Just like all creative designs, there aren’t any hard and fast principles for scrapbooking (that’s the great thing about making a scrapbook!). Nonetheless, if you’re just starting out, being conscious of some popular rules of thumb is useful:-

Think about the subject of your scrapbook. The subject should dictate the presentation and style of the scrapbook. For example, if you are producing an album to celebrate a wedding or a child being born, then you should pick out colours, papers and embellishments that present one fused style around that subject.

Now a style has been picked out, consider the materials you wish to use. For example, you may want to use scrapbooking haberdashery in the scrapbooking projects.

A useful tip to defining the subject of your page is to entitle it. Use stickers or die cut letters to spell out your title, or just print it directly from your computer.

If you’re composing a small description on the page, write it out on some scrap paper beforehand to make sure the wording is correct.

There’s no strict convention regarding how many photos to use on any given page, but they should have some relation to your theme. Choose a variety of photos that you can use as you design the page.

The most important thing is you enjoy the time your spend developing your scrapbook. Making a scrapbook is a hobby that many individuals love doing and you’ll discover there’s a big internet community prepared to share their points and aid you in your scrapbooking endeavours.