scrapbooking holidays & celebrations
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Whether your holidays and celebrations are casual get-together or formal events, this special issue from Creating Keepsakes magazine is sure to be a trusted source of scrapbooking inspiration! The gallery of 50 outstanding ideas is a quick source of scrapliftable layouts, and you’ll also discover ways to make your relationships shine on your scrapbook pages, photo-taking tips to catch meaningful moments and details of your celebrations, and journaling ideas to capture the points of view of your loved ones. Learn ways to create easy holiday accents and even ideas for storing your holiday-themed supplies. Pick up this issue today for non-stop scrapbooking inspiration for all your celebrations during the upcoming year!TRANSCRIPT
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Contents
32 Gallery of Celebrations 50 outstanding ideas for
scrapbooking your holidays
and celebrations.
71 Detail the holiDays anD Celebrations in your life
capture the emotion behind
the holidays and celebrations in
your life through photography.
23 from Party Planner to album Planner
Learn the formula for creating
fabulous holiday and celebration
mini albums.
SCRAPBOOKING HOLIDAYS & CELEBRATIONS
Our Little Angel by Linda Barber. Supplies: Cardstock: core’dinations; Patterned paper: BasicGrey, Lily Bee Design, and Pink Paislee; Rhinestones: Queen & co.; Brad: American crafts; Thread: DMc; Stickers: Studio calico; Other: Adhesive, font, and punch.
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CONTENTS
4 EDITOR'S NOTE
year-round inspiration
11 FAST PAGES
45-minute (or less!) pages
15 LATEST & GREATEST
must-have scrapbooking products
19 STASH IT
storage solutions
81 BUDGET TIPS
budget-friendly accents
85 JOURNALING SOLUTIONS
quizzes to help add perspective
90 10-MINUTE TRIckS
easy holiday accents
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Learn the formula for creating fabulous holiday
and celebration mini albums.BY LORI FAIRBANKS
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From making adorable invitations and décor,
to preparing tasty treats and arranging engaging
activities, you know what it takes to create a
wonderful celebration. Now, apply these planning
principles to a mini album about your event—one
that captures all the elements you’ve worked so
hard to create. Sound daunting? We’ve devised a
formula to help! It will simplify the creative process,
work for any and every celebration or holiday, and
enable you to start and finish your project easily, so
you can get it done while your enthusiasm is high.
Ready? Let’s start planning!
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Girls’ Day Out mini album by Kim Watson. Supplies: Cardstock, pen, and ribbon: American Crafts; Patterned paper: Crate Paper and Studio Calico; Stickers: Fancy Pants Designs and Studio Calico; Fabric and tags: Studio Calico; Die cuts: Fancy Pants Designs; Flowers: American Crafts, GCD Studios, and Studio Calico; Flags: Pebbles; Punches: EK Success; Adhesive: American Crafts, Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L, Stanley, and Tombow; Other: Acrylic album covers, O-rings, and thread.
E V E N T: Girls’ Day OutD E S I G N E R : Kim WatsonA L B U M F O R M AT: 6" x 6"
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Inside Cover and title page
Include your album title right on the front cover like Kim Watson did to clearly
communicate the occasion depicted in your mini album. In addition to setting the tone
for your album, the decorated cover also makes the album a fantastic conversation
piece for keeping on your coffee table or a superb gift for a friend or family member.
Space is at a premium in most mini albums, so put every available space to work—
including the inside cover. You can even think of this space as an extra page that allows
you to fit more memories in your mini album, which will help you relive the event
every time you look through it. Use the inside cover (your title page) to introduce the
celebration with
* a dedication to someone special,
* journaling about the preparations or events leading up to the celebration,
* an invitation or tickets,
* photos of the venue before the party starts, or
* a pocket filled with memorabilia or extra photos.
Want to see more of Kim Watson's
mini album? Visit creatingkeepsakes.com
to see two additional spreads.
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by Amber ellis, Cindy Tobey, dorAThy GilChrisT, KArri FerGuson, And Kim JACKson
50 outstanding ideas for scrapbooking your holidays and celebrations.
