Scrapbooking is a hobby where photos, memorabilia and embellishments are used to create a memory book. This creative and personal activity is a great way to preserve memories while adding a touch of your own personality and artistry to it. It can be done on a small scale for a single page or on a large scale for an entire album.
A typical scrapbook consists of a cover, spine and front and back pages. It can be made with a variety of materials, including paper and cardstock, patterned papers, fabric and other embellishments. Many people also include journaling, a personal writing that describes the event or the photographs or relates emotions and feelings. This can be handwritten or typed, and it is often printed on a variety of materials, such as vellum, ribbon and tape.
Some scrappers like to plan out their layout design for a whole album in advance. This can save them time when creating each individual page and give the entire album a cohesive look. Others prefer to think about the little stories or memories they want to tell on a per-page basis. They may even create a list of the stories they wish to scrapbook, which will help them edit their selections of photos and items more thoroughly.
To add visual interest to a page, try matting your photos with cardstock or patterned paper. This will draw the eye to your focal photo and make it stand out from the rest of the page. This is a great time-saving technique, and you can even use the same piece of paper for multiple photos if they are all the same size.
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