Archive for July, 2010
Kirigami Bunraku Puppet Samurai Roll Call
http://www.easycutpopup.com — If you enjoy arts and crafts, pop-up, scrapbooking and origami, you will enjoy these craft projects too. Like Origami, Jianzhi and Kirigami are the craft of paper, with the added technique of paper cutting. Jianzhi and Kirigami will enhance any origami, pop-up and scrapbook projects, and scrapbook and origami techniques will enhance Jianzhi and Kirigami. These pop-up blossoms, butterflies and bunraku puppets make unique gifts or cards for any occasion and the recipient will enjoy seeing their gift, card or pop-up take form before their eyes.
Easy Cut Pop-up are makers of the printable pop-up card pattern. These easy to follow card making templates make the art of Jianzhi and Kirigami pop-up cards easy, even for the novice crafter. With over 50 printable pop-up card making patterns, you can make a special greeting card for all occasions. Ideal for the beginner paper crafter and advance paper craft enthusiast. If you love Paper Crafts, Origami, Jianzhi, Kirigami, Monkiri, Papel Picado, Scherenschnitte, Wycinanki, Card Making, and scrapbooking, Easy Cut Pop-up™ patterns are a great addition to your paper craft studio.
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Shipbreakers in Gadani beach, Pakistan
This is amazing, everybody knows the shipbreaking yard in Alang, India but there is also one in Gaddani or Gadani beach in Pakistan. The Gadani ship-breaking yard is a centre for the breaking up of derelict ocean-going vessels for scrap. The yard is located in Gadani, Pakistan, about 50 kilometres northwest of Karachi.
This is a compilation from the documentary “Workingman’s Death”, see http://www.workingmansdeath.com
In the 1980s,the Gadani yard was described as the largest ship-breaking yard in the world, with more than 30,000 direct employees. However, competition from newer facilities in India and Bangladesh resulted in a significant reduction in output, with the Gadani yard producing less than one fifth of the scrap it produced twenty years ago. A reduction in taxes on scrap metal led to a modest resurgence at the Yard, which now employs around 6,000 workers.
In this clip we see in about 7 minutes how a ship is placed on the beach and breaking apart.
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A tour for the website twopeasinabucket.comFoldable Scrapbook How-To
I discovered this type of scrapbook at a craft fair last fall & figured out how to make them. My daughter asked me to send her the instructions.
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3 Scrapbooking Tips – Learn Everything About This Amazing Hobby
Scrapbooking, not just in the United States, but all over the globe, has created quite a lot of sensation. The cable television with numerous craft shows being telecasted has brought real interest among people. The sensation has been spread to the Asian part of the Globe too where people now are indulged in several acts of scrapbooking. Magazines too have cropped up providing techniques for wider scope of its readers.
The most common thing which the television craft programs and magazines have done is manifesting scrapbooking to be extremely easy and quick. This has made everyone to go about it. No matter whether the person is artistic or not, he would attempt to do some scrapbooking as it all looks so much at ease.
Several accessories and tools which are being sold in the market have again added to its advertisement showing up the subject to be widely accessible. Copying and pasting is now ruled out and people have found many shortcuts to go towards scrapbooking. Layouts and designs are readily available and various topics on the internet are devoted to this area of entertainment.
Different stores on crafts have started providing with tools and accessories connecting to scrapbooking. Every other season a new tool gets appended in every store, assisting in the simplification. There are various embossing mediums and engraving tools making every scrap booker’s idea easier. Glues are now available that sticks almost anything over the surface. Pre-made stickers and cards are readily available now which could be instantly used.
Scrapbooking, unquestionably, has been quite an expensive hobby when compared to several others like sports etc. It is an area of interest where one would have to continuously keep buying stick-on. However, this would of course depend upon the person and his style of scrapbooking. Scrapbooking projects would not turn to be very expensive if you know how you could go about utilizing the right tools.
A few pointers below would assist is structuring a scrapbook that looks good and is quite economical to your pockets too.
