Here on About.com Scrapbooking you can find articles, galleries, and product reviews to inspire your scrapbooking. However, did you know that you can also find free instructional videos? You don't have to read any instructions, just sit back and let me show you how to create these projects.

This month's technique challenge is based on the banner step by step tutorials. Banners were everywhere at the latest scrapbooking and hobby tradeshow. Manufacturers are making banner stickers, rub-on's, chipboard stickers, and punch outs. This week, I have two ways for your to make your own banners for your next scrapbook page. So give banners a try on your next layout. You can purchase any banner products or use one of these two techniques to make your own: Pennant Style Banners or Scalloped Punches Banners. Then, send in a digital photo of your layout to share you page with About.com Scrapbooking readers. Be sure to read "Submitting Pages to About.com Scrapbooking" so that you have all the details. I can't wait to see your pages!

Getting started can be the hardest part of scrapbooking. Share your best tip for a brand new scrapbooker. Do you have ideas on how to select paper? What supplies do you consider "must have" items? Do you get more done when you scrapbook with a friend? Share your ideas and help someone else get started saving their memories in meaningful scrapbook albums. Click on the link in the title - Share Your Best Tip - to go to the Reader Response page where your tips will be easily found by new scrapbookers.

Scrapbooking, like any visual art, goes through trends in colors, design ideas, embellishments, and details. As you flip through the Top Ten Scrapbook Pages from CHA Summer 2010, what do you see as a common thread in two or more scrapbook page layouts? What trends do you see developing in these new products and designs? Next week, I will share with you the trends that I noticed, but I would love to hear from you about what you see as you peruse these 10 fabulous scrapbook pages. Click on "Comments" below to add your thoughts and we will see how many different trends we can all pick out in these ten layouts.