DIY scrapbooking for beginners step by step: detailed master classes from scratch, instructions for making albums, postcards, flowers, panels, photo frames, wedding invitations and notebooks with photo ideas for creativity. Mastering scrapbooking. Ideas for in

Surely everyone has such an album of memories

Shops offer a lot of postcards and albums for all occasions, but it is often very difficult to make a choice when you want to congratulate and surprise dear person. You can choose an original postcard in the goods stores self made. Scrapbooking masters create amazing things from cardboard, paper, various stickers and details.

But the prices for "handmade" are often very high. But what if you make scrapbooking with your own hands? This type of creativity is one of the most popular. It requires almost no initial skills (except for the ability to use scissors, glue and tape) and impressive investments. You can also make stencils paper decorations and stamps for scrapbooking with your own hands.

Beginning of work

As mentioned above, scrapbooking requires a minimum of tools, but as you get carried away with this type of creativity, additional materials may be needed.

Let's list them all:

• Paper is the main element in scrapbooking. In this type of needlework, special durable cardboard is used as a base, and decorative paper with illustrations or ornaments. For those who take up this business for the first time, it will be convenient to use ready-made sets of several types of sheets that combine with each other in style and color.

• The second thing you can't do without is scissors. Scissors can be any, most importantly, sharp - the paper must be cut evenly, the edges must remain smooth.

• Double-sided tape is very handy for scrapbooking. When you need to glue voluminous or just large parts, it is indispensable. It surpasses glue in strength of connection and does not leave dirty marks, it is a pleasure to work with it.

• In some cases, glue is indispensable. For example, when you need to add small details.

• Hole punches are a functional thing, and in some cases, a decoration tool. Sometimes you just need to connect several pages, for this you need holes. And sometimes decorate the sheet with carved patterns.

• Stamps. With them, making beautiful inscriptions is easy.

• Cutter or utility knife. Cutting a cardboard sheet in half or cutting a photo with scissors is unlikely to be done neatly, you will need a clerical knife, and even better, a cutter.

• And, finally, a variety of volumetric decorative elements. Without them, a handmade postcard or album will be no different from ordinary store products. Scrapbooking stores are just eye-opening. Buy a few separate decorative pieces to start with. And if you decide to engage in this craft seriously, it is much more profitable to buy goods in bulk.

When you have decided on all the tools and elements, it's time to choose a place to work. For scrapbooking, good lighting of the workplace and sufficient free space are important.

Necessary materials for work

It is better to remove everything superfluous from the table so that nothing interferes with the hands and small details are not lost.

Which style to choose for decoration

Among the many design options in scrapbooking, there are several basic styles:

• Heritage and vintage. In these styles, postcards and albums "from the past" are created. Subdued colors, wear, old photographs, newspaper clippings. It will be appropriate to use lace, stamps and beads. An antique-style gift looks expensive and elegant.

• If you like polka dot or striped designs, then the shabby chic style will not leave you indifferent. The combination of an uncomplicated background and the layering of lace, beads, pictures is romantic and bold.

• Classics of modern scrapbooking - American style. Album pages and postcards are designed in the form of a collage. As a rule, there are several photographs here, decorated with ribbons, paper figures, and inscriptions according to the theme. Each sheet of the album turns out to be unique, in “its own style” and fully reflects the mood of the day when the pictures were taken. An interesting addition will be air or Railway tickets, tickets to an amusement park or zoo.

• The European style is more minimalist than the American one. Scrapbooking mini-albums are created in this style. Not many decorative elements are used, but pencils and pens are used to complement the composition with artistic sketches. The edges of the pages can be decorated with curly hole punches and scissors.

• The steampunk style, which is gaining popularity, is considered "masculine style". Indeed, without flowers, lace and beads, with a real brutal design, the steampunk card will appeal to the representatives of the stronger sex. This artistic direction is interesting for its set of decorative elements: gears, old miniature mechanisms, blueprints and maps. The design is done in gray-brown tones.