1. Cutting from magazines and newspapers
Do not throw the newspapers and magazines as you are done with its reading. Most of these reading materials contain graphics which could be very well used for your pages. Several ads and other sections contain appreciating graphics which could always be used in your scrapbook.
2. Buying your own magazines
If you think, there is no pile of magazines or newspaper at your place; you can just stop to buy one. Buy a magazine and cut pictures and graphics from it. This would not be as expensive as getting stickers and readymade graphics for scrapbooking. For instance, if you are planning to have your scrapbooking project with a wedding theme, then you can check out for magazines on weddings and similar things. You could use the same idea with the help of some kid related magazine.
3. Greeting cards, wrappers, stationeries and more
Apart from magazines and newspapers there are many other places too, where you could get great stuff for your project. Letters, envelopes, stationeries and old cards would provide great pictures for your scrapbook page. You could also try with using wrappers. When you go about wrappers, ensure that they have many pictures on it and are not recurrent.
Abhishek Agarwal
http://www.articlesbase.com/scrapbooking-articles/3-scrapbooking-tips-learn-everything-about-this-amazing-hobby-739864.html
The Beauty of a Scrapbook
The Beauty of a Scrapbook
Life presents us with many memories, both good and bad. The good memories may leave us brimming ear to ear in a joyous smile, while the bad ones a sadness in our hearts. And memories have the funny tendency to occur when it is least expected.
Keeping pictures of events in life is one way to keep those memories alive. Joyous moments and special occasions such as field trips, holidays, vacations, birthdays, graduations, weddings, and many other occasions often captured in photographs. Further, these photos keep the memory of the event or circumstance alive, and give others who are able to look at the photos a brief glimpse of the scene and ability to share, to a degree, some of the emotion around the photos. So the question arises: “Do you want to let these special photos lie still in plain and traditionally-looking photo albums? Or do you want to really spice them up? How about using a Scrapbook to house your precious photos.
You don’t have to be an expert at taking photos or even an experienced artist to create these scrapbooks. All you really need is a concept to express your idea, a design to house your ideas, and your precious photos to fit into your design.
scrapbooking allows you to keep the memories alive with the use of poems, quotes, love songs, or simple statements expressing your feeling to the person or events as captions for your photos. In this manner, your most intimate feelings will be kept alive in your work of artistry.
When journaling the events surrounding your photos, you may recall some funny or memorable incident about the photo that you may include to make the caption more expressive and alive. Colors also play a great role in your scrapbook. Softer colors such as cream and blue or silver and gold are mostly used. These colors make the pages of the scrapbook more attractive and lively.
A scrapbook is perfect for capturing times of joy and love in your life. For example, your scrapbook may serve as memorabilia of the items such as cards, love letters, restaurant menu dined at, concerts attended, dried flowers, and many other things which you and your loved one have given to each other. Another example is a question and answer portion that you and your loved one ca answer in the scrapbook. The questions may revolve around your favorite food, pet peeves, traditions, future goals, favorite pastimes, and the things which you mostly agree and disagree on. Scrapbooking is a quick and easy method for recording special memories that you and your loved one share. And creating the scrapbook can be great fun as well.
Before starting your scrapbook, first get all the pictures that you will include in your work. Then, chronologically sort them out by date. Before pasting the photos, make sure that you’ve already conceptualized the sequence of those as they will appear in the pages. Once in a while, put in artistic embellishments to the pages. Never fail to include the captions too. Do this all throughout the pages of the scrapbook. By carefully following the ins and outs of the steps, you are on your way to creating your beautiful scrapbook
Mia Lecron
http://www.articlesbase.com/advertising-articles/the-beauty-of-a-scrapbook-64925.html
Free Scrapbooking Software – For An Ingenuous Scrapbook
The internet contains a lot of scrapbooking software’s that are free for downloads.
Searching the internet gets you to them. They are downloadable within seconds. They provide a wide range of designs for scrapbooks. They are absolutely cost-free.
