Scrapbooking Tutorial #7 Oops - Ways to Fix Mistakes on Scrapbook Layouts

Oops! Oops! Oops!!! Hi!  I'm Jennifer Neumann and
I love traditional scrapbooking, but sometimes, I wish it
came with an undo button! Scrapbooking is the best way to capture memories and make them last a lifetime But how do you get started
without spending a fortune? Pages for the Ages is here to help you out! Scrapbooking is a great way to preserve our favorite photos and memories, but let's face it - Traditional scrapbooking is not a hobby
for the perfectionist. When we're working with our hands and raw materials such as
paper and scissors, sometimes things will go wrong. What are we to do with these
little blemishes on our scrapbook pages? I suggest, rather than throwing out your entire layout and having to start over with new materials and extra time that you should work with
what you have. Um, in today's tutorial I'm
going to cover 3 situations where there was a small blemish
on my page and talk about how I tried to
fix that blemish as best I could.

What should you do if you
have a stray mark on your page? Here is a live example
of that problem. I've been working on this page
for my little sister. Here we have a photo of us when we were younger in Mexico and on this page I've
been trying to bring out a lot of colors such as
red and green which are on the Mexican flag. The last touch I had to
do on this page...

Before it was complete was to write the word "Sisters" down here and the Spanish word for
"sisters" at the top - Hermanas. Well, I was just about complete
with this project when SOMEONE who shall remain
nameless, bumped my arm and caused me to create
this stray mark. So, I'm going to bring you closer and we're going to examine the damage. Now, what can I do to
fix this problem? Here are two suggestions.

Number one, you could add
an additional layer on top... Of the word "Hermanas"
and just start anew. So, I've used the tearing technique a lot on this page and
I would find a complementing color such as this pastel orange
which brings out the orange here and I would put this on top. Now, this fix would take
a little bit of time because I like symmetry and I
would want to do the same thing for the word sisters down here.

Another option is to
get the matching paper and put pretty much a
Band-Aid on there. Now, I am fortunate enough to have a piece of that
yellow and white speckled paper which I used for the
picture frame. So, I'm going to add
another layer of this to cover up the mistake. Now, if I decide to add
a HUGE rectangle on top of the word Hermanas and
start over, that's fine.

However, the bigger the piece
you use, the more distinct the lines will be
for that new layer. So, with that in mind
I figure, use the smallest piece possible to
cover up your mistake. So, to do that, I'm
just going to put down 1 piece of adhesive and cut out a very small block just to cover the stray mark. So, no matter what, it will be visible that
there was a mistake, but we move on and we
fix it as best we can.

What can you do when you've
made a mistake cropping your photo? Now, many of you out there
probably use the Creative Memories Custom Cutting System. If you don't,
I recommend it. It's a basic tool
every Scrapbooker should have. The Creative Memories Cutting System...

Is basically, a series of shapes. You can get circles, ovals
uh... Hearts, anything you want and you buy the Creative Memories blade which fits into the shape and then allows you to cut
photos and paper into those shapes. Now, one of the biggest mistakes that I make with this system is I will not have the peg correctly inserted into the shape.

If you only have one peg
in the shape, this is what happens. I now have a HUUUUGE gash
on my photo rather than the nice cut line and it's not even on the right
place for the circle. So, how do I deal with this problem? There are basically two ways. Either, number one, I can try to re-crop the photo or number two, I can try to
cover up my mistake.

So, if I'm going to re-crop the photo there are a couple of options. I can set this shape
back down maybe in a new position and
try cutting it - making sure that I
don't make the same mistaske. And....It looks like
that would be possible in this situation. I've just moved the shape
slightly over.

Or, I happen to be
using the blue blade which cuts furthest from
the shape so I. Could use a different colored blade such as the red one
which will cut, um, closest to the shape. It may not be the
circle I desired, but it will cover up the mistake
that I made. Let's say that you've
cropped your photo in such a way that
it was unavoidable getting rid of this gash.

Well, you can always try
to cover up that mistake. For instance, here I've added
a nice background piece of paper and
a paper photo mat and on top of that gash I'm just going to add
this beautiful paper flower. Paper embellishments or stickers would be good ways to
cover up that mistake. It's not detracting
from the photo, but in fact, it's actually
adding a little bit of color.

Um, another idea is rather than making your photo
the top layer, make it the bottom layer. Instead of having this gash
be on top, I'm going to add a
picture frame and cover that up. That last "oops" sitatuion
we're going to talk about deals with journaling. Now, writing down your experiences is a great way to communicate
to future generations what inspired you to
make your scrapbook pages.

Unfortunately, a lot of errors can occur when
journaling by hand. A lot of these mistakes can be avoided by
simply planning ahead of time and writing a rough draft. Seasoned scrapbookers
such as myself tend to skip this step. We think that we can
get it perfect on the 1st try.

Well, that hasn't always
worked out in my favor and as a result, I've ended up spending MORE time
trying to fix the problem. So, the lesson is planning goes a long way
especially with journaling! You are looking at my premade scrapbook page
called "Proposal" which you can find
at my online shop: Pages4theages.Artfire.Com . On this page we have a
beautiful diamond ring and on that ring is a
little journaling tag. It's supposed to be
like a price tag on the ring and there's a place for you to write the date, location, and how your proposal happened.

