Scrapper’s Block?

At some point in every die-hard scrapper’s life, they’ll probably have to deal with scrapper’s block. You know what that is, don’t you? Try as you may, you just can’t think of a single clever word or idea for another scrapbook page. Here are some tips and ideas to help you overcome this bane to your scrapbooking existence.

If journaling is your problem, there are a number of things you can do to get over the blockage.

1. Get up from your chair and take a walk. That’s right. You need a fresh perspective. Go outside and enjoy the great outdoors. Breathe in the clean air and feel the sunshine on your face.

2. Start collecting sayings that are meaningful to you – witty phrases from commercials, cute things that your children say, quotes from famous and not-so-famous people. Keep them in a notebook for those times you need some inspiration.

3. Create a journal jar. This is really good for writers who get stuck. Find a nice looking jar and write down sentences that will get you thinking. Cut the sentences off the page and put them in the jar. The next time you have scrapper’s block, you can draw one out and see where it takes you. Here are a few to get your jar started:

* Explain a family tradition from when you were a child.
* Who do you most admire and why?
* What is your dream vacation?
* Which holiday is your favorite?

What if the problem isn’t journaling, but trying to come up with actual pages for your scrapbook to go along with the photos you have? Maybe it will help to know you’re not alone. Even professional scrapbookers have this problem from time to time.

1. It’s okay to “break the rules” in scrapbooking. You may feel you have to work with the most recent pictures you have, but it’s alright to go through them until you find some that you’d rather work with.

2. If you can’t actually make yourself work on a page, perhaps you can plan out pages you’d like to do but may not have the photos or supplies for. Think about how you could get photos to match those ideas.

3. Look through magazines or online to get inspiration. Perhaps you’ll see something that would be perfect with some of your photos.

4. Go back through your completed pages and realize that you’re really good at scrapbooking. There may be a layout in there that can be adapted or updated with some of the new supplies that are out.

Here are some ideas that you may be able to use to help get you past scrapper’s block:

* My first helium balloon
* Playing with my friends
* Taking a bubble bath
* First tooth lost
* Dirty faces
* First day of . . . school, camp, spending the night with Grandma . . .
* All dressed up and no place to go
* Splashing in puddles
* First haircut (be sure to save a lock of hair to include)
* Family reunions

There are endless possibilities when you’re creating scrapbook pages. Take some time away from your pages to give you a fresh perspective. Look through others’ pages, magazines, or your child’s baby book to get inspiration. When scrapper’s block has passed, you’ll have so many new great ideas you won’t be able to get to them quick enough!

Are You Having a Scrap Attack?

If you’re just beginning to take notice of scrapbooking, be prepared for a shock! Scrapbooking is so popular and there are so many supplies all over the place – in crafts stores, in discount stores, and online – that it’s easy to become overwhelmed. When you see everything available, are you having a scrap attack?

Look down the aisles at a crafts store and you’ll see shelves filled with scrapbooking goodies. Papers galore, stickers to die for, craft scissors with various edges, and oh, the books themselves are something to drool over. It’s no wonder people get easily overwhelmed. And that’s not even the beginning of what’s available.

Taking a look online, you’ll find millions of websites that have information about scrapbooking as a hobby. Some have various scrapbook page templates, or page examples, and tips of the trade for creating the perfect scrapbook. Others give step-by-step instructions of how to create pages.

While it’s easy to become overwhelmed with the vast amount of scrapbooking supplies available, take a deep breath and get ready to find what you’re looking for. To begin with, you’ll need to have photographs that you’ll place into your scrapbook. Organize them into what you’d like to include in one book, then you’ll be better able to go out and find the supplies you want.

Be sure that no matter what supplies you purchase, they are acid and lignin free so your precious photographs and memories will be protected. Choose which pages you would like to keep together on one page and then look for things they have in common besides the subject matter.

For instance, if you have pictures of your first child having their first bubble bath, you may want to find paper that has a bathroom design on it. Or you could choose stickers that resemble bubbles or rubber ducks. Be sure to choose some pens for writing on your pages or use stickers with fun sayings.

