Scrapbooking is a popular craft that allows your creativity to shine. It involves gathering photos, memorabilia and other decorations to create a visual story that you can then share with others. The most important step in the process is to choose a theme that captures your memories. Once you have that, decide how you’ll tell the stories and what format will work best. You may want to focus on an overarching story like your baby’s first year or a vacation, or you might want to go more in-depth with each page of the album and tell a specific story about one event or time period.
Another crucial step is choosing what embellishments to use. Adding stickers, decorative paper, stamps and other elements adds dimension to your page. You can also use ephemera, such as postcards and receipts from your travels or ticket stubs from an event, to add texture and interest to a page. Some people also include “journal” entries in their albums to describe a particular photo or memory. These can be handwritten or typed and can include things like personal stories, anecdotes and fitting lyrics and quotations.
Matting your photos adds an attractive border around the edges and helps to draw attention to the focal point photo on a layout. You can mat photos using cardstock, patterned paper and other materials. Another time-saving technique is to mat several photos all on a single sheet of card stock, which is known as group mats.
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