So, on this tag I've purposefully written
in different thicknesses and I've not had very
even lettering. So, what would I do
if I wanted to fix this. Honestly, the best situation
at this point would be to just
replace the jounraling tag with a new one. Now, if I didn't have the materials to cover this up and
add a new journaling tag, here is another idea.

Here you can see I've created a whole new look on this tag by
using a technique I call... Ransome Note Writing. Basically, all you have to do is write down the words
that you intend to use... For your jounraling
on different sheets of paper.

So, if the sentences was: "Jake popped the question..." - Every other word would
go on the different sheets of paper. Then, you cut out those
little strips and you simply paste them down. So, with this method I've covered up my mistakes and added a lot of
dimension to my journaling tag. Thanks for joining us for another Pages for the Ages Tutorial! We look forward to seeing you every Tuesday! (Music).

Scrapbooking BasicsHow to Add Text to Your Scrapbook

Hi. Welcome back to Expert Village "Arts and
Crafts and Everything fun". And today my guest, Sonya, from The Crop Circle, is going to teach
us how to scrapbook. So, what is the next step that we need to do? Well, the next step,
Grace, is that you really want to make sure that you include text in your scrapbook.

You
need to make sure that you are writing the names of the people involved. You want to
capture the story, and you want to have it titled something fun and catchy that you can
really capture attention with. So, I've got an example here of a way that I incorporated
journaling into my scrapbook. This was a very significant period in my family's history,
because my father was diagnosed with cancer, and this was a Christmas that we were going
through that we didn't think that we would have together.

I don't have even a lot of
photos of it, but it was a really important time in our lives. So, not only did I choose
paper that sort of reflected the love and the commitment we had to one another as a
family, but I chose to journal about it. I. Made a little mini-book in here, that actually
opened up with a hinge, that I just talked about how scary it was, and how as a fourteen
year old I thought that this was a Christmas we were going to have without our dad and
that he was there with us and how special it really was.

So you want to make sure that
you're re really capturing that emotion with your written word. A lot of people, you know,
they save that for last and then they never get around to doing it. Right. And a lot of
people are even afraid to use their own handwriting, and I would say your handwriting is a part
of who you are.

You use your handwriting to talk about what is happening in your photos,
and you connect a little personality to it. It's great. So, it really is a storytelling
tool to express yourself. Absolutely.

Because you're putting the emotions in it. Exactly.
Great. So, go ahead and story tell. Make sure you're journaling.

Make sure you're writing
in your scrapbook. Definitely. And what is coming up next? Next, we're going to just
talk about a couple more ways to journal, and of some wrapping up tips. Great.

That's
coming up next..

Scrapbooking BasicsBasic Tips for Beginning to Scrapbook

Well Grace, people want to get started scrapbooking.
They want to have fun with it, but they start to get a little overwhelmed. They don't know
where to begin. There's so much out there. "What am I going to do?" My biggest tip for
you is it's not called perfect booking.

It's called scrapbooking for a reason. We're not
meant to obsess with this. We're not meant to have a nervous breakdown over our memories.
It's just something that you have fun with. You do what you want to do.

These are your
memories. They're not my memories. These are your memories. You do what you want to do.
You pick the papers that you think look right; you choose your embellishments; you tell your
story.

And, remember, mistakes are only opportunities to be creative. Absolutely! And that's how
we learn; from our mistakes. Exactly! That's how we do it. And we should have fun with
the mistakes.

Absolutely! That's great. So here is a perfect example of having fun. Look
at this, having fun. This is a fun page.

I. Love it. These are from one of our many trips
to Disneyland. We used to do this as a family.

I just got some really fun pictures here with
my sister and my mom on the Autotopia here. Remember, we got our title here. We've got
our journaling. We have our captioning.

This one is the famous hot dog shot, with my sister
eating a hot dog but not the bun. It's just the family history right here. That's great.
Well, thank you so much for being on the show. You're welcome.

It's my pleasure; so happy
to be here. It's wonderful to have you here. So people can check you out at thecropcircle.Net.
You can come to us for ideas; for registering for classes; for ordering supplies. We are
your resource for scrapbooking.

Fantastic. Thank you so much and that was it for scrapbooking.
I'm your host, Grace Fraga. Check me out at fragaframeart.Com and at Gracecomedian.Com.
See you next time..

Scrapbook Ideas & TipsHow to Organize Scrapbook Supplies

I'm getting ready to start this project but
there's just no room on my desk. Have you ever had this problem, no place to work? We'll
let me help you organize your scrap booking supplies. I'm Janet Casto your independent
demonstrator with Stampin' Up and let me show you a few tricks that work for me. First thing
I like to do is have a clean work space and I like to have my grid paper down in front
of me so I can use that to make sure all my cards, and everything are aligned correctly.
I like to have my scissors and I usually keep my punches in a big bin next to me in my office.
I like to have my pens and different scissors, and markers right available at my finger tips.
I like to have my cutter score at the ready and ready to roll, and cut my paper and score
whatever I need.

