Do you have a Good Scrapbooking-idea?

Scrapbooking is the creation of a book containing photographs, memorabilia, stories and narrative, momentos and souvenirs usually with a specific theme.

Scrapbooks can be simply about a subject of interest and contain articles, images and newspaper clippings and more, for example it might be about a family member and an achievement that gets press coverage.

Another popular scrap book idea is the family tree. One of the most popular scrapbooking pursuits are the compilation of family photographs.

Scrapbooking has been around for more than 180 years and had it’s origins in Germany. They called the scrapbooking albums The Common Place Book and scrapbooking as a description appeared in the 1830’s. Back then images and printed pictures were etched and engraved or where lithographs.

Scrapbooking has continually evolved with the introduction of new technologies and these days it is an art form in it’s own right. The scrapbook is an important archive and many become family heirlooms. The challenge in ensuring longevity of scrapbooks is the use of the right papers, inks and other materials so that they withstand the ravages of time and handling. Share your scrapbooking-idea?

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Scrapbooking Basics

Scrapbooking has many creative aspects that create some design challenges and can be thought of as creating a single copy book. Factors such as layout of material, type of material, how to insert and fasten materials, writing of headings and narratives, font style and sizes etc.

Most of us have lots of photographs packed away in the attic, gathering dust and perhaps only sighted a couple of times. One great scrapbooking idea is to get them down, sit and sort through them and come up with best few and think about how best to display them so all the family can enjoy them

The important thing is to enjoy the task of putting together a scrapbook. Don’t copy or feel obliged to follow some other format, you can be as creative and individualistic as you want. They are your memories so present them the way that feels best. Share your scrapbooking-idea?

Scrapbooking Layouts

There are many ways to layout your scrapbook and tell your story. You need to plan how you will present your material. Always assemble the material first so that you can quantify how you will present it. This tells you how many pages and what you will have to do and defines the scope. Share your scrapbooking-idea?

Next you can come up with a template to carry through every page. This template might include page borders, the text font and font size, whether you will use black or a color for text. It is always best to use a standard paper size and typically this is 8.5 x 11. Personally I would choose a spiral bound book or folder that allows pages to be added or changed.

For images you will have to decide whether you will crop some images and whether to vary shape and size of images. You can also then decide how many images for each page you will use. Click on the link below for useful information on scrapbooking-idea and useful hints on developing a personal and eye catching scrapbook-layout. Share your scrapbooking-idea?

Scrapbooking Materials

As we mentioned you need to choose the scrap book style, either spiral bound or not. You need the right paper to use, specifically for scrapbooking and these papers are acid free and lignan free.

You will need to purchase some adhesive for fastening in photographs and other items. Look for acid free glues and avoid the use of glue sticks and wet glues as they tend either not to hold very well or cause wrinkles and paper deformation which spoils the look.

Next items is an acid free permanent ink black pen. You could decide to use a quality fountain pen with ink and develop some quality writing styles. Some also print the narrative using laser printer and then crop and paste in the notes, there are many options. Share your scrapbooking-idea?

Other tools for the craft are a pair of quality straight edge scissors. Also paper trimmer or sharp paper knife are very useful. Useful items include various shape templates (used by draftsmen) stickers, punches and more. Share your scrapbooking-idea?

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