How to Make a Scrapbooking Gift Basket
Gift baskets are a wonderful choice any time of the year and for any occasion. People love to receive items that are personalized to their hobbies, interests or talents. It makes them feel as though the giver actually spent time thinking about the type of gift that was best suited for them. Keeping that thought in mind, a scrapbook gift basket is the perfect idea for someone with a family or a hobby that is often photographed.
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Things You'll Need
- Gift basket
- Tissue paper or cotton batting
- Decorative fabric
- Clear cellophane wrap
- Ribbon and bow
- Gift card
- Scrapbook
- Scrapbook page holders
- Scrapbook pages
- Decorative papers
- Decorative scissors
- Shape punches
- Rub-on decals and letters
- 3-D shapes and designs
- Stickers
- Stencils for designs and letters
- Decorative trims
- Glitters
- Acid free glue
- Tape
Instructions
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Choose a basket that can serve a purpose other than just holding the gift itself. It should be attractive and large in size.
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Purchase scrapbook necessities for the basket. These would include the scrapbook itself, scrapbook page holders, scrapbook pages, plain scissors, and acid free glue.
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Look for items that scrapbook creators like to have on hand. These would include various types of decorative papers like solid parchments and linens. Designed papers like geometric designs, stripes, plaids, characters, and florals work well, too. Add in punches that can be used to shape page corners or to punch designs like flowers, dots, or animals.
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Supply desired items like rub-on decals and letters. Stickers of various sizes, shapes and styles are great. Throw in some stencils for lettering or designing shapes directly on the scrapbook pages. Consider adding in some decorative trims like laces, ribbons, braids, roping, and sequins for accenting page.
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Put in some prepared scrapbook kits that already have everything one needs to design a specific style of scrapbook.
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Line the bottom of the basket with cotton batting or balls of tissue paper so that the items within the basket display well within the gift.
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Cover the lining with a square of decorative fabric. Choose a design that deals with the hobby or something that is generic in nature like gingham, stripes or plaids.
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Place the chosen items into the basket, arranging them in such a way as to display them in the best light. Tape items into place if need be. The actual scrapbook should be front and center. There should be no room to doubt that this is a scrapbook gift basket.
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Wrap the basket in clear cellophane. Secure it at the top with a ribbon and bow.
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Attach a signed gift card to the bow. The gift basket is now ready to go!
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Tips & Warnings
Stick with a color scheme like bright primary colors, pastels or metallics. This will make it easier to form an overall theme for the gift.
Don't include scissors if the gift basket is going to a child for her hobbies.
