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Take up scrapbooking as your next hobby and you won’t be able to stop. With the amount of free online scrapbook paper, digital designs and fun add-ons it’s possible to scrapbook all from your computer. Just purchase, print off and use all those crazy, funky and beautiful layouts and images to create something memorable and special. Learning to scrapbook is EASY and it’s one of the best ways to innovatively display and preserve photographs that will be prized for many years to come. Discover the fun and joy of seizing those special moments of life by learning to scrapbook. The subsequent tips...

Today I sat back and thought about all those moments of my life that I wished I’d have documented somewhere, somehow. I have that one photo that speaks a thousand words and I have a thousand words for one photo. With a world full of technology today it is possible to store, save and share all those great moments and all those meaningless photos. Now with the possibility of digital scrapbooking, it’s even free to do and won’t cost you a penny unless you want to invest in fancy digital backgrounds and embellishments. If you want to eventually get your...

Using Lots of Colour Using colour is one of my favourite parts of scrapbooking. Yet new scrappers often tell me they feel overwhelmed by it. They hear a phrase like “tertiary colours” and feel they need to take an art class or consult a colour wheel before picking their papers. That’s basically not true! If you can get dressed in the morning, you can choose the right colours for your page. Part of selecting colours will be influenced by your personal taste. I LOVE red, and choose it frequently for my pages (and for my cards, and clothes and all through my home)....

STEP 1 - ORGANIZE YOUR PHOTOS (DO IT LIKE A PROFESSIONAL) The first step in learning to scrapbook is to swiftly organize your photos.  After all, scrapbooking is all about showcasing your photos.  You want easy access to the pictures that you’ll be using rather than having to paw through hundreds of photos. Using manila file folders, write down one category per folder.  You might want to consider folders for: Relatives Friends Birthday celebration Graduation Wedding Baby arrival Vacation Baptism Wedding anniversary Sort through your photos and place them in the suitable folders.  As you begin sorting, you’ll most likely...

Discover how a little bit of glam goes a long way. If you’re looking for that ultimate shabby chic, romantic or even modern look then it’s not always about the background design but also about the elements you use on the page itself. Scrapbook paper and background designs can be downloaded and printed for free to give your book a unique look but more than anything what makes a scrapbook a scrapbook is what you add onto the page and design itself such as photos, beads, ribbons and words for example. Scrapbooking for beginners tip – The Real Secret to Embellishing a...