Several master classes of various styles:

American design style grunge style, vintage, shabby chic and steampunk.

scrapbooking techniques

When creating products, various techniques are used in scrapbooking: rare ones, which are owned by experienced craftsmen, and simple ones, accessible to everyone.

scrapbooking techniques

For example, some well-known techniques that are used most often:

• Artificial aging of paper. You can achieve the effect of old paper with improvised means: remove with adhesive tape upper layer sheet, use a scraper to make an uneven edge, use tea and coffee to color the paper in brown shades for a vintage look.
• Embossing allows you to make paper parts convex and voluminous. The technique is “wet” or “dry”, in which a special hair dryer is used.
• Stamping. In almost any style of scrapbooking, stamps fit well and add originality to scrapbook pages, emphasizing the “hand-made” design. Stamps can be made independently, for this you will need: a foam block, thick cardboard and metal parts, the shape of which will be a stamp. Fittings are laid on the foam block, the surface is heated with a hairdryer for embossing, cardboard is applied on top. Details are pressed into a soft surface, prints (stamps) remain on the cardboard. Finished elements need to be cut out and can be used for matching postcards and album pages.

Interesting decor using embossing, stamps and a machine for fishing

Scrapbooking albums

Using the scrapbooking technique, you can create not only postcards, but also various albums for all occasions, displaying your most significant and memorable events.

They can be large, almost grandiose and small neat ones that fit in the hand.

Scrapbooking travel album review

mini album

A good start for those new to scrapbooking is to create your own mini-album. It’s bold to take on large-scale work right away, but it’s better to start small.

Master class: mini - bound album part 1

Master class: mini - bound album part 2

First steps to make an album:

• Take strong scrap paper and divide into 12 equal parts of a square or rectangular shape. Cut the sheet evenly in rows, but be sure to leave one square (rectangle) with an unseparated side. Just these two uncut lines will need to be glued together.
• Fold the sheets like an accordion and gather all the future pages of the album together, and then glue with inside. Use ribbon as the spine of the book. The layout of the album is ready.

When you have an already assembled, but empty booklet in your hands, it's time to start the creative stage of creating an album. Guided by the experience of the craftsmen, draw a sketch of the product in a thin blank notebook or on blank sheets, which you then fasten together. Outline the location of the photos, the principle of their division, inscriptions and design. Decide what decor elements, and in what quantity you will need. Let the details be a little less, without busting - it overloads the work too much and spoils the overall picture of the album in its assembled form.

Mini-album with binding: harmonica

Album with binding

The album on the rings looks great, but it looks solid, of course, with the binding.

Cut narrow strips of strong paper to glue the album sheets together. On each of them, mark a section 2-4 mm wide in the middle. A gap of this width will allow you to use volumetric elements when decorating.

Cut the ends of the strips diagonally. Leaving the marked gap in the center, fold the sides and glue them to the pages. Thus, two sheets connected to each other are obtained. Next, you will glue the sheets to them, using the rest of the strips. Do this work carefully, otherwise the album will be uneven.

The internal content of the album is ready, it's time to go directly to the binding. You will need gauze the length of the height of the album, and a width equal to its thickness and plus a couple of centimeters. Attach the ribbon along the horizontal edges of the binding.

The spine is made of a thick sheet of paper with a margin of 1-2 cm in width. Attach it evenly to the base of the resulting book, and glue the album cover to its protruding stripes. So the basis of the album with binding is ready, then it's only a matter of imagination.

Album from scratch part 1 - binding

Album from scratch part 2 - cover

Binding with hidden rings

A popular theme in scrapbooking is a wedding. Any girl, after answering “Yes” to a proposal to marry, begins to think through all the details of a future event. A wedding requires a lot of attention, even in small things. If the bride has time, she can make a photo album for pictures of this important event herself completely at her own discretion.

Wedding album review

The cover is the first thing a person who picks up an album sees. The cover can reflect the idea of ​​​​the wedding - the theme, colors or remind you of the venue. You can use all sorts of ready-made solutions for wedding scrapbooking. Stencils, stamps, badges with the image of the bride and groom, miniatures of wedding arches and retro cars - it is impossible to list everything that specialized shops of this craft have at their disposal.

Master class on creating a wedding album

Album page layout individual choice. An interesting solution would be to split the album into several parts. One - professional shots the photographer, in the other - selfies with friends, in the third - reportage photos of wedding guests. Then a section of pictures of gifts or photos of spouses in childhood.

Creating a wedding album will become an exciting activity, which will allow to pass the "endless" expectation of the celebration.

2. PLANNING THE ALBUM.

. Notebook;
. Pencil;
. Rubber;
. Rough album template in head;
When I start an album, I know roughly what I want to end up with...
Every album I start with... a notebook... I make an album template. It's called SKETCH correctly, but I wouldn't dare to call my sketches a sketch, so let's call it a template or layout...
Based on the number of planned pages in the album, we take the appropriate notebook. We determine the dimensions of the album (the size of the backgrounds for the pages; the size of the binding; the size of the cover).

