DealDash Crafts: Scrapbooking

Scrapbooking can be a fun and rewarding hobby. There are so many different ways to scrapbook it can be a little daunting to get started.

The best thing about picking up scrapbooking as a hobby is that there is basically zero learning curve. You can decide that you want to make a scrapbook, buy supplies, and have your scrapbook made by the end of the day. Scrapbooking is great for people who like immediate gratification, because unlike sewing or knitting where you might work weeks on a project scrapbooking can go as quickly or as slowly as you desire.

However, even though you can put a scrapbook together by just throwing everything on a page and calling it “done” you will be a lot happier with your results if you take the time to do a little research, pick your scrapbook layouts carefully, and take your time with your scrapbook.

Let’s talk about how to put together a simple but eye-catching scrapbook page. Most scrapbook layouts have a few common elements. Let’s check those out!

• A colorful background page – This is the paper that you will attach everything else on to. It can be blank, but most people choose a fun pattern or theme.
• A main picture – it can be anything from your baby, a pet, another relative, a car, something in nature, anything!
• A title – you don’t have to put a title, but most layouts have a title such as “Baby’s First Bath” or “My Sister Lisa.” It doesn’t have to be at the top like a book page, it can be anywhere you like.
• Embellishments – These are little “extras” that you use to decorate the rest of the page. You can use stickers, ribbons, flat gems, buttons, etc. You can use anything you like, but the flatter the better, because eventually you will want to put these loose scrapbook pages into a book.

There are lots of other things that you can use to make your scrapbook layout such as photo mats to go behind your picture, photo corners to put on the edges of your picture, borders for your page, and lots of other things. Change things up! Make some of your layouts fancy, make some plain, make some that are somewhere in the middle. Scrapbooking is all about making your individuality shine.

There are some great tools that you can use to make your scrapbooking experience more fun such as a Cricut cutter machine or even a binder to put your pages together. DealDash has some wonderful crafting items up for bid. Check out the Hobbies, Toys, Outdoors, and Games category and see what you can find. Good luck and happy bidding everyone!