Online Class: Traditional Scrapbooking

Name: Traditional Scrapbooking
Price: 95.00 USD

Traditional Scrapbooking 101 offers a holistic journey into preserving precious moments, emphasizing creativity and personal touch over rigid techniques. It promises a community-rich experience with expert guidance, ensuring each project becomes a meaningful and authentic work of art.

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15

Hours
average time
1.5

CEUs

Course Description

Imagine opening a beautifully crafted scrapbook, turning its pages to find not just photos, but cherished memories captured forever, with every touch bringing stories to life. Scrapbooking is not just a hobby—it’s a journey into preserving moments that matter, creating something both meaningful and enduring. Traditional Scrapbooking 101 is designed to be your guide in this deeply personal and rewarding endeavor.

But this isn’t just another course. This is a chance to embrace the art of storytelling with your own hands. Whether you’re completely new to the world of scrapbooking or you've dabbled with pages but feel overwhelmed by all the possibilities, this course was made for you. It's not about rigid techniques or strict rules—it's about discovering the joy of creating and curating memories in your own unique way, with confidence and creativity.

You’ll be walked through every essential step, not as a checklist, but as a flowing journey where every concept and skill learned builds naturally upon the last. You’ll master the fundamentals of choosing supplies and crafting pages, and you’ll gain insights that go beyond the basics to elevate your projects into true expressions of art. But this isn’t just a class on layout and materials; it’s a discovery of how to find your own voice in your projects, telling your family’s stories with warmth and authenticity.

The secret sauce of this course is its holistic approach—helping you develop an artistic eye and guiding you in discovering the story behind each photograph. You’ll learn how to blend design elements seamlessly, mix colors and themes with intention, and use journaling to breathe life into your pages. No more staring blankly at supplies and feeling stuck. Every lesson is crafted to inspire confidence and ignite creativity, while the curated project ideas ensure there’s always something fresh and new to explore.

In this course, you'll find more than just tutorials. You’ll become part of a community of storytellers, connecting with others who share your passion for preserving memories. You’ll gain exclusive access to resources, expert tips, and continuous support that extends far beyond your computer screen. This isn’t just about making a book; it’s about making something lasting, deeply personal, and irreplaceable.

So why choose Traditional Scrapbooking 101? Because it isn’t just a course; it’s an invitation to transform your memories into a living legacy—one page, one story, and one beautiful creation at a time. Join us and discover the true joy of scrapbooking. Let’s get started!

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Self-Paced
6 Months to Complete
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Accredited CEUs

Universal Class is an IACET Accredited Provider

Course Lessons

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Lesson 1. Preserving Your Legacy with Personalized Scrapbooks
Gift-giving through scrapbooks transforms simple albums into cherished mementos, extending the creator’s world of memories to loved ones in a touching, personal gesture. They serve as an enduring legacy that not only documents life milestones but also evokes the timeless value of shared moments.
Lesson 2. Crafting Memories: The Basics of Scrapbooking
This lesson invites you to explore scrapbooking as a personal journey where your memories and creativity merge. By focusing on style, aesthetics, and cohesive themes, you can craft a scrapbook that tells a unified, meaningful story.
Lesson 3. Essential Tools for Scrapbook Success
Scrapbooking involves more than just selecting tools; it's about using them to creatively immortalize memories into lasting art pieces. By mastering basic tools like scissors, trimmers, and various papers, anyone can evolve from a novice to an expert storyteller with pages that enchant generations to come.
Lesson 4. Crafting the Perfect Visual Story: The Basics of Scrapbook Layouts
Matting and borders serve as frames that highlight key photos, preventing them from getting lost amid the layout, while embellishments bring texture and personality. A cohesive use of these elements creates a balanced composition that maintains the viewer's attention.
Lesson 5. Exploring Artistic Expression and Design in Scrapbooking
Scrapbooking goes beyond mere decoration by employing structure with guide lines and strategically placed grids for balance. By adding texture, shapes, and a carefully chosen color palette, pages become dynamic narratives filled with depth and emotion.
Lesson 6. Unleashing Creativity: Exploring Diverse Scrapbook Layouts
Unleash your creative vision in scrapbooking by experimenting with layouts, letting the narrative flow from photos in Shutterbug to the hand-crafted depth in Crafty. These styles serve as a guide, not a rulebook, offering freedom in crafting memories.
Lesson 7. Photos as Stories: Crafting Narratives in Your Scrapbook
Choosing the perfect photos for a scrapbook involves curating memories that align with your theme, ensuring each image contributes to your storytelling. By organizing photos and experimenting with layout, your scrapbook becomes a cohesive narrative that captivates the viewer's imagination.
Lesson 8. From Snapshots to Stories: Photo Enhancement in Scrapbooking
Craft engaging scrapbook tales by selectively cropping photos to emphasize emotive details while employing overlays and tints to add texture and charm. Perfect the finish with thoughtful mounting techniques to showcase each image at its best.
Lesson 9. Creating Cohesive Scrapbooks through Organized Digital Memories
By setting up a structured organizational folder system and utilizing digital editing tools, scrapbookers can efficiently manage and enhance their digital photos for a cohesive artistic presentation. Combining digital with physical scrapbooking elements enriches the storytelling process and evokes deeper emotional connections.
Lesson 10. Embellishments: The Art of Storytelling in Scrapbooking
A world of creative possibilities awaits with materials like stickers, brads, and ribbons, which enhance scrapbooks through personalization. Expanding your collection over time allows for evolving styles and inventive page designs.
Lesson 11. Photo Stories Unveiled
Approach journaling authentically, in your unique style, to capture memories vividly and connect with your audience meaningfully. Whether you're including family catchphrases or jotting down events in notebooks, personal touches make the storytelling process genuine and immersive.
Lesson 12. Mastering Modern Scrapbook Trends and Techniques
Scrapbooking today involves dynamic techniques to craft beautiful memories, employing methods like watercolor for expressive backgrounds and crackle petals for a vintage touch. Explore the art of page depth with acrylic glazing, delicate misting highlights, and scratchwork's artistic nuances to tell richly layered stories.
Lesson 13. Exploring Paper Techniques in Scrapbooking
In scrapbooking, creative paper techniques like matting, weaving, and die-cuts elevate memories into visual art, enhancing each page's story through strategic material use. These methods allow for both cohesion and depth, transforming every scrapbook into a personal narrative piece with emotional resonance.
Lesson 14. Creating Custom Scrapbook Backgrounds
Integrate everyday documents and keepsakes into your scrapbook to construct a family archive that interweaves photos, notes, and mementos. By creatively showcasing items such as baptism certificates and concert tickets, your scrapbook becomes an evocative blend of narrative and nostalgia.
Lesson 15. The Social Side of Scrapbooking: Transforming Hobby into Community
Scrapbook crop events are social gatherings that focus not just on crafting but on creativity and community, with themes enhancing the interactive experience. By attending or hosting, participants engage in artistic exchanges, discovering new tools and techniques in an encouraging environment.
Lesson 16. Scrapbook Revolution: Crafting Memories for a New Age
Originally a humble hobby of collecting clippings, scrapbooking has blossomed into a global phenomenon, enhanced by acid-free materials and high-end craft supplies. With the advent of digital scrapbooking, this art form offers endless creative flexibility and eco-friendly options.

