Scrapbook

Create a special keepsake for yourself or someone you love. Take pictures from a special event or memory and preserve them in a cherished scrapbook.

What you need:

3 sheets of paper. Cardstock is best.

Scissors

Pictures

Glue stick or double sided tape

Markers

Ruler

Optional: stickers, string, ribbon, paper punch, stencils

What you do:

1.
Fold lines
Picture 1
Folded paper
Picture 2
Make each paper an 8 1/2" square and fold each piece in half diagonally (both ways) and horizontially and vertically, picture 1. Be as percise as possible. Fold them back the other way so they will be easier to fold later on, picture 2.

2.
Glue the pages together.
Picture 3

Overlap one quarter of your first piece of paper onto your second and glue, see picture 3. Then take the two pieces that are now glued together and attach them in the same way to the last piece of paper.

3.
All three page joined and folded.
Picture 4
To make the booklet, fold the centres of the top and bottom piece of paper to the inside. The middle sheet of paper is folded to the back. See picture 4.

4.
Choose your pictures.
Picture 5
Open your booklet and arrange the photos in a pleasing way. Use markers, stencils, stickers and ribbons to decorate the pages.

5.
Cut the pictures and add decorations to the pages.
Picture 6
Make note that some of the pictures will be on a fold line and will need to be cut so that your booklet will fold nicely. See picture 6. Take care to cut your pictures in an interesting way. Try not to cut peoples faces. Don't forget to add a personal touch.

6.
Design a title page.
Picture 7
Design a title page for your scrapbook.


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	3 sheets of paper. Cardstock is best.
	Scissors
	Pictures
	Glue stick or double sided tape
	Markers
	Ruler
	Optional: stickers, string, ribbon, paper punch, stencils

1.	Picture 1 Picture 2	Make each paper an 8 1/2" square and fold each piece in half diagonally (both ways) and horizontially and vertically, picture 1. Be as percise as possible. Fold them back the other way so they will be easier to fold later on, picture 2.
2.	Picture 3	Overlap one quarter of your first piece of paper onto your second and glue, see picture 3. Then take the two pieces that are now glued together and attach them in the same way to the last piece of paper.
3.	Picture 4	To make the booklet, fold the centres of the top and bottom piece of paper to the inside. The middle sheet of paper is folded to the back. See picture 4.
4.	Picture 5	Open your booklet and arrange the photos in a pleasing way. Use markers, stencils, stickers and ribbons to decorate the pages.
5.	Picture 6	Make note that some of the pictures will be on a fold line and will need to be cut so that your booklet will fold nicely. See picture 6. Take care to cut your pictures in an interesting way. Try not to cut peoples faces. Don't forget to add a personal touch.
6.	Picture 7	Design a title page for your scrapbook.