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Scrapbook Adhesives
Scrapbook Adhesives - A gallery of all of the different types of adhesives available to scrapbooks with tips on which one is right for your scrapbook project.

To Crop or Not to Crop - Photo Cropping for Scrapbookers
Cropping Photos for Scrapbooking - Learn when and how to crop photos for scrapbooking.

Recycling and Money Saving Tips For Scrapbookers
Scrapbookers share ideas for using recycled items for organizing scrapbook supplies, embellishing scrapbook pages, and as tools for working on scrapbook page layouts.

How To Scrapbook - Making A Basic Scrapbook Page
How To Scrapbook - Making A Basic Scrapbook Page

Removing Photos from Old Photo Albums and Scrapbooks
Removing Photos from Old Photo Albums and old scrapbooks

Simple Steps to Creating Your First Scrapbook Page
Choosing an album, gathering supplies, and getting out your photos are just the beginning of a hobby that will preserve your family's most treasured moments for years to come. This article gives you the "know-how" you need to get started with confidence.

Supplies Needed to Get Started Scrapbooking
You have the photos and you have seen gorgeous scrapbooks that friends or relatives have made. You even have a budding desire to be a scrapbooker, but when you enter the scrapbook aisle at the craft store or walk into a scrapbook store, you feel lost and don't know where to begin. This article contains a printable list to help you get started with the right supplies.

What is a Simple Scrapbook?
Simple scrapbooks. You’ve heard the term, seen the magazine and maybe even read the book that started it all. But perhaps you’re still wondering—what exactly is a “simple scrapbook”? Does “simple” imply that it’s just for beginners? Or lacking in creativity and content? Not at all! This article gives you all you need to know to get started making simple scrapbooks this weekend.

Permission Granted
Read this first. This article will change the way you think about scrapbooking. Are you really planning to scrapbook every photo you have taken for the last 30 years in chronological albums? Read this article first.

Choosing an Album
One of your first decisions in scrapbooking is how to select which album to use. This article will help you evaluate what size and type album to use.