As you can tell, your scrapbooks don’t have to be elaborate. There’s no need to go out and buy one of everything on the scrapbooking aisle, although you could if your pocket book wouldn’t suffer too much and your spouse didn’t complain about the money you’d spent.

Pick up a few items that you know you’ll use right away. If you plan out your pages ahead of time, you’ll have an idea of what supplies you’ll need.

Halloween scrapbook layouts

If you are not an experienced scrapbooker and want to commemorate your Halloween celebration, you may want to consider using Halloween scrapbook layouts to get you on your way. Halloween scrapbook layouts provide you with space to put everything you might want to include in your page and even come with pre-printed pictures, borders, and spaces to journal.

There are places on the Internet where you can find free Halloween scrapbook layouts, but there are also some places that charge a small fee to download the layout. Once you have found some Halloween scrapbook layouts that you like, then you start on the fun part – tailoring it to make it your own.

If you are going to be looking for your Halloween scrapbook layouts on the Internet, it is important to have a good quality printer if you want your pages to look good. You should print to heavier paper than regular copy paper so that the pages will stand up to the test of time, and make sure your printer has plenty of color ink. Once you have printed out your layout page, give it time to dry completely. Many Halloween scrapbook layouts are graphic intensive, so they will use a lot of ink and be a little wet after they come off the printer, so let it dry so you don’t have to worry about smudging.

If you feel like getting a little adventurous, you may want to try adding a little extra to Halloween scrapbook layouts that you find on the Internet. Even though the layouts make it easier for you to put together a great looking page, the real point of scrapbooking is to be creative and make the page really your own. That means using your own creativity and imagination to come up with a page you can be proud of and call your own. Just because you use a pre-made layout does not mean that you cannot add to it yourself and make it really neat looking.

The Halloween scrapbook layouts that you can buy are usually “kits” that you order off the Internet and then they are sent to you in the mail. They have a lot of different components like three dimensional add-ons and embellishments. The kits will come with everything you need to create your page, but don’t worry – they also come with complete directions on where to put each of the pieces to duplicate what you ordered.

Using Halloween scrapbook layouts can be a great way to make some amazing scrapbook pages with little effort. They can save you time and be awe-inspiring as you commemorate your memories of a special time in life.

Halloween scrapbook idea

Looking for a great free Halloween scrapbook idea? Well, you have a lot of resources at your fingertips when you know where to look. Of course, we always advocate beginning with the Internet as the possibilities are endless out there since so many people are avid scrapbookers these days. There are many places that have online communities that allow members to swap ideas, so you may want to start there for to find a free Halloween scrapbook idea.

There are also a lot of websites that can give you inspiration when looking for a free Halloween scrapbook idea. Choose your favorite search engine – we prefer Google – and type “free Halloween scrapbook idea” in the search box. You will get thousands of places where you can go to on the Internet and find ideas for different pages to make for all seasons including Halloween. They also have some generic layouts for you to follow which are especially great if you are a novice.

We came up with a few ideas of our own, so here’s our first free Halloween scrapbook idea. You should always center your scrapbook pages around a theme. It can be anything you can think of and anything your little heart desires. For example, you may want to focus on what your child is dressed as in costume. For example, if your little one is dressed as a lion, you may want to title your page “So Cute – No Lion!” and then decorate the page with lion pictures and make the colors brown and orange.

Our next free Halloween scrapbook idea is a fun one. You want your page to reflect you and your family’s personalities. Why not make a haunted house page in spooky colors of gray and black with a big haunted house in the center. Then take a picture of each family member making scary faces and paste them in the windows of the haunted house. You can even make it a “peep” house where you have to lift a flap on the window to see the picture.

These are only a couple of ideas that we came up with off the top of our heads. If you put your mind to it, you can probably come up with a free Halloween scrapbook idea or two of your own. Get inspiration from places on the Internet or from within yourself. It can be quite easy to find a free Halloween scrapbook idea right in your own head.

How to Make a Cute Tea Bag Holder

This is a clever scrapbook/card making project. You can make a fun tea bag holder and give it as a random gift or include it as part of a birthday present. You can use your cardmaking or scrapbooking supplies and include you favorite flavor of tea. This would be a clever card to include with a box of sweets like cookies, treats or cake.