What is a simple scrapbook? Don’t guess that it is always plain with a dull look and no colors. Beginners are never appreciated to use simple scrapbooks. The creativity that is necessary for a novice is refused and sometimes the contents are suppressed too. This makes the difference between a simple scrapbook and a normal one. So are you still wondering what a simple scrapbook means?
Simple scrapbooks generally mean an easily manageable album and are normally small sized. Simple scrapbooks are meant for those who refuse to include “non-events”. Events such as relationships, dreams, beliefs, family traditions, hopes and fantasies are neglected in simple scrapbooks. But they serve the general purpose of an album i.e. to preserve your photos. Photos are arranged in any order as per your taste.
Components of a Simple scrapbook:
There are five components for creating a simple scrapbook. They are the Structure, Format, Completion, Too fast and Liberty. These are discussed below so that you get to know the whole idea.
The Structure:
Structure is very essential for all works. A framework is always constructed in the initial stage. It envisages the final model that would result. The framework forms the basement for any scrapbook. The contents table with the title pages forms the framework. Overall, they are essential to provide the result. The normal process involves the completion of the structure first followed with the work in different sections.
The framework or the structure is made up of the introduction page, contents table page, the sections page, the materials for the album, the fillers page and the closing page.
The Format:
The format chosen should match with the scrapbook. Normal characteristics of an album are present with the formats. The formats have a lot of things such as the size, the arrangements of the contents, its organization, the design used, the colors and the materials too. This process facilitates the uninterrupted flow of ideas for making a complete scrapbook.
The Completion:
Always complete a work when you start with one. Never leave it incomplete. Never give up a project. A simple scrapbook is one which can be completed in a small time. We get benefited with the framework as we already know what to work on. In the end, scrapbooking is a funny activity. So enjoy it!!
Too Fast:
Simple scrapbooks can be completed at a high speed as they are generally trouble-free. They are easy to work on. You should be prepared with the designs and formats before starting the work. This enables the fast completion of the project. Place the pictures at places where they deserve.
Liberty at work:
The finest element of the simple scrapbook is the liberty it provides you. You can pour your thoughts on papers, create what you like and give them a final touch for a good look. Simple scrapbooks can please you with the style and trend.
What are you waiting for then? Get ready!! Grab your free scrapbooking software and have fun with it!
Abhishek Agarwal
http://www.articlesbase.com/scrapbooking-articles/free-scrapbooking-software-for-an-ingenuous-scrapbook-739898.html
What freebie digital scrapbooking sites should I stay away from?
I am getting into digital scrapbooking, and am excited about all the free stuff you can download online. I am, however, a little aprehensive about downloading. Has anyone ever run into a digital scrapbooking site I should stay away from (spyware, viruses, etc.)? Thanks!
I guess BlueBell would be one that I would stay away from as it doesn’t have as many features as some.
I have only used PhotoMix software for my digital scrapbooking. It works for me as I like to make many collages and such.
Hope that helps 
How to make a scrapbook cover by yourself?
I’m planning on making a scrapbook (and I don’t intend to buy one) but what can I use to make the scrapbook cover? Please don’t say wood or leather, because I don’t have any of those!
Well you can,
* splash different colors of paint all over the book.
*or you can cut your favorite celebreties, singers, authors, or illustrators and stick in a messy place.
*or you can cut your pictures, family picture, class pictures, friends etc.. and stick it.
*get a piece of old cloth, like jeans and cut it and staple it to the copy book from down and add little flowers or stuff the pops, or u can put it plain.
*or get a news paper cut it in different sizes and stick it.
Hope i helped honey
Downloadable Albums For Free Photo Scrapbooking – Advantages And Disadvantages
Technology has changed our way of life. In the past couple of decades, computers and the Internet have changed the world. They’ve changed the way we do business, the way we find and use information, and the way we interact with each other. And the Internet has been a revolution in the area of entertainment. Perhaps someone out there may disagree, but the Internet is perhaps the most revolutionary thing to come along for centuries. It has opened so many doors for people.
