20 Scrapbooking Tips

Scrapbooking is a fun hobby that many people are afraid to get into. If you walk into a scrapbook store you can easily get overwhelmed with all the products that are available and just walk out! Creating albums is an important way to preserve ones memories and can be handed down generation after generation. Here are 20 Tips to help you with your albums
1.) Start simple but simply start! This will help you get lots of pages done and keep your focus on the pictures.

2.) BE ORGANIZED! This will save you time and money. If you know what you have and where you have it you won’t be making multiple purchases of the same items!

3.) Organize your photos in the Power Sort Box (or whatever you use to organize your photos) as soon as you get them in the mail or pick them up from being processed!

4.) Go to a workshop!!! If you can’t get anything done at home or just don’t want to spread it all out.

5.) Journal on your pages as you go. It is much harder to go back and journal later. Use your own writing. So many people think they have terrible writing and most often it really isn’t true. Using your own handwriting make your album unique and even more special!

6.) Use a soft cloth to clean off the finger prints from your photos before you put on your page protectors.

7.) Put your page protectors on as you go. Again, it is harder to go back and do it. Protect your beautiful pages right away so nothing happens to them.

8.) Use a personal trimmer to crop your photos. If you don’t have one – get one!

9.) Try to select one picture on your page that you want to stand out. You can mount that photo or cut it into a shape. Try to limit the number of photos you cut into shapes on your page. Too many shapes are distracting.
10.) When creating you page layout, instead of randomly placing your photos on the page imagine a C or Z and put your photos on those lines. C and Z layouts are easy to follow and easy on the eye.

11.) Go to a workshops!!

12.) Don’t over enhance. You really want to focus on the photos and the stories behind them. Less is more!

13.) Use Short Cuts to create pages quickly and easily. When you use Short Cuts there is no need to spend time cutting, it is already done for you!

14.) Use Storybox papers. They are the perfect size for 4×6 photos so you can use them if you aren’t cropping a picture down or you can cut the paper to fit your needs. They also come with coordinating journaling boxes.

15.) Save your scraps. You can use them on future pages and they are perfect for punching out various shapes using the Shape Makers.

16.) Get the most out of your paper by cutting shapes or ovals out of your mounting paper. For example, if you are mounting a photo only use a little tape when cutting out the mat. Then remove the mat and you can cut out an oval, circle using CCS or various shapes using the shape makers. You can then mount your photo and you will have the shapes you cut to enhance your page. Yes, your mat will have holes in it but your photo will cover them and no one will know except you!

17.) Do you always have #’s left from your ABC/123 stickers? Use them to create cute borders. For example you could use up all your 2’s to create a border for a second birthday, second place award, second grade, etc. Or a variety of #’s for school borders, baby albums – I am sure you can think of more!

18.) Use the titletopia you create titles for you pages. They are fun and easy to use.

19.) Have all your tools in front of you when you croppin’ so you have easy access to them.

20.) Organize you stickers by themes and/ or seasons.

You can find some of the tools mentioned above by clicking here!