Hugz For Scrapbooking
Apr 23rd, 2008 by wwaddell
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Hugz For Scrapbooking
Author: Wes Waddell
Let’s cover the right qualities that determine the right Hugz (XOXO) embellishments for Scrapbooking.
Scrapbooking these days involves so many different materials. In the past, old fashioned hand scrapbooking took on a distinctive look as each person imparted his or her own personal resourcefulness to finding materials in order to get the right look and the proper details that fit into his or her scrapbook preferances and personality. Nowadays, however, there are not only different add-ons or elements for sale, but different, more cost effective digital techniques and printable downloads that help the scrapbooker achieve a truely distinct look and feel with their scrapbooks. In fact, with todays digital scrapbook capabilities, personal “real” hardbound books and full motion video presentations with music and sound to help set the mood have never been easier.
Hugz for scrapbooking is one type of the little kits, bits and pieces that companies sell as embellishments meant to help make your personal scrapbook creations more attractive. Our difinition of a Hugz element is simply any small element or embellishment that helps give your scrapbook pages a warm or loving feeling. Digital Hugz such as hearts, kisses, warm frienly teddybears along with the traditional X’s and O’s can even be found by looking for digital Scrapbook Kits -n- Bits. Hugz elements for scrapbooks aren’t really necessary, but they do tend to add a distinctive look that lends itself into making your scrapbook into something very unique and special.
What determines the right Hugz Embellishment for scrapbooking?
1) Color – People sometimes choose the right hugz based on their color theme. But how do these people determine the right color of hugz for their own special scrapbooking pages?
a) Theme - Going with the overall theme or template of the scrapbook can be a pretty crucial factor. Depending on what color, object, event, person, place, time line or even the emotion you choose to base your scrapbook on, you need hugz for the special loving and warm scrapbooking that will either complement the color of the theme or contrast it for a brilliant offset effect.
b) Emotion – The color of your hugz for scrapbooking can also be used to reflect the loving emotion of the memory being portrayed. Remember that there are different interpretations and feelings for different colors. Here are some of the different interpretations we have for colors.
b.1) Red – This color can stand for courage, honor and loyalty to family. It’s also the perfect color for representing a deep pasionate love. The red is the color of blood which also lends its meaning to represent passion and violence. Red is also often associated with patriotizm and/or revolution.
b.2) Black – This is often associated with mystery and inner peace. Black is perfect for non-conformism, evil, the dark of night and loss or death. Black is for sorrow and pain and you can use this color for your hugz when you are putting together a loved one’s memory book or when you are scrapbooking pages of a very sorrowful time in your life.
b.3) Purple – This most often stands for royalty and wisdom. The emotions commonly associated with purple is of nobility or upper class. Purple hugz for your scrapbooking can be used on pages you wish to signify victory over the odds and hard fought goals that you have attained.
b.4) Pink – The color pink most often stands for innocence and love. Not very well known, but in truth, this is because in much of eastern philosophy, pink is used as the visualized color of the love energy which flows from one of the chakras of the human body. A person with a pink aura is often seen as covered in the power of love.
b.5) White – White stands for purity, glory and peace. We also commonly use it to signify a new beginning. This means you can also use it on scrapbook pages where you want to show a rebirth in your life or the lives of your loved ones.
2) Size – Scrapbook Hugz or elements of love and warmth also come in different sizes. These sizes can actually signify a lot of things depending on how you put them together. However, it is always up to the crafter to choose their own specific meaning. Small scrapbook hugz are often used for memories and pictures with significance usually only known to the crafter. Small hugz are also often used to mark special events and memories that have a particular sweetness to the crafter of the scrapbook. Just be careful as this may not always be readily apparent or understood by any other readers of your scrapbook. This is where the right journaling can help greatly.
Medium sized scrapbook hugz elements may be used to mark any significant objects or images which only a few closely related people may be able to understand at a glance. These scrapbook hugz may be used to mark certain events in a family’s life that bears a certain joy to the different people involved.
Large scrapbook hugz embellishments are used to mark very significant events. These hugz can mark a certain turning point in a person’s life or defined milestones in their personal history. They may also be used to mark important events which every person that reads the scrapbook can relate to as being emotionally intense.
3) Shape – Of course, scrapbook Hugz also take the form of circles, since they originally got their name from the marks XOXO in a letters and greeting cards, signifying kisses and hugs. The circle signifies a hug and the X symbolizes a kiss. However, manufacturers and digital or computer scrapbook element designers nowadays have decided to include a variety of shapes such as the hearts, lips and teddybears we mentioned early on.
Let’s put it all together…
Scrapbook Hugz are little elements that help define warmth, love, happiness and success. They come in a varity of colors, shapes and sizes. How you put them together and use them on your page, has a large effect on how the page is viewed and the emotions it brings back. With just a little knowledge, thought and planning up front, you can use this little scrapbook element or embellishment to really help recall the memory and emotions that your scrapbook page story is trying so very hard to tell.
Wes is the co-owner of Scrapbook Kits -n- Bits. If you want more scrapbook articles or you are looking for Hi-Resolution Digital Scrapbook Kits, Elements, Embellishments and Fast Scrap (FS) pages… then get your Hugz at: www.ScrapbookKitsnBits.com. You’ll find “The Greatest FREE Digital Scrapbook Gift… EVER!” at: www.ComputerScrapbookTraining.com
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