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Id like to start scrapbooking some pics when bub arrives but i really have no idea where to start??? I go to Kmart etc and see all the gorgeous stuff but really dont know what to do! Can anyone steer me in the right direction- (courses- maybe not seeing as Ive got kind of limited time!!) Maybe a shop/online store or suggestions of what to buy to begin with!! Fussy arent I!
TIA:D
Google Creative Memories and find out your closest consultant. They run classes, usually as a party plan set up where you get a few friends together and learn how to do a basic page.(good option if you will have a baby at the time) Some consultants also open their own home and run workshops each week for a small fee. Your other option is to see if you can find a scrap booking store in your local area and go there for classes.
They do sell a lot of products, but bear in mind that you can now pick up heaps of lovely stuff from kmart, etc. alot cheaper too.
suggestions for stuff to get you started
- an album
- album refill pages
- colourful paper (plain paper works just as nice as printed)
- photo adhesive (either a photo glue stick, or double sided tape)
- colourful pens used for journalling
- an assortment of stickers
oooohhh great thread,
I have been wanting to get into this too.
will be watching this space closely and I think I will check out that creative memories too.
Also, don't forget that Crazy Clarks, Warehouse and those other $2 shops have stickers that are cheap as well.
The biggest hint is to make sure that anything you buy is acid free. The acids in stickers and glues can destroy your photos.
Google scrapbooking and suss out other peoples pages for ideas, there are also magazines that you can buy or borrow from the library that will give you some good hints.
Remember to have copies of your photos (or back ups on disk/negatives) in case of accidently cutting someones head off (yep, I have done it).
The Creative Memories idea is great, but be aware that their prices are a bit on the high side. You can find a great album and pages from Crazy Clarks or even Big W without breaking the bank.
Also, ebay has great stickers. So you can search for something specific, like baby, or bath or boy/girl.
Good luck, it is a lot of fun and a great way to show off photos
I came across some $3 starter packs for scrapbooking and have started a baby scrapbook. I really didnt know what it was about but have since learnt that its mainly for photos.
I also want to use mine as a record of the pregnancy so it will have a lot of writing, details from antenatal visits, ultrasound dates, symptoms etc etc...
I've been looking around the house for things i can use, I came across a pack of lilac envelopes and used superglue to stick ribbons from the pack around the edges and buttons in the corners. Very cheap and easy and it looks so cute!
I dont have an album yet but I've started to work out the layout of the pages for when I get one!
i have found a great website called scrappjazz and it has a great gallery i find very insperational
Have you considered Digital Scrapbooking??
It's all done on the computer, you can find lots of free stuff to get you started and you just need a program like Photo Shop or Paint Shop Pro.
I've been doing it for 3 years and absolutely love it.
Thanks for all the tips ladies - will check out the websites, Las - can you print off the pages you create with digital scrapbooks?? My problem is we have thousands of digital photos on the computer but we never see most of them unless we are on the computer and i really want to have a physical memory - IYKWIM!!
Yes! I do most of my layouts in 12x12 and have them printed at a Professional Printer. Some I do 8x8 and I can print them myself at home.
I have an album. The plus of digital is that if you want to make changes, you can just delete what you've done, and there is no mess!! You can save your work half way through and come back to it when you are ready, without having to clean up, as such!
I guess it depends which style you prefer :)
BTW - we live in neighbouring suburbs - I'm Blackburn Sth :)
Oh thanks for that - is there a particular site that you use, or program!!
LOL at neighbours! Hows this beautiful Melbourne weather!
Girls there is a thread here all about scrapbooking if you want to check it out.
https://www.bellybelly.com.au/forums...ad.php?t=29142
Lincraft has great stuff as well . I was in there today and they actually have kits for baby albums which are only $19.95 and include the album!.
Digiscrapping is the bomb!! I absolutely adore it. My sister got so hooked she now has her own business designing all the elements for kits and stuff as well as doing layouts. I reckon digi scrapping allows you to be so much more creative than with the traditional paper scissors and glue...I guess it depends on what your mind set is...some people prefers hands on to a screen...It is great fun though no matter what way you choose.
If you want google nuts4digi or clikchicdesigns...these are both Australian sites. Digscrapping also works out cheaper as you pay say $5 for a full kit of maybe 50 elements but you can use those elements an infinite number of times.
All you need is some sort of photo/graphics programme....most people use either adobe photoshop or Paintshoppro.......you can always find a "free" download of these somewhere on the net.
Melanie - you know the Aussie girls :) I'm also as Clik Chic Designs, I know Kirsty :)
I ditto everything Melanie said...everything is free and available on the net!
The other bonus is, once you buy a kit, you keep it forever and can use it as many times as you want!
Dont forget Spotlight.
Thanks for all the great tips ladies - looks like digiscrapping is for as i spend so much time on this d*** thing, plus Im not that "crafty" so it sounds like me!! Cheers!
las my sister is macasm8...she and fiona now have their own site.
Oh yes, I know of Debbie and Fiona! Small world!
Do you have a gallery at CD...or just at your sister's site??
I scrap book with Creative Memories, there products are very good, that it, their albums and tools etc. When i have been to lessons at your regular scrap booking store, most of the teachers say the CM stuff is the best. They are abit pricey thou. They are not quiet as 'out there' in terms of page designs and layouts etc, but, they have come along way. I use their pages, tools and papers, but, also tend to mix alot of outside stuff into it.
Like the others have said, try any shop you come across - craft shops, $2 shops, reddot, Big W, Kmart, Target abs anywhere sells scrap booking stuff. Even the supermarkets. Make sure thou that, the products you buy are acid and lingin free. If they are not, make sure that those products dont touch your photos. If you use CM pages (not sure about other brands) they are also buffered, meaning that if/when you put something onto the page that isnt acid free, the acid wont travel thru the paper - KWIM?
For ideas, sign up to any online scrap book store - most of them have a gallery of sorts. And also discounts on postage etc.
Also, try your local library for books and mags to get ideas, and the newsagent for scrap booking mags.
I also believe that alot of general advertisment use a similar sort of design theory to scrap booking - or scrap booking uses similar rule to advertising, in that you can get good ideas for page layouts etc from the advertising media.
I can never see the Rove show now with out thinking of scrapbooking, thanks to all those swirly things he has come on when they go to breaks.
Clare076 - are you a CM consultant, or customer?
ETA - i keep thinking of other stuff - if money is an issue, dont forget your pc and printer. I use alot of fonts, and pictures and just print onto paper in colour in stead of using stamps, or stickers etc. Sometimes is just as effective. For making headings, i print the required words on to the required paper, in MIRROR image, and cut it out. Time comsuming, but, cheaper, and you get the words you want, in the colours you want. By printing in MIRROR image, the lines will be on the back when its cut out, so you wont see any of that. Does that make sense?
I just started up on my own.. no lessons.
I buy most of my stuff from either ebay or Lindcraft. Ebay is the cheapest i think.
As ive taken thousands, literally, of photos of Jesse ive just been doing themes atm. Have done the hopsital of course, his first bottle, his first bath, his first week, his first car trip home, his spotty hormone rash, first shower, his laundry, christmas etc etc. What i did was just search online scrapbooking and looked at what others had done. Got an idea that way. Some things i thought were a good idea i used from their ideas. +
Just have fun with it.