| Have you ever been in this situation? You've found the | | | | also serve double duty for digital scrapbooking, which is |
| perfect paper for your layout, and assembled a great | | | | a great option if you take part in both types of |
| collection of stickers but the lettering just isn't working. | | | | scrapbooking. |
| Or maybe you've decided you really need three holly | | | | Scrapbooking printables are available from many |
| stickers to balance out your design, instead of just the | | | | different sources. There are a wide variety of free |
| two that you have in your sticker file. This normally | | | | printables available online that can be found through |
| means another trip to the scrapbook store and | | | | Internet searches. You can also purchase printables |
| postponing the finishing of a page. | | | | packs from online retailers. For those of you who are |
| However, it doesn't have to mean that anymore, | | | | more creative, you can even create printable elements |
| thanks to the use of printables. Printables are | | | | using a program like Adobe Illustrator. If you have a |
| scrapbooking accessories that can be directly printed | | | | scanner, you can also scan in elements from your |
| from your computer to be used on your pages. There | | | | scrapbook collection to duplicate. The possibilities are |
| are a wide variety of printables that you can use in | | | | endless! |
| your scrapbooking layouts. Printables range from small | | | | Using printables in your scrapbooking is extremely |
| decorative elements to full-page layout designs that | | | | easy. If you use 8 X 12 albums, you can often find |
| just require you to place your pictures in, and every | | | | full-page layouts that you can print off on cardstock, |
| size in between. | | | | attach your photos and instantly have a completed |
| Printables give you more control over your | | | | layout. For embellishment printables, you print out the |
| scrapbooking. If you need more design elements on a | | | | sheets on heavy paper or cardstock and then cut out |
| page, you can just print them out instead of having to | | | | the elements and attach them to your page. Using |
| run to the scrapbook store. You can print the same | | | | lettering printables works in the same way. You can |
| design on different colors of cardstock to create | | | | also try using your printable files with clear sticker |
| depth to your layout. Printables also allow you to keep | | | | paper for more ease of use. Make sure to use |
| a cohesive theme throughout the page. Often you can | | | | acid-free paper with all of your printables to protect |
| find matching lettering, patterned mats and design | | | | your photos. |
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| simple and easy, which in turn can save you a lot of | | | | scrapbooking, and can help bridge the gap between |
| time. | | | | digital scrapbooking and physical scrapbooking. They |
| Printables are versatile. When you use a printables | | | | can give you more control over your layouts and give |
| sheet, you can select to use each element on the | | | | you endless options for customizing your designs. If |
| page to give a cohesive look to the page. Or you can | | | | you're not using printables now, hopefully we've |
| pick and choose from the provided mats, and mix | | | | inspired you to make this versatile tool a part of your |
| them with other printables. Many printables sheet can | | | | scrapping habit! |