Scrapbooking
About a year ago I was going through all our family pictures and I realized just how many pictures we had taken since the birth of our first son over six years ago. A lot! All of our baby pictures were thrown together in shoe boxes and most of those weren't even labeled so it was hard to tell which baby picture belong to which child. We have four children so you can imagine how many baby pictures we have! All of our kids looked alike as babies so I was really regreting not organizing the pictures sooner.
I was at a playgroup one day and I overheard some of the other moms talking about scrapbooking. I'd heard of scrapbooking before, but I never really thought to try it myself. I am not really a creative/crafty person and I was a little intimated at first, but I quickly found that scrapbooking was a lot of fun and that it wasn't as hard as I thought it was going to be.
I started with my daughters scrapbook first. I'm almost finished with her first year! My two older sons ages 6 and 4 both want to help me do their own scrapbooks. I'm planning on letting them pick out their own books and letting them help me put all the pages together. It will be a great craft project that we will all enjoy!
The Amazing Page: 650 Scrapbook Page Ideas, Tips and Techniques (Memory Makers)
Amazon Price: $16.49 (as of 12/05/2009)
Getting started
Once you've decided on which scrapbook to buy you will need to choose some paper to work on. They have different paper designs for every occasion- Christmas, Thanksgiving, Halloween, birthday, baby, wedding, ect. Or you can pick a paper with a certain color or design.
Now it's time for accessories. I like working with buttons, stickers, stencils, markers, glitter glue and ribbons. There are a large variety of accessories to choose from! My favorite are the stickers. There are so many stickers to choose from that sometimes it's hard to decide on which one to use.
Don't forget glue to glue your pictures and accessories to the paper!
Here Are Some of My Favorite Scrapbooking Supplies
There are so many different ways to use these!
Foof-A-La Bag-O-Buttons-Indian Summer
I use buttons a lot in my scrapbooking. They add a cute touch to any scrapbooking page! For example, for a page on babies you can write out Cute as a button and replace the word button with an actual button.
Amazon Price: $5.61 (as of 12/05/2009)
Grosgrain Ribbon Dots Group 27 Rolls 3/8", 54 Yards
Ribbons can had a lot of character to your scrapbooking page. You can glue stripes on your page, make a border around your pictures or for little girl pictures you can make a bow and place it in her hair.
Amazon Price: $24.37 (as of 12/05/2009)
FUN FONT ALPHABET - Clear Vinyl Stickers - Scrapbooking Stamping - Sticker Decal - #C186
Alphabet stickers are great! I use them a lot for names or creating a title for a page. If you're doing a page on the first day of school you can scatter different letters of the alphabet all over the page to create a cute background.
Amazon Price: $4.99 (as of 12/05/2009)
Craft / Scrapbooking Glitter Glue w/ Confetti 4 Piece Tubes
I occasionally use glitter glue for writing names or tittles. They can add a nice touch.
Amazon Price: $3.99 (as of 12/05/2009)
Fiskars Ripple Paper Edgers Craft Scissors
Using ripple paper edgers scissors can create a nice border around your picture.
Amazon Price: (as of 12/05/2009)
Scrapbooking Paper
Diecuts with a View 12 Inch by 12 Inch Travel Paper Stack
Amazon Price: $18.89 (as of 12/05/2009)
DMD Designer Printed Scrapbook Paper, 100-Count Package
Amazon Price: $12.51 (as of 12/05/2009)
Hot Off The Press 8.5x11 Papers BJ'S GOLD & HANDPAINTED Papers For Scrapbooking, Card Making & Craft Projects
Amazon Price: $9.99 (as of 12/05/2009)
The Seasonal Stack of 120 sheets of 12 x 12 Scrapbooking Paper
Amazon Price: (as of 12/05/2009)
Diecuts with a View PS005035 48-Sheet 12-by-12-Inch Paper Stack, Blossoms and Butterflies
Amazon Price: $18.89 (as of 12/05/2009)
Wedding Theme
I wish that I would have started scrapbooking after my wedding. Now I want to finish the kids scrapbooks first before I start on our wedding scrapbook (so it will be awhile!) If you're planning on getting married or newly married you should start on your wedding scrap book as soon as possible. That way all your memories are still fresh on your mind. Even if you've been married a while it's still a great idea to start a scrapbook. It will bring back all your memories on why you married your spouse.