3. Next, in the notebook, first sketch out the name of the pages. We draw an approximate arrangement of folding beds for photos and decor...

4.

5.

6. The template is ready...
Then we work on it ... of course, an idea may arise in the process, but for this we need an elastic band ... redrawn, supplemented ...

7. ALBUM BINDING.
I personally prefer the binding by Lesya Romashina. It is easy to make, looks beautiful and is durable because the spine of the cover is rigid, made of thick 2 mm thick cardboard.
Link to the binding by Lesya Romashina from the author of the binding.
http://cardbylesya.blogspot.com/2010/05/blog-post_27.html
binding by Romashina in other interpretations -
http://ruchnaya-rabota.blogspot.ru/2012/02/blog-post_12.html

8. We will need:
- cardboard with a density of 300 g and a size of 50 * 70 cm. It can be found in a stationery store or an artist's store. It's cheap, which is important...and it's available in a variety of colors;
- craft knife
- pencil;
- ruler;

9. According to the album template, I have a binding size of 26 cm * 26 cm and the album will consist of 20 pages, which equals 10 sheets, and this in turn is 5 double leaves.
We cut 5 strips 26 cm high and proportionally increasing in width, the dimensions are as in the photo ...

10. You can understand the design of Lesya Romashina's binding by imagining the design of double leaves in a notebook, as if they are inserted one into the other. Only the double leaflets in the notebook do not have a spine, but our double leaflets for binding will have a spine.

11. Due to the increase in the spine, each subsequent double leaflet will acquire the volume we need for jewelry!!!
We make double leaves according to the sizes we need ...

12. Like a notebook, only with a spine.

14.

15. We numbered and set aside our binding ...

16. PREPARATION OF BACKGROUNDS FOR PAGES.
For this step we need:
- scrap paper. It will be easier for a beginner to make an album aged in uniform style using a scrap paper set, as all the leaves and decor are already perfectly combined with each other.

18. I numbered them according to the number of pages in the album ....

19. I insert paper into these files the way I would like it to be located in the album ...

20. Next, according to the template, we begin to cut the paper, try on the decor, and if we like everything, we send it back to the file ...

21. U-turns are already approximately visible ...

22.

23. And so all the pages ...

24. Start decorating...
- double sided tape and tape

25. Glue the tape ...

26. And back to the file...

27. Already beautiful ...

28. We glued the tape to all the pages ...

29. Let's get to the folding beds for the photo.
I, like the binding of the album, also make them out of cardboard with a density of 300 g and a size of 50 * 70 cm, it is available in different colors.

30. I cut strips of the width I need ...

31. I make folding beds out of stripes ... I don’t throw away the leftovers, we will need them later ...

32. I make folding beds according to the template... and again to the files...

33. And now the volume has already appeared ..

34. Let's get down to the substrates for the photo.
I cut the number of substrates I need (I don’t throw away the rest, we will need them too ...), and with the help of a corner hole punch I make holes ... I take paper with a density of 160-200 g.
In the photo there are 100 substrates ...

35. Now we glue the substrates to the cots ... The video in the photo is very cool stuff, works like a roller... expels all the air and everything sticks smoothly and quickly... Called Rubber Roller - "Mini Brayer Roller", for applying ink to paper or stamps. Well, I found another use for it ... I bought it especially for gluing ...

36. Glue I use like this: Glue for interlaced work.
Nothing is written on the bottle itself. Produced in Germany... It glues EXCELLENTLY both paper, and fabric, and decorations... It sets quickly, glues so that it will not be possible to peel it off, if only to tear it off (I tried, I'm obsessed with strength) after drying it becomes transparent. I've tried a lot of glue, but this one is great!. I glue them all...
I also pour it, for convenience, into a PVA jar, because it has a convenient spout

37. Back to file...

38. And so on until the end ... tedious work ... but what to do ... you have to ...

39. Next, we begin to glue the backgrounds of the pages to the already finished, numbered binding.

40. We take the first double leaflet and the file with the number 1

41. Reveal

42. Glue...
How do I apply glue to the background: The glue I use will warp the paper a bit if applied to large area... but I found a way out: when I paste it, I smear the background with UHU glue-pencil, and then I smear it with this glue only along the edge (about 1 cm). Then I glue it... There are 10 seconds to align the background as it should... then, as everything was seized...

