Scrapbooking?
July 31, 2009 by Scrapbooking Ideas and Tips
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Can anyone give me some good tips on scrapbooking? My siblings and I are planning to make a Family Scrapbook for our parents and none of us has ever made one before. We have the ideas, but we haven’t done the first thing because we don’t know what to do. Can any experienced scrappers help us? Appreciate the help.
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Can anyone give me some good tips on scrapbooking? My siblings and I are planning to make a Family Scrapbook for our parents and none of us has ever made one before. We have the ideas, but we haven’t done the first thing because we don’t know what to do. Can any experienced scrappers help us? Appreciate the help.
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Scrapbooking Feedback:
You’ll find good tips on here. Have fun.
Scrapbooking Feedback:
This web site has some great ideas with easy to understand instructions.
Also: Check out the Carol Duvall
segment.
Michael’s craft store has magazines and even
will have scrap booking lessons.
Scrapbooking Feedback: Hi! Welcome to the world of scrapbooking. I just developed over a hundred pictures today…so I am what my husband calls…in need of treatment. Haha.
Ok, where to begin. Start with pictures. You will need to organize the pictures you want to use. Decide if you want to use current photos only or go back in time to maybe their wedding pictures to start off your album. You decide.
Next choose a good album. I suggest a nice leather 12×12 top loading album. Buy extra top loading sleeves that come with book extenders. It’s common for a scrapbook to come with nine plastic sleeves making room for 9 two page layouts…not including the cover page and the ending page.
I personally like the 12×12 albums as I like to use lots of pictures and this size enables me to do just that. Next, choose a variety of paper which is available at any scrapbook store or hobby store such as Michaels or Hobby Lobby. Take your organized pictures with you so you can match the colors up. I would suggest getting an extra sheet or two in each of the colors you choose so you have room for errors. Also get matching colored papers to use as mats for your photos.
Buy a magazine or scrapbook how to book just to get ideas on what looks good and what you personally like. These magazines are invaluable for those of us who need guidance when we work.
Since it is your first album, keep it fairly simple. It takes time to learn all the different techniques out there. Pick up some Yes! Paste from your local Michaels and choose some brads. Brads are easy to use and add definition to your pages. They also come in all kinds of shapes and colors.
The most important aspect of scrapbooking is the journaling. For future generations, writing down what was happening in your pictures is a must. Use a acid free journaling marker for this.
The supplies that you will need are basic if you keep it simple. Here is a basic list for you.
Photographs
Album
Paper Cutter (one that measures 12in papers)
Adhesive that is archival safe (acid free)
Papers (Solid color cardstock as well as patterned papers)
Scissors
1/16 circle punch (for brads)
Acid free journaling marker
These are the very basics. As you grow in your hobby…if you should choose to there is so much you can do it’s amazing. Have fun! Be creative!
Scrapbooking Feedback: You’ll also find loads of help to get you going in the free scrapbooking course at:
Scrapbooking Feedback: Even tho I notice 12×12 size album is recommended here, I personally prefer letter size, 8.5×11, for many reasons. While it is true that most scrapbook products you find are for 12×12, they can be resized smaller, whether paper or digital. One reason for my preference is supplies are far less expensive, far! You can buy a regular 3-ring binder and use it for your scrapping. I put absolutely everything in sheet protectors, and they are less expensive in the smaller size also. This keeps oopsies off of your pages.
Another reason is that you can move your pages in order and even move them from album to album. Since I started scrapping about 10 years ago, I’ve moved my pages many times, and I’ve changed my mind about how I want to organize them. You could do it by year, or by topic, or by family group or or or or - whatever you choose. Sometimes I want to extract a few pages of a particular subject and take them to show, and it is very easy to do in the smaller size. Once you put them in the larger albums, most of the time they are difficult to move, or maybe in some cases not even possible. Top loading - absolutely.
Some scrappers are also crafters. If you are, you have the opportunity of making some cute individualized covers for your three ring binders. Since they are inexpensive, you don’t mind covering them.
I do think that before you do anything very permanent, you need to determine what size page you want.
Something I learned to do after I had been scrapping a couple of years was a better way to use sheet protectors. Say I went somewhere and picked up a postcard or other souvenir. Also I have a ticket stub, or maybe an airline boarding pass. I put these and any other memorabilia together in my protector until I’m reading to scrap. If I have to wait to get my pictures developed, this is a great way to hold like things together. Maybe I’ll even jot down my journaling thoughts while I’m waiting to get the page scrapped. That way I don’t forget what I want to say, even if I go back five years later to make the page. If I am using digital pix, I always print out a contact thumbnail sheet of the picture(s) and put it in the protector. Unfortunately, there have been times when I lost the pix on my computer and my little thumbnail is all I had for a picture. As bad as the quality is and as small as it is, it’s still better than total wipeout.
Scrapbooking Feedback: I’m just starting out too, but here are some good sites I’ve found: