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Scrapbooking Hints and Tips   by Janet Fish

Scrap booking is fun.  There is no question about it.  It’s a fantastic way to preserve your memories and at a similar time discovering your creative side.  Listed below are some great tips and tips that I’ve picked up over the years that I hope will improve your scrapbooking experience.
Scrap booking packages.  If you’re a beginner, packages are a fantastic way to get started.  There is a extensive range of them available at crafts stores.  Most packages include scrapbooking paper, die cuts, stickers and everything you need for a specific layout.  Most scrapbooking kits create a page, although others can construct an entire album.  All you need to do is add the photos.  In either case, it’s a great way to jump right in.
Child Scrapbooks.  One of the most popular types of scrapbooking album is the baby book.  There are lots of embellishments available for babies : stickers, die cuts, paper, everything you need to put a book together in no time.  Babies grow up fast, ensure you capture every single second in a scrapbooking album. 
Lettering:  If your intention is to have the letter stickers go on in a straight line, use a plastic ruler, generate a fine line with a pencil.  Arrange your letters on the line and delete the pencil mark once complete.    I like my letters crooked which lets my creativity fly and I don’t need to ever be concerned about making a mistake. 
Rubber Stamps.  I  just recently discovered the rubber stamp, and now I have quite a collection. You can use letter stamps to create messages, or just stamp on a phrase that describes the page.  You can coordinate the color of the stamp to the shade of the page.  You can purchase stamps in diverse shapes, one of my faves is the dog paw print which I use all across the page to look like my dog walked across it.  The choices are endless. 
Organization, I could go on and on about this subject, but I’ll give just a couple of points that do the job for me.  I use 3 ring binders to store a lot of my stickers and die cuts.  I use plastic pencil holders with zippers to store my bigger die cuts.  I use business card holder or Baseball Card Holders to arrange my stickers.  I use accordion document holders to store my paper.  I use fish tackle containers to store pencils, pens and stickers.  I arrange my photos in photo containers by date.
 I find that often I need a little additional area when I’m putting a scrapbook together.  I get out my ironing board and alter it to the height of my desk and use it to store items that I want within my reach. 
 Last but not least, my favorite tip.  I save the large 12 x 12 inch cardboard filler papers that are included with scrapbooking hinged pages and page protectors.  I use them as page layouts for each of my pages.  I layout all the photos (trimmed), stickers, die cuts, etc, that I want to use on the page as if I was producing the page, and then stack the next cardboard page on top.  By doing this I can lay out a variety of pages, or an entire album before committing anything to the page.  I find it easier for me to put all the page ideas together and afterwards create the actual album. 

About the Author

Janet is an avid crafter and loves to scrapbook.  She shares her hints and tips with fellow scrapers.  Check out her blog at http://www.soundstripes.com. 
 
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