WEDDING SCRAPBOOK LAYOUTS
FONTS TO RESONATE WITH YOUR JOURNALING I chose for my font the 'Adine Kirnberg' by David Rakowski. It was the closest thing I could find to match the photo's mood. EMBELLISHMENT TO RESONATE WITH YOUR PAPER The green background paper from the UK's Readers Union Craft Club was a perfect design to use as a template for my 'trellis-climbing' green ribbon 'project'. I simply wound my ribbon around the red cardstock 'struts' - which I'd only adhered lightly with my Zig glue pen. HOW ABOUT USING 'CRICUT' FOR YOUR WEDDING SCRAPBOOK LAYOUT? A lot's being written about the 'Cricut', as well as the Cricut 'Expression', the higher-powered version right now, and most of it is very good. The only recurring moans seem to be about the Design Studio Software..... i) Although Cricut doesn't require a computer to use, the DS manual does seem to assume more technical knowledge than it might. That can be frustrating for us 'technophobes'. ii) You can burn through a lot of cardstock while you're 'trial and erroring'! (iii) Lack of really helpful video tutorial support. I had to search around the web. Fortunately Brandi Gore, a very experienced Scrapbooker has put together THE manual for using the Design Studio Software both for Cricut and for Cricut Expression - the manual that many people think should have come with the product in the first place. Get yourself a copy and save yourself a pile of frustration! AN IMAGE THAT 'ESCAPES' FROM ITS FRAME As you can see, I took the red Japanese bridge out of the confines of the photo and led it across the page. This gave me a 'playground' for embellishments where I could run the ribbon up one side and top the right hand side with a 'heart' (of sorts!). GOT TO HAVE WHITE SOMEWHERE! As Rosalind was wearing a sensational crimson dress, I wanted to include white on this page somehow, as you would on most wedding layouts. I therefore made a carnation from three pieces of white tissue paper by Paper Mojo. THE ULTIMATE RESOURCE FOR WEDDING SCRAPPERS! I've recently stumbled across Gladys Potter (not literally) but she is a true authority on creating great layouts. This intro to her 'Ultimate Scrapbooking Resource Guide' is well worth a read. EXPLORING YOUR WEDDING THEME You may want to consider scrapping wedding cards, or one of many other great wedding craft ideas. Another avenue for you might be to collect wedding poems for scrapbooking. My daughter read a wonderful poem at our wedding - which I wanted to include in our scrapbook. WHY NOT CREATE A STUNNING LAYOUT? If you want your wedding scrapbook layouts to be stunning, then this may well be what you're after. It talks about a 'secret' to inspirational layouts, and I was skeptical - just like you probably are. It's well worth checking out though, especially if you ever just don't know where to start with a layout. You can make something memorable if you can just get over block. The giveaway bonuses are awesome too! MARRIAGE OF SCRAPBOOKING AND THE DIGITAL AGE As far as digital scrapbooking is concerned I'm still a real newbie. DVD players came out BEFORE I learned how to work my VCR. But this bountiful membership site should satisfy even the hungriest enthusiast of digital scrapbooking. HAVE YOU EVER HAD 'SCRAPPERS' BLOCK'?! Every time I think about making a layout I um and ah for ages, not knowing how to start it. I might have some great photos, maybe even some great embellishments but I can't get a handle on the 'big picture' - literally. I am therefore hugely grateful to Jen Gormley's superb book ' 500 Scrapbooking Sketches ', that has a ton of great layout frameworks that bust through my scrapper's block every time! What a lot of time I might have saved. Hey ho. FOR YOUR WEDDING LIST..... Wedding scrapbook layouts might just get you hooked on this hobby, so why not seek out some help. You'll find wedding page kits, wedding papers, and a host of wedding embellishments - enough for a banquet! Well, even if not enough for a banquet, certainly enough to help you create a wonderful wedding scrapbook to make your special day live for ever for you, your family, and your descendants. 
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