Scrapbooking!

i do digital scrapbooking lol. have a huge stash of paper and bits n pieces. but i love the idea of an "undo" button lol.


but this one i did on the comp was only using "papers" so might be of inspiration?





also 9.30 every monday morning is DIY scrapbooking on ch7 i think (SKY) and their website is http://www.diynetwork.com/topics/scrapbooking/index.html (will put in the links thread too)

you can use photoshop if you have it? i have photoshop and corel paint shop pro

TaliP wrote: My absolute favourite stuff is kaiser craft and they they have lots of pics of layouts that people have done... Kaiser

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TaliP that looks great

I do scrapbooking!  I have got a hutch that is full of papers, embellishments etc the problem is I haven't done it in months and everytime I think about getting started on something I get so sidetracked.

I love scrapbooking too! but don't have the time or space to spread out and scrapbook.
Digital looks the way to go. But i have a question can you print it? and how do you need to do it at a shop ? Is it easy?

Awww Kahlia! Your such a hunni! Thanks babe I love your stuff too xxx

Yep I use pS7 :) Kickin it old school lol. Th other thing I love about digi scrapping is there are international forums online where people can create galleries to show off their work. If you get good you can join creative teams and get scrap kits for free :) I'm on about 5 creative teams at the mo. It's all very addictive lol. Some forums run competitions as well so there's so much more you can do with your pages. Oh and you can have your pages printed and made into a book as well which is cool.

I'm currently working on making my own story book for the kids and making awesome fantasy pages with them in so it's really personalised. Also I have this cool idea to make 3 fantasy scenes with cut outs of the kids then have them printed onto canvas to hang in their bedroom. I just have to find the time to do it! Basically like the examples above.

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Can you upload your dig scrapbooking page to an online photo developer like snapfish or something similar? I don't have a decent printer at home. Or can you take them to a shop to print easily?

Happymumma - I was a total novice at scrapbooking but took a 4 class course at Craft House in Welly and loved it! They do page layouts and other types of scrapbooking (e.g. on little blocks). There are once off courses too. But time and money have become issues at the moment so it is on the back burner for now....

Yep - although Spotlight have a whole pile of different albums / concertina type things etc etc.  I just bought a couple of tiny ones to make up as Christmas presents so want to make sure I do a good job!  Presumably they will have the glue and sealant (I wondered whether anything went over the top so ta!) too.  Will have to have a look next time.

Happymumma, I have done some 'off the page' things (that is what the scrapbooking world calls those albums) and I just used double sided tape, but I use that ALL the time coz I hate glue with a vengence! (coz I hate getting it all over my hands lol). I have never stuck anything over the top of my pics to seal the colour in lol, so unless you want it to last for ages I wouldn't worry too much about that.

If you want some ideas then go to Kaiser they have heaps of things that other people have made.

Some of my favourite things that I have found along my scrapbooking way haha are:
-kindy glitz (makes things sparkly but looks nicer than using glitter). You can jazz up any paper with this stuff, so buy the plainer stuff and then add sparkle.
-foam tape. Gives pages dimension so that it doesn't look at flat and you can build things up on the page
-fussy cutting. Cutting out things from patterned paper, ie flowers and then building them up (foam tape) to make 3d flowers etc. I'm addicted to it.
-dimensional magic. Gives a glossy finish to things with a raised look. Can use on flowers to make them firmer as well.
-chipboard. New discovery for me, can ink/paint/cover in paper etc in whatever colour you like and gives the page dimension. Can also use as templates to draw around.

Hmm lots of other things but these are the ones that come to mind at the moment.

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