43. Now we take the file with the number 20...

44. Glued ...

45. Sticking stickers and numbering...

46. ​​We turn over a double sheet ... there will be page 2 and 19 ...

47. We take a file with the number 2 ...

48. Glue...

49. And, accordingly, the file with the number 19...

50. Glue.

51. We number.

52. And our first double leaf is pasted over with paper...

53. The same for the rest of the double sheets...

54. Done...

55.

56. Now, according to the template, we put the dies on the substrates (if we want). Putting stamps directly before gluing the clamshells, we will not make a mistake with the location of the stamps, that is, the clamshell is vertical or horizontal.

57. Since I will have an insert from the top, I apply glue like this ...

58. Glue our cot.

59.

60. PAGE DECORATION.
Step by step we prepare the whole decor.
We need our photo cots to stay closed... Let's make it pretty...
From the small remnants of paper, using the smallest knives, we cut out figures that suit our decor ...

61. We attach the brads and anchors, glue the double-sided adhesive squares and you're done...

62.

63. From the remnants that remained after we made the substrates and folding beds for the photo, we cut out the following decor:
places for memorabilia and small frames for photos...

64. We make places for memorable records.
Now a little trick....
The photo shows that the stamp itself has a frame in the form of a torn off leaflet, but I only need lines for writing ... For this I use a small stamp pad ... I carefully apply ink only on the lines of the stamp, without affecting the frame ... We stamp and get only lines...

65. Bows...

66. When we have prepared all the decor ... decorate the pages:
glue places for signatures, cut-outs on volumetric double-sided adhesive squares

67. We begin to decorate the sheets.

68. We try to position the volumetric decor so that it is evenly spaced on the spreads. This is necessary so that the album closes well and will help to avoid deformation of the sheets during subsequent storage of the album.

69. Done!!!

70. ALBUM COVER.
Detailed, step-by-step MK how I make my album covers
here http://stranamasterov.ru/node/784114

71. ASSEMBLY OF THE ALBUM.
We will need:
. Partially decorated cover;
. Fully decorated binding;
. Glue
. Awl;
. Needle;
. Satin ribbon;

72. I attach the binding to the cover a little differently than the author of the binding. I glue them one by one immediately to the cover, starting from the first double leaflet (with the largest spine) and alternately the last one ... it’s more convenient for me.
So we take the first double leaflet.

73. Spread well with glue ...

74. Paste...

75. We take the second double sheet, spread it with glue ...

76. Pasting...

78.

79. Done.

80. We leave the whole structure to grab well ... until it dries completely.

81. Let's start the firmware.

82. With a pencil, we outline the places for holes.

83. We punch holes with an awl ...

84.

85.

86. We begin to flash ... Try to pick up a needle with a diameter 2 times smaller than the diameter of the awl, otherwise the firmware process will be difficult.
Instead of stitching with tape, you can insert brads into the holes, and hide the legs by gluing a thin strip (0.5 cm wide) from the same paper from which the binding is made.

87. First we sew in one direction ...

88. Then in the opposite direction. When sewing in the opposite direction, try not to get the needle into the tape in the spine.
This is how we get a neat double stitching of the album...
And beautiful and safe!

89. View from the outside.

90. Final touch!!!

91. FINAL COVER DECORATION.
Let's start with the installation of corners. We will need:
- the corners themselves;
- glue;
- mock knife, or rather its reverse plastic part;
- layout rug;

92. Inside the corner we drip glue.

93. Install the corner and press the plastic part of the knife on the corner so that it grabs

94. Done.

95. Getting to the "face" of the cover.

96. We have decor...

97. We attach the tape with brads ...

98. So reliable.

99. Glue the drawing.

100. According to my idea, this will be a frame into which, if desired, later, you can insert a photo.

101. Glue.

102. We strengthen with brads.

103. Similarly, on the reverse side.

104. Here is such a disgrace I got on the endpapers ...
If, according to your idea, you will not draw up the endpapers, that is, you will not stick anything on the endpapers, and there will be nothing to hide the legs of the brads, then you must install the braces before pasting the inside of the cover with paper. I described this point in detail in my MK about the creation of the cover http://stranamasterov.ru/node/784114 more specifically photo 46-54

105. With the help of sheets of scrap paper, we draw up endpapers and, accordingly, hide the legs from brads under them ...

106. Beauty.

107. This is the album I ended up with.

This is how, step by step, I make my albums...
I will be very glad if I help someone make their dreams and ideas come true by sharing my best practices and experience...

