Scrapbooking Checklist

Workspace Preparation

• Get a flat, hard, and preferably large surface: a desk or a table.
• When you're picking a spot, consider temperature and humidity control and sun exposure.
• Make sure the scrapbooking area is safe for your supplies.
• Use a good lamp.
• Organize paper, tools, photos, and embellishments before getting started.

Scrapbooking Essentials

• Start gathering photos as well as other material that you might find useful.
• Get some sharp scissors that will be used only for scrapbooking.
• Buy acid- and lignin-free card stock and specialty papers.
• Look for an adhesive that is both safe and strong for your scrapbook pages.
• Get embellishments like stickers, die-cuts, metal brads and stamps.
• Purchase some pens.
• Invest in some page protectors for your scrapbook pages.
• Go through your photos and sort them based on event or holiday or chronologically.
• If you have clothes that are too worn out or stained add pieces of them to your layouts.
• Use old jewellery.
• Reuse old decorations.

Scrapbooking Techniques

• Crop photos to get the maximum effect.
• Layering page elements can create a cohesive design from separate pieces.
• Keep one focal point and coordinate elements through similar colors or shapes.
• Journaling adds a unique, personal touch to pages.
• Stamp letters, words, patterns, or specific images.
• Use sewing to attach items or as a decorative embellishment.