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Wedding Floral Romance Scrapbook
Amazon Price: $10.99 (as of 12/05/2009)
Baby theme
There are a large variety of baby supplies to choose from. They are all so cute! I'm still working on each of our baby's scrapbook and it has been a lot of fun going through all the baby supplies and deciding which to do. If you're expecting a child you can start you scrapbook before the baby is born. Start it with pictures of the ultrasound and pictures of you pregnant with him/her.
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Little Baby Feats Scrapbook Journal by Jack Scrapbooks - Blue
Amazon Price: $48.00 (as of 12/05/2009)
Example of a Halloween Page
You first have to pick out which pictures you want to use. Next, decide which paper and accessories you're going to use. I layout where I want to put everything first and when I'm happy with how it looks I glue everything to the paper. For the two pages I'm working on in this picture I decided to do a simple design. I liked the paper so much I didn't want to take away from it's design by adding to many pictures and accessories. I added a few pictures and added some really cute stickers. It's a quick easy design! In the picture of my son, Tanner, I placed some stickers around him to make the picture even cuter.
Halloween theme
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Thanksgiving theme
After I started scrapbooking I realized that I really didn't have many pictures of Thanksgiving so I used pictures that we've taken during fall time like pictures of the kids playing in the leaves.
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Christmas theme
Christmas time is my favorite time of the year! We take tons of pictures every Christmas. There are so many cute accessories and different Christmas paper to choose from it's easy to make a scrapbook just on Christmas.
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This one is on my Christmas wish list!
Cricut 29-0001 Personal Electronic Cutting Machine
Amazon Price: $145.00 (as of 12/05/2009)
Supplies
Here are a few more accessories that I love using.
Making Memories 5th Avenue Blossoms and Buttons 160 Pieces Boxed, Elizabeth
Amazon Price: $10.68 (as of 12/05/2009)
Embellishment Center - Large
Amazon Price: $51.00 (as of 12/05/2009)
Doodlebug Goodie Box HALLOWEEN Embellishments For Scrapbooking, Card Making & Craft Projects
Amazon Price: $13.99 (as of 12/05/2009)
Ultra Shape by press Starter Set #1-Frames/Bubbles/Flowers/Shapes Templates
Amazon Price: $33.84 (as of 12/05/2009)
Doodlebug Sequin Assortment, Flower Bright
Amazon Price: (as of 12/05/2009)
Why Not Make a Scrapbook With Your Child!
My six year old son loves scrapbooking. He enjoys making his very own scrapbook. It's a great way to do crafts with your kids and it's something they will treasure forever!
Kids Memory Minis Scrapbook Set
Amazon Price: (as of 12/05/2009)
Here Are Some Great Scrapbooking Links
Vote on your favorite!
If you type in scrapbooking at Google you will get over 18,700,000 results. Most of these sites are trying to sell you something, but there are a few that give you tips and ideas for how you can scrapbook at home. All my ideas come from scrapbooking books and looking at scrapbooking websites. I've added 8 scrapbooking links to help you get started. Feel free to add your favorite scrapbooking links also.
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Scrapjazz.com - The Scrapbooking Megasite
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Do You Scrapbook?
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- oztoo oztoo Oct 16, 2009 @ 7:09 pm
- There are so many lovely things for scrapbooking today its mind boggling. This is a lovely lens with plenty of ideas and info. 5*
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- lakern26 lakern26 Oct 15, 2009 @ 7:21 pm
- Great lens! I love scrapbooking, I just wish I had more time to do it! Very good tips. I especially liked the idea about scrapbooking with your kids. I'll have to try that with mine. 5* and lensrolling to Making a Disney Vacation Scrapbook.
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- Tuula_Olin Tuula_Olin Oct 6, 2009 @ 8:57 pm
- Great idea for a lens. Nice personal touch with photos. Found this from twitter, so it works!!!
Well done page, 5*
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- Heather426 Heather426 Oct 6, 2009 @ 5:11 pm
- Wow, great lens. Lots of neat info and really well organized. 5* and fave.
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