Creating an ABC Book is a delightful way to encourage kids as they learn to read. Creating one is easier with the use of a kit. Here, designer Tami Potter shares her A to Z alphabet book with DIY Scrapbooking host Sandi Genovese. Materials: 8-1/2" x 11" album
White cardstock
FrameDuets, Alphaduets and Paper Strips
Assorted stickers, die-cuts and punches
Adhesive
Photo squares
Herma transfer
- Select 26 photos -- one in which the theme of the photo corresponds with a letter of the alphabet.
- Select a coordinating frame, letters and paper strip for each page. Adhere the 2.75" x 11" strip (or cut your own) down the outside edge of the page.
- Use stickers, corners punches or die-cuts to embellish the frames, then attach to each photograph.
- Combine foreground and background Alphaduet shapes. Adhere letter along additional embellishments to paper strip.
- Create a title, using the corresponding page letter (example: Z is for Zebra).
- For more punch, use a bold letter where the corresponding letter appears in your journaling.
Die-cuts/templates provided by Ellison Craft & Design. For more information about Ellison, see Resources. Click here for DIY's Scrapbooking Glossary.
RESOURCES :
Die-Cuts and Templates (Ellison Craft & Design)
Cropping and cutting system are not available
Ellison
Website: www.ellison.com
The Art of Creative Lettering: 50 Amazing Fonts You Can Make for Scrapbooking ...
Model: 192918011X
Author: Becky Higgins and Siobhan McGowan
(2000)
To order this title from Amazon.com, click here.
Creating Keepsakes Books
Website: www.creatingkeepsakes.com
Scrapbooking for Kids
Author: Karen Price
Order this title from Amazon.com.
Pace Products Inc.
Scrapbooks for Kids: Ages 1 to 100
Author: Jill Haglund
Order this title from Amazon.com.
Tweety Jill Publications
Website: www.tweetyjills.com
ABC Scrapbooking Program
Close to My Heart
Pleasant Grove, UT 84062
Phone: 801-763-8395
79 Decorative Alphabets for Designers and Craftspeople (Dover Pictorial Archive Series)
Model: 0486417158
Author: Carol Belanger Grafton, Editor
(2001)
To order this title from Amazon.com, click here.
Dover Publications Inc.
Website: www.doverpublications.com
Handlettering for Crafts: A Decorative Guide from A-Z
Model: 1564967417
Author: Sandra Salamony
(2001)
To order this title from Amazon.com, click here.
Rockport Publishers, Inc.
Website: www.rockpub.com
Alphaduets™, FrameDuets™ and Paper Strips
Wish in the Wind
Williamsburg, VA 23188
Phone: 757-564-6400
Fax: 757-564-6322
Website: www.wishinthewind.com
GUESTS :
Tami Potter
3356 Ironbound Rd.
Williamsburg, VA 23188
Phone: 757-564-6400
Fax: 757-564-6322
Website: www.wishinthewind.com
Wish in the Wind
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