Creating a scrapbook calendar may be both fun to make but likewise fantasti to give. If you have a binding machine at home, you may make the calendar from scratch. If you don’t have a binding machine, you may either take the pages to Kinko’s and they may bind the calendar, or you may by a blank calendar for underneath $10 from a great deal of dissimilar sources. Check at both calendar shops and likewise scrapbook shops for product availability.

You also may make a template on your computer using any calendar software. You then may add in particular dates such as birthdays, anniversaries and holidays. If you make the calendar at home on your computer, you may take the finished version to Kinko’s and have them enlarge it to whatsoever size you like. I in general like 12×12 or someplace in that vicinity. This gives me a full 12×12 space to scrapbook on for each month.

Now it’s time to determine what you want to put on each page. You may choose a theme for the entire calendar, or you may choose a theme for each page. I find it fun to choose a theme for each month. For example, possibly you are making a calendar for your parents. If your child has a birthday in January, put a heap of photos of that child on the January page. Maybe in February, it’s your mom and dads anniversary. Put a lot of photos from last year’s anniversary on that page. There are endless ideas on what you may put on each month. I suggest using photos that are duplicates of other photos.

Create these pages just as you would formulate a scrapbook page. Add stickers, diecuts and embellishments. If I use a 12×12 calendar, then I may cover the page wholly with scrapbook paper to create my base. Then I add the photos and any “extras” right onto the scrapbook paper. I am very careful to add the photos by using mounting stickers so that at the end of the year I may remove the photos or the page itself. Use dental floss to get beneath the adhesive and lift the photos right up. It’s harder to lift the paper up as it’s much thinner than the photo, but I love the dental floss technique.

Scrapbook calendars make terrifi gifts and are so much fun to create.

Baby Boy 12×12 Scrapbooking Page Kit 2 Picture

Baby Boy 12×12 Scrapbooking Page Kit 2 Photo

Baby Boy 12×12 Scrapbooking Page Kit 2 Picture

Baby Boy 12×12 Scrapbooking Page Kit 2 Picture

Baby Boy 12×12 Scrapbooking Page Kit 2 Pic

Baby Boy 12×12 Scrapbooking Page Kit 2 Image

If you are new to scrap booking, card making or any type of crafting you may not have heard of a sizzix machine. A sizzix machine is made by the company elision and is a terrifi tool that is use to create stunning die cuts.

The sizzix machine has a lever and a sliding cutting mat. You place a piece of card with the die face down onto the cutting mat underneath the pressure point then merely pull down the lever and you will have the perfective die cut.

The sizzix machine comes with full instructions and do not worry they are actually easy to read and understand. The machine it is self is heavy stopping it from moving around when in use it is likewise exceedingly sturdy.

The cutting part is done quickly and effortlessly by merely pulling down the lever. The cut is perfective and precise. You will be astonished at how galore dissimilar dies sizzix has formulated it in truth will cover each sideline passion or theme.

You may likewise adjust the sizzix machine to use further and added templates called sizzlits. The converter is easy to install and easy to buy giving you access to loads more dies that are available.

The sizzix machine may be costly and the intermediate cost is when it comes to $65 it is also heavy and rather a big tool notwithstanding it is one you will use time and time again due to it is versatility.

The dies that you may buy for your sizzix machine may vary in size but they come in a neat little box that may be stored easily.

The sizzix machine may not only cut through paper and card it may also cut through rubber, felt, metal and a heap of other materials.

The die you formulate from your sizzix machine may be employed for embellishments, toppers and may other things.

One of the most popular sizzix dies is the alphabet, even though you may feel they are a huge expenditure once you have purchased the die you will be competent to cut any word you wish, this is perfective for scrap booking and card making.

Over all the sizzix machine is a versatile easy to use addition to any crafters tools the cutting is easy and the adapter means you actually may fabricate anything you want. Storage may be a problem but it is worth clearing out that cupboard for this stunning machine.

Having applied a sizzix machine for a few years now I would strongly commend that this is a great buy, something that will be applied over and over again. It is also something you may use with your children, though it is wise to supervise as the blades in the dies themselves may be exceedingly sharp.

Making Memories Self Healing Cutting Mat 3 Photo

Making Memories Self Healing Cutting Mat 3 Pic

Making Memories Self Healing Cutting Mat 3 Picture

Making Memories Self Healing Cutting Mat 3 Picture

Making Memories Self Healing Cutting Mat 3 Picture

Making Memories Self Healing Cutting Mat 3 Picture

Around 2003 Spellbinders Paper Arts entered an aggressive scrapbooking market with their die-cutting & embossing machine the Wizard and scrapbook dies to go with it. With a little more time behind their belt, they at long last freed a die template line called, “Nestabilities”, which would alter not only Spellbinders, but the rest of the crafting industry as well! In this article I will go through what you need to know regarding Nestabilities before buying. Because once you start, there is no turning back.

What Are They?

Spellbinders Nesting Dies are universal respective die cut shapes at 1/4th and 1/8th inch increments that manufacture finelooking scrapbooking pages with use of the Grand Calibur tool. Like a heap of die cut templates they are metal wafer thin dies that concede you to cut, emboss, and stencil all in one. One of the major deviations is that with nestabilities you have regarding 6 or 7 that come in a package that stack to develop a 3-D effect. On their packaging they assert to cut through the following materials: Paper, Cardstock, Craft Foil, Foam, Vellum, Leather, Mica, Chip Board, Sheet Magnet, Cork, and Fabric Paper.

What Can They Be Used For?

The Dies may be used for a number of dissimilar types of scrapbook projects. Here are a great deal of that one might be mesmerized in: Greeting cards, Scrapbook Layouts, Embellishments, Jewelry, Layered Effects, Photo Mats, Frames, Altered Art, Cake Decorations, and everything else that one’s crafting imagination may express. Also presently Spellbinders Nestabilities now coordinate with Rubber Stamps extending the imagination of a crafter.

As stated in the beginning of this article: Why is there no turning back? because scrapbooking is not only a hobby, but for most women it becomes an addiction. Once you start out you can’t stop. And why is this? Well….probably because there are endless future prospects or potentials for new creations all the time. With new die template shapes freed closely twice a year and the technology of the internet. A crafter may post a homemade card or scrapbook page on her little blog and all the sudden it is shared amid 1000′s of women all over the world wanting to recognise where she got the product. It becomes contagious and crafters then want to copy. Nestabilities is one of the hottest keywords searched online and adds to this addiction a hundred fold! So before you buy you need to be cautioned that once you do, you are in it for the long haul of astounding fun, design, and memories!

Spellbinders Nestabilities Dies Deckled 2

These dies feature cutting, embossing and stenciling capabilities. Each set of Dies nest in size approximately 1/4in more prominent than the former die. These die will work with most die-cutting systems. Available in a vast range of sizes and designs. Imported.

Spellbinders Nestabilities Dies Deckled 2 Pic

Spellbinders Nestabilities Dies Deckled 2 Photo

Spellbinders Nestabilities Dies Deckled 2 Image

Spellbinders Nestabilities Dies Deckled 2 Photo

Spellbinders Nestabilities Dies Deckled 2 Pic

Spellbinders Nestabilities Dies Deckled 2 Pic