Use these quick tips to spiff up your pages!
| Getting Started 1. Begin your original scrapbook project designs by choosing colors. 2. Predominant colors from your photographs are a good place To start. 3. Chose card stock colors first and printed paper designs next. 4. Embellishments, fibers, and borders can be contrasting colors to make your pictures pop! 5. Dimension and texture are areas of your design that draw the eye around the page. From simple tears to embellishments are good techniques to use. |
| Cards 1. Card making is a great way to learn multiple scrapbooking techniques in a small surface. 2. Card making packets that include every thing you need to begin making cards are readily available in scrapbook supply retail stores. 3. The seasons of the year are a great place to start in choosing color pallets for your cards and envelopes. 4. Making multiples of cards like, invitations, card club projects and party reminders develop professional skills by repeating steps. |
| Essentials 1. Begin your scrapbooking hobby with essential materials like card stock, printed paper, adhesives that are easy to use, a 12”X12” paper trimmer, and scissors. 2. Page protectors are the next need and a album or binder. 3. Decorate your album or binder to reflect the picture subjects inside. 4. Always choose archival products. The acid in usual paper and office supply materials do not protect your valuable photographs |
| Needing Help? 1. Roberts Crafts always has trained instructors to assist you in developing your scrapbooking skills. Techniques and tool demonstrations can be found in our stores on any day of the week. 2. Don't hesitate to ask for help in learning new techniques. 3. Taking a class with other scrapbook enthusiasts will grow your skills very quickly, and it's very fun! 4. Getting to use new and innovative tools at Roberts will help you decide what areas to expand your designs. |
| Share your memories 1. The most exciting part of scrapbooking is to share your great ideas and designs with friends and family. 2. Scrapbooking as a great hobby to share with friends and children. 3. The skills in design, color, layout, and archiving your mementos are a wonderful way to share. 4. Making calendars and card file boxes make great gifts to give all year round. |
| Beyond Scrapbooking 1. Scrapbook techniques are crossing into the home décor. Use paper crafting to decorate all kinds of boxes, tins, bottles, storage totes, and containers. 2. Using letters, chip board designs, ribbons, and papers you can be your own fashion decorator. 3. Mod Podge is a product that makes our paper craft projects weather resistant. Just painting a coat over finished paper give us more durable designs. 4. Ask your Roberts Crafts staff for tips on how to make more durable surfaces for home décor. |
| Cricut is a great tool! 1. Craft trends come from shared ideas that make a surprising impression on our scrapbooking friends. 2. The most usable and useful tool is the personal electronic cutter called Cricut. 3. The cartridge designs available with the Cricut line of products cover a wide range of alphabets, designs, and themed phrases. 4. There are myriads of possibilities with Cricut. |
| What is Cricut? 1. Craft trends come from shared ideas that make a surprising impression on our scrapbooking friends. 2. The most usable and useful tool is the personal electronic cutter called Cricut. 3. The cartridge designs available with the Cricut line of products cover a wide range of alphabets, designs, and themed phrases. 4. There are myriads of possibilities with Cricut. |
| Cuttlebug is a must! 1.Cuttlebug is a new product. It die cuts, has the deepest, crispest embossing you have ever seem and comes with a very reasonable price. 2.Cuttlebug will let you use any of the dies and embossing plates you already have. For a demonstration check at your nearest Roberts stores. 3.Cuttlebug and Cricut go hand in hand to supply all the newest and coolest designs going! 4.Card designers love the embossing possibilities. It's portable and has so many functions that you will be happy to try! |
| Looking for the latest and greatest! 1. One of best places for scrapbook ideas and great sale prices on scrapbook essentials is the Scrapbook USA Expo. 2. Scrapbook USA Expo is a great place to see the trends coming to our favorite hobby, scrapbooking! 3. Many of you are creating a scrapbook area in your home. The storage supplies, luggage, and totes really show up at Scrapbook USA. |
| Don't miss out on classes 1. Taking classes is a fun way to catch up on the newest scrapbook techniques. 2. Chalks, inks, paints and stamps, all made acid free to work with paper. 3. Each new scrapbook medium is an adventure. Get help and ideas from your scrapbooking friends to help you decide which ones you want to try next. 4. Scrapbook tools range widely in durability and use. Be sure that the tools you buy are the ones that will help you, not sit on the shelf. Try them out first. |
| Spend some time with friends 1. Extra product? Have a sharing party. Have all your friends come over with a box of extra products and every one trade around. 2. Help your friends get started in scrapbooking by showing them how to use your favorites. 3. Be organized by cleaning up after you finish each project. “Creative Crater” as our mess has been so well named can get very deep by the finish line! 4. Keep scrap paper into categories for best access: Solids-by color. Prints-by season and color. Textures by weight and color. |
| Roberts Crafts Class Basic Supply List We are excited at Roberts to have our skilled Teachers show you the newest and hottest tips in their class and to make it easier "time is precious " we know that and so you don't have to go back to your table these are the supplies our Teachers would like you to bring to your class Paper trimmer, Your favorite Adhesives (permanent), scissors, ink and sponge, markers, any of your favorite tools you use every day, Photos so you can plan where everything goes. |