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Showing posts with label scrapbooking tips. Show all posts

Sunday, August 24, 2008

Baby Scrapbook Pages

Scrapbook pages are packed in two main sizes 8 x 8 inches or 12 x 12 inches. A popular baby scrapbook kit is Baby Days Pages pack, which features Baby Days, mother and father's Stories, hands and feet Keepsakes, gifts, First Home, First haircut and many other storylike pages.

Coordinating pages, borders and the albums are all available to create your child's first scrapbook. Even a novice can create a beautiful and memorable baby scrapbook with these colorful pages and images.

Record more than just milestones. Baby scrapbook theme kits come in various styles and pages. Scrapbook theme kits may include the cat, dog, beach, water, bath time, good night, and the baby and me themes. Use baby scrapbook kits help to make fun and colorful pages to your child's albums such as park and playground, sunglasses and sand bucket, bath time and good night, kisses and teddy bears, and many more.

Baby scrapbook kits are also gender specific. If you expect or already enjoy your precious baby girl, so look for baby girl scrapbook kits. The kit includes pages of assorted pink and pastel theme plates, letter stamps, coordinating tags and all materials are acid and lignin free.

But if you expect or already enjoy your active little guy, and then use a baby boy scrapbook kit, which typically feature assorted blue theme plates, letter stamps, coordinating tags and are acid and lignin free.

Major baby scrapbook kits include a baby souvenir calendar scrapbook kit. Every month you will see your little one as you write down all the first moments of his or her experience. Calendar scrapbook kits can be saved in your child's scrapbook albums, and treasured for years to come. In addition, your baby's calendar scrapbook kit is a unique and unforgettable gift to give your family, especially if they do not live in your area.

Do you have a special theme for the baby's room? Baby scrapbook theme kits can be purchased also. Precious moments, Suzy's Zoo, Disney, various religious themes, creative imagination, Rubber Ducky kits include theme pages, die cuts, rub-ons, letters, words and other assorted embellishments to make your baby scrapbook complete.

Each season of the year is also available: spring, summer, autumn and winter theme kits. Other theme kits include holiday pages: Valentine's Day, St. Patrick's Day, Easter, Halloween and Christmas.

Saturday, July 12, 2008

Beginner's Baby Scrapbooking

Scrapbooking can be a fun and creative hobby that helps you immortalize your memories and relax in the process. But, if you're new on the job, starting a project can be difficult. So, what should you know before you start your beginner's baby scrapbooking project? Follow these tips and you'll be on your way!

#1 - Stick with a Theme

Before you begin any sort of scrapbooking project, it is important that you know where you're headed. Essentially, this means that you have a plan so that you don't keep yourself from being productive. To start your baby scrapbook, you need to pick a theme that will give flow to your pages. Whether you pick an alphabet or animal theme, your beginner's baby scrapbooking project will be begun.

#2 - Be Prepared

A piece of advice that should always follow, regardless of the project, is to get yourself organized. Scrapbooking requires a large number of materials, space, and time. So, when you're starting off, make sure that you have everything you need. Remember to have adhesive, paper, archival pens, templates, stickers and other embellishments, and cutting tools nearby. You'll save time in the long run by doing this. And, you'll have an easier time visualizing your beginner's baby scrapbooking project with all of your materials on hand.

#3 - Layer Away

To give your pages a great deal of interest, layer your stickers and photos on more than one sheet and color of paper. Each time you layer, change the paper size and give your pages a stacking effect. It makes your items look more dimensional and exciting.

#4 - Blend Colors

When you're selecting your materials, try to pick colors that compliment each other. You can do this by mixing different intensities of the same color (light pink with dark pink) or with different patterns of the same color. Plus, you can mix pastels of several colors or all primary colors on your pages. Keeping things uncolored won't be interesting; changing up your palette will.

#5 - Layout Twice, Glue Once

Ultimately, the page layout on your beginner's baby scrapbook project will determine the overall effect. This means that if your pages look boring and simple, they won't be interesting to look at. So, get all of your elements ready by layering your photos and selecting your embellishments. Then, place them on your scrapbook page. See how everything fits and even try moving it around a few times. When you're finally satisfied, glue it down. This will keep you from trying to pull up glued items and possibly damaging photos.

Being a beginner at baby scrapbooking isn't such a bad thing. You need to keep yourself organized and your beginner's baby scrapbooking project will be a big hit!

Tracy Ballisager is a stay at home mum. To read more on baby scrapbooking go to http://www.babyscrapbooking-ideas.com

by Tracy Ballisager