Scrapbooking is become a popular hobby in the last decade or so, it is the perfect way to treasure your memories for years to come. Some folks have made this hobby into a business, anyways if you want to know how to start a scrapbook then this article should be of some help.

Things you need to make your scrapbook.

Scrapbook - The most important thing you need first up is a good quality scrapbook, there are plenty of options, but my personal suggestion is to invest some money in buying a good quality scrapbook.
The pages in the scrapbook should be firm and should not easily fall, You should be able to remove each page individually, and also be able to add more pages. Scrapbooks come in a variety of themes.

Paper - Acid and lignin free card stock, paper, and vellum are some of the options.

Adhesive - You need some good adhesive or you will have pictures falling out of your scrapbook, Some of the commonly used adhesives include sticky dots, double sided tape, spray glue.

Cutting Equipment- A good craft scissor will be a good option to give a nice wavy effect to the pictures.

Scrapbook - Embellishments

You will use embellishments to decorate your scrapbook page layouts, these come in different forms like wire, ribbons, stickers, stamps, brads etc another good option is to purchase a machine that will cut shapes and create your own embellishments.

Scrapbook - Process

Once you have decided the theme of your scrapbook, you need to select a picture or pictures that will be the focal point of first page and then you can use the colours in the picture to determine the colour scheme of the whole page.

Once the picture are on you can use some fancy wording and then decorate it with brads, ribbons, paper etc.

When you are doing your scrapbook, do not over do it, don't make it bulky with embellishments because you will need to place the sheet in a plastic sleeve.

An one last tip, when you by the paper, choose acid and lignin free products, using anything else will deteriorate your scrapbook over time

One of the most important things to remember when creating scrapbook page layouts is not to overdo them, remember they will need to be placed into a thin plastic sleeve so attaching bulky embellishments simply won't work and will look unsightly in your scrapbook.