When I started scrapbooking over a year and a half ago, I was overwhelmed with the numerous things I had to learn and try. Everyday, I surfed the ‘net. I read up on the different scrapping styles, learned about tips and techniques, and looked at the galleries of other scrappers. I finally put a stop to the endless browsing and summoned the courage to start working on my very first layout; it was a 12x12 page at that.
I had all my materials in front of me and a design idea was floating in my head. I figured it would be smooth sailing from here on. But to my dismay, I found myself unable to make anything! “How could that be?” I asked myself.
In my frustration, I decided to try my hands at creating something out of the existing materials that were lying around. I added bits and pieces to give it some spice.
Little did I know that what I did was called “altering.”
A quick search on the Internet yielded two fitting definitions for the word, “altered”
• adjective: changed in form or character without becoming something else
• adjective: changed in order to improve or made more fit for a particular purpose
I was so elated with my first altered pieces that I gave some of them to friends as a token of our budding friendships. It never crossed my mind that my first artistic works were actually unique and specialized forms of scrapbooking. Luckily, these creations got the ball rolling for me to produce the page layouts I had envisioned. Plus of course, more altered creations came along the way.
Putting these items together is very simple. I have listed below the general steps I followed to make my altered works of art:
Door Hangers
• Trace any existing door hanger on chipboard. Cut
and do the same thing with the scrapbook paper of your choice.
• Paste the scrapbook paper together with the chipboard. Ink the edges and accessorize or add embellishments to your liking. |
