| Creative scrapbooking is an art form that inspires | | | | trend known as "shabby chic" and many album |
| ingenuity and relaxation. Nonetheless, it can also be | | | | designers love to pepper their scrapbooks with rough |
| fraught with stressful moments when scrapbooking | | | | edges and asymmetrically cut papers and photos. |
| blunders occur. | | | | The next time you make a goofy cut, ask yourself, |
| But worry no more! By using some of the following | | | | "How can I incorporate this into the theme of the |
| creative scrapbooking methods, you can make any | | | | book?" rather than, "How can I fix this mess?" You'll be |
| scrapbooking gaffes look great! | | | | surprised at how one "mistake" can challenge you to |
| Scrapbooking Dilemma #1: Glue Globules | | | | "up" the proverbial ante and add pizzazz to your |
| Creative Scrapbooking Solution: | | | | creation! |
| Any adhesive on earth has the potential to stick-or | | | | Scrapbooking Dilemma #4: Half-Stamped Images |
| stick out-in unexpected and unwelcome ways. | | | | Creative Scrapbooking Solution: |
| If you find that glue has slopped all over your card | | | | Veteran scrapbookers know that half-stamped |
| stock, ribbons, or stickers, you may be able to rid | | | | images are the name of the game-but that doesn't |
| yourself of the excess by applying an adhesive | | | | mean they like them. Quite the contrary, such |
| remover with a cotton swab and gently erasing it. | | | | blemishes are often met with sighs of frustration. |
| Does the notion of all that rubbing make you a bit | | | | The next time you experience a half-stamped image, |
| uncomfortable? Is the glue dried on a precious | | | | understand that you have a few choices and needn't |
| photograph that you don't want to mar? You can | | | | assume the worst. |
| always add another element to your scrapbook, such | | | | You can easily put a sticker or attach a similar add-on |
| as a sticker or picture, over the glue blob. Be | | | | over the mistake. Or you can fill in the image using a |
| imaginative and use your creative scrapbooking | | | | gel pen (which can add a fabulous "freehand" aura to |
| know-how to think "outside the album"! | | | | the page.) Finally, you can try to re-stamp, though you'll |
| Scrapbooking Dilemma #2: Mispelled (oops… | | | | need to exercise high levels of patience as you |
| we meant "misspelled") Words | | | | carefully re-apply your stamper. |
| Creative Scrapbooking Solution: | | | | Scrapbooking Dilemma #5: Sticker Shock |
| We've all done it-misspelled words in our beautiful | | | | Creative Scrapbooking Solution: |
| scrapbooks. It's enough to make even the most | | | | Wait a minute. That sticker shouldn't be there! It doesn't |
| seasoned scrapper want to cry. But before you break | | | | make any sense! It's terrible! It's going to ruin |
| out the tissues, realize that there are plenty of creative | | | | everything…! Or is it? |
| scrapbooking quick fixes for your quandary! | | | | Misplaced stickers may be the perfect inspiration for |
| First, decide if it's possible to simply correct the text by | | | | creative scrapbooking changes. Perhaps you originally |
| inserting the proper letter or even changing the word | | | | had a plan for the page you're designing, but a |
| slightly. For instance, if you meant "too" and wrote "to", | | | | fortuitously mislaid sticker forced you to take your |
| you may be able to pop in that second "o" relatively | | | | album in a much more unique direction. It would be |
| easily. | | | | serendipitous, instead of catastrophic! |
| If that's not a possibility, cut a piece of card stock in | | | | (Of course, if you don't want to work around your |
| the shape of the misspelled word and glue it on top of | | | | sticker, there's special remover that every scrapper |
| the error. Write in the correct word and… voila! | | | | should have some in his or her scrapbooking kit and it |
| You're in business and have added an element of | | | | works wonders.) |
| depth to your scrapbook page. | | | | There's an old saying that there are no mistakes in life. |
| Scrapbooking Dilemma #3: Paper Rips and Blips | | | | We'd go so far as to say there are no mistakes in |
| Creative Scrapbooking Solution: | | | | scrapbook designing, especially when you apply |
| Who says that every paper has to be perfectly cut? | | | | creative scrapbooking techniques! |
| Creative sprapbooking to the rescue again! There's a | | | | |