Make Designer Scrapbooking Pages
Yep, I called you all designers . That is because each time you create something, you ARE the designer. Maybe you don t think you have an ounce of scrapbooking designer in you and you have to borrow (scraplift) ideas from others. Or maybe you are so fabulous that you probably could be published in next month s issue of Creating Keepsakes or Simple Scrapbooks. Either way, we all want our pages to look great.
Recently I have been using sketches to create my pages. What is a scrapbooking sketch? It is an outline of how to layout your scrapbooking pages. Sometimes a sketch just tells you where to
...handwriting for them. Journaling gives the scrapbook pictures life as they unfold in each page. Without it, the entire scrapbook album remains a mystery and remains incomplete. What you need for this task are colorful pens, markers, glittery gel pens, ...
Below I have listed some of my favorite sites for sketches. My Layout of the Week was also created using a sketch.
1.) Little Book of Sketches (www.littlebookofsketches.blogspot.com/) - This site is great because there are sketches for 12 12 and 8.5 11. There are also sketches for 6 6 and 8 8 page layouts (single and
...to preserve. Scrapbooking is an excellent way to do this. You will not have to look far to pinpoint which parts of your life you would like to preserve in a scrapbook. Many people begin their scrapbooking by chronicling their ...
2.) Creating Keepsakes (www.creatingkeepsakes.com/mag/sketches/) - Becky Higgins’ fun, simple, and creative style works for the seasoned as well as beginning scrapbooker.
3.) Scrap Maps (www.scrap-maps.com/) - A site devoted only to sketches with several hundreds to choose from.
4.) Scrapjazz Sketches (www.scrapjazz.com/gallery/showgallery.php?cat=807) - They have a new sketch each month and scrapbookers send in their take on the sketch. Not only do you get to see the sketch, but you get lots of ideas for creating it yourself.
5.) Queen Geek Sketches (www.scrapforums.com/gallery/index.php?cat=687) - Great sketches by a fellow scrapbooker!
6.) The Scrap Witch Sketch Challenges (www.scrapwitch.com.au/community/mediagallery/album.php?aid=18&page=1) - Join their scrap challenge each month using their sketches and
...newspaper paper will eventually occur. However, since the percentage of lignin is low, newspaper will preserve for many years before this deterioration process begins to occur. To further slow this process, use Mylar or page protectors to protect the newspaper ...
7.) Scrap Dreamer (www.scrapbookdreamer.com/photos/showgallery.php?cat=591) - Their sketches for tags are amazing!
8.) Digital Scrapbook Place (www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showgallery.php?cat=544) - Lots of different entries - makes for several different styles.
9.) Pencil Lines (www.pencillines.com/) - The international sketch challenge blog. Not just great sketches here. I love the finished pages to give you even more ideas for scrapping. ,
10.) Scrappin Stuff (www.scrappinstuff.com/sketches/index.htm) - View sketches and the layouts scrappers have created using those sketches.
11.) 3 Scrapateers (www.3scrapateers.com/gallerypp/showgallery.php/cat/572) - I love the updated style of many of these sketches and the wide variety of photo sizes.
Want to see some more great sketches, but hate searching
...many different sources. Check at both calendar shops and also scrapbook shops for product availability. You also can make a template on your computer using any calendar software. You then can add in special dates such as birthdays, anniversaries and ...
I hope you all can save yourself time and come up with fabulous pages using sketches (or maybe you can create some sketches yourself - please share them with me if you do!).
Robin M. King is a photographer and long-time scrapbooker. She is a contributer to [http://www.scrapbookfinds.com/]ScrapbookFinds.com, a comparison shopping tool for [http://www.scrapbookfinds.com]scrapbooking supplies. Read her [http://blog.scrapbookfinds.com/]ScrapBlog and Ask Robin questions.