Scrapbooking is a rewarding and relaxing hobby. Enter a scrapbooking store, looking magazines or browsing online sites can be very confusing for the beginner, so let me just through some of the basics. Page layouts can be single or double, ranging from very simple to very elaborate. You can spend much time in each design and make all your cards and decorations, or you can take shortcuts and use of ready-made stickers, ornaments and cards. I would suggest that beginners take what is already available, and once you've mastered the basics, then move on to make their own ornaments.

Rules

There is only one rule in scrapbooking - all papers, adhesives, stickers and albums should be acid free. Acid-free help preserve your photos. Good scrapbooking products will also be free of lignin. When the lignin in the paper tears, causes brown spots and yellow.

Supplies

Basic supplies include an album and fill the pages, a small paper cutter (guillotine), a craft scissors, a ruler, a craft mat, some solid colors and prints of paper and adhesive. There are plenty of cutters, punches and tools available if you want to do forms - the most useful way to start is an oval. There are a number of albums on the market, the standard size is 30cm x 30cm, and most of scrapbooking papers fit this size, although it may be trimmed a bit. You can cover the entire page with the album, plain white or patterned paper (or a combination of both), or you can work on the blank page and just select your photos with carpets of color and decorate the page with stickers .

Culture

Cropping pictures - refers to cutting the excess fund to the issue is central. More photos fit on one page, and not be distracted by the background that tells a story. Sometimes they decide to stop at the bottom to give an idea of ??the magnitude of the issue, especially in a panoramic shot, and this is fine.

Mat

Once you have decided on the photos to be used on the page, looks really good in them, bearing in mind the colors. If one color is out, this is good to use a mat for the photo. A rug is a piece of paper or a cutting board slightly larger than the photo. It is not essential for carpet photos, but it is a good way to link the photos on your page. If you have several colors in photos and can not decide what color to use as a rug, keep the picture in front of him. A particular color is usually highlighted. A good choice of color will make the picture appear brighter and cleaner, and a poor choice fade photos or overwhelm them. When you are satisfied with the matte color, draw pictures to enlarge. If you have several pictures to go to a page, all carpet before you start putting them on the page.

Title

Use letter stickers or print a course on your computer - if you draw a game, make sure the feathers are the free acid.

Completing the page

Organize photos on the page, leaving room for a title and journaling. When you are satisfied with the arrangement, then stick the photos below. Then add the title, and then the journalling.

Journalling

Blog is where the story is told of the page. Log you can write directly on the page, or written or printed on small rugs. Log should include who, what, where and when, and any comments about the day or event stand out. If you are writing by hand, use an acid free pen.

Trimmings

Ornaments refer to any feature of the page - these can be stickers, lace, buttons, paper flowers, ribbons, tickets, programs - almost anything goes - but should not be too large, and if not free of acids, should not contact with real photos. The decorations should also complement the design, toys, for example would be perfect in a child page, but not in a heritage site.

I hope this guide for beginners has been very helpful. The great thing about scrapbooking is that the final product is entirely his own, unique production. Getting a group of friends together to scrapbook is also a good way to start. You can share ideas with each other, and a team of practical action, and papers. I always thought that it was not smart or clever to scrapbook, or do not have the time, but now realize that I'm smart and cunning enough, because the only person who is for me, and so having enough time - usually scrapbook now instead of watch TV. We all need a me time, and this is a perfect way to get that in