SCRAPBOOKING DIARY FOR 2008

by Adrienne Lubbe

Record all the hi-lights of 2008 month by month.

1. Start off by finding a small calendar (often they come as junk

       mail in your mail box).

   2. Separate all the months into individual little squares and ink

      the edges.

   3. Save the 2008 for later use.

   4. Get 12 small Manila envelopes and carefully open out

       the base flap (which is glued down) on all 12 envelopes.

   5. Select a sticker which has the months of the year (here I   

       used a 7Gypsies sticker) and 5 co-ordinating scraps of

       patterned paper to match the sticker.

   6. You are going to create 4 piles of three envelopes, which will

       open like a book.

   7. Adhere a piece of patterned paper to both sides of each large 

       flap. You can co-ordinate the colours so that they match when

   8. Ink all the edges on both sides of the envelope.

    9. Adhere month sticker and calendar square. Be careful to get the 

        months in the correct order. Work from top to bottom on the first

        layer, then top to bottom on the second layer, etc.

   10. Adhere each stack of envelopes together on the small flap 

        section.

   12. Cut cardstock leaving about a 1/2 cm border all round

         except on the left where it must be 2.5cm.

   14. Fold the 2.5cm piece of cardstock over the small flaps and 

         stitch by machine through all layers. Back stitch top and 

         bottom.

   15. Adhere 2008 from calendar.

   16. You diary is now ready for you to add in your hi-lights as  

        they happen. Journal in bullet form, add in a small photo or 

Hint: Adhere diary to the outside of the page protector to make it easier to

access.

You can even create tags to go inside each little envelope to give you more space for journaling and photos.

NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTION...

Clean out your stash and organise!

 by Karen Adams

Karen found some 6" x 6" mini albums from All My Memories and decided to turn them into a 12" x 12' page. What a good way to use up your stash, together with the co-ordinating stickers. She added in some silk and paper flowers for a bit of texture.

 

 

MAKE THIS YEAR AN ORGANISED ONE!

by Adrienne Lubbe

 

1. Photos on the computer: I have a file name ‘New Photos / To be printed.’ I divide my photos into files according to occasions such as holidays, birthdays, Christmas etc. You can even split each occasion up further into individual files. I add a date to the files name. NB. Then I save it onto a disc as a backup. Label the disc and write on it whether it has been printed or not. Once I have printed photos, I move the file from the ‘To be printed’ to the ‘Printed” (because once I went and reprinted a whole lot twice!) What a waste!

2. Photos: In storage boxes much the same as a shoe box. Every time you have photos printed sort them in groups for pages, insert a dividing card (made from your scraps) which basically titles the page. You could even add an idea to the card, page number or sketch that you think might work. You can count and make a note of how many horizontal and vertical photos are in the set. I write in pencil so that I can erase and use the card divider again. This saves you so much time in the long run, as you don’t have to keep on flicking through the same photos again and again to find what you want.

2. Extra photos that didn’t make the cut: I have a box where I discard any photos that didn’t fit the page layout. I sometimes need an odd photo for a once-off project and that is where I scratch. I don’t break up other sets of sorted photos.

4. Paper and sticker letters: Sort according to colours. You can mix plain and patterned papers. This makes it so much easier to find. For this you need a container with divided sections.

5. Scraps: When you pack your scraps up, use a see-through flip file, and pack away in colour order.  When you need a scrap piece for something, voila! It’s really easy to find.

5. Embellishments: Sort according to themes. I keep all tags together, all metal stuff together, all brads sorted into colours, all flowers sorted into colours etc. Label the containers. I like to look through my stash quite often so that I can remember what I have got.

6. Completed pages: File them away into the correct album straight away. If I make an odd page, it must have a home in an album – even if there is only one page in the album. This protects it from damage and makes it easier to find in the long run.

7. Incomplete projects: Place them in plastic sleeves in a box and be disciplined. Work from the top to the bottom and complete them so that you can move onto new stuff. Catch up classes are always good for this type of finishing off and boy do you feel good once they are complete!

8. Completing Journaling: This New Year try not to go onto the next page before you have completed the last one - journaling and all. This is one of the biggest stumbling blocks to getting through your pages. Just sit down and write it out. It doesn’t have to be perfect. It is more important that it appears on the page.