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21 years ago

My SIL is wanting to get into scrapbooking but she does not know what it is suppose to look like or what she is to do. Is there a website that has a tutorial on scrapbooking. Can you help. Any help would be appreciated.She would really like to take some classes but does not know where to go. helen1

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GardenGhost
21 years ago
If your SIL lives near a Hobby Lobby or a Michaels or any scrapbooking store, she go in and browse the scrapping section and they often have pages hanging up that someone has done. They may teach classes too. And there are lots of books on the subject. While she's there, she can flip thru some of the books to get an idea of what pages look like.

Walmart also has a scrapping aisle. You'll find stamps, paper, scrapbook kits, books, ect. Tell her to start there and just get an idea of what supplies she'll need and what she might want to do.

Hobby Lobby often has different scrapping supplies on sale for 50% off. And Michael's too. So have her check the weekly ads. One week the acid free paper may be 50% off (like this week at Hobby Lobby), and one week the acid free stickers may be 1/2 off. The stamps and punches and scrapbooks, etc., are all 1/2 off occasionally at Hobby Lobby. Each week, it's something different. And since some of the supplies are rather expensive, I always look for the sales.

I also pick up acid free printer paper at office supply stores, like Office Maxx.

A great website to buy from is www.scrapbooks.com.

Great websites to explore are www.scraplink.com and www.scrapbooking.com.

There are many more. Just do a search for "Scrapbook" and you'll get all kinds of sites. It's a great hobby. I love it. It can be as creative or as simple as you want it to be. The main objective is preserving memories so that they last for generations.

Most people use the real scrapbooks, usually 12 x 12. But most of them cost about $20 each. I prefer the 8 1/2 x 11 pages, which I slip into archival safe, top loading, 3 ring protector sheets. And then I put these in a regular 3 ring notebook. I paint the cover to make it pretty. And this size fits my book shelves well. I like to be organized and have everything match. So I can ALWAYS find the plain black 3 ring notebooks. And they come in different sizes--1 inch, 2 inch, 3 inch thick--so I can get different sizes for different scrapbooks I create, and they still all match and fit wonderfully on my shelves.

Hope this info helps! Tell your SIL to be prepared--it's addictive!!

Casper
helen1
Original Author
21 years ago
Thank you Casper for all the info. I do not do scrapbooking so I could not help her. I am sure all your information will be very helpful. helen1
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GardenGhost
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Hey Helen, your SIL might want to start here:

http://www.hgtv.com/hgtv/crafting/article/0,1789,HGTV_3352_1394628,00.html

HGTV has a scrapbooking section she can check out, but this particular article gives information to the beginner about the "tools of the trade".

Casper

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