Scrapbooking ideas for every page
Layering, pockets, journaling areas, distressed edges, and hand stitching on paper.
5 tutorials published
Hand stitching gives a page real texture with just a needle, thread and a piercing tool. Pierce the holes first, keep the stitches simple and finish the back without knots.
Inking, tearing, sanding and scraping take the hard cut edge off cardstock. Here is how each technique works, which paper it suits and how to keep the effect subtle.
Plan the written part of a layout as carefully as the photos: choose a shape for the journaling area, place it where it reads easily and rule guidelines first.
Pockets and flaps add storage and privacy to a layout. See the four common pocket types, make a three-sided flat pocket and hinge a photo over hidden journaling.
A layered stack under a photo adds depth only when each paper shows. Learn the order of layers, how to offset them and how to keep the page thin.
