FOR WELLBEGINNING THE SCRAPBOOKING : THE ESSENTIAL MATERIAL!

The author

Since how long do you scrap ?

I discovered scrap in 2005, at the time of a tv news, but I really launched out only in spring 2006.

What do you prefer to make out of scrap?

The 30X30 pages and mini albums.
But as I have still many things to learn, I also take pleasure to test all kinds of techniques.

Which are your preferred colors?

I often use the tender colors, pastel or out-of-date and worn.
For the photographs, I adore Sepia.

What brings to you scrapbooking ?

Relaxation, a way of not thinking of anything else. But also pleasure of creating, of trying to harmonize the colors, space…

To create something of beautiful, and to draw a certain pride from it….even if I am not always very content with the result!!!

There is also all this community around scrap on Internet: forums, blogs, contests, challenges, the exchanges which enable us to progress continuously, to learn and divide.

VISIT THE SITE OF SYLVIE:

Scrap of Sylvie

The material to begin in scrapbooking:

Paper
Scissors, pencils, gum, metal rule
Stick and adhesive
Cutter of precision
Eyelets
Parisian fasteners
Ink
Ribbons
Buttons
Carpet of cutting
Massicot

Councils of Sylvie:

Buy your needs progressively.

You do not launch from the start in a frenzy of purchases. You would be likely to note on arrival which the articles are not adapted to your projects.

Good addresses of Sylvie:

To download labels:

lescreationsdannecath, Swirlscrap, Edwood

To find sketches:

scrapmap, Sketches by Ingrid, Queen geek



See vidéos:

to discover the scrapbooking , Cours on line of Bernardine

Creation of a mini album

To print free newspapers:

The p' tit echo of scrap, Scrapéa



To download all kinds of police forces:

2 peas in has bucket, Dafont, Scrap village

Papers

There exist various papers : printed, linked, textured, transparent….
A vast choice for all the tastes and all the desires. Their dimensions make 30X30 cm, an American general format. Sold most of the time “without acid” they make it possible to preserve your photographs in time. In this way, they will not turn yellow.

Small tools

The pencil to trace lines, forms and then to cut out.
The gum to erase the traces of pencil.
A largely preferable metal rule with that out of plastic not to be damaged by the blade of the cutter (see MAPED TOOLS).
Traditional scissors and scissors of precision for small finer cuttings.

Adhesives

One finds in scrapbooking a whole very varied range of adhesives and adhesives tapes:
Simple stick of adhesive, sticks out of tube with very fine end for the small objects, adhesive dots doubles coated, 3D dots to give relief, sticks for fabric…
It is better better to have only one stick at beginning and buy and use others after according to its needs.

The cutter of precision

The cutter of precision will allow a frank and clear cutting of all papers and photographs and cardboards.
It is the really essential tool.

Eyelets

The eyelet is a small metal round bored in its center which was used at the origin to pass a ribbon, a lace, a cord. The eyelets on the shoes are used to make pass the laces.

Out of scrap, the eyelets often are a part of the first purchases. They can be used as for the origin, to make pass from the ribbons or fibers.

One can also use them as simple decoration on a page, but also to fix several papers. There is a very varied choice : various forms, colors and sizes

Parisian fasteners

The Parisian fasteners, also called “brads” in English, also form part of the panoply of the perfect beginner. They exist in various forms: rounds, square, in the shape of flowers, leafs, teddybears, butterflies, fruits…

The size can vary from few millimetres to 2-3 cm.

Inks

The trade marks developed a whole range of inks. There are those which are with fast drying, with drying slower, which allows precise inking, fine, those which give returned chalk, which are aquarellables…

They make it possible to age, color, give relief, brightness… Slow drying makes it possible to work the embossage.

You will find a multiple choice of them on inking-stamps, out of bottle, out of spray, for all the uses and all the supports that is paper while passing by the paperboard, wood, fabric, surfaces plastic, glass etc….

Ribbons and buttons

The ribbons and the buttons make it possible to nicely decorate a page at a relatively moderate cost. Do not hesitate to excavate in the cheap discount stores and department stores.

You can also find of them a broad choice at the time of the festivals of end of the year in specialized stores.

The cutting carpet

The carpet of cutting is also called “self-healing” carpet because the blade of the cutter does not damage it.

It is not essential for beginning scrap, but it becomes it very quickly. It makes it possible to save your scheme of work when you use your cutter.

On the recto, most of the time is a very practical squaring which makes it possible to align the sheets in order to make a right cutting. It is also non-skid.

The massicot

The massicot, to buy in a 2nd time, makes it possible to cut out easily and quickly papers and photographs.

On this model a rule unfolds and allows this way, to measure at the same time the width and the height of paper.

The blades are interchangeable. Some can be used as folder.