Learn How To Scrapbook

Dear Beginner to Scrapbooking,

The absolute first question you should ever ask yourself when you want to learn scrapbooking is WHAT TYPE OF SCRAPBOOKING DO I WANT TO LEARN?

This is critically important because the costs of both paper scrapbooking and digital scrapbooking can add up fairly quickly if you are not carefull.

Both are amazing – and both can be mixed together to make some amazing Hybrid Scrapbooking albums…but you have to start somewhere.

Most people start with paper scrapbooking – but is your choice.

If you can’t decide for yourself, here are some things to consider.  If you like any of these – then paper scrapbooking is perfect for you, do you like:

1. Printing and placing your photo’s into albums (despite the fact that you have a digital camera).
2. Staring at all of the amazing STUFF your local scrapbooking or craft store has on display? (Especially scrapbook papers, ribbons, stickers and otehr embellishments)
3. Wondering how all of the tools, are used?
4. Purchasing really cool supplies and mediums (like stickers, papers, cardstock, ribbons, pens, inks and more) with the intention of making use of them some day because they ARE so cool?
5. Inspecting  or learning about new hole punches, embossing mediums, glitters, stamps, specialty inks and the like.

What about…

1. Collecting little bits and pieces, widgets and trinkets and making use of them?
2. Having fun with color mediums like water colors, chalk, powders, dies, inks etc?
3. Having fun with substrates like acrylic, lexan, acetate, vellum, burlap, canvas, micra etc.
4. Touching and feeling different textures and finished projects?

All of it is fascinating and absolutely incredible to experience of course.  If this describes you – you should definitely lean more towards learning paper scrapbooking.

On the other hand…you will LOVE digital scrapbooking if…

1. You love to be creative ON THE COMPUTER.
2. You have more fonts than you will ever use loaded up to your computer.
3. You are addicted to taking and editing digital photos.
4. You love that you can pretty much do anything to a digital photo (from removing the background to adding people or objects to it).
5. You also love your scanner. You scan everything you can think of that might some day be useful on a digital file of sorts.
6. You read design books for fun or inspiration.
7. You have a real knack for computer graphics. Or at least you think you do.
8. And you have endless patience for learning new software and new tricks for that software.
9. You are willing to print what you do on the computer (from a graphics perspective).

If this is you…Learning Digital Scrapbooking is definitely something you will want to make happen.

If  all of the above (for paper and digital scrapbooking) describes you then you should probably “saddle up” and “get prepared” for a lifelong hobby as a scrapbooker! (We do too; that’s why we are here).

No matter what you choose….you have to take action and start today.  The sooner the better really.  This industry is just getting bigger and bigger and if you don’t know where to begin now – it will be that much harder tomorrow!

P.S. ScrapbookingDirections.com is here to teach you the EASY way to get started with scrapbooking.  We will also be here as you progress through to advanced scrapbooking and are searching for scrapbooking ideas….we will also be here if one day you decide to open a scrapbooking business.

Please bookmark our site, tell your friends and come back regularly – we are ONLY going to stay in business if we have supporters just like you on board.

So good luck to you!  May all of your masterpieces come true!

**Please comment below if you have questions. We are here for YOU!