DIY Scrapbooking
Do-it-yourself scrapbooking—DIY scrapbooking—is
becoming extremely popular in recent years.
Tips and innovative project ideas
for decorating and collecting memorabilia can provide help in DIY scrapbooking.
From family tree albums to travel scrapbooks, pop-ups, memory folding, mosaics
and quilted pages, DIY scrapbooking provides an assortment of opportunities
to preserve fond memories. New product development, books and periodicals,
the Internet, videos and workshops can help make DIY scrapbooking memorable.
Materials and Supplies for Your Scrapbooking Hobby
Basic materials for DIY scrapbooking include printed and cardstock paper, background papers, photo corner mounts, art pens, scissors and mounting glues. The more elaborate scrapbooking designs require more sophisticated, specialized tools such as rubber stamps, stencils, craft punches, die-cut templates, eyelet setters, inking tools, personal die-cut machines and heat embossing tools. The most vital DIY scrapbooking supply is the scrapbook album that can be permanently bound—one must allow for the insertion of pages. Other scrapbook formats—mini albums and accordion fold-out scrapbook albums—are adhered to assorted containers, such as CD cases, small holders or matchbooks. Smaller albums are becoming increasingly popular for DIY scrapbooking. A paper trimmer, black archival pen, small scissors, pencil and pencil sharpener, paper adhesive, art gum eraser, portable container for storage and a photograph adhesive are basic DIY scrapbooking tools for modern scrapbooking.
Do-it-Yourself Scrapbooking Journaling
Writing which describes accents or explains photographs on a scrapbook page is referred to as journaling. Although handwritten journaling is considered ideal by several scrapbook enthusiasts, DIY scrapbooking can also be done on the computer and printed on to an assortment of surfaces like ribbon, paper, tape and vellum. Handwritten journaling does leave behind a part of the DIY scrapbooking artist for generations in the future. Additional ideas for DIY journaling include quotes, song lyrics and poems. Many consider scrapbook journaling one of the most significant elements of DIY scrapbooking.
