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If you have always wanted to display your favourite photos, but were never quite sure how to do it, then scrapbooking could be the answer for you. Scrapbooking is a fun and exiting way to make all those special moments last and let each page of scrapbooking tell its story as the reader pages through the album. There is nothing more boring than paging through the old style albums and seeing loads of photo's all stacked together in a meaningless way and without any thought. If you don't know the people you will not know what to make of all the strange faces staring back at you. But if you scrapbook them to tell a story, it makes the album viewing a far more enjoyable experience, even for a stranger who knows nothing about the photo's or people in them.

Here are some scrapbooking ideas and solutions to get you started. One of the best ways to get going is to attend a couple of classes, just to grab some ideas and get those creative juices flowing.

The best way to start out is to get a couple of linking photo's together, maybe of a particular occasion, and try to pick out a colour theme by taking some of the colours from the photographs. If purchasing supplies, take your photo's with you so that you can match up the colours to the card stock. Think about what type of journaling you would like to use and what you would like to say. Photo's and memorabilia are far more complete with words. Today there are hundreds of products available to make the written word less daunting. You can also keep a record of meaningful quotes, expressions and phrases to help capture the moments on the page or layout. You can either buy pre мейд journaling, make some on your computer or add a personal touch by doing your journaling freehand.

Effective pages can be created simply, easily and with minimum tools and materials with a little imagination. The main thing to remember is to let your photo's be the main point of attention, and not overdo it with the embellishments. Keep your titles simple and bold and the journaling smaller. Add your embellishments at the end, and try to tone them in with the theme of the page. They can be anything from brats to stickers to flowers to handmade shapes or images that you have designed on your computer.

Most importantly, make the page personal to you. Фокус on how that particular occasion мейд you feel and work from your heart with love to create interesting and original works of arts that you, your family and future generations will enjoy looking at for decades to come.

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Michel Maling I live in Sunny South Africa in the beautiful coastal city of Port Elizabeth. I love dancing, scrapbooking, Hiking and learning all there is to learn about internet marketing. If you are passionate about scrapbooking, subscribe to my blog, as I regularly update with new ideas and tips that I discover along the way.