Welcome to 101 Scrapbooking Ideas!
Scrapbooking provides a unique way to display photos and mementos of family milestones and events.
Over the years, scrapbooking has matured into an art. No longer is scrapbooking about pasting newspaper clippings into messy bundles of paper. Today, scrapbooks have evolved into long lasting, beautiful mementos containing everything from news clippings to three-dimensional objects.
Furthermore, scrapbooking is no longer just for special occasions. Today's scrapbooks make great baby announcements, grandparent books, gift cards, artwork for kid's rooms, recipe books, and educational tools.
The greatest thing about scrapbooking is that there are no rules. Creativity and imagination are your only limits. Now armed with the helpful hints, ideas, and techniques you'll find on this web site... it's time to let your creativity and imagination take over.
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Following are some simple steps and helpful hints for beginners to make their first scrapbooking venture a success.
• Collect Photos. Put all your photos into one place. Be sure to check junk drawers, files, closets and old and new albums.
• Organize. Organize all of your photos in the order in which you'd like them displayed in your scrapbook. The most common way to organize is chronological, but you can also organize by events such as holidays and vacations. Store them in archival quality photo boxes.
• Acid-Free and Lignin-Free. Any decorative papers, stickers, pens or scrapbooks used in scrapbooking must be acid-free and lignin-free to keep your photos safe and from turning brown with age. Any adhesives used to adhere your photos to scrapbook pages must be acid-free to prevent them from damaging and aging your photos. Do NOT use glue sticks (they will not hold up over time)
• Shop. It is very easy to go overboard when purchasing scrapbooking supplies for the first time. Buy the basics before anything else: a scrapbook and page protectors, colored cardstock, patterned paper, a few colored pens, decorative scissors and adhesive. You can add stickers, diecuts or other embellishments, but beautiful layouts are possible without them if your budget is tight.
• Layout. The first page of your scrapbook should be reserved as a title page. The next two-page spread is where to begin. Each spread should have a theme. Decide what pictures you'd like to display and lay them out.
• Crop. If the background of a photo is not important, you may crop (cut) the photo in a shape so the focus is on the subject. When cropping, use plain scissors as opposed to decorative ones, which tend to take your eye away from the photo.
• Mat. After you decide on a layout, adhere all the photos, paper and stickers to the scrapbook page using a roll-on adhesive tape (available at craft and hobby stores). Think of a catchy title and apply it to the page.
• Journal. Journaling is one of the most important parts of scrapbooking. Write about what is happening in the photos. Include names and dates and explain what funny things happened.
With experience, you will find scrapbooking to be a fun and relaxing hobby. Not only will your great, great grandchildren see what their relatives' lives were like, but they will also see the creativity that runs in the family.
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