Scrapbooking, scrap - cutting, book - book. Scrapbooking is called scrapbooking, clip, scrap, scrapbooking. In a word, this is the original design of photo albums. It is important not only to select the best photos, to sign beautifully, but also to make an original design. Each sheet in the album is not just filled with photos. Rather, it is an expression of the owner's thoughts, his emotions about the event. The classic version of scrapbooking involves the use of tickets, drawing, tags, memorable souvenirs, which attach to the sheet in the album.
As a rule, choose one topic, which is devoted to the whole book. It can be a wedding, adulthood, the birth of a child and his first year of life. It is assumed that the album will be stored for a long time, so they use special materials that will preserve the photo book in its original form. There are different styles of design, which can only be limited by your imagination.
Make a mini photo album with your own hands, dedicate it to one event, for example, the birthday of a friend. Fill it with photos from the party and give it to the birthday girl. Such a gift will suit every girl. The creation of such a mini album is not spent as much time as on making a large one.
Scrapbooking is used not only in the design of photo albums. Many items of home interior decorate in the style of scrap. For example, flower pots, vases, photo frames, chests of drawers, boxes and much more.
Materials for scrapbooking.
To your photos and album and after fifty years have remained the same, choose special materials without chemical acid and lignin. These elements quickly destroy the basis of photography. To avoid this, purchase materials that have the icon acid-free or lignin-free.
You will need an album for photos. Classic size 30 cm x 30 cm, it will fit many photos. There is a place for signing and attaching various ornaments. Choose albums with transparent film to protect photos.
Scrapbooking is difficult to imagine without scissors, glue, pens, pencils, ribbons, paper of different texture and color. For the design of the album any small decorative gizmos are suitable.
Before you start, determine the main background and an additional one, which you will select some photos. Think over the captions to the photos. If it's hard for you to come up with comments, search the Internet for a description of the work of experienced scrapbookers.
Choose a paper of pastel tones, it will not distract attention from photos, but will emphasize the general idea. Think over the framework. You can simply circle a photo with a bright marker, you will get an original frame.
Signatures you can do not only at the photo itself, but also paste a separate leaf and on it to write the whole history connected with the sealed event.
Original ornaments - laces, stickers, buttons, tickets will help to give a complete look to the page.
Emotions from a family walk can be saved after twenty years. It is enough to put photos in the album, write notes, originalize the sheet, attach sentimental gizmos.
Scrapbooking involves an unconventional approach to saving photos. Photo Album, created by their own hands to preserve the significance of events forever. On the existing styles of design of photo albums, we will talk next time.