for variety. Combine 3×5, 4×6, 5×7, 8×10, and even panoramic shots.

8.    Combining black and white photos with color prints is a great way to incorporate multiple shots while keeping the spotlight on your focal photo.

9.    Lightly write dates on the back of printed photos. This will make it easier to remember specific details about your photos if you don’t get a chance to scrapbook them till much later.

Next to photo choice, journaling is the second most important aspect of scrapbooking. Journaling gives you an opportunity to tell the story behind your photo and put a truly personal spin on your layout. Get writing with these tips:

10. Just write! Starting is the hardest part, and you can always adjust and edit your draft until it sounds perfect.

11.    Handwrite your journaling. Handwritten text adds a personal touch compared to journaling that’s been printed off your computer. If you aren’t confident in your hand-lettering abilities, try typing and printing your journaling and tracing it.

12.  If you don’t know what to say in your journaling, use a quote, poem, or song lyric.

Start on those Christmas cards!!

 Tip for the week:

 

Start on those Christmas Cards

 

Now is the perfect time to get going on your Christmas Cards . 

Let’s get started – here is a list of items you may need. Of course, you can add more items as you need. Even if you don’t think you will use it, put it in the box.

 

1.     Project Box or basket

2.     Cardstock

3.     Designer Paper

4.     Stamps/dies

5.     Inks/markers

6.     Grafting paper or note paper for sketching your ideas

7.     Plain copy paper for drafts 

8.     Any ideas from Pinterest you like 

9.     Sentiments for the inside

10.  Adhesives that will be needed

11.  Embellishments that you want for your card

 

Gather everything together in the basket or shoebox. 

 

Draft some rough ideas on plain copy paper use old designer paper that you no longer want to use.

 

Once you have your idea sketched out or drafted start to think how you can assembly line your cards.  Ie: stamp images that will need to be die cut, stamp sentiments for the inside, etc.  Remember to decorate your envelopes as well.

 

Assembly line building makes things go faster and easier if you are doing several. 

 

Place all cards in the same spot, box etc. I cannot tell you how many times I start to clean up and find cards I made and stuck them in a bag, etc., sure I would remember where I put them.  Write down where you are going to store your cards. I write this info on my card sketch in my project box. Now misplacing my project box is a totally different problem, LOL.

 

Let me know if you need help drafting or getting supplies. I find if I gather all my supplies into one space it is easier to not search the whole studio for one item.  If you need any supplies let me know and remember the Stampin’ Up Designer Series paper is on sale until August 31, 2024.

 

Hugs,

 

SJ