Life hands us many occasions to gather our family and friends and rejoice in an event, a holiday, or simply being alive. With these occasions comes the opportunity to share with our children and grandchildren, through our scrapbooks, a little bit of our lives and the moments that bring us joy. We’ve gathered 50 tips, tricks, downloadable quotes, and layout ideas to help you scrapbook your celebratory moments with style. We’ll take you month by month through a year’s worth of holidays and occasions to scrapbook—from New Year’s Day to birthdays, to greeting a new baby and on through Christmas morning. Grab your camera and your scrapbooking supplies—it’s time to celebrate!
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STORYTELLING TIP: This year, tell the story of a specific tradition unique to your family, especially on a holiday you scrapbook every year. Shaking up what you scrapbook about is a great way to make this year’s album stand out.
Root Beer Toast 2011 by Cindy Tobey. Supplies: Cardstock and pen: American Crafts; Patterned paper: basicGrey, Fancy Pants Designs, Jillibean Soup, and Pink Paislee; Rub-ons and spray ink: Studio Calico; Stickers: American Crafts and Cosmo Cricket; Decorative tape: Advantus; Ribbon: Maya Road; Brads: American Crafts and Making Memories; Gel medium: Golden Artist Colors, Inc.; Font: Colaborate; Adhesive: American Crafts and Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L; Other: Photo corners.
The dawn of a new year, January means it’s time to refresh your spirit, set goals, and enjoy cozy, snowy evenings with your family. From New Year’s Day to the Super Bowl to twilight winter weddings, there are so many occasions to celebrate this month, and plenty of unique ways to capture those memories in your scrapbooks. Take a look at the layouts on the following pages—they’ll spark your imagination!
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It’s important to capture the details from your holidays and
celebrations to allow you to re-create those events in your
mind and on your layouts—and with the do-able photo tips
and ideas in this article, you’ll be well on your way to seizing
the entire story behind your special day. Getting those details
isn’t just about taking photos of the activities at the event.
It’s also about capturing the emotions associated with those
celebrations, because that’s where the real stories lie.
For example, these types of emotions are often found
in photos of the little details, like a secret glance between
a bride and groom on their wedding day or the joy on a
grandmother’s face as she holds her grandson for the first
time. Photos like these help to re-create that event, making it
more meaningful to you and your family. Try these easy photo
tips to detail the holidays and celebrations in your life!
BY JOANNIE McBRIDE
Capture the
emotion behind the
holidays and celebrations
in your life through photography.
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Circle of Love by Suzy Plantamura. Supplies: Patterned paper: Crate Paper; Stickers: American Crafts, BasicGrey, Crate Paper, and October Afternoon; Pins: Jillibean Soup; Buttons: Advantus and Crate Paper; Stamp: Advantus; Pen: American Crafts; Adhesive: American Crafts and Glue Dots International; Other: Baker’s twine and ink.
capture emotion Zoom in close to your subject to capture the emotion on
their face to get the whole story. For example, notice on Suzy
Plantamura’s layout how she cropped in tight on the small
boy, because she wanted to capture the joy on his face and
his excitement about his mom getting married. Photos like
these are important because we get to see the emotion behind
the event and not just the celebration, which makes for more
meaningful memories. Make a point to capture the feelings that
a special day brings to you and those in attendance; including
candid shots of your subjects showcasing their elation on this
happy occasion and helps re-create that joy on your layout.
Suzy says, “Take candid photos of your subject to capture
their emotion and excitement of a special day or celebration.
Crop in for an even more dramatic feel.”
Check out Jana Morton’s Little Details layout on page 14 for
additional ideas on how to capture emotion in your photos.
MUST-HAVE PHOTOS THAT SHOW EMOTION
When capturing the behind-the-
scene details at a celebration, be
sure to include these close-up
shots that show emotion:
* the excitement on the face of the
ring bearer or flower girl,
* a mother looking into the eyes of
her brand new baby, or
* the joy on a graduate’s face while
accepting his or her diploma.
PHOTO TIP: Shoot
your subject from
above for a more
dramatic look.
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