Article by Cijaye DePradine
Scrapbooking is an amazing hobby! And all of the Scrapbooking Supplies you purchase to make a scrapbook – can be used on so many other projects. But if you don’t even know the simple How to Scrapbooking – tricks – it’s going to be a little difficult to turn this hobby and your scrapbook supplies into a library of amazing projects.
So this Scrapbook Tutorial gives you a quick a dirty list of steps to scrapbooking your first 2 scrapbook pages with Photo’s as First Inspiration.
(To get FULL details on each and every one of these steps, please get your copy of the Complete Guide: Scrapbooking Tutorial for Beginners and Beyond here: http://www.scrapbookingdirections.com)
1. Choose the subject matter (children, family, friends etc) that you wish to scrapbook today.2. Choose the scrapbook album size and style you wish to scrapbook with. *For your first project, I suggest that you choose no more than an 8 x 8 size (they are smaller and a little easier to work with).3. Purchase the scrapbook album of your choosing.4. Choose the photos to scrapbook with.5. Sort them for relevance and order in relationship to your project.6. Choose the 2-4 of your favorite scrapbook layouts for this project.7. Choose the perfect background paper.8. Find a pair of quality scrapbooking scissors that you can use on this project.9. Find a personal trimmer that you can use.10. Purchase your own double sided tape.11. Acquire or create your 6×6 or 8×8 background pages.12. Create your scrapbook cover page.13. Place 2 layout pages side by side on your Scrapbooking Table.14. Choose one layout for each side.15. Crop your photo’s where needed.16. Position your photos where desired.17. Title your page.18. Journal your page; tell a story.19. Share your new project with your loved ones!20. Share it with me: (cijaye@scrapbookingdirections.com). I would LOVE to see it!21. Get MORE Scrapbooking Ideas and Advanced Techniques here: http://www.scrapbookingdirections.com
Happy Scrapping!
About the Author
My name is Cijaye DePradine. Scrapbooking is by far my favorite hobby – I have been refining my scrapbooking skills since the early 90′s (before it was even a mainstream craft). Through my website you can find scrapbooking ideas and directions for beginners as well as tips for making money with scrapbooking…please visit: http://www.scrapbookingdirections.com & http://scrapbookingdirections.blogspot.com for more scrapbooking ideas now.
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