I wish you all inspiration creative success and enjoy what you love!

This is how, step by step, I make my albums... I would be very happy if I could help someone make their dreams and ideas come true by sharing my best practices and experience...

I wish you all inspiration, creative success and pleasure from what you love!!!

Today I will tell you how to make a stylish, soft photo album out of an old unnecessary notebook. This will be a wedding album for me, but you can make an album of absolutely any subject, I think you have a lot of photos at home that are waiting in the wings.

To remake, we need the cover of an old notebook with rings. The covers of such notebooks are very dense, and split rings will allow us to add a large number of scrap pages for photos, perhaps even gradually.

Since I had a dark notebook cover, I wrap it with ordinary office paper so that the dark color does not show through the future cover. It is not necessary to glue the paper tightly, just lightly fix it with an adhesive pencil.

Then, from a thin synthetic winterizer, we cut out a rectangle exactly the size of the cover and fix it with double-sided tape.

From the fabric we like, cut out a rectangle so that there are allowances of about two centimeters from the edge of the cover.

We first fix the upper corners on double-sided tape, bending them at an angle of 45 degrees.

Then we bend and fix the top edge of the cover.

After all the sides of the cover are bent, we fix the folded corners completely with a hot gun (if there is none, then with any universal glue, for example, moment-crystal).

As a result of these simple manipulations, we have such a soft, pleasant to the touch, completely new cover.

On the inside, exactly in the middle, we fix rep tapes on adhesive tape, which will serve as the ties of the album.

Then we sew the cover on the sewing machine along the perimeter with an allowance of 0.5 cm from the edge. Let me explain: the sewing machine can easily take even very thick cardboard, without harm to its mechanisms, verified by personal experience.

Here you will have a little difficulty: when you approach the places where the rings are located, they will prevent you from laying a line. To get out of this situation, I turned the cover inside out, sewed a line with a needle without thread, and then sewed the cover in hard-to-reach places with a hand stitch.

Let's move on to decor. We draw a layout of the future element on plain paper and transfer it to design paper.

We sew a decorative element to the bottom edge of the cover also using a sewing machine.

Glue a decorative napkin on top.

Using a figured hole punch, we make paper lace.

We attach a piece of rep ribbon and paper lace to double-sided tape.

Glue a decorative ribbon on top.

First, on photo paper, print out a title that matches the theme of your album. I have this wedding album, you can use any other. And on the machine we attach the title to the cover.

We attach a small metal heart to a waxed cord with a glue gun.

Add a satin bow, plaster flowers and semi-pearls (all of these decorative elements are available in specialty scrapbooking stores).

I also decided to decorate the top of the cover with small white half-beads, repeating the pattern on the fabric.

Let's get to the design of the flyers. Attach a printout with text to a rectangle of scrapbooking paper.

Glue strips of double-sided tape right along the edge of the rectangle.

And glue it to a sheet of designer beige paper, the size of one half of the cover. We also cut out a rectangle from white paper with curly scissors and glue it. Glue a piece of cotton lace with a hot gun.

On textured paper, we make holes for the photo.

We attach the rectangle to the flyleaf on a special volumetric double-sided tape.

We decorate the endpaper with a plastic heart and a satin bow.

Scrapbooking is the art of making and designing photo albums, photo and picture frames, booklets, postcards, gift wrapping. Scrapbooking for beginners will give everyone a chance to learn how to create original things with their own hands. The art of scrapbooking has several different directions and techniques - distressing (aging album pages), stamping (creating original effects using ink, stamps and applicators), embossing (creating convex paintings) and other styles used to design albums, paintings.

Scrapbooking - what is it and where to start

Scrapbooking for beginners is a kind of manual creativity, which is based on the design and production of photo albums, original storage family photos, personal stories in the form of photos, drawings, newspaper clippings, notes. The original wedding and New Year albums will be very beautiful, Personal diary, invitation card, gift box, picture, book, binding, money envelope. Suitable for scrapbooking and beginners, it is worth picking up simple options, having mastered which it will be possible to move on to complex schemes.

At its core, scrapbooking acts as a way of storing stories, using tactile and visual techniques that replace the story. The photo album should be decorated in a special way and consist of separate leaves, each of which will express a complete thought (collage). Such original albums should cover one topic - the birth of a child, a wedding. For beginners, there are ready-made schemes (sketches).

