Scrapbooking is actively gaining a hobby popularity among creative people. Initially, he was a decoration of albums for photos with the use of submitted materials, sewing accessories, printed materials, fabrics and decorations. Currently, the sphere of distribution of this hobby has expanded, and now many of the items of various purposes are executed using the scrapbooking technique.
As a rule, it is used for the decor of interior elements, souvenirs, or even some devices for life.
What materials should be prepared?
Most basic elements can be found at home. Such common details include magazines, fabrics, buttons, threads, lace, beads. However, not always available materials correspond to the conceived concept in color and size, Therefore, you can buy the needed in stores for needlework or sewing, as well as in many cities of hobby hypermarkets.
In order to issue postcards and other items in a similar style, most often, in addition to inspiration, We need a basic set of materials and tools, which include the following elements.
- Sewing machine . Thanks to her, the handicraft is eliminated from uneven seams, sticking on the thread, making her kind more aesthetic.
- In this hobby you can not do without scissors And you will need scissors of various sizes. Larger suitable for cutting fabrics and paper, and with the help of small or even curly you can cut small parts from the materials.
- Colored paper It will take both monophonic and abstract pattern. The texture of the paper may be velvet, as well as thinner.
- In addition to conventional colored paper, you will be useful. Special, created precisely for scrapbooking . It is characterized by a higher density of the material, as well as a rather long service life.
- Fabrics In color and the pattern, almost any, depending on your creative ideas, are also selected.
- Useful elements will be Ribbons Made from Atlas and Lace.
- Decor rarely costs without Beads and decorative stones , Often made under natural material, such as pearl or amber.
- Some crafts require adding Printed elements , for example, clipping logs. It is better to use pages of thick paper, as thin sheets do not always interact well with glue.
- As materials for fastening, in addition to the above glue, it is also suitable Different types of Scotchi are simple and bilateral. At the same time, do not forget that the adhesive tape can have a different thickness, and not all types of glue will be suitable for gluing the fabric.
Simple ideas for beginners
Those who are just comprehends the basics of scrapbooking technology, it is worth learning to create with their own hands first light crafts that do not require complex forms and a large number of materials. As options for beginners, you can use the following:Card
The simplest thing can be done by scrapbooking technique, it is a postcard. It can be a greeting card for a particular person, for example, to the day of birth, or a universal holiday greeting card with New Year's theme, or "Valentine" for the day of all lovers. Based on the reason you need to think in advance the combination of colors.
The main materials will be a sheet of colored paper, a landscape sheet, brilliant paper at least two colors on a self-adhesive basis, pencil, scissors, and a ruler. The manufacturing process will include several stages:
- It is necessary to bend colored paper in half, then brilliant paper indented paper is glilate to the front of the future postcard;
- Inside the brilliant paper glued a piece of album sheet, at a distance of 1.5 cm from the edges;
- White space is filled with appliqué elements, various cut from color and brilliant paper figures, as well as congratulations;
- For a larger variety, you can write letters using calligraphic fonts.
The photo
If you want to decorate the wall of the photo to an unusual manner, then instead of the traditional framework, place the space on the wall using color tape, sticking the multi-colored strips in a row, and then attach a photo with glue or bilateral tape itself. Better if it is a large format. If you wish, the space at the edges of the tape can also be punctured with magazines, corresponding to the subject matter.
You can make an original wall photo passlet, taking a guide to the city. It should be folded by the harmonica, taking the side with a cover with bright paper. On the rest of the sides right on the text of the guide to place the printed photos taken on the journey.
You can also attach additional memorable elements - tickets, travel or other memorable details of small sizes.
Envelope for small things
For storing small leaflets, a small office and other pleasant hearts of smallest things, you can make an envelope from the notebooks. A notebook, which will serve as the back of the envelope, should be issued using various clippings from logs, you can also stick a volumetric application to the upper part or attach a small calendar. Half the sheet should be sealed along the edges by another sheet of paper, so that the pocket is formed.
This half can also be decorated with appliqué or inscriptions.
