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Need help with title, scrapbook of me and my brother.

I'm trying to make a scrapbook of my brother and I as he's going off to college this year. It has pictures from 2012 to 2024. Any ideas on titles?

3 Comments
2024/03/16
22:44 UTC

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Former Creative Memories Consultant

My mom was a Creative Memories consultant from late 90’s to early 2000’s and has a large collection of Vintage Creative Memories scrapbooking material.

Is there a market for this? Who would buy this? Is this still a hobby people enjoy?

6 Comments
2024/03/16
16:06 UTC

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Need title about strangers or just meeting

I'm making a scrap book of my boyfriend and I. He was my college roommates cousin so I'd met him once or twice but were never talked outside of the occasional family holiday for over 5 years. Then my roommate/his cousin put together a D&D group with us both and now we're here. Long story short, I found a photo of us sitting next to each other at the very first family holiday I attended which was the day we met

I want a caption or title that fits this situation. The only thing I can come up with is "perfect strangers" or "friendly... not friends" but I don't think those are right. Any ideas?

6 Comments
2024/03/15
21:11 UTC

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I dried some small roses months ago and I am glad with the result!

8 Comments
2024/03/15
13:41 UTC

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Where do you get your scrapbooking materials?

Hi! I recently just got into scrapbooking and was wondering what the cheapest options are for scrapbooking. I tend to spend way too much money on my hobbies only to become uninterested in them after only doing a few projects lol. I want more supplies though and I just don’t know where to look! Any suggestions appreciated :)

26 Comments
2024/03/15
12:55 UTC

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First attempt of scrapbooking/junk journalling

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2024/03/15
12:53 UTC

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Need help with witty caption

I am making a photo book for my boyfriend for our anniversary. One page is all the things we've made together like art, lego mini figs of our dnd characters, our build-a-bear, our minecraft house, etc. I need a caption or title that flows a little better than "stuff we made"

6 Comments
2024/03/14
21:49 UTC

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I’m not sure if this is the correct subreddit for this, but is there a way to clean this gunk off of these photos?

Hi! I’m working on restoring an old photo collage for my partner’s late mother’s Celebration of Life and I was wondering if there was anything I could use like Goo Gone to remove these sticky brown stains? When I try to remove it with my fingernail, the surface of the photo comes away with the brown gunk. Again, I’m not sure if this is the correct subreddit for this so I apologize in advance, but any help would be greatly appreciated!

4 Comments
2024/03/14
20:01 UTC

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My new scrapbook pages!!

Very happy with my new one so far!! Can you tell which I’m most proud of myself for 😭😭😭 LOLL

8 Comments
2024/03/14
17:44 UTC

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Speed run of my 1st sketchbook!!

I started this one two years ago and i just picked back up scrapbooking as a hobby and im pretty happy with how it is right now! I’ve decided to retire it and start a brand new one so i can have all my new inspiration on a fresh slate!!

2 Comments
2024/03/14
17:38 UTC

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Me Again, I'm Testing Out the Longevity of Modern "Magnetic" Album Pages and Wanted to Share my Day 1

The "Magnetic" Photo album is the bane of many-a-memory circa 1960s to... IDK.. the 90s? Something of a breeze to get photos laid out in a pretty album without getting your hands dirty, but a nightmare come 2 decades down the line when your photos have acid lines leeched into them and the ancient glue won't even do you dignity of pulling the photos without rips, unless you want to get Oral B involved.

So when I saw a decent quality album at Barnes & Noble on clearance for 6 bucks, with posts so I could swap the protectors, I wasn't going to say "No," exactly, I wanted to embrace an opportunity to see what I could see about this No-Go album type, it claims itself to be acid free and that's the biggest downfall of the magnetic albums of the days of yore (the other big one being the glue loves your photos and doesn't want to give 'em back without a fight). While I'm not gonna make this thing my wedding album I did want to see what would happen if I threw various paper stocks and pens and adhesives down under [the clear film that keeps the pages from sticking to eachother]. So here we are, I assume it will be many years before I see anything happen, if anything at, given the advertised Acid-Free nature of the book. I'll update here at-least annually, same as my tape test, but I'll probably throw periodic updates in the imgur album (if Imgur gets any less hostile to photo uploads anyways).