On the territory of Russia, demobilization albums are widely popular, in which there are not only photographs, but also drawings, collages, interesting cartoons, wishes, addresses of colleagues. The production of such original albums is carried out by soldiers who are novice masters, and everything you need can be collected throughout the service.

It simply does not make sense to arrange all the photos in the house in the style of scrapbooking, so a specific topic must be chosen, after which photos will be selected for it. Beginning scrapbooking masters can get tired of creating a masterpiece for a long time, but after making a few elements, there will be a desire to continue doing this art.

What do you need for scrapbooking

Scrapbooking for beginners requires patience, preparation of materials. You will immediately want to buy a lot of things for work, but you should not buy too expensive tools. For novice scrapbooking masters, you need to pick up a starter kit of tools that do not have a very high cost, and every beginner can purchase them. Not required to buy professional tools used by experienced scrapbooking masters.

materials

If it was decided to engage in this type of art, beginner scrapbooking needleworkers will need the following materials:

• scissors (several types);
• Double-sided tape;
• glue;
• paper and pencil;
• sewing machine;
• figured hole punch;
• buttons, ribbons, rhinestones;
• cardboard or cutting mat;
• rubber stamps;
• ruler and scissors.

Tools

Scrapbooking beginners should have the following tools:

• It is necessary to take several types of scissors (small and large).
• Double-sided bulk adhesive tape, special adhesive tape for photos.
• Plain PVA is ideal for gluing paper.
• You will need special curly hole punches, but there is no need to buy more than 2 pieces for novice scrapbooking masters.

• For a beautiful and original decoration of a notebook, photo frames, ribbons of various thicknesses, rhinestones, buttons or other decorative materials that are at hand can be used.
• For cutting details, simple cardboard or thick old magazines are suitable.
• Scrapbooking for Beginners Doesn't Require Too a large number tools, so it is not necessary to purchase a sewing machine, it is not always needed. Instead, take a simple thick needle or a thin awl.
• All you need is a few rubber stamps, which come with ink pads. Wet wipes can be used to clean the dies, but only those that do not contain alcohol, beginner scrapbookers can wash them. warm water with soap.
• Experienced scrapbooking masters use the eyelet installer, and beginners can buy kits for installing them in specialized sewing stores.
• A ruler with scissors will be replaced by a special cutter (a simple metal ruler, a clerical knife).

sketches

Scrapbooking sketches for beginners will help greatly facilitate postcards, notepads. For beginners, sketches will become a real lifesaver, because they can give new ideas, inspiration while creating an original photo album, frame, notebook. If it doesn’t work out to make a scrap page on your own, you should pay attention to ready-made templates(blanks) for scrapbooking.

Master class on scrapbooking a photo album for a child

Step by step master class scrapbooking for beginners will help you easily make a beautiful original album for a child. Possessing creative and innovative thinking, you can easily create a real work of art, but in the absence of imagination, there is a way out - to get acquainted with the master classes and choose a more suitable option for beginners.

In this case, you will need the following materials:

• 3-5 sheets of paper with any pattern;
• 4 sheets of cardboard (white), 12.5x12.5 cm in size;
• 2 sheets of thick cardboard measuring 13x13 cm (special paper for scrapbooking).

Step by step instructions for scrapbooking a photo album for beginners.

1. First, the cover of the original album is made. 2 squares are cut out of paper, the dimensions of which are 15x15 cm. 6 square sheets (12.5x12.5 cm) will be used as the inner sheets of the album.
2. Paper is glued to cardboard squares, all protruding corners are cut off. The left and right corners are cut straight, and the bottom and top corners are cut at an angle.

1. Paste carefully.
2. Next, a thin tape is taken (about 50 cm long), glued to the inside of the square. The end of the tape "A" (as indicated in the photo), should be slightly longer.
3. 2 pieces of tape are glued to the square (the length of the tape is 5 cm, in the lower and upper parts of the square).

1. Following the example shown in the photo below, all parts of the future album are connected.
2. From above, directly on the tape, white sheets of paper are glued, and for the cover it will be necessary to take colored paper (various colors - black, red, blue, pink).

1. All pages of the album are glued with squares of paper; any other decorations can be used according to your own taste.

How to make DIY scrapbooking frames

To make an original photo frame with your own hands, novice scrapbooking masters will need the following materials:

• scrap paper (1 sheet);
• pencil;
• ruler;
• scissors;
• non-writing pen or wand;
• photo;
• stationery knife;
• glue;
• scotch.

