I found blocks with patterned paper, many wrapping papers (that actually where really nice!), holographic paper and scissors that cut funny borders!
Sunday, July 18, 2010
More Materials!
Well when I was making my scrapbook I started looking for materials everywhere I could; but in here there is only one scrapbook store, that is far and expensive (to me at least), and I couldn't find any patterned paper! And I needed many of them. But the thing is I finally found some! You just have to know where to search :)!
I found blocks with patterned paper, many wrapping papers (that actually where really nice!), holographic paper and scissors that cut funny borders!
I found blocks with patterned paper, many wrapping papers (that actually where really nice!), holographic paper and scissors that cut funny borders!
Saturday, July 17, 2010
Fun box!
I had to give a present and I wanted to give it in a nice box. So what I did was to search for a beautiful templates box on the Internet so as to make the box and then to cover it with patterned paper. This is the picture of how it looks:
What you'll need:
2) Patterned paper.
3) Adhesive.
4) Pencil and scissors.
Instructions:
1) Find a nice free template box on the Internet (I didn't have the money to pay for one, that's why I chose a free template, but you can pay one if you can and want :P).
2) (Read this only if you want to make your template box bigger).
Once I found a template box I liked I made it bigger so that the box was bigger too. For making the template bigger I used a really useful web page called Blockposters. The page allows you to upload an image and make it bigger by turn it into several pages to print). The only bad thing about it is that (once you've printed your bigger template) you must paste the pages together and cut them; but anyway, it is useful if you want to enlarge your template.
3) Once I had my template and in the size I wanted it I cut the cardboard (with the template, of course).
2) (Read this only if you want to make your template box bigger).
Once I found a template box I liked I made it bigger so that the box was bigger too. For making the template bigger I used a really useful web page called Blockposters. The page allows you to upload an image and make it bigger by turn it into several pages to print). The only bad thing about it is that (once you've printed your bigger template) you must paste the pages together and cut them; but anyway, it is useful if you want to enlarge your template.
3) Once I had my template and in the size I wanted it I cut the cardboard (with the template, of course).
4) After cutting the cardboard I cut two papers with the shape of the template box, so as to cover in the inside and outside the box.
5) Then I pasted the cut papers, one in one side of the cardboard and the other one in the other side (inside and outside of the box). I did it with glue and brush so as to spread it equally through the cardboard.6) Assemble the box and your fun box is done!
Steps 3, 4 5 and 6.
A really nice box to give presents!
Father's Day Card
Hi everyone! In Chile some weeks ago was father's day and I did a card to my dad that I really liked! I will show it to you so that you can make it if you like it.
What you will need:
-A paper, for the card.
-Color papers.
-Watercolor paper (or another one if you don't have of this kind, but watercolors work better in this paper).
-Watercolors.
-Adhesive.
-Mounting tape.
-A pencil, a pen and scissors.
Instructions:
The first thing I did was the drawing. For that do the following:
1) Draw in the watercolor paper what ever you want with the pencil.
2) Underline the drawing with a pen.
3) Paint it with watercolors. Remember to try them first, so as to be sure that you are gonna color with the right colors.
Once you have the drawing:
4) Cut two squares; a bigger one and a smaller one (I cut the smaller one with scissors that make funny borders).
5) Cut two rectangles; a bugger one and a smaller one.
6) Paste everything into the card including the drawing in the way that is shown in the card picture.
7) Write something! I didn't like the way I wrote "Feliz Día" (Happy day) :B.
Steps 1, 2, 3 y and how the papers look paste into the cardboard.
You can also add a little detail in the inside of the card:
I did the drawing in the same way I did the mouses.
That is, I hope you've liked it :)!
What you will need:
-A paper, for the card.
-Color papers.
-Watercolor paper (or another one if you don't have of this kind, but watercolors work better in this paper).
-Watercolors.
-Adhesive.
-Mounting tape.
-A pencil, a pen and scissors.
Instructions:
The first thing I did was the drawing. For that do the following:
1) Draw in the watercolor paper what ever you want with the pencil.
2) Underline the drawing with a pen.
3) Paint it with watercolors. Remember to try them first, so as to be sure that you are gonna color with the right colors.
Once you have the drawing:
4) Cut two squares; a bigger one and a smaller one (I cut the smaller one with scissors that make funny borders).
5) Cut two rectangles; a bugger one and a smaller one.
6) Paste everything into the card including the drawing in the way that is shown in the card picture.
7) Write something! I didn't like the way I wrote "Feliz Día" (Happy day) :B.
Steps 1, 2, 3 y and how the papers look paste into the cardboard.
You can also add a little detail in the inside of the card:
I did the drawing in the same way I did the mouses.
That is, I hope you've liked it :)!
Friday, July 2, 2010
Cut to much of a page? Fix it!
