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