How to make a New Year's album using scrapbooking technique?

So many wonderful and warm events happen to us in the winter! We spend more time with our relatives, we celebrate the New Year, Christmas, we give each other gifts. All these events would be great to keep in the New Year's album in memory of winter adventures. Today we will learn how to make a New Year's album using the scrapbooking technique with our own hands.

In order to preserve all our memorabilia and photos, we need:

• album blank (best on rings for easy page flipping);
• scrap paper on New Year's theme;
• decorative ornaments;
• felt;
• sequins;
• cotton wool;
• some white beads;
• gouache (white);
• satin ribbon or pretty string for binding an album.

• Make sure everything from the list is compatible with each other.so that there are no strange contrasts: for example, it is advisable to choose decoration elements in traditional New Year's colors - green, red, black. Glitter and felt can be selected in the same colors.
• Prepare an album blank. From scrapbooking paper, you need to cut out a template in the shape of our album and glue it on the blank. Try to keep the edges exactly aligned and there are no spaces anywhere.
• To make the album look warmer and more comfortable, we will use felt. Cut out the shape of your choice to decorate the front with felt - for beginners, it can be just a square or rectangle to fit the entire cover.
• You can complicate the task: make a mini-fireplace from several pieces of felt of different colors and glue it to our album. For gluing, you can use both traditional PVA glue and Moment glue for maximum strength, or you can glue the part with double-sided tape - it is invisible and very practical.

Now let's move on to decorative ornaments.

• We recommend that you practice a little. in creating a complete composition, first on a separate sheet, and then, one by one, transfer each detail to the album and glue it. Try to keep in your head some New Year's image or just a mood, so as not to deviate from the theme in decorating the album.
• After all parts are glued, decorate everything with white beads - it will give the impression of falling snow.
• Sprinkle the product with glitter - to complete the festive decor. As a variation, if no white beads were found, you can use white gouache paint. Dip the brush in gouache and brush sharply along the villi, directing the brush towards the album - the spray will be very similar to snow. The difference between beads and gouache is not very big: beads give a 3D effect, but gouache also looks very elegant.
• Among all paints, the most suitable are gouache or acrylic.because the watercolor will not only look dull, but it can also ruin the scrap paper.
• Prepare a ribbon or satin ribbon to tie the craft... Glue it on the front and back of your photo album.
• If there is a desire, decorate the ribbon itself with glitter... Let it dry.
• While maintaining the same New Year's style, it is necessary to tackle the design of the rest of the album pages, but do not do it as intensely as not to overshadow the cover.
• Mark places for photos: You can use ready-made scrap elements and cuttings or outline your backing from high-strength wrapping paper. Decorate the photo frames with a thin layer of cotton wool or brush with a semi-dry brush in white paint to create a frost effect. Cover the cotton wool with drops of colorless glue and sprinkle glitter on top. Gently shake off any excess by turning the album over.
• On every page draw snowflakes and decorate them with beads and beads.
• Decorate everything with glitter, tie a bow to the album and enjoy the result.

See the next video for a master class on creating an album.