It happened several times to me that I measured something wrong, and I cut the paper in a smaller way that what I was supposed to! I didn't like to have to cut another paper, because I didn't want to waste paper.
So, I learned I could mend my mistake. What I would do is that I would grab what I had left of the cut paper, and I would paste it into the one that had turned out too small. I don't know if I'm explaining my self well, so I will draw it :P. Well, the thing is that when I had pasted the papers in the way they were supposed to be cut, I would paste something else in the top of them, so that you couldn't notice they were two papers, so as to see them as one.
Instructions :)!
So, I learned I could mend my mistake. What I would do is that I would grab what I had left of the cut paper, and I would paste it into the one that had turned out too small. I don't know if I'm explaining my self well, so I will draw it :P. Well, the thing is that when I had pasted the papers in the way they were supposed to be cut, I would paste something else in the top of them, so that you couldn't notice they were two papers, so as to see them as one.
Instructions :)!
This is an example of what I'm talking. I make the mistake of cutting this page a little smaller than what it was supposed to be, so I pasted another piece under it and then I covered it with a strip of light blue paper.
Embellishments
Well this is just a little post to talk about some of the embellishments I used and liked. For example, some times I would paste in my scrapbook page a paper cut in a butterfly shape, and what I did with them was to fold the paper where the wings of the butterfly started, and it gave a really cool effect.
Another thing is that I really liked mounting tape! You can use it for little embellishments, for example you can cut two hearts, paste one into the other one with mounting tape and then past them together to your scrapbook page again with mounting tape.
The butterfly and the two hearts.
Another thing is that I really liked mounting tape! You can use it for little embellishments, for example you can cut two hearts, paste one into the other one with mounting tape and then past them together to your scrapbook page again with mounting tape.
The butterfly and the two hearts.
Plan your page
sAnother important thing I discovered (well I guess many of you already know it, but I'm a newbie so everything is new for me) is that to plan your page before making it is something really useful. It happened to me some times that I had imagine a really cool page but when I started making it I forgot some details about it.
The next thing I did was to draw the pages I would imagine. It was so much easier then, because I could just take a look at the paper and follow it exactly as it was originally. The other thing that was really useful was to "try" the plan I had for the page. What I mean is that before pasting everything I would put everything on the page (as it was planed) but without pasting it, and so if it didn't looked as nice as I had imagine I would just move everything until I liked it.
The next thing I did was to draw the pages I would imagine. It was so much easier then, because I could just take a look at the paper and follow it exactly as it was originally. The other thing that was really useful was to "try" the plan I had for the page. What I mean is that before pasting everything I would put everything on the page (as it was planed) but without pasting it, and so if it didn't looked as nice as I had imagine I would just move everything until I liked it.
There you can see how I tried my page plan. I first put the pictures (with out pasting them) to see if I like how they looked, then again with out pasting anything I put the papers and embellishment to see if I liked them too. Then you can see the final result of the page, when everything is pasted and finished.
Space is important!!!
Ok so know I'm gonna talk about scrapbooking :). I already talk of materials and how many and important they are. But another important thins about them is that you need a really big space for them!
I'll tell you my experience. At first, when I was doing my first scrapbook pages I would work on my room's desktop, which is really tiny; and had my notebook in it when I was working, so the space I had to work was like a joke. I had everything scattered in my little desktop, and many things would end up in the floor, some other ones in my bed, and I always had to make a mayor mess when I was looking for something that had disappeared in the jungle of my room.
One day I got really tired of that mess, and so I decided to go to work to the dinning room. It was so much nicer! I covered it with an old tablecloth, but you can use anything, just make sure that whatever you are it's gonna cover the desk completely.
Also, what was really useful to me was that I used the dinning room to work but I also had another table in which I left all my materials in a tidy way so that I would find them as quick as I needed them. I had one big desk to work an another one for the materials. It's really comfortable, pleas try it (and don't use the desktop of your room if is as tiny as mine!).
There you can see the table I'm using to keep my materials. I group them by the kind of material.
I'll tell you my experience. At first, when I was doing my first scrapbook pages I would work on my room's desktop, which is really tiny; and had my notebook in it when I was working, so the space I had to work was like a joke. I had everything scattered in my little desktop, and many things would end up in the floor, some other ones in my bed, and I always had to make a mayor mess when I was looking for something that had disappeared in the jungle of my room.
One day I got really tired of that mess, and so I decided to go to work to the dinning room. It was so much nicer! I covered it with an old tablecloth, but you can use anything, just make sure that whatever you are it's gonna cover the desk completely.
Also, what was really useful to me was that I used the dinning room to work but I also had another table in which I left all my materials in a tidy way so that I would find them as quick as I needed them. I had one big desk to work an another one for the materials. It's really comfortable, pleas try it (and don't use the desktop of your room if is as tiny as mine!).
There you can see the table I'm using to keep my materials. I group them by the kind of material.
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