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30 Days Of Scrapbook Prompts
Author: Alyice Edrich
Creative Writing Prompts For Scrapbook Designers
Take an idea below, modify it, change, it, or expand on it. But whatever you do, don’t stop until you turn it into a 500 to 1,000 word how-to article for an arts and crafts magazine or home décor blog. (Remember to cite your sources.)
- How to select scrapbook supplies
- How to organize your scrapbook supplies
- How to store scrapbook supplies in tight spaces
- How to create a movable scrapbook station
- How to create your first scrapbook
- How to design a page layout: from concept to theme to color to flow
- How to select a color palette for your scrapbook layout
- How to add dimension to your scrapbook page
- How to fix mistakes in your layout without having to discard the entire scrapbook page
- How to move beyond the basics to create a spectacular scrapbook
- How to create your own patterned papers
- How to create and seal watercolor backgrounds
- How to accent a scrapbook page with pre-cut photo mats
- How to accent a scrapbook page with mementos, travel souvenirs, and three-dimensional objects
- How to use a paper punch to accentuate a scrapbook design
- How to use hand-stitching to accentuate your scrapbook layout
- How to use hand-drawn sketches to make your layout pop
- How to seamlessly integrate question and answer segments into your scrapbook page
- How to implement famous quotes into a scrapbook page (i.e tell a story, share an emotion, convey a message)
- How to emboss decorative papers
- How to piece different sized pictures together to create a panorama
- How to make faux frames
- How to mix shapes (i.e. squares with circles) to make your layout pop
- How to change up a layout with angles
- How to rip papers for a more rustic, and old, look
- How to make acidic papers and embellishments archival safe
- How to integrate old family photos with up-to-date photos in a single layout
- How to use embellishments to accentuate a page without making it appear busy or crowded
- How to select photos to create a series
Bonus Round:
- Practice interviewing. Call a few colleagues, friends, or family members and ask questions related to the theme of your choice. Then weave the article around the quotes.
- Talk to an art teacher, an artist, or a craft designer, and let him/her know that you don’t have an assignment yet, but you will pitch the article to target-appropriate magazines.
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