And technology evolves to create new and better tools. Think of the mobile phone, as it was once called. A few years ago, mobile phones were large bulky devices that people used more like walkie-talkies. They just weren’t practical for everyday use by all of us. But today, cellular phones are small and capable of providing many services beyond simple calls. You can use a cell phone to check your e-mail, shop, watch videos, listen to music, and transmit and receive text messages.
Technology has definitely revolutionized scrapbooking. Many years ago, scrapbooks were simple collections of photos and newspaper articles with no particular design or artistic flare. Then they evolved to colorful collections of mementos with lots of extras like stickers, ribbons, and unique embellishments.
In order to create a scrapbook, you needed a good unifying theme and plenty of paper, scissors, pens, lots of glue, and your photos and memorabilia. Making a scrapbook took lots of time and work, and creative talent was a definite plus.
The Internet has changed all that. Today, you can find downloadable albums for free scrapbooking at any number of innovative scrapbooking websites. You can create a virtual scrapbook, loading your photos and images to the Internet where they are protected from loss and available to many people. The technology has both advantages and disadvantages you’ll want to consider.
Advantages:
1. Saving Time and Effort. It’s much faster to download albums for free scrapbooking than to create or purchase them. They give you the base of an overall theme and color scheme. You don’t have to waste your time on the basics. You can focus on making your scrapbook unique and creative.
Making your own scrapbook from scratch requires commitment and dedication. You have to put a lot of thought and effort into each page. In addition to deciding how to use your photos and memorabilia, you have to think through and decide on your theme, layout, color scheme, and materials. But in today’s busy world, most people don’t have the time to invest in every scrapbooking detail. With free downloadable albums, free photo scrapbooking lets you focus on the most important scrapbook element – your memories.
2. Sharing your Scrapbook. Free photo scrapbooking on the Internet gives you access to downloadable albums that you can share with all of your friends and family. You simply upload your photos and images to create a virtual scrapbook. You can have a special password that allows only those people you choose to see your scrapbook, or you can leave it open for everyone. It’s an easy way to let people enjoy your scrapbook without running the risk of losing it.
A virtual scrapbook may not be the solution for everybody. It doesn’t compare to the traditional scrapbook full of photos, favorite mementos, interesting textures, ribbons, and love. But a virtual scrapbook is great for people who want instant connectivity and ease of access.
Disadvantages:
1. Losing your Uniqueness. Downloadable albums for free photo scrapbooking allows you to choose from a variety of designs, but the designs are not easy to change. There may be many other people using the design you selected for their own virtual scrapbooks. Your virtual scrapbook won’t have the same unique quality that your handmade scrapbooks had. It won’t reflect your unique personality and creativity.
2. Using only Images. When you create a virtual scrapbook, you’re limited to documents you can upload to the Internet. Photos are the most likely documents, though you might also upload scanned images of memorabilia, articles, or things like invitations and announcements. You can’t add those interesting political campaign buttons, locks of hair, or pieces of fabric from the prom gown or wedding dress. Your virtual scrapbook won’t capture your life experience, just images of it.
So there you have it. The beauty of using downloadable albums for free photo scrapbooking is applying technology to save and share your memories in a prepared format, saving you time and effort. The downside is limits on your creativity and the things you can include in your scrapbook.
A virtual scrapbook is the perfect way to document an event and share the photos from it with your family and friends. It allows you to get these things up quickly so that people can refresh their memories and continue to enjoy the event for a long time. It helps bring people together, and it is a quick easy way to create a simple free scrapbook.
But if you want to create a family heirloom that can be enjoyed for years to come, you may want to create a traditional scrapbook that expresses your personality with lots of different media and materials. You’ll want to invest time and effort in this treasure, and you’ll have a beautiful permanent record of whole lives and whole phases of life. You are the only true judge for what you want and need.
The best solution is a combination of both! Use a virtual scrapbook using a free downloadable album to collect images recalling a single event for a quick and easy solution. But create a handmade traditional scrapbook to have a collection of memories and memorabilia to document a lifetime.
Abhishek Agarwal
http://www.articlesbase.com/scrapbooking-articles/downloadable-albums-for-free-photo-scrapbooking-advantages-and-disadvantages-739872.html