Hi everyone!
Sorry I never know how to start these things. But welcome to my scrapbook blog!
Over the next year, I'm going to be creating scrapbooks on a budget. Spring will be £15, Summer, £10, Autumn £5 ... And Winter ... £2.50. Which means a lot of improvising and being able to come up with some cool tutorials to help fellow scrapbookers save some money too!
So to get started ... I've already actually spent my £15 for the spring scrapbook. And this is what I bought, and all you will need, to build an adorable spring scrapbook.
Parcel Tape - Two rolls for a pound at Poundland. It doesn't have to be high quality, good sticking stuff for this project.
PVA glue - Again ... Poundland...
Envelopes - Again ... Poundland
Glue Stick - Poundland
Bird Song Scrapbook Paper - Amazon. £9.99
So that's already £14.99 gone!
So everything else you use for this project, including embellishments, papers and the like, is all going to be stuff you've got around the house! So here are the tutorials, and I'll put up the finished first scrapbook at the end of the month. If you have a go at any of these, please send in your attempts =] I'd love to see them.
I'm not going to claim to be an expert or even very good ... I'm sure half my ideas will look awful! But I shall not spend another penny.
Monday, March 4, 2013
Jam Jar Art
We've all seen it done with bottle tops, but what if you want something bigger stuck in there? I've been eyeing up these old jar lids for a while, and actually, they aren't as bulky to put on a page as you think! they're just as deep as bottle caps! So I decided to do a little experiment and this is how it turned out. Here's so Jam Jar Art ideas for your pages. All you need is some jar lids, glue, and whatever you want to put inside them.
1. Take your jam jar lids, I'm not too sure of the size of these! go with fairly small/standard ones ... unless you're doing a big cover piece in which case go wild with the size! Give them a really really good clean.
2. Add in whatever you want! I've found this a useful technique to use embellishments I regret buying ... I somehow ended up with 200 of these little blue roses for a few pounds! So I stuck a bunch of these in the lid. You can use anything shallow enough though, paper, ribbon, buttons, old fabric, anything!
To get paper in there, just cut around the outline of the lid and then pop in! Easy as that.
3. So you should end up with something like this! I tried to cover a few different mediums for this tutorial. Next, what you need to do is get a load of PVA glue. I actually tried wood glue with this tutorial too, and it gave the paper one a wonderful vintage looking finish. Don't coat it on too thick, but make sure when you pour the glue on you cover all the embellishment throughly! Don't panic that it's gone all white and looks ruined.
4. Leave it for about 24 hours ... and you'll end up with something like this!
I love how these turned out. And you've pretty much spent no money besides the glue! Adhese onto your page with hot glue or the likes, and you're done.
To get paper in there, just cut around the outline of the lid and then pop in! Easy as that.
3. So you should end up with something like this! I tried to cover a few different mediums for this tutorial. Next, what you need to do is get a load of PVA glue. I actually tried wood glue with this tutorial too, and it gave the paper one a wonderful vintage looking finish. Don't coat it on too thick, but make sure when you pour the glue on you cover all the embellishment throughly! Don't panic that it's gone all white and looks ruined.
4. Leave it for about 24 hours ... and you'll end up with something like this!
I love how these turned out. And you've pretty much spent no money besides the glue! Adhese onto your page with hot glue or the likes, and you're done.
Cheap as Chips - Belt Buckle Framing Tutorial
We've all got a bag of clothes and odd bits we SAY we're going to take to the charity shop... Come on ... That bag's been there since 2005 now! It's not going anywhere. So why not root through it and see what scrapbook goodies you can dig out? Just think ... Totally free embellishments! So here's a few ideas of what you can do with your charity pile instead of sticking it in the bin! First up, these really cute belt buckle frames for photos. Dead easy and they really add a vintage feeling to a page! All you need is a glue gun, some old buckles, a pen/pencil and a photo.
1. First up, cut your old unwanted buckles off of your old belts and bags! Give them a quick clean, pat dry and then decide what photo you want to use. I picked one of Paloma Faith (One of my page themes).
2. Line up your buckles on the image, obviously you're going to lose certain sections of it, so make sure you're happy first! Mark your image with a pen/pencil, trace the outline of the buckle and then cut to size.
3. Hot glue your images to the back of the buckle... And you're done! You can leave loose bits of buckle free to move if your scrapbook is going to be more interactive, or dab a bit of glue in the bracket to stop it moving.
2. Line up your buckles on the image, obviously you're going to lose certain sections of it, so make sure you're happy first! Mark your image with a pen/pencil, trace the outline of the buckle and then cut to size.
3. Hot glue your images to the back of the buckle... And you're done! You can leave loose bits of buckle free to move if your scrapbook is going to be more interactive, or dab a bit of glue in the bracket to stop it moving.
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