How to Scrapbook your Greeting Cards

     The top page has a large wired ribbon in the middle of the page.  I did this by first attaching 2 eyelets to my page.  I left the ribbon on the roll because I didn't know how much I would actually use.  I threaded the end of the ribbon from front of the page through the eyelet to the back of the page, then across the back of the page and up the back of the eyelet to the top of the page.  I then cut the ribbon off the roll after guesstimating how much would be need for the bow.  I took both ends and tied them together and snipped the tails so that they would not be overly long.

     The bottom page has a full size greeting card on the left and miniature greeting cards on the right.  I get so many gorgeous cards throughout the year and I hate to just throw them out.  These miniature cards are actually scanned images of the full size cards I received.  I scanned the inside and the outside and then placed the little cards on the page as shown.  These are about 3x3 inches.  I've done an entire scrapbook with nothing but cards that I wanted to keep.  I knew that I couldn't keep all the full sized cards that I receive, there are just too many.  This is a way to keep them and utilized a lot less space.

Using Doilies on Scrapbook page

     The top and bottom pages are using doilies as a mat for the photos.  I first cut the photo to match the center of the doilies (I used a Fiskars shape cutter to do that).  I then rubbed each doilies with a blue ink pad, a gold ink pad and lilac ink pad.  I rubbed the colors on different areas of the doilies but I did cover the whole doily.  I glued the photo to the center and then glued the entire thing to my page. 

     The middle page is showing one way to use the type of brad that has the center cut out.  I threaded a ribbon through the cut out section of the brad and then inserted the brad all the way through the intersection of the ribbons and through the back of the page and secured the legs of the brad with tape.  I like to secure the legs of brads so that the page doesn't hang up when I go to insert the page into the book.

Using ribbon to put a title on your page.

     The top page has a title "Merry Christmas" and this title is actually attached to a ribbon by eyelets.  Put an eyelet on each side of the mat that your title is glued to then measure 2 pieces of ribbon from the center of the page to one side plus about 2 inches extra.  Thread one of the ribbons through one eyelet (using about an inch) and the other thread through the other eyelet.  Secure the back side of the ribbons by using a glue runner or hot glue gun.  Then take the ends of the ribbons and after centering your title on the page, fold the ends around the sides of the page to the backside of the page and secure both ends with tape.

     The middle page, towards the bottom right has a group of 3 buttons.  I actually bought these "buttons" made like this, but I realized they could easily be handmade.  The 3 buttons each have a letter glued to them and together spell out "Joy".  I could cut the word I want, find the buttons that I like and glue the words to the buttons using my glue gun.  I would use the glue gun to glue the buttons to my ribbon or my page.

     The bottom page has a silver glittering frame around the photo.  This frame is actually made of some really pretty Christmas ribbon that I found.  I just measured 4 pieces to the size of the photo and glued them to the photo at the corners.

Pictures on Ribbons

     These are some examples of hanging your photos (or other items) from ribbons.  The top and top right photos are created by measuring 3 lengths of ribbon from to to so they end up being about 12 inchs.  Then cut 3 mat or use tag (see right side photo) You can either glue to mats to to the bottom section of the ribbon or use eyelets and draw the ribbon through the eyelet that you put in the mat.  The top of the ribbon will be folded behind your page and taped down to secure them.  With mine, I used 3 mats, one on the bottom section of each of the ribbons and journaled by story across the three mats.  Then take different size photos and use your glue runner or glue gun to secure them to the upper and mid sections of the ribbons.  It gives a very nice dangling ribbon effect.
     The bottom page uses pretty much the same technique, but all eyelets are used.  After securing your photos to whatever frames/mats you choose, put an eyelet in each one.  I did 3 ribbons and there are 3 photos hanging from each ribbon.  Draw your ribbon through the first photo's eyelet then behind the border at the top and tie the ends together.  Then put another eyelet at the bottom of that photo and get another ribbon. Draw the ribbon through the bottom of the top photo and the top of the middle photo and tie the ribbon.  Repeat this step for the bottom photo so that there are 3 photos tied in a line.  Then repeat this for the next 2 lines of ribbon.

Tips on Scrapbooking (Cropping) memorabilia

     The top page has a patch in the upper left corner and I found that once again, using the tape runner worked very well.  I could also have used the glue gun but it seemed that it was just quicker and easier to run the tape across it.
     The middle page was a different story.  This is a type of armband that was worn on the upper sleeve of my daughter's uniform.  I didn't want to permanently attach the armband so I used 4 eyelets and a thin rope type of ribbon.  I threaded the ribbon up from the back and into the bottom left eyelet, through the armband and then down the top left eyelet and secured the backside with scotch tape.  I then did the same thing for the right side of the armband.
     The bottom page was made to showcase the letters that my daughter wrote to me while she over seas.  I tore one 12x12 page diagonally and used the tape runner to glue the bottom and left side of that paper to the background paper and this created a pocket.  It holds the letters very nicely!

Using Buttons on Scrapbook Pages

     The top set of photos has a gold button that looks like it's been raised off the page.  Actually, this button had a shank on it and I popped the shank off with wire cutters (I think they were wire cutters).  Down towards the bottom on the right is a small group of brown buttons that had no shanks (much easier to work with).  The best way that I found to attach the buttons is using a tape runner.  I tried the liquid glue that is meant to glue heavier objects and it didn't work.  I also found years later that a small bit of hot glue from an ordinary hot glue gun works well also.
     The bottom page show some blue netting at the top with the word "Marriage" glued on it.  This is the page that I made at a large Cropping event.  There was a Cricut machine available to use and I cut the word "Marriage" and "William DePew" and I fell in love with the Cricut.

These are some of scrapbook pages that I made.

     I made all of these pages without benefit of my Cricut machine.  There is only one page that has anything cut by a Cricut on it and I'll explain that when I get to is.  I hope you enjoy these and can find some useful information from them.

     This page was made with wallpaper.  I went to a wallpaper store and asked if they had any of the old sample books that were no longer needed and ended up with an armful.  The pages make great backgrounds and cut outs.  You will find all type of coordinating pages that you can cut things from to complete your page.  If you closely at the bottom image, you might be able to get an idea of the texture of the wallpaper.

Haunted House scrapbook page

     I finished the Haunted House scrapbook page that I specifically made that Haunted House diecut for.  I did say that I would post a picture of the page so here it is :)  
     It's a bit hard to tell from the photo's angle, but the mummy on the right side of the house is a layered diecut and it's from the Happy Hauntings cartridge and so is the black frame on the top right.  The monster coming out of the roof of the house is from the Mini Monsters cartridge.  I used the "Spooky" font from the Happy Hauntings cartridge for the year "1994" at I believe a one inch setting.