Scrapbooks on the Go : Collect and Create While You Travel

by Jan Bode Smiley

• ISBN13: 9781571203656
• ISBN10: 1571203656
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 2006-08-01
• Publisher: C&T Publishing

Summary

Raise your hand if you have drawers full of treasures and mementos you've been meaning to scrapbook. Help is on the way, as favorite author Jan Smiley shares an easy and fun way to scrapbook while you travel! Spending just a few minutes a day lets you return home with a beautiful, finished scrapbook to share and cherish. Create unique pages and scrapbooks As You Travel-they're finished when you get home, Prep your supply kit: it's quick, fun, and very easy to pack, Add anything and everything-maps, ticket stubs, postcards, brochures, programs, drawings, shells, stones, feathers, keys, menus, trinkets..., Photo options! Print as you go on your portable printer, at self-service kiosks, or simply leave space for photos to be printed and added at home, Journal your thoughts while they're fresh in your mind. Book jacket.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 4
Scrapbooks on the Go Kit	p. 5
Art Packing List	p. 8
Collecting Along the Way	p. 10
Free Stuff to Collect	p. 10
Fun Stuff to Buy When Traveling	p. 11
How to Stay Organized	p. 12
Finding Time to Scrapbook on the Go	p. 13
Photography Tips	p. 16
Paper Pizzazz	p. 18
Technique: Paper Backgrounds	p. 18
Inspiration: Far East Fascination	p. 19
Paint Play	p. 23
Technique: Easy Painted Backgrounds	p. 23
Inspiration: California Here We Come	p. 25
Texture Time	p. 28
Technique: Textured Backgrounds	p. 28
Inspiration: Colorado Mountain Adventure	p. 29
Sticky Fingers	p. 32
Technique: Packing-Tape Transfers	p. 32
Inspiration: Packing-Tape Transfers in Use	p. 33
Text Type	p. 34
Technique: Getting Text Onto Your Scrapbook on the Go Pages	p. 34
Inspiration: Victorian Delight	p. 36
Book-Free Zone	p. 41
Technique: Not a Book at All	p. 41
Inspiration: Treasure Chest	p. 42
Inspiration: Tin Treasures	p. 43
All Dried Up	p. 44
Technique: Drying Plant Material in Your Microwave	p. 44
Inspiration: Using Plant and Other Natural Materials in Your Scrapbook on the Go	p. 45
Shapin' Up	p. 47
Technique: Working With an Unusual Shape	p. 47
Inspiration: The Bridal Shower	p. 48
Long Time Comin'	p. 49
Technique: Long-Term Projects	p. 49
Inspiration: The College Search	p. 50
Blank Slates	p. 52
Technique: Blank Books	p. 52
Inspiration: The Whole Kit 'n' Caboodle	p. 53
Inspiration: Brown Baggin' It	p. 54
Inspiration: On-the-Edge Envelope Book	p. 56
Inspiration: Evidence	p. 57
Party Time!	p. 58
Technique: Party Time Ideas	p. 58
Inspiration: Birthday Box	p. 59
Wish You Were Here	p. 60
Technique: Working the Postal Service	p. 60
Inspiration: Postcards Home	p. 61
Finishing Touches	p. 62
Sources/About the Author	p. 63
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