What I usually do at home also is to my right I'll; my right your left,
I'll have all of my stamps and things organized by category, by words, by season, by holiday,
however I like. And as I'm cutting and scoring my paper, my scraps, I throw into bins that
are labeled. All of my paper of course is categorized by the colors, this makes it easy
to find and work on a project. The other thing I like to do is have everything at reach.
I have my waste can right at my right side, I have all of my tools on a rolling tool thing
in front of me and it just makes for a pleasant working conditions.

I'm Janet Casto your independent
demonstrator with Stampin' Up. Organizing your tools and your scrap booking supplies
can make your project that much more fun to make. I hope you take the time to get organized
and really go to town on your projects..

Scrapbook Ideas & TipsHow to Organize a Scrapbook Room

Now where is it? I know I put it somewhere.
Wouldn't you like to be able to go into your scrapbook room and put your hands right on
something and get to stamping? I'm Janet Casto your independent demonstrator with Stampin'
Up! And what I'm going to give you is a few tips today on how I organize my scrapbooking
room and you might get some hints from these that you can use, too. What I like to do with
my stamp sets, the come in various sizes, I like to keep the label end facing out towards
me on my shelf and I put the same sizes together. So I would put those together and then these
would be on another shelf and the smaller on yet another shelf. This makes it easy for
me to at a glance see what I have.

I also keep seasonal stamps together and I keep my
alphabets and words together. For my paper I keep it in a little bin, little file holder
bin and I know at a glance what I have and what I need to order. My table, my desk, I
like to keep it clear. I like to have a piece of grid paper where I can sit down and work
immediately and not have to move everything around before I get started.

My accessories
like ribbons and eyelets and brads and things like that I like to keep it in little containers.
They're all on a spinner of some kind so I. Can at a glance see what I have. And what
I want to use on my next creation. My punches I like to keep these all in a big box, a pull
out box that's right by my desk.

I keep the smaller ones in one bin and the larger ones
in another. It makes a quick and easy way to find what I'm looking for and also take
them out to my classes and events. These are just a few ideas on how to keep your room
organized. I'm Janet Casto your Stampin' Up! Demonstrator and I hope you take a few of
these ideas and use them then come up with some on your own.

Because an organized craft
room makes your day wonderful..

Scrapbook Ideas & TipsHow to Make a Vacation Scrapbook

If you're like me and you've just come back
from vacation you've got a lot of pictures that you took over the holiday. And I'm going
to show you a quick and easy way that you can get those organized into a vacation scrapbook.
I'm Janet Casto your independent demonstrator with Stampin' Up! Here's one of the first
albums that we're going to make. And it's using on board chipboard that I've just covered
with some designer paper and then cut out some coordinating sheets to go with it. And
this is a great place to put all of my pictures from my vacation.

They fit perfectly in here.
You have room for journaling and adding embellishments. So that's one way to do it. And all I did
here on the end to tie it all together using my cropodial and some large eyelets and some
rings from the store, tying on some ribbons and make it beautiful. And I'm going to show
you the next one is a little bit of stepping out of the box.

Say you've gone on a beach
vacation. Well how about a flip flop album. Isn't that neat? And all you've done is taken
a pair of flip flops any size, preferably something that you've gotten very inexpensively.
I've taken some coordinating paper, scored it, added some die cut adhesives and I'm using
both sides so I have a front and a back of my summer vacation. Oops, this way.

There
you go. Any size of these will fit. One size fits all. They're a lot of fun to make.

I'm
Janet Casto your independent demonstrator with Stampin' Up! I hope you enjoyed your
vacation and will put all of your pictures into a photo album..

Scrapbook Ideas & TipsHow to Design a Birthday Scrapbook

Everyone has a birthday and everyone would
like to capture those memories with a birthday scrapbook. I'm Janet Casto your independent
demonstrator with Stampin' Up and I'm going to show you a cute way to have your memories
of your birthday, and a little scrapbook. It doesn't have to be a big 6x6 or 12x12 scrapbook,
this makes perfect size scrapbook for a little party and what I'm using is my confetti simply
scrapping kit, and I've taken the paper out of there, one of the colors to take in with
teal. I've cut them to 6x3 and a 1/4, and I've used 3 of those.

And then I'm using all
of the coordinating dye cut stickers that come with this kit, and I'm just decorating
each page. So on the first page it says "happy happy happy" with a little birthday cake and
what I've done here is just punched a couple holes with my Cropadile, and I've used some
of the old olive ribbon in here and then I've just tied them together. Here's a sticker
for the party menu. So your, your child can do that.

Here's a page for the guest of honor
and then of course you want to leave blank spaces for the photo's you're going to take
at the party for your journaling that you're going to do. Now you can make this age appropriate
for any age to a young child to an adult. A birthday scrapbook is a fun way to take
care of your memories and to show to grandma or all your friends, and have pleasant memories
of your birthday party. I know I look forward every year to my birthday.

So I'm Janet Casto
your independent demonstrator with Stampin' Up, I hope you take the time and have a great
birthday, and make this coordinating scrapbook to go along with your party..