About the page itself, it's obviously a bunch of scraps, but to make it a memory keeping page, I did throw some pics of a craft thriftstore haul where I got a ton of paper scraps I had to sort through, which my lovely cat insisted on helping with.

0 Comments
2024/03/14
15:54 UTC

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Two Years Into Testing, All Systems SEEM a-Go in my Tape Test

2 years ago, I set out on an experiment and I've been updating too.

I wanted to see if I could test different adhesives for longevity, or lack thereof. If you ever see a longwinded comment to a newbie about acid and the importance of knowing about it, there's a decent chance that was me. I know acid deteriorates and discolors paper, I've seen it in my oldest scrapbooks, in day-to-day things with tape, and obviously an internet-full of people SAYING it does, but I wanted to have something physical I could point to when I go on my soapbox, something I could point to and say If you use X tape, you've got about Y years with it under smart conditions (controlled for acid, heat, humidity & UV exposure).

So here I am, 2 years in, and not much to show yet, which is good in some ways; it means, at least with the variety of tape I utilized, people have at least 2 years of no issues, probably more before issues are apparent, but I'll be honest, I hoped to have SOMETHING to point to to say DON'T DO THAT BECAUSE THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS! But that's OK too, I know I will. There's no way none of the options I used are just going to be absolutely fine forever, and if they are, I suppose I've eaten more bitter words than "I'm glad to hear your photos glued down with Elmer's White Glue are absolutely fine 3 decades later" (I wouldn't use Elmer's still for wet-glue warp-age reasons, and there's still time for time to tell on it, maybe, but I think you get my point)

Anyways, I'm starting up some more testing with magnetic photo pages, are there any other things people can think of that they want to see tested over years while I'm at it?

0 Comments
2024/03/14
15:40 UTC

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Don't know if this is the right sub, but how do you use this type of sticker? It doesn't seem like it can peel off

4 Comments
2024/03/14
03:41 UTC

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Love love love

0 Comments
2024/03/13
21:05 UTC

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My new handmade movable paper dolls

4 Comments
2024/03/13
20:08 UTC

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Blue sky theme.

Playing around with just stuff.

2 Comments
2024/03/13
17:08 UTC

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Help! I’ve never done a scrapbook!!

Im looking for some advice on an idea I have. I’ve never scrapbooked in my life and this will be a huge project, but it’s a special/ important project. Let me explain…

My cousin, who is more like my sister, is currently battling cervical cancer. Recently, she was given the news that she’s at a crossroads. She can either choose palliative care or go the aggressive route and continue to fight. It’s been rough, as is with cancer, but she’s choosing to continue fighting. However, her husband asked me to talk to her about writing her 3 children letters for future events and such, in case the worst happens. This is something that her and I talked about when she was first diagnosed and it’s something she wants to do, but I believe she is delaying it for some obvious and maybe not so obvious reasons. Her husband thinks that I’ll be able to get the ball rolling on it. However I’m struggling myself because I almost feel as if I would be telling her I don’t think she’s going to make it or that I would be pushing her causing her even more pain and upset. I can’t do that, I won’t, but I also know her children are her world and that if something did happen and she hadn’t left them anything, she would be upset. At one point she was going to do Cricut QR codes that would have voice messages from her on them, but I guess she changed her mind. So, I’m trying to think of the best way to approach this, without causing harm.

This is where scrapbooking popped into my mind. She has always been a crafty person, always done crafts with all her children for every reason and sometimes for no reason. lol I was thinking that I could create scrapbook pages for special occasions, or moments where a child might want their mom. I wouldn’t complete them. Instead I’d leave a space for a letter from her, and then create spaces for pictures she can add and pictures they can add later. I would like to give these to her, for her to flip through and maybe get ideas herself to add things and maybe it’ll help her write the letters. Make sense? Is this a weird idea? If not could anyone, everyone please help with advice, direction, where to get supplies and any relative information? I’m on a budget so any information on the best/ cheapest way to get supplies would help as well. I’m usually not a crafty person, probably the only one in my family who wasn’t, but this is something I’d like to do to help her.