A step-by-step plan will help you not to make mistakes and do all the work correctly, and a stencil will help you beautiful inscription, which will be simply indispensable in the initial stages. To create an original and unusual photo frame, you should use a variety of stencils to help make various drawings, which will be relevant for people who cannot draw beautifully. Video scrapbooking lessons for beginners will become an indispensable tool in creating a real masterpiece.

1. On initial stage a sheet of cardboard is divided according to the scheme shown in the photo.
2. Using a utility knife, carefully cut out the middle. A cardboard frame is glued to the back of the scrap paper.
3. Inside the frame, the paper is carefully cut crosswise and with the help of a non-writing pen, the sides of the bends are made.

1. The corners are cut off, about 5 cm recede from the edge of the cardboard. The upper and lower parts of the future frame are determined. Not very large cuts are made at the top, which should be a little larger than the photo. Adhesive tape is glued along the perimeter of the frame, with the exception of the upper part.
2. Cardboard is glued on the back so that the photo does not fall out. The corners of the frame are bent from all sides, it is necessary to cut out everything superfluous.
3. A footboard is made from the remaining cardboard, attached to the frame.

1. Almost any decoration can be used to decorate a photo frame - a flower, letters, beads, rhinestones, any material at hand. Digital camera help make beautiful photos for a whole showroom of original photo frames.

Notebook scrapbooking technique

To make a beautiful notebook with your own hands, a beginner needleworker will need the following materials:

• Super glue;
• thin felt;
• scissors;
• double-sided tape (sticky film);
• notebook and paint;
• decorative elements for decoration.

1. A thin felt is laid out on the table, after which a notebook is laid out in the center, about 10 cm is left to fold the material along the perimeter, all excess is cut off (it is necessary to cut out the shape of the notebook).
2. On inner part double-sided adhesive tape is glued to the cover, the notebook is folded together with felt, all lines are carefully smoothed out by hand (the binding must be evenly covered with material). Corners need to be cut.
3. All edges of the felt cover are glued, each bend is pressed well so that the glue has time to grab. The notebook is closed, pressed down on top by any hard object.
4. At the very end, the cover of the notebook is decorated - a pre-prepared blank or template is used, colored paint (colors can be very diverse - black, scarlet, gold, green, yellow, blue). The most important thing is that the paint is completely dry.

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Things that were made with their own hands, and this is scrapbooking for beginners, are in a real trend and are gaining more and more popularity every day. It is possible to buy ready-made exclusive items or be patient to create a work of art. Having made just one or a birthday, you may not even notice how scrapbooking will become a favorite hobby and very soon not only at home, but also friends will have beautiful souvenirs. Children's topics will interest schoolchildren, because it is ideal for young beginners in needlework.

Children's birthday card

Postcard for the new year

Scrap paper is a material used for decorating in the scrapbooking technique. Such paper products are expensive, so many craftswomen are looking for ways to make them with their own hands at home. There are several ways to create such a decorative material, each of which differs in the final result and complexity.

Scrap paper is a material used for decorating using the scrapbooking technique.

High-quality scrap paper can be made independently from a napkin.

For this you will need:

• watercolor or drawing paper;
• napkins;
• food film;
• iron;
• scissors.

Step by step manufacturing technology:

1. The napkin is ironed with an iron until all wrinkles are eliminated.
2. The top layer of the napkin is separated from the rest.
3. A cling film is laid on the paper in an even layer. This must be done carefully so that not a single fold or crease forms on the surface.
4. A napkin is placed on the film.
5. The iron heats up at medium power.
6. The entire structure is ironed until the film melts and glues all layers.
7. All excess is cut off from the surface of the sheet, and then the finished sheet is ironed again.

When gluing the napkin to the sheet, special attention must be paid to the edges and corners.

Do-it-yourself scrap paper: a master class using a cobweb

by the most in a simple way making scrap paper from napkins is one that involves the use of a sewing web.

For this you will need:

• iron;
• scissors;
• watercolor sheet;
• napkins;
• cobweb, the size of a sheet of paper.

How to do:

1. A non-textured kitchen towel is placed on the ironing board.
2. The iron is set to minimum power.
3. A cobweb is laid on a paper sheet, which should be cut so that it is 2 millimeters smaller than the dimensions of the paper on each side.
4. The top layer is separated from the napkin, which is ironed, and then placed on the cobweb.
5. The formed pyramid is ironed until the napkin completely sticks to the paper.
6. The sheet is turned over, all unnecessary is cut off.
7. The final result is ironed again.

