I started scrapbooking in 2005. I was 16 years old and scrapbooking materials were not easily purchased in my hometown, Malacca. Most of my earlier works are using materials I already owned at home, and these two are my favourites from my first year of dabbling into this new hobby.
2005 | The cover was an idea from Art Attack
Cover
- Cut out cardboard in the size of your scrapbook cover.
- Brush PVA white glue onto the cardboard to paste a layer of kitchen towel over it (see the dotted texture in image).
- Use string and paper mache to create swirls and border design.
- Paint and apply more PVA glue all over the whole book for a glossy finish.
Inside
- Use brown paper as pages. Size of pages would be double the width of your scrapbook size (width of cover x 2) because you would need to fold and stitch the pages to bind them. eg: if your cover is A4, your brown paper would be A3 (double of A4 landscape way)
- Using a sewing machine, sew 4-5 pieces of brown paper together. You would have about 7-10 sets of stitched paper in the end, depending on to total of pages your scrapbook will have.
- Place something heavy (bricks/ dictionaries) over all the sets of stitched paper for a few hours to get it to sit flat.
- Combine all the sets together and glue the sides. Leave it overnight with something heavy on top of it.
- Attach the pages to the scrapbook cover. I used a glue gun, and it worked well.
Finishing Touches
- Punch a hole on both the cover and back cover where the string will be attached to. Install eyelets and string them with your fav string/ ribbon.
