Scrapbooking setup

By: Sara Elliott. You've just discovered a way to make your bedroom closet, dining room, mud room, garage, attic or other cubby into a dedicated scrapbooking area. You'll never buy another duplicate stamp or paper again because, finally, you're getting organized once and for all -- hallelujah!

No more having to explain what all the bags are doing in the dining room or why the back seat of your car looks like Christmas week before the midnight wrapping marathon. Your significant other doesn't understand why all the scrapbooking stuff is so important to you, but luckily that doesn't matter now. It's finally time to get your goodies in order and out of sight --where they won't inspire a lecture on conspicuous consumption.

Won't it be nice to carve out some much-needed work space for your scrapbooking and spend more time creating than searching for glue? If you've ever run to the kitchen for a fork or butter knife because you couldn't find the tool you needed, today is a red letter day -- because honey, you're getting a scrapbooking room! Don't let yourself get sidetracked. Having a dedicated scrapbook room is like having a secret bank account.

Every girl deserves an indulgent pursuit of her very own, and this one's yours. Being able to add built-in cabinets to your scrapbooking room is the holy grail of craft room redesign. If you have the budget for this extravagance, don't bury your inventory where you can't see it. Solid-front cabinets look tidy, but wall-mounted cabinets with glass fronts will make it easier for you to find your stuff, and those large built-in pieces will look less massive in the space.

Glass lets the light in and will make your room look more cheerful, too. Who couldn't use more of that? If you don't want everything out on display, go with drawers and solid-front cabinets under the counters. Another nice benefit to glass-front cabinets is that they display all the wonderful colors and textures of your scrapbooking supplies. Plus, if that wonderful walnut-colored raffia is peeking out at you from the cabinet, you'll be more likely to use it.

Libraries may have moved into the digital age, but those old style card catalog cabinets have just the right heirloom look for a scrapbooking room. The small drawers are perfect for embellishment storage, and there are lots of CD storage cabinets available these days that have the scholastic look of library card cabinets but with relatively shallow drawers. Measure content performance. Develop and improve products. List of Partners vendors. Featured Video.

Related Topics. Read More. Your Privacy Rights. To change or withdraw your consent choices for TheSpruceCrafts. At any time, you can update your settings through the "EU Privacy" link at the bottom of any page. This is a process, and some parts of it may come easy, others not so easy :. Tips for beginners: The first page of your album will be the title page.

You might want to do this scrapbook page last so that the title that you choose truly reflects what the album contains. Although I do have some scrapbook albums that are miscellaneous in theme and that's ok too. Begin with the next two side-by-side pages. You may want to have one scrapbook theme per spread.

Rather than thinking of each page as a separate unit, think of what you want to capture on the double-page scrapbook spread. When someone flicks through an album of mine, I want each turn of a page to be a new immersive experience! Choose your photos and temporarily arrange them onto the scrapbook pages. Then select a patterned scrapbook paper that fits the theme. Hopefully, you'll like what you see! Now start arranging the elements and photo s on the page till it looks eye-catching and beautiful.

What you'll find, is as you're doing this, the inspiration will start to come from just seeing the photos on the paper, and the other elements on the page. Check this blog out for more information on matting your photos on your paper to make them stand out. On your scrapbook page, you'll need to embellish the patterned paper with stickers, confetti, die-cuts, and other small items, but be careful to not overdo it. In fact, I love the philosophy of keeping it simple.

One of the biggest mistakes beginners make with their layout is complicating things. Here are many other mistakes new scrapbookers make while learning to scrapbook and how to avoid them. I recommend placing your scrapbook embellishments or stickers around your photo or in a cluster on your scrapbook pages. If embellishments are too far away from the photo then it can draw the eye onto other things.

Learn how to create scrapbook pages the easy way by checking out our scrapbooking made simple article! Here's a blog post with some ideas for beginners on how to give your scrapbook pages that extra eye-catching element. Read our beginner's guide to page embellishments for your scrapbook layout. As you flipped through someone's album you would constantly have to ask, "Who is this? One of the benefits of learning to scrapbook is that you have space to journal! Of all our scrapbook tips, we want you to remember to make journaling something you love and enjoy.

You can write down key phrases that describe each photo or make funny captions reflecting what's happening in a picture. As you journal, be sure to include names and dates. A few years from now you'll be glad that you did! By keeping the title page simple, it makes it very clear what the viewer can anticipate seeing in the next few pages. Place the pages inside of the page protectors once they are thoroughly dry.

Then it's time to put your album together. If you have used foam dimension dots or cardboard to raise elements off your page you might find it hard to fit it in your page protectors. I recommend trimming your page down just a little on every side and it will slide into your page protectors easily.

Albums make a fantastic gift too! Perhaps you have some friends getting married or celebrating an anniversary. There are lots of ways you can bless others with your love of making scrapbooks. To further understand the basics of scrapbook making, you should check out our scrapbook article and start scrapping like a pro in no time!

As you learn scrapbook making for beginners and get started on this wonderful adventure, you will discover that making scrapbooks is a super fun and relaxing hobby. It's something that you can enjoy time and again and your family and friends will enjoy the albums and pages you put together.

Your pictures will come to life and pop off a page that your family can pass down through the years. Good luck creating your first scrapbook and enjoy this new time of discovery! Feel free to start looking around our site for a helpful and great idea, plus tips, and inspiration! Your first album isn't far away! If you want to learn more about how to scrapbook then you should check out our scrapbooking made simple article. In this guide, I'll give you some ideas on how to scrapbook like a pro in a few easy steps.

Scrapbooking is super fun and rewarding, but there's a lot to take in : It isn't just about sticking things down on paper. In this guide I'll break things down for you, so you can get started. Firstly when it comes to your scrapbook project, don't get overwhelmed. Stick to the basics which we'll cover in this guide :.

Soon enough, you'll be able to easily and instantly enhance the look of your homemade scrapbook pages. At the end of the day making scrapbooks is about preserving your beautiful memories pictures.

So as you begin your journey, try and keep it fun and remember, scrapbook making for a beginner is as much about experimentation as it is creativity! Here are a few basics to start creating beautiful scrapbooks.

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