hello hello! i am embarrassed that it's taken me so long to complete this project, but it's finally here... YAY! I photographed every page in my '10 things i love about you' scrapbook and i'll share tips, tricks and instructions for you to make your own! you can use my exact designs or you can use the ideas to design your own book.... here is a link to the kit we still have a few up for grabs! :))
i really enjoyed putting this kit together. first, i layed out all my supplies on the table. i used the trading card pages and 6 of my own pieces of 8.5x11 cardstock. i organized what photos i wanted to use on which pages and planned out what my '10 things' would be.
1. on several of my pages i created a square/rectangle using several different pieces. i rounded the corners on only the outside edge of the design as a whole for a cute effect. on this page i also used lion brand yarn to hand stitch on the page and i journaled directly on the page with an acid free/permanent pen.
2. i used on of the faux instax photos that come with this kit as a journaling block here. there is some more hand stitching and a pieces on the striped fabric (best used in small swatches, in my opinion!).
3. this is the first page where i used to trading card page. it is almost invisible in this photo but in real life it looks more like this....
(so keep that in mind)
it's best to use glue dots behind every single button/image piece unless it is squeezed in there tightly. just be sure that if you hold the page upside down nothing falls out! fill most of the spots on these pages with photos, journaling spots, faux instax photos are adorable little textured elements (aka scraps). if you want, you can line the back of your photos with another color of paper so that it looks pretty as you turn the pages, but it isn't essential. these pages will make your total book look amazing and really fun to flip through!
note: there is a little gold spot on the side of each plastic page. i covered all of mine with folded fabric and papers.
4. this photo is stitched on with machine stitching and then i illustrated the page by hand. the journaling block is laying on it's side for style. use hand sketching to add really personal elements that fit your photos and theme!
5. try cutting out a number or a monogram with on of your faux instant photos. another fun idea to try with these pages is to cut your photo into several different pieces before inserting them into the trading card page. so cute!
6. for this page i used a mini collage of photos and i hand cut a cute little tab to journal my 6th thing on.
7. this was actually my favorite page. 'you make a good cartoon' is a really fun thing to love about my boyfriend and it really is true that i've drawn his cartoon hundreds of times in these past two years. i added the little mustache which is cut from the patterned papers to the page with glue dots. i think it's cute that it's just floating there.
:))
8. this is my most simple page, but it's also a favorite. the keys to this page are the matching photos, the rounded corners and the one piece of masking tape. it's pretty straight forward, but pages like this work out really well for a 'guy' scrapbook!
9. for this page i used masking tape to adhere my larger photo to the page. if you have a photo that you want to use, but you don't want to crop it too small use it like this! just make sure you fill all the spots you want with 'little treasures' before you use the masking tape!
10. ok... maybe this is my fave? for the pretty heart i used a brown pipe cleaner and wrapped it in green yarn! this is an easy and cute way to make custom monograms, frames and elements for your scrapbook pages.
[i adhered it to my page with small glue dots]
for the cover, cut your title using the letter template enclosed on your kit. or you can cut them by hand (that's what i would do). you can adhere them to your felt using fabric glue, machine or hand stitching! them glue the felt to a piece of foam or another piece of felt to make a thick cover. stitch the edges.
i didn't put my book together yet, but i'd still like to explain to you how to do it. if you don't want to use page protectors for your scrapbook pages (i personally hate them) you can adhere your pages to a piece of felt, chipboard or foam and leave a one inch border on the left hand side (so you have something to punch holes in, like the trading card page protectors! then just punch holes with a cropadile and use rings, ribbon or yarn to tie the pages and covers together. Ta-da. I can't wait to see your book. please post photos in the RVA flickr group! :)
XOXO. Elsie
