Any Scrapbookers out there? [Archive]

drolnhoj

27-05-2005, 16:29

Originally posted by CathS
Hi Guys

I am an avid Scrapbooker and just wondered if there were anymore of us out there??

I am sure when Citygirl sees this post she will respond. You cannot move in our house for scrapbook material. I think she loves scrapbooking more than she loves me. She spends hours in hobbycraft and even found a scrapbook shop up London road last weekend. It is becoming quite scary. She is even trying to turn the kids into mini scrapbookers. I am sure it has been instigated by some strange cult. My ex wife introduced her to it and now they scrapbook together! Spooky!:rolleyes:

CathS

27-05-2005, 18:37

Originally posted by drolnhoj
I am sure when Citygirl sees this post she will respond. You cannot move in our house for scrapbook material. I think she loves scrapbooking more than she loves me. She spends hours in hobbycraft and even found a scrapbook shop up London road last weekend. It is becoming quite scary. She is even trying to turn the kids into mini scrapbookers. I am sure it has been instigated by some strange cult. My ex wife introduced her to it and now they scrapbook together! Spooky!:rolleyes:

:lol:

I can totally relate!

It is very addictive. I have a whole room full off stuff and go to a class on a Saturday. Hobbycraft is ok but it's not the best for stuff, i spend a fortune via the WWW

drolnhoj

27-05-2005, 19:17

Originally posted by CathS
:lol:

I can totally relate!

It is very addictive. I have a whole room full off stuff and go to a class on a Saturday. Hobbycraft is ok but it's not the best for stuff, i spend a fortune via the WWW

So does Citygirl! She got some stuff off ebay this week. She even went down to Kent to a workshop a couple of weeks ago.

tulip

27-05-2005, 22:29

Yes, I love it. you can get really good scrapbooking materials in the US, check out some Us mail order sites

rubydazzler

27-05-2005, 23:03

scrapbooking? ermmmm! what is it?

ruby

and please don't say it's making books of scraps lol :rolleyes:

FairyNormal

27-05-2005, 23:04

Maybe I am missing something here but what exactly is scrapbooking?

My memories of scrapbooks were plain books filled with newspaper cuttings, stickers and anything else you wanted to keep safe as a child.

Has this changed into some major craft/hobby now?

Draggletail

27-05-2005, 23:10

I wanna know to, please.
Sounds like money could be made here:suspect: :D

CathS

28-05-2005, 06:08

Scrapbooking is kind of like it was in the 80's when you pout photos and memorabilia into a book, but things have changes alot since then.
It's a very creative craft these days.

leddi

28-05-2005, 08:09

My friend's mum has recently started up a scrapbooking (well about a yr ago) business, down south..they have relatives in the US, it's massive over their apparantly.. Although I have never made a 'scrapbook', I do keep a diary each year.. i fill it with pictures, cinema tickets, photographs, decorations etc and it's huge by the time the end of the year comes, I can't close the diary! I understand that this is a very crude way of 'scrapbooking', I read an article in the Sheffield Star about a women from Sheffield who's business has 'taken off' with all the new interest in the craft/art!

tulip

28-05-2005, 15:06

Yeah, I live in the US and it is massive over here (everything is bloody massive!) It's incredible the amount of 'scrapbooking' stuff that you can buy. Walmart has a section and you can get really good packs of great paper and 'dinky' stickers etc for $5 a pack. Walmart do mail order but I don't know if they will send stuff out of the country www.walmart.com (http://www.walmart.com) It might be worth a look though!

CathS

28-05-2005, 16:33

Thanks Tulip, will have a look :D

citygirl

28-05-2005, 20:10

Originally posted by CathS
:lol:

I can totally relate!

It is very addictive. I have a whole room full off stuff and go to a class on a Saturday. Hobbycraft is ok but it's not the best for stuff, i spend a fortune via the WWW

Whereabouts are the classes you attend? I origionally started making greetings cards with my two little boys, then started scrapbooking too. My 4 and 6 year old want me to get them an album so they can have a go. I find it very addictive and therapeutic.

CathS

28-05-2005, 20:20

They just started this weekend and it is a Scrapaholics crop.

Details here - http://www.scrapaholics.co.uk/main.php?page=Club-Sheffield

If you aren't already a member you should come along to the UKScrappers forum. Everyone that attends the crop is a member there although you don't have to be :D
It's a very addictive forum! Just like this :D

www.ukscrappers.co.uk

pertfoxylush

02-12-2006, 10:01

melthebell

02-12-2006, 10:09

back in my hardcore punk days i made about 5 scrapbooks full of punk info / pics from various sources.....posters, newspapers, magazines, fanzines, theres also some rare gig tickets :P

but this was personal and had a point rather than a fashionable craft
i also did some political montages on sheets of paper, think i still have em

CathS

02-12-2006, 12:12

Sorry to hijack this thread!