Thank you in advance!

7 Comments
2024/03/12
23:46 UTC

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Self-adhesive sheets

Hello lovely people!

If this is not an appropriate place for this type of inquiry, please let me know.

I'm hoping you creative people provide some suggestions or recommendations. I'm attempting to display some items in a scrapbook-esque medium. However, the items are all, unfortunately off-white. As such, the typical self-adhesive sheets are ill-suited. Finding a non-white version of these sheets would be the ideal, as they easily facilitate quick grabbing and replacing of the items. I'm not concerned about the glue affecting what I put on it, as the items are not paper, or easily torn. I already have one such binder, but the sheets are white and it is nigh impossible to make out the items in it.

So I come here, hoping some among you may know of an alternative that would provide the ease of access these sheets do, or ideally, a non-white version of these self-adhesive sheets. TIA!

14 Comments
2024/03/12
21:34 UTC

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My handmade movable paper dolls

0 Comments
2024/03/12
21:02 UTC

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Is an at home photo printer worth it?

I do a lot of Journaling and memory books for my kids and I love being able to write about our day and add the pictures immediately instead of waiting for them to be shipped. Currently, I'm using the HP Sprocket, but the quality is not good, it zooms in on my photos too much and I want slightly larger photos. I'd love to be able to print both small and large photos. I don't need any bigger than 4x6.

Does anyone use the Canon SELPHY 1300 or 1500?

If so, can you give me some helpful info? I've read that you have to purchase a battery separate from the printer. And are ink cartridges needed?

Is one better than the other for journaling and scrapbook needs? Any pros or cons?

Thanks so much!

5 Comments
2024/03/12
20:46 UTC

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Mini journal page I made today 🤎

0 Comments
2024/03/12
18:32 UTC

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Blue themed Scarpbooking

Hi! I’m new to scrapbooking and have just joined this community. Here’s my first try at scrapbooking😁

3 Comments
2024/03/12
14:30 UTC

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My Father's Scrapbook

This is the scrapbook I (F 52), made for my fatherquite a few years ago with his Korean War Memorabilia that was in his C-bags. He and my mom helped me with the important stuff, but I put it together. I took it to the South Dakota State Fair and entered it into the Open Class exhibits, and it won a first place blue ribbon, but the tears in my Dad's eyes when he saw the finished book meant more to me than the ribbon ever did.

The book's cover

I found lots of US Marine papers to use like this one

Besides using handmade papers and making origami, I printed out Japanese/English words for these Japanese pages

4 Comments
2024/03/12
05:02 UTC

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In need of advice.

Hello.

Maybe someone can offer some guidance. I’ve been a long time saver of concert, transportation, museum or other event ticket stubs. I’m probably over thinking this. And I’m not really that artistic.

For years I shoved all transportation stubs into a small photo album. And event / attraction stubs into another album.

I’ve been really leaning on the idea of having a big scrap book(s) either A) kinda like I had here, two seperate books of just stubs. B) doing an all concert ticket scrap book with accompanying photos and the other will be miscellaneous C) 3 seperate books (transportation stubs, concert stubs, and photos)

If I consolidate it all, it wouldn’t fit into one book. Unless it was a million pages.

I’m asking for anyone’s guidance, how would you put all this together? 1 giant book with photos? Separate books?

5 Comments
2024/03/11
18:40 UTC

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Is there anyone out there I could pay to digitize my kids artwork?

I have 3 kids and albums of their artwork (via photos). I am hoping to "scrapbook" their art to have it all in one place digitally.

I'm not interested in some of the online companies (artkive) and more interested in seeing if anyone on this page might offer a service like this.

8 Comments
2024/03/11
17:27 UTC

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My friend's request

She wanted a page for Apollo from Animal Crossing 💖 And when I saw that his birthday is July 4, I just had to do it like this 😆 Making the flag took me longer than I'd like to admit...

0 Comments
2024/03/11
02:29 UTC

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