help me; i m totally new on EVERYTHING

[sunnyhope]

Me and a friend just came home from England and we wanna do a scrapbook from our trip, but how do i start, please realise i need so much help as this thread really should be called scrapping for dummies.
I like making cards but thats all i know about papercrafting so i really need help from everything , even on choosing the book to how to choose paper and how to make a page and so on.

thank you so much for the help in advance.

luv sunnyhope aka nina

[debknechtel]

Hi ninna......wow a trip to England...bet your pictures are amazing. The thing about scrapbooking is there is no wrong way to do it. It is a book of your memories....you can use as many embellishments or as little as you like. Your biggest choice will be your album. I would advise getting a cover on your album that is very durable and that can be cleaned or wiped off. I have had some cheaper cloth albums and the cover has not stood up. The next choice will be the type of pages you want. Everyone has a preference. Some like the post stlye pages others like the strap type. With the post type you can get longer posts to expand your album size. I prefer a strap album. I would suggest making sure you have clear plastic covers for all your finished pages...that way no one can leave dirty prints on your work. From there it is really your decorating style....I use alot of souveniers from my trips to add to the pages and give info. I also try to do lots of journalling to tell about my trip. If you do card making you probably have markers, stamps, ribbon, punches, rulers, crimpers, paper,stickers and butonns etc to get you started. you also need a mount of some type....I like square photo stickers or a tape runner. Can't wait to see your pages once you've started

Hugs debbie

[sunnyhope]

could anyone be so kind and maybe show me a page or 2 from the the beginning to the end?
i m going to buy a book from the craft shop in town or if you can advice me on and online one that sends to norway thats great aswell.


ps thanks debbie for answering my thread as i was starting to think i d picked the wrong place for help since no one ansewred me at all.


luv nina

[debknechtel]

Nina I don't know of a shop that ships to Norway although i am sure they are outb there.

is it finsihed pages you are looking for????

here is a spot to look at some

http://www.familycorner.com/forums/g...ages.php3?c=21

that is the gallery here at FC and has all members pages they have done.

here is anouther area of FC that has some pages posted

http://www.familycorner.com/forums/s...d.php3?t=13113


hugs debbie

[sunnyhope]

could you possibly be so kind to show me a page step by step, from opening the album so 2 speak.
do you for example scrap straight onto the album page or do you add new paper in the colour you want etc? or add paper withfancy paper etc?
ps, i m greatful for your help.

thank you ever so much debbie.

luv nina

[debknechtel]

Nina When I do a trip album I will usually do a title page. I sometimes will leave the page white(or black or oatmeal.other colors they come in) Sometimes I will use a colored paper for the background really depends on the pictures and what I want to achieve.

Here is some from my new york album

[debknechtel]

Here is one page from my trip to B.C. and I kept the background white just matted the photos

[debknechtel]

Here is a real basic page

[sunnyhope]

Originally Posted by debknechtel

Here is one page from my trip to B.C. and I kept the background white just matted the photos

what do you mean with matted the photos?
i am norwegian after all,lol
and can you tell me a bit more detaljed how you did the page please

luv nina

[debknechtel]

one where I used different colors of paper some embossing and stickers.