I love scrapbooking, making cards and little gifts, but it can be very expensive if you limited your creativity only to items you purchase. We all love die cuts but who says you have to buy them? Why not make your own? It takes time of course, but like scrapbooking it’s very therapeutic. Plus when you’re done you have something else special to add to your scrapbook, die cuts personally made by you!

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I remember, not so long ago, looking at the boxes and boxes of my babies’ photographs and becoming so overwhelmed by the notion that I had better get them organized and labeled before I lost track of which kid was which.
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I’m new to scrapbooking, and I still can’t believe all the possibilities there are for scrapbook layouts.


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More often than not, I meet people who love the look of a
scrapbooked memory album. There are other times though
that I meet someone and they say “Why bother with
scrapbooking? I just put my photo in an album I bought at
the store.” At one time, my response was in regards to the
archival safety of such products “bought at the store”. Most of the photos albums sold years ago contained extremely high levels of acid, which end up destroying your precious memories.
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You’ve organized the pictures, you have lots of paper and other supplies — in fact you have so many, you are now a certified scrapbook supply collector! However, there is a bigger problem for you and it is called a lack of time. You know that no one will be able to enjoy the great moments you captured on film if you don’t get going, yet day in and day out, you just can’t find the time scrapbook.

Create a fun poem tribute for your favorite pet.

A scrapbooker is easy to buy for! They can never have enough cardstock, patterned paper, stickers, embellishments, idea books.  You don`t even know what that is? There are lots of scrapbook shops on and off line with staff that will help you put together a gift that WILL be appreciated.


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Do you hate throwing your Christmas cards away every year as much as I do? This year I decided to try to come up with some way to preserve our Christmas cards, as well as find a way to organize all the Christmas letters I’ve been faithfully filing away for the past six years. I decided to make an album for our Christmas letters using decoupage to decorate the covers with this year’s Christmas cards.


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A Christmas tree is a fun focal point for your holiday scrapbooking layouts.

Accessorize your holiday scrapbooking layout this year with a
brightly wrapped Christmas present.