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Creative scrapbooking ideas using alphabet and font stickers

Some people are not comfortable using their own handwriting to decorate the scrapbooking pages. Fear not as today’s creative scrapbooking ideas will look into how you can use alphabet and font stickers to create beautiful pages that you’ll be proud of. Just because your handwriting is not so cool doesn’t mean that you should ditch scrapbooking as you can use and gather a wide selection of templates and stickers to achieve beautiful and creative scrapbooking pages.

Using alphabet and font stickers for your scrapbooking pages

You can get varieties of alphabet and fonts stickers from your nearby craft shops. The alphabets stickers come in many sizes, shapes colors and fonts. Some of them have shaded background that can easily match your typical scrapbooking papers.

Sometimes, you can also get stickers with flowers, animals and cartoon as part of each individual letter. These types are normally more expensive compared to normal alphabet stickers but you can use them for special theme scrapbooking.

‘Artsy’ types of alphabet stickers are good for theme pages. You can get birthday, graduation and Christmas themes stickers at reasonable price. I once saw red candy type alphabet stickers during the Christmas seasons and they look really great when use on white background as they stand out more.

Alphabet and fonts stickers are not expensive and they are very easy to use. Just peel the backside stickers and you can place them whenever you like on your scrapbooking pages.

With alphabets and fonts stickers, a novice can start their own creative scrapbooking pages in no times. Handwriting should not be deterrents to stop your creative juice from flowing.  Have you start you first scrapbook yet?

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Creative Scrapbookers should not ignore acid free paper

You might be tempted to use the normal plain paper that you can buy at a very cheap price in your stationery store and when you compare the price tag to the scrapbooking paper, you found this specialized paper is more expensive. Well, scrapbooking paper is normally acid and lignin free so that explains the higher price tag. If you are creative scrapbooker and want your scrapbooking projects to last long then you should not ignore the acid free paper.

This type of paper is intended for the best preservation of your photos and memorabilia so don’t skimp on this.

What does acid free means to you?

If the paper is acid free it will be typically be neutral in pH or at most, between 6 and 7 (which is the neutral pH).

Where does the acid comes from?

The scrapbooking paper is made of wood pulp that contains natural acids. During production, calcium is added to neutralize the acid during the treatment process.
The paper may also be buffered to keep additional acids from forming.

Since we want our creative scrapbooks to last long, it makes sense to use acid free scrapbooking paper in our project. Manufacturers will normally have an ‘acid free’ label on the packaging to differentiate this special paper with regular paper. If you use acid free paper, you’ll also notice that they will not yellow and deteriorate easily as regular paper. This type of paper will not damage your photos too, so try to consider them in your scrapbooking budget.

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Using part of your home for your scrapbooking area let it show your unique personality

I always feel like I need a big area when I’m doing some scrapbooking or craft project. It’s not that the coffee table is too small but I feel that it is easier to get creative when I can lay out all my stuffs on a big table. I don’t like doing it on the carpet for fear that I’ll suddenly spill the glue on it. That will be a nightmare isn’t it. So, as a creative scrapbooker, do you have a favorite spot in your home where you like to be when you are doing your scrapbook?

Do you have a place where you can store your scrapbooking supplies and do your work?

Not all people have the budget and luxury to have a big area dedicated for their scrapbooking room. So a small area should be good enough for you to get in the zone. Even if it is ‘small’, you should still be able to put in some essential items in there. After all, you don’t want to have to zig-zag around the house when trying to complete your creative scrapbooking project.

You’ll need a flat, hard and preferably large surface.

A desk or table will be good so that you can put your stuffs on it. The bigger it is, the more stuff you can spread on it so a good solid working surface is something that you’ll find useful. You’ll find that a flat surface is very easy to use for all the cutting, tracing and gluing work :)

Adjustable Drawing and Craft Table

Don’t forget the shelves to hold your jars and storage container

Shelves mounted on the wall can be used to hold all the jars and containers that you use for storing your scrapbooking materials. It helps your place to look organized too.

What type of place should you consider for your scrapbooking area?

In my opinion, you should not use your basement or garage for your scrapbooking room or area because they are normally damp and can easily damage your scrapbooking supplies.

Basement is not a suitable place for scrabooking room

Basement is not a suitable place for scrabooking room

After spending your hard earned money buying all your scrapbooking materials, the last thing you want to is to exposed it to too much moisture or sunlight as these elements can ruined and aged your scrapbooking stuffs faster.

Take note of temperature and humidity control, sun exposure and the possibility of flooding when setting up your scrapbooking area. You want your scrapbooks to last longer right? So, try to include these factors in your planning.

Before you start adding stuffs to your scrapbook area/room, do your planning first. Plan how and where you are going to put the table, shelves and the movable storage. These simple steps will save you from a lot of headache later. Be creative and let your scrapbooking area show part of your creativity streaks

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How to Add Brads to Scrapbooks

I thought video is easier to explain how to use brads in your creative scrapbooking project. This youtube video from expert village is great to explain how you can use brad and what should you to ensure it stay in place. It is a short video but good enough to explain how scrappers use brads in their scrapbook

The next video from scraptheworld.tv shows how you can modify brads to give the look that you want. It’s definitely a time and money saver so you should watch this too!

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Be creative and use brads in your scrapbooking project

I am a scrapbooking noob and have no ideas what a brad was until I went online to check it out. I heard a lot of people saying that we should include brad as part of our scrapbooking embellishment kits but have no ideas how it looks like.

What is brads?

Brads are fasteners that scrappers normally use to decorate their pages. They are available in many shapes and colors and some creative scrapbookers even use them as embellishments.

How can you use brads?

It is quite easy to use. First, a hole need to be made on your scrapbook page. Then you can slot the pointy tips of brad into the hole and spread them so that they don’t come out. Sorry,I’m not sure what the correct term to use to describe it but I guess you get the point.

What types of brads can you buy from the scrapbook or craft stores?

There are many types of brads available and just buy the type that suit what you’re scrapping about. There are shiny and matte finish brads available for you to choose from. You’ll be spoil for choice as brads come in many shapes and colors. Some stores sells heart and baby brads that are cool to use in baby or family theme page. There are even balloons, star and jelly beans brads. I like these for party themes scrapbook.

Themed and Seasons Brads are Cool Too!

Depending on seasons, you can get halloweens, christmas and valentines themes brads at reasonable price. These types are useful if you plan to have themed scrapbooks as they can really add to the moods and feelings of the pages.

Does brads expensive?

Well, it depends on the types of brads that you choose. Quality, size and designs can affect the price too.You can even get acid free brad which might cost slightly more than the normal type. A detailed butterfly shape brads with some imitations diamonds on it will definitely cost more than a normal looking butterfly designs. Buy something that suit your budget and needs. It will be a waste if you don’t use it so plan your purchase in advance.

Brads can be a really useful add on to your embellishment kits. Having said that you should also combine it with other elements to accentuate your design. After all, a creative scrapbooker can always turn a lame design to a diamonds  :)   Don’t you think so?

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