Scrapbooking from Craft4creation

Scrapbooking Crafts

What Is Scrapbooking?

Scrapbooking has been popular for many years. Since the introduction of the photograph people have created scrapbooks for memorabilia, storing photos and creating stories to show their experiences in the style of a scrapbooking album.

Scrapbooking Industry

Times have changed in the way scrapbooks have been created and the last 20 years has seen a growing interest and many changes in the industry. Craft supplies were few and far between, now there are many Craft and Online Craft Supplies Shops offering excellent products for scrapbooking and crafting in general.

It is essential when creating your own scrapbook that you use the correct products so that you do not damage your precious memories. You will need to ensure that your products are acid free so that you do not damage your photographs. Products that contain acid will fade or yellow your photographs overtime, products that are acid free will preserve the life of your photographs for a much longer period. All good Craft Shops will sell items that are suitable for scrapbooking the product will clearly state if it is acid free if it doesn’t then it is best not to use it. If you have an item you really want to use and you know it isn’t acid free you can purchase sprays that will make your product acid free. If you are unsure if an item is safe to use in your scrapbook, you can also purchase pens that you can test your product which will tell you if they are safe.

Modern Scrapbooking

Digital scrapbooking has taken off in recent years and many scrapbookers will create pages on the computer using specially designed programs to create page layouts and insert photographs stored on to the computer. These pages can be printed off to add to your scrapbooking album, however, many still prefer the hands on approach and you now see scrappers going to “crops” to share ideas and tips on scrapbooking and crafting with other scrapbookers.

The quality of products has improved due to the demand. As an Industry we are still very young and scrapbooking is becoming more popular year on year. With larger Craft Shops opening, magazines to help you with your creative ideas and technique plus classes available to improve your skills the hobby of scrapbooking is becoming easier than ever before. If you are already a card maker and haven’t tried scrapbooking it couldn’t be easier, scrapbooking is just like making a large card. You can use all the products you use for card making and create some beautiful pages for your precious memories.

With the increasing popularity of scrapbooking is the establishment of numerous companies offering scrapbooking kit material all over the world. Craft4creation offer different patterned and color papers, punches, embellishments, decorative scissors, adhesives, albums, stickers, scrapbook pens and much more. Every month we post our very own scrapbooking page ideas for you to use to create great card making and scrapbooking crafts. Also we host our free prize draw for everyone who registers or makes a purchase at our store in that month.

Checkout our latest craft supplies scrapbooking products and I hope all you scrappers can find what you need at our store. If there is a product you cannot find feel free to email at info@craft4creation.co.uk and we will try to help you as not all our stock may be online.