SCRAPBOOKING YOUR TRAVELS
By Sandi Genovese
Separate a travel scrapbook into sections, one for each day of a one week vacation. Mark each section with tabbed pages that are numbered one through seven. Send yourself a postcard and save the stamp to become the decoration on the album cover. Purchase a map of the area and cut it up to create the first page. A table of contents helps to illustrate the “chapters” or days of the week long vacation.
1. Back the postage stamp with card stock and raise it with foam adhesive before attaching it to a square that sits in the window opening of the front cover. 2. Create the first page and all of the divider pages out of card stock that is trimmed and hole punched to match the photo sleeves in the album. Use a sticker that overlaps the right edge of the page and back it with a matching sticker to create each tab. Label each tab with a number sticker. Position the tabs so that they are all visible along the right edge of the divider pages. 3. Trim the map to highlight the area visited and attach to the first page. Focus on your destination with an arrow made from stickers. 4. Create a table of contents, punching out squares from colored stickers. Mat each square with black paper, label with a number and raise with foam adhesive before attaching to the page. Handwrite the days activities after each numbered square. 5. Create a vellum pocket to hold travel souvenirs like airline tickets, hotel keys, luggage tags and cab receipts. Attach the pocket to the first tabbed page. 6. The tabbed pages are perfect for decorating and for extended journaling. Place your photos into the sleeves into each section to complete the book.
SUPPLIES • Stickers: Mrs. Grossmanʼs Paper Company • Paper: Canson • Vellum: Mrs. Grossmanʼs paper Company • 1/4 inch Hole Punch: Fiskars • Square Punch: E.K. Success • Album: Pulp • Foam Adhesive: 3M • Black pen: Sakura • Postage stamp • Map