Learning Outcomes

By successfully completing this course, students will be able to:

Demonstrate the ability to create a cohesive scrapbook layout by selecting a theme and organizing photos to effectively convey a personal story.
Define the essential tools and materials needed to begin scrapbooking and explain their primary uses in creating scrapbook pages.
Identify and differentiate between various scrapbook styles and aesthetics to create a cohesive and personalized scrapbook project.
Organize and compile relevant photos, memorabilia, and journaling elements to effectively convey the chosen theme and narrative of your scrapbook.
Identify and apply different types of adhesives to ensure stable and long-lasting scrapbook compositions.
Recognize and demonstrate the use of various cutting tools, such as scissors and trimmers, to create precise and creative scrapbook layouts.
Demonstrate the ability to create a visually compelling focal point in a scrapbook layout using photo placement, size variations, and complementary embellishments to guide the viewer's attention.
Identify and select photos that create a cohesive and engaging narrative by considering visual style, emotion conveyed, and their connection to the overall story.
Apply grid lines to balance scrapbook elements, enhancing visual flow and narrative coherence.
Demonstrate the ability to use guide lines and borders to create cohesive and visually engaging scrapbook layouts.
Demonstrate the ability to create a scrapbook page using a chosen layout style by selecting appropriate photos, embellishments, and journaling elements that align with the style's features.
Identify and distinguish between popular scrapbook layouts, including Shutterbug, Artist, Classic, Crafty, Shabby Chic, Heritage, and Modern, based on their unique characteristics.
Define key moments and themes for selecting photos in a scrapbook based on emotional and storytelling value.
Demonstrate mastery of lesson content at levels of 70% or higher.

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Course Title: Traditional Scrapbooking

Course Number: 7550460

Lessons Rating: 4.5 / 5 Stars (899 votes)

Languages: English - United States, Canada and other English speaking countries

Availability: Accessible from any state in the U.S., this course covers key areas such as California, Texas, Florida, New York, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Ohio, and Georgia. The course is also offered in English-speaking nations like Australia, Canada, the UK, and South Africa.

Last Updated: March 2024

CEU Value: 1.5 IACET CEUs (Continuing Education Units)

CE Accreditation: Universal Class, Inc. has been accredited as an Authorized Provider by the International Association for Continuing Education and Training (IACET).

Grading Policy: Earn a final grade of 70% or higher to receive an online/downloadable CEU Certification documenting CEUs earned.

Course Type: Self-Paced, Online Classes

Assessment Method: Lesson assignments and review exams

Instructor: Dana Kristan

Syllabus: View Syllabus

Course Fee: $120.00 U.S. dollars