If you are new to crafting and wanting to find out how to make a scrapbook then this article has been written especially for you. Scrapbooking has become increasing popular in the last decade and is a way of recording and preserving keepsakes and pictures that can be enjoyed by generation after generation.

Wikipedia defines scrapbook as “Scrapbooking is a method for preserving a legacy of written history in the form of photographs, printed media, and memorabilia contained in decorated albums, or scrapbooks”. While the photographs, printed media and memorabilia make it distinct, the “decorated” part identifies the project as a scrapbook as opposed to a basic notebook.

Scrapbooking techniques and tools have matured substantially over the past few years with more and more great scrapbook ideas discovered and shared within the scrapbooking community.

If you don't have a clue on scrapbooking, please read on.

Whether you are new to scrapbooking or have been creating beautiful scrapbook page layouts for years there are always tips and scrapbook ideas that you may not have considered or heard of before.

When you own scrapbook albums of the most important things to remember is to protect your scrapbook pages. Protecting your scrapbook pages correctly will make certain they just as good in years to come. It is false economy to buy a cheap scrapbook album so always buy the best one you can afford.

All of us celebrate one thing or another. Many of us already know that for every occasion it is a right occasion to take a picture right. You have holidays, reunions, sporting events etc.

Whether you are new to scrapbooking or have been putting your scrapbook ideas into practice for a while, every keen scrapbooking enthusiast welcomes new ideas, tips and techniques so I am going to share a few of mine with you.

When creating a scrapbook page most crafters will want some form of title on their scrapbook page layout that explains what the page is all about. You may decide to use an actual word that describes the day in question such as birthday, wedding, anniversary or you may choose to have a phrase that describes the emotion such as happy, sad, fun and so on.

Scrapbooking has been around for many years. If you think back to when you were are child cutting pictures out of magazines, using old scraps of ribbon and paper to decorate a scrapbook page.