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Stressless Scrapbooking
by Stacy Julian |
To keep your scrapbooking projects simple,
follow these general guidelines:
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Use limited product
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Use just a few of your photos [enlarge some of your favorite for
emphasis]
3.
Invest in versatile tools and generic/versatile product 6x6
Vacation Album
Do you have any idea how good it feels to create a small travel
scrapbook the day you get your pictures back! You can do this
– you have the time. All you need to do is keep it simple
and follow these easy instructions. Stacy’s album is all
about a weekend trip to San Francisco, but with these step by
step instructions, you can customize your album to any destination!
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| Materials
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1 6x6 album with 10 page protectors
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2 postcards from your trip |
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7 of your most favorite vacation photos
enlarged to 5x7 |
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8-10 additional snapshots – make
sure everyone you traveled with is pictured here |
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die cut letters, photo anchors and bookplate |
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25 mini brads |
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5 sheets of 12x12” cardstock for
album pages |
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1 sheet pattern paper |
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scraps of cardstock |
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| Instructions |
| 1. |
Cut the five sheets of cardstock
into 20 6x6” squares and set aside. These are the pages
that go into your album.
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| 2. |
Pull two colors from your postcards
that you want to use throughout your album
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| 3. |
Find cardstock scraps in these two
colors
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| 4. |
Select one piece of 12x12”
pattern paper that coordinates with your color scheme and cut
it in half [6x12”]
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Using cardstock scraps, punch out
the letters in the name of your destination and arrange on the
title page. Use a photo anchor and brad to secure a strip of cardstock
for a subtitle [optional]
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Trim your 5x7” inch photos
down to 5x5” and adhere one to the left side of each two-page
spread. Use a photo anchor and brad on the lower right.
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Cut the half sheet of pattern paper
into one inch strips [each will be1x6”]
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Adhere one strip of pattern paper
to the top, right side of each two-page spread. Using two mini
brads, secure a bookplate die-cut about 1/2 inch from the right
edge of the page, overlapping the pattern paper strip.
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| 9. |
Hand journal detailed memories corresponding
to each photo directly opposite it on the right-hand side of each
two-page spread.
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| 10. |
Label the photo and journaling in
the bookplate.
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| 11. |
Trim and adhere 8-10 snapshots to
the last three pages of your album – be sure to sign off
on the very last page!
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| 12. |
Trim one of your postcards and adhere
to the cover of your album. Accent with metal photo corners [optional]
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| 13. |
Adhere the other postcard to the
inside front cover of your album, directly across from the title
page. |
| Note:
See Gallery section for inside album page ideas. |
| Sponsor:
Simple Scrapbooks
magazine |
