June 15, 2011

What you might need to start scrapbooking

 The best thing about scrapbooking is that although there are a many scrapbooking supplies avaliable on the market, you really don't need a lot to make your very own scrapbook.here are a few things you may need and others you can get over time.

  • Glues
  • Tweezers
  • Scissors or an exacter knife
  • Background paper
  • Stamps 
  • Hole punchers (different types)  
  • Photographys or newspaper clippings 
  • Some ribbon, yearn, stickers or fabric
  • leftover things from craft projects
  • Pen's and marker's 
  • Buttons and snaps

As you become more acquainted with scrapbooking, you will find cretin products that will save you time, many of these products are well worth the extra cost. The exacter knife has a strong versatile blade that allows you to cut almost anything into any shape, and when the blade starts to get dull, simply brake off the end and another fresh clean sharp new blade is revealed. Just make sure that before you go to cut you place a mat or a wad of scrap paper like newsprint because if you don't and your not careful you'll end up cutting ether the papers in your scrapbook or the your table (been their done that).

Your next best tool is a good pair of tweezers. Trying to pick up and place small gluey pieces can be a hassle you get glue on your fingers and most of the time its just dame near impossible to get the little pieces right.
Tweezers the not so very high tech item, allows you to move pieces without touching them with your hands 

Speaking of gluey pieces their are veracious types of glue and affixing options available, they are quick and much less messy options including glue dots and strips both 2D and 3D, two-sided tapes,Glue tape rollers, Glue pens, acid free photo tads and corners both in black and white. The 3D  foam dots are really neat, you can place one on top of another and really make your items stand out, slightly overlapping your pieces really give them that 3D look and feel. 



To increase the preservation of your scrapbook and your treasures, make sure you look for acid free products after all you want your scrapbook to last for many years 

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