| I was fascinated by a friend about scrapbooking when | | | | over crowd your design with too many fancy |
| she show me her scrapbook during our meeting at her | | | | decorations. This may cause your design looks messy, |
| home. It's so nice and great...I really fall with it and | | | | viewer not able to identify your scrapbook main topics. |
| wanted to do the same as hers...I was searching many | | | | Guide #3 Don't over spend on unnecessary items. |
| places, scrapbooking stores, craft stores for ideas and | | | | Look for free design or sample layout gallery. Look at |
| design, layout etc... also found some wonderful free | | | | what others does, and learn from those who you think |
| download at many scrapbooking web sites...thanks to | | | | they are good. |
| those generous people who are willing to share... This is | | | | Guide #4 Join Scrapbooking forum or community |
| really nice hobby because my children growing up fast | | | | Try to find a suitable community and become a |
| that I cannot stop to continue keep the wonderful | | | | member of them. There, you can share your ideas, |
| moment with them! | | | | your problem, event can get good solution from |
| I have done many creations and found sometime it | | | | experts. |
| cost me a boom with this hobby...Thus, I was searching | | | | Guide #5 Your every scrapbooking piece is valuable |
| and finding, have done some of my own research on | | | | scrap experience |
| how to instantly create a scrapbooking without | | | | Always keep this in mind, your every piece of design is |
| spending too much, or if possible zero dollar spend to | | | | great scrapbooking experience for you to learn. Try to |
| buy those quality papers and fanciful | | | | create as many scrap as possible, practice make |
| decorations...Personally I love painting and drawing using | | | | perfect! |
| color pencil, watercolor, poster color, acrylic etc I find it's | | | | Guide #6 Review your design with friends or experts |
| really fun to draw everything...that give me an idea of | | | | Share your scrapbooking art works with friends thru |
| drawing my own design. During this self scrapbook and | | | | your blog. This will motivate yourself to improve further. |
| creation journey, I found some useful tips that I can | | | | If you know of someone who is expert in |
| share with everyone who is beginner, or cost saver | | | | scrapbooking, lead them to view your scrapbooking |
| person. | | | | designed blog. |
| Here's 7 Instant Scrapbooking Guides for you! | | | | Guide #7 Snapshot photo quality and quantity |
| Guide #1 Plan your story board | | | | Buy a good quality digital camera to capture quality |
| Ensure you have planned your story board before you | | | | images. This will help your scrapbook images look nice |
| begin. For example, if you want to scrapbook on topic | | | | and presentable! Capture as many angle, snapshots as |
| related to family outing, arrange the event or have an | | | | many images to allow you to choose good picture for |
| itinerary for it. | | | | your design |
| Guide #2 Simplify your design | | | | Well, hope above idea really fun and enjoy your |
| Use simple decoration, add on when necessary. Don't | | | | scrapbooking! |