Creative options
Those who already have the experience of creating crafts in the scrapbooking technique, it is worth paying attention to interesting decoration techniques embodied on more complex structures. Unusual options include the creation of the following items.Passport cover
For the manufacture of a passport cover, you will need materials:
- 2 sheet of cardboard, the thickness of which should be 1.5 mm, and the parameters - 9.5x13.5 cm;
- paper sheet for scrapbooking, parameters 30x30 cm;
- threads and sewing machine;
- pencil;
- A knitting knitting knitting or wand;
- scissors;
- glue "moment";
- ruler;
- stationery knife;
- dense paper in size 7x13,5 cm;
- clamps;
- Elastic decorative type;
- glue stick;
- Decorative elements for cover, such as stickers;
- Two tissue cuts with parameters of 15.5x4 cm and 16.5x12.5 cm;
- Cut off the fleece or synthet board.
The process of creating the cover is carried out according to the following algorithm.
- First, the parameters of 13.5x7 cm should be applied to a bit of 1 cm with a thickness of 1 cm, which will create a soft fold of the future cover. These lines are applied either using a special board, or with a ruler and knitting needles.
- Next, stick to this piece of thick paper cardboard elements with parameters 9.5x13.5 cm. For the cover to be softer, its frame can be additionally enclosed by syntheps.
- Put the workpiece on the wrong side of the fabric and glue its upper and lower ends to the cover with an adhesive pencil. Also fasten the sides, not forgetting about carefulness at the corners.
- Then Put the cover around the perimeter using the sewing machine and gently hide the threads in the inside.
- Inside the middle of the cover can also be placed by the cloth of the same color.
- Using paper segments for scrapbooking parameters 9.2x13.2 cm, as well as 15.2x5 cm (2 pieces each) you need to create beads for a crust with pockets.
- At a distance of 1 cm from the edge, make a fold, cutting off the corners. By gluing pockets to the side parts, you need to ensure that the distance from all sides it turned out the same. This will help the use of clamps.
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Panel from the photo
An excellent element of the interior, which will emphasize the warmth of the hearth, and the superb gift will be the panel from the photo created by their own hands. To implement this idea, you will need:
- Cover from under the box for shoes;
- scrapbook;
- stationery;
- cutting;
- brown paper roll;
- lace;
- Pictures.
The process is carried out at the following steps.
- Plug the entire lid with brown paper, and then the inner part. Subscribe with paper for scrapbooking. Make a partition from cardboard in such a size and quantity so that there are 6 identical cells inside the cover. You can make them different if it is supposed to post a photo of a different format.
- On the sides of the long side part, it is necessary to do holes and carefully fasten the tape from the lace. It will be needed to hang panel on the wall.
- Then in each cell should be placed a photo.
- Subsequent design implies mainly decoration of protruding parts, since the volume is the main characteristic of scrapbooking. You can make flowers out of paper for this, use the remains of lace, as well as glue various beads and cutting.
You can be in addition to traditional use also newer concepts taken in accordance with the reason. For example, if the panel is made as a gift to parents or on graduation evening, it is appropriate to arrange everything in retro style.
If it is associated with leave, use in it colors and elements resembling the sea.
Casket
Using scrapbooking, you can originally place a box or any box for trifles. To do this, you will need to have:
- box;
- loose paper;
- glue;
- stationery knife;
- line;
- pencil;
- Decorative elements.
The process includes the following steps:
- First, measure the box parameters, and then mark the parameters on paper corresponding to all measured parties;
- Cut the parts and enclose the corresponding side of the box;
- Subscribe with a decoupage or using such elements like lace, beads, artificial flowers, paper figures - the main thing is that they all accumulate a single composition.
Useful advice
To decorate ready-made items or handmade accessories, it seemed organically, and the process itself delivered more pleasure, You should listen to a number of useful recommendations for scrapbooking.
- Be sure to think about the design of the product before creating it. This is especially true of those who are just beginning to try themselves in this area and has a limited amount of materials. To do this, you can even draw a sketch of the product. It will help you to calculate all the costs and visualize the desired result.
- Make sure that the decorative elements taken to create a craft are sustained in one style and combined with each other in color. It can be a combination of close shades or a good contrast. Some styles are close to the concepts of minimalism, while others suggest romantic options with an abundance of small details.
- Pay attention to unusual materials and unnecessary things, because they can get a new life thanks to scrapbooking.
For example, even with the help of old plastic cards, you can make original crafts.
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