This might sound a bit silly, but I want to start a scrapbook and I don't really know what sort of stuff goes into them.

I tend to hoard stuff, that remind me of days out etc, like tube tickets when I went to London and other random things!

Is it just anything that means 'something' and not specifiically just photos etc?

Thanks

You can scrapbook anything really, doesn't have to be about pictures.
register on this site and take a look in the gallery for some ideas

www.ukscrappers.co.uk

AJ sheffield

02-12-2006, 12:25

I tried to start my own scrapbook a couple of years ago. I managed to stick about half a kilo of old cast iron guttering onto the first page but the spine of the book wasnt upto the job and the page fell out.

CathS

02-12-2006, 12:52

medusa

02-12-2006, 12:57

I'm moving this thread into the Craft group- where it should feel more at home amongst like-minded threads.

AJ sheffield

02-12-2006, 13:13

lol Ok then

Sorry, just messing, I didnt mean to lower the tone. Years ago my dad used to do house clearances for people who had died and there were no relatives around to empty the house. It was way back in the late 70s and very early 80s.
I sometimes used to go with him and it became a real adventure for a young un like me. I always used to find scrapbooks in these houses and looking back it was a real shame they were going to be destroyed along with loads of other personal stuff.
Some were very nearly photo albums, they had very little in the way of cuttings and stuff, but others really were proper scrapbooks. They gave you an insight into the persons interests and thoughts, their emotions even.
I doubt many of the younger generation will be interested in scrapbooks nowadays. Shame really
AJ

kittenta

02-12-2006, 14:36

I'm going to start one of these in the new year and get the kids one each. I want to record every trip we make whether it's a holiday, day trip or just a walk out somewhere. Something to look at when they get older :) Any suggestions as to what sort of stuff I should get in ready?

Beancounter

03-12-2006, 10:43

I don't do scrapbooking as such, but I use a lot of the techniques and supplies for card making - so it's a craft that can be used in many different ways..

Eleke95

30-12-2006, 19:23

Wanting to get started on scrap booking. Bought a few things ready to start apart from the album to put it all in - where do I get one of these??!!

Al Bethere

31-12-2006, 17:10

Some really good magazines on scrapbooking. You can get them at WH Smith.
I have been scrapbooking for 2 years and have made scrapbooks in different sizes. Have even made my own albums.
It brings your photos to life and can tell stories that might be forgotten or lost.
Didn't know there was a club in Sheffield. Thanks for posting the info

kittenta

02-01-2007, 10:32

So where does everyone buy their scrapbooks from? Are they actually called scrapbooks or something else? (like do you buy a large notebook or something)

Eleke95

02-01-2007, 10:45

i think they are special albums kittenta. i am going to phone hobby craft to see if they sell them and if so, i'm going to get one later this week!

kittenta

02-01-2007, 20:27

i think they are special albums kittenta. i am going to phone hobby craft to see if they sell them and if so, i'm going to get one later this week!

Don't forget to let us know when you find some and how much, please :thumbsup:

Eleke95

02-01-2007, 20:51

Don't forget to let us know when you find some and how much, please :thumbsup:
Hopefully I will have some info for you tomorrow Kittenta!:bigsmile:

CathS

03-01-2007, 14:18

Hobbycraft do sell them but they are very limited and expensive, you're much better off buying them online.
There are literally hundreds of scrapbook albums out there ranging from 6x6 inches up to 12x12 inches which is the most popular.
Here are a few lnks to fave online shops of mine

www.kalulu.com Great for albums!
www.paperarts.co.uk
www.artbasehornchurch.com/acatalog/
www.atripdownmemorylane.co.uk
www.boxroombooty.co.uk
www.scrapmagic.co.uk

Let me know if you need anymore help

Eleke95

03-01-2007, 15:17

Went to hobby craft today - the albums are nice but nothing out of the ordinary and range in price from £14.99 to £24.99 (the ones they had in stock today) so I think I'm going to have a look round before deciding on one. The papers etc are lovely though and I managed to spend a tenner on various papers, and trimmings!(and these were sale items, some of which I thought were very reasonable) I could have gone mad in there! Can see me getting hooked on this one!!! Kittenta - well worth a look if your passing!!

CathS

03-01-2007, 15:30

Glad you managed to get some things there. Scrapbooking is very VERY addictive and it will easily bankrupt you lol!

kittenta

05-01-2007, 08:36

CathS

05-01-2007, 10:47

If you get the kids the scrap in A4 then they could use normal folders with the plastic A4 sleeves that are just a few pounds and everything will be protected.

Plummidge

07-01-2007, 20:34

CAn you recommend any good scrapbooking shops in the Sheffield area? I live in Southampton, but my husband is from Sheffield and we pop up to visit family from time to time.

