Designing Your Scrapbooking Pages
Paper is the most widely used material for creating scrapbooking pages and this alone is available in so many colours, styles, patterns and textures that it is impossible for a person to use every type of paper in their scrapbooking pages. You certainly are not going to be lacking in choice if you decide to only use paper for your scrapbooking pages. The way that the paper is used can also add a new dimension to scrapbooking pages with different placement methods and methods for trimming the paper into the desired shape including decorative scissors, punches and paper layering.Almost any material imaginable can be used as part of your scrapbooking pages. If you think of the theme that you want for your scrapbooking pages then you can begin to associate different materials with that theme. For example, scrapbooking pages that are designed around the family cat could have patches of fake fur material to add a feline feel or the baby"s first birthday could encompass pieces of a favourite blanket. Whatever your scrapbooking pages incorporate is very much down to personal preference. However, it is worth searching for inspiration from less traditional sources. Old pieces of jewellery can often be transformed into sparkling embellishments for scrapbooking pages and thrift shops are an outstanding source for cheap pieces. In fact, thrift shops and discount stores can be a wealth of inspiration for unusual materials to use for your latest scrapbooking pages.
There are plenty of people who can offer advice on how to design scrapbooking pages and the techniques to use but the actual decisions over colours, materials and how to incorporate the advice is very much down to the individual scrapper. The fun in producing scrapbooking pages is often in the planning stages and the final design can bean extremely intricate or simple one but it is always going to be unique, no matter how much inspiration you have gained from others.