Similarly, you can make scrap paper if you replace napkins with wallpaper. Wallpaper should be glued at a temperature slightly higher than described in the master class. During operation, the iron can become dirty, so it should be regularly inspected and cleaned if necessary.

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How to make colored scrap paper: monotype

You can make a unique scrap sheet in a single copy using the monotype technique. Monotype is the technique of drawing on glass with the subsequent transfer of the depicted object to paper products. It is made from the following materials:

• glass, the size of a paper sheet;
• a sheet of watercolor paper;
• acrylic paints;
• soft brushes, such as squirrels;
• alcohol for glass degreasing (can be replaced with vodka).

You can make a unique scrap sheet in a single copy using the monotype technique

How to do:

1. Clean glass is degreased with a cotton pad moistened with alcohol or vodka.
2. A drawing is made on a glass surface with acrylic paint. The drawing should be done quickly so that the paint does not have time to dry.
3. Then a paper sheet is applied to the glass, which is strongly pressed against the glass.
4. After tearing off the sheet, a mirror image of the pattern will appear on the paper.
5. The sheet should be dried and then ironed through the fabric.

Monotype allows you to get a colorful print with smooth overflows of paint. The result is bright colored scrap paper. The resulting print can be modified with ink.

How to make DIY scrapbooking paper: textured version

Scrap paper does not have to be even, it can also have an interesting texture.

Making such paper is a little more difficult, for this you will need:

• a sheet of cardboard;
• plastic bag;
• newspaper;
• 7 sheets of xerox paper;
• threads;
• construction bristle brush;
• acrylic paint.

Scrap paper does not have to be even, it can also have an interesting texture.

Step by step master class:

1. A newspaper is placed on the table, which is covered with a plastic transparent bag.
2. The package is covered with cardboard.
3. Then all sheets of xerox paper are crumpled together and immersed in hot water.
4. After the whole lump is wet, it should be immersed in a container into which a mixture of water and PVA is poured. The liquid should be the consistency of kefir.
5. Then the lump is removed, straightened and superimposed on a sheet of paper prepared in advance.
6. Threads are laid on a textured surface in a chaotic manner.
7. Then the top layer is covered with polyethylene, and the entire pyramid is sent under pressure for 3 hours.
8. After the paper dries, its edges are trimmed so that they are even. To do this, you can use a clerical knife and a ruler.
9. Then the sheet is painted with paint. To do this, apply a small amount of acrylic on the brush, and then “drive” it into the paper with a brush.

In addition to threads, other textured elements can be applied to paper impregnated with glue, for example, dry plants, remnants of napkins.

How to make paper with burnt edges?

In some works, aged paper looks very impressive.. Most often, sheets are made aged by burning their edges. Edge firing should be done on tinted paper, this technique allows you to create a harmony of tinting and burned edges. This can be done using the following materials:

• paper;
• candles;
• coffee or black tea;
• brushes.

In some works, aged paper looks very impressive.

Step-by-step instruction:

1. To tint a whole sheet, you will need to soak it in tea or coffee brew. Coffee allows you to get the shade of the paper much brighter, so this coffee soak should be short-term.
2. If necessary, at the edges you can create a worn effect, which will actively appear after tinting. To do this, you need to use sandpaper. She, like a scrub, loosens the surface of the sheet and makes it more susceptible to pigment absorption.
3. Then the candle is installed in the candlestick and placed in the sink. This is necessary in order to ensure fire safety.
4. Then you need to start moving the edges of the sheet over the fire at a distance of 10 centimeters. It is impossible to bring the sheet closer, as holes may form, the paper may catch fire.
5. Over the flame, you should constantly scroll the edges of the paper. After 2-3 minutes they will be burned.

Such a set of procedures allows you to make the burnt edges on the sheet more harmonious and create the impression of old paper, which is at least 10-20 years old.

What can be made from scrapbooking paper: ideas

Homemade scrap paper can be used as a purchased paper to make:

• postcards;
• photo albums;
• notebooks;
• caskets;
• photo frames;
• notebooks;
• panel.

From textured home-made sheets, you can make various covers for photo albums, notebooks, decorate the lid of the box, and also make a background for a postcard.

Homemade scrap paper can be used, for example, to create cute postcards.

Homemade scrapbooking paper gives great freedom of creativity, as it allows you to use the material that is able to maximize the author's idea. Moreover, creating your own decorative materials significantly saves the craftswoman's budget.

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