Advice wanted

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I think I fancy scrapbooking but 1)Don't konw where to begin 2) Don't want to spend a fortune incase it is not for me. Can anyone give me advice or tips on how they got started.

i went to creative memories party (I'm sure you can find one on google) and listened, but didn't buy and then got all the stuff much cheaper on e-bay

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I think of it simply as a decorated photo album... seems less daunting. I recently started and can see myself getting hooked. At the moment I'm just doing little 6 inch square layouts.

Choose a favourite photo - I'm currently working through photos taken on my chldren's birthdays so I've got one difinitive birthday shot for each birthday they've had Then you'll need some paper (acid free preferably as it can damage your photos over time if it's not.) I guess you could take your photo with you to the crafty shop and see what colours/patterns look right. You can print your own paper too - there's another thread in this topic with a link to do just that. My gut feeling is that acid free isn't so important with digital photos you've printed yorself becaue you can always replace the print.

You don't need a lot of fancy twiddly bits, just using paper of different patterns works. I much prefer a simply look. I already had a lot of stuff from dabbling in card making then I fell in love with a little scrapbook album and bought it and then there was a mmsnet challenge and it took off from there for me. These are my 1st 3 attempts I kind of fiddled about with the papers and layouts until it all fell into place

first layout

second layout

third layout