Scrapbooking Putting The Pieces Together

So you've gathered together your materials and settled on a layout for your scrapbook page. Now what? How do you put the pieces together to create the actual pages to put in your album?
A Place To Work It's important to have a flat space to work. Many people use a kitchen or dining room table for page assembly, but if you do this make sure the surface is very clean. Any leftover bits of food or oil can smudge onto the pages and ruin your work. Good lighting is also important, and it helps to have a garbage can nearby for disposing of scraps.

Little Helpers Kids love to cut and paste and draw, and if they're making their own scrapbook then you will want to let them be very hands on. If your scrapbook is more of a keepsake, though, or you're using delicate materials, then it might be best to do the assembly at a time when the children don't require your immediate supervision.

Gather Your Materials Set out the materials you will need for the page. Paper, pictures, mats, stickers, punches, stamps are just a few of the things you might be using. Mock up the page one last time to make sure everything fits the way you want it to, then begin using your adhesives to secure the pieces together. The order in which you glue things together will depend on how the pieces are layered, so it's a good idea to plan for this as part of your mock up.

Display Your Creation Once your page is complete it's time to put it into the scrapbook. Page protectors are critical to keeping pages intact, so carefully insert your page into the protector. If the page catches on the edge of the protector or starts to bend and go in crooked, some wax paper will help. Simply wrap your page in wax paper, slip the bottom edges of the wax paper inside the protector, and your page will slide right in. Assembling your scrapbook pages is a rewarding experience. After all of the time and energy you've put into this special creation, assembly is the point at which you finally get to admire your handiwork. With a good work space, the right materials, and some advance planning you can be sure that assembling scrapbook pages will be easy and enjoyable.

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