Bruce the Chef

By: Tom Ambrozewicz

Most people who enjoy the art of scrapbooking spend a lot of time and
money creating each page, so it’s a real letdown when you’re almost
finished with a page and you make a mistake. Goofs happen; it’s part of
life, and no matter how careful you are, you will make a few in every
album. However, there are steps you can take to prevent accidents from
happening and ways in which you can fix your album so that nobody knows
the difference.

The most common way to ruin a page, as with a shirt or a rug, is by
spilling something on it. It’s not something you think about a lot of
the time, but protect your work by keeping food and drink separate from
your crafting station. Make sure your family knows that rule as well,
or your child may set a cup near your things, right where you’re bound
to not notice it and knock it over, potentially destroying hours of
work. Also, immediately put your pages into page protectors when they
are finished. Most albums come with these plastic protectors, but in
case you run out, have a back up plan. I like to keep extra page
protectors in a binder, and use them to store pages until I can buy a
refill pack that will fit my album. This will help keep your pages safe
from spills and messy hands.

Other mistakes come from human error when creating the pages. Always
check your spelling before you begin journaling. It’s a good idea to
write it out on a piece of scrap paper before you write it on your
scrapbooking paper. Write your words on the paper before gluing it to
the page if possible; that way, if you make a mistake you can start
over without having to ruin the whole page. If it is necessary to glue
the paper down first, before you do so, cut another piece of the same
paper the exact same size, using the first as a template. If you make a
spelling error, you can easily glue the second piece of paper over the
first and no one will be able to tell. Other mistakes made when
journaling, such as stray marks, can be covered with stickers or die
cuts.

Be open to reworking your design. It is easy to mistakenly lay a
picture or embellishment in the wrong place, off center, or crooked.
Make the most of the goof-often times you will be surprised that the
new look is actually better than the original. If all else fails
carefully cut each element from the background sheet and start again.
At least this way you only ruined one piece of paper instead of
multiple pictures and embellishments. If you find that your hands are
unsteady and you often mislay elements, you might want to invest in
removable tape or glue. You can easily reposition these kinds of
adhesives, so you’ll make fewer mistakes.

Try to laugh at your own mistakes when they are unfixable. Scrapbooks
are homemade, so they will never be perfect. That is part of the charm
of the craft. Blunders are often avoidable or fixable, but those that
are not only give your album character.

About the Author:

Tom Ambrozewicz is one of the pioneers in using breakthrough audio technology on his web sites. You can read, you can listen to professional narrator reading to you or having MP3 files ready to download if you hate to keep printed files. You can check all scrapbooking tips at Ask-How.info now.

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