CathS

07-01-2007, 21:17

There aren't that many unfortunetely
Theres Be Crafty at Wincobank, the Craft centre at Ridgeway, The Craft Box at Elsecar heritage centre in Barnsley and Hobbycraft at Meadowhall retail Park

Eleke95

19-01-2007, 15:21

Well, I've just completed my second Scrapbook page (new born pics of each of my 2 kids) and I am so pleased with my efforts ~ so now I'm totally hooked! I am trying to get my scanner mended and then I will post my pages ~ to get your opinions of my first attempts!!

kittenta

20-01-2007, 11:57

Eleke95

21-01-2007, 21:42

I am wanting my kids to start one each to keep a record of days out etc bt I can't really afford to go splashing out on three scrapbooks! Does anyone have any ideas for an alternative that I could use? I had thought about those hardback notebooks but I figured that maybe the pages would get too heavy and tear with them only being thin? I wanted to start them this weekend too.
Thought about you yesterday. In The Works on the moor, they have now got some small albums, ideal for the kids including some papers and trimmings etc for £2.99/£3.99 each. They would also make nice little presents for anyone into crafting. (Thinking of asking The Works for a cut of their profits after all this advertising I'm doing for them!)

kittenta

23-01-2007, 12:05

Thought about you yesterday. In The Works on the moor, they have now got some small albums, ideal for the kids including some papers and trimmings etc for £2.99/£3.99 each. They would also make nice little presents for anyone into crafting. (Thinking of asking The Works for a cut of their profits after all this advertising I'm doing for them!)

I agree, you should get freebies :D

drp215

14-02-2007, 17:26

Not sure if anyone's mentioned this so I'll apologise if it is a duplicate message but they hold a scrapbooking class at Elsecar heritage centre a couple of nights a week. It's in the craft shop where you'll also find loads of materials for scrapbooking. I need to restart mine, I've had a break for a while...ran out of creativity!

CathS

15-02-2007, 06:13

I'd love to go but it's too far for me and i don't drive :(

Eleke95

15-02-2007, 06:22

I'd love to go but it's too far for me and i don't drive :(

Same here CathS:sad: :cry:

drp215

18-02-2007, 20:12

There is also a craft shop in Hillsborough that was starting to run monthly classes, not sure if they still are but worth a look if you are near by the area/a tram stop.

drp215

18-02-2007, 20:13

Also, Poundland are selling scrapbooking mini albums and lots of embellishments for...wait for it...£1 (of course!). I doubt they are acid/lignin free but still amazing value.

Eleke95

19-02-2007, 04:28

Thanks for that drp215, I will have a look in poundland, you never know might find something! - Also, I'm not too far from Hillsborough, where's the craft shop roughly? Near the precinct?

Cheers!

kittenta

19-02-2007, 12:31

The craft shop that runs classes is further up middlewood road, opposite the park where the library is. It is set back a little. You have to book for the classes but they are always very popular and the staff in there are really friendly :thumbsup:

leggit

01-03-2007, 01:00

Love scrapbboking. I have been working in antiques for years and there is nothing that makes me sadder than old family photoalbums no names just a load of faces, no stories. I always wonder who they are and I'm sure that there would be someone who would love to have their family album if only you could trace them. Scrapbooking Rules oh and cardmaking and felting and quilting and don't know yet have to see what I find next

leggit

01-03-2007, 01:05

Scrapbooking is the best way to keep your memories alive> Your normal photo albums most of which have acid in them destroy your photos. As a scrapbooker you keep your photos on pages that not only are full of all the true memories of that photo but are also visually pleasing. Scrapbooking products are all acid and lignin free which means your photos should be good for about 200 years . So when your great grandchildren pick up your album they'll know that you loved or hated Chocolate and that your favorite group was who ever . you childrens 1st words all the things that are important to you.

retrokez

01-03-2007, 13:51

hi all. just getting into scrapbooking. i love finding ways for my photos to be displayed and this looks like the great craft.
my M-I-L is 60 this year and my 10yr old daugter and i want to make her a scrapbook. got F-I-L hunting and smuggling out photos i can copy but trying to pick an album is a nightmare(want 12x12 good quality but not at high price) found this site http://a1crafts.co.uk/index.html?lang=en-uk&target=d98.html. Any one used them? Any ideas?

CathS

05-03-2007, 10:48

Hi
No, i've never heard of A1 crafts.
Let us know how you get on

yummyyumyum

05-03-2007, 11:00

my mother imports all scrap booking materials such as albums and page books that include cut outs etc. i pinched a couple of sets from her a few weeks ago to put bits together with my daughter.
they are all in sets and have a theme such as baby, disney princesses, christmas etc. anyone that might be interested in buying any of these please pm me where i can find out more details for you.
lisa x

Eleke95

25-03-2007, 10:41

As promised ages ago, here's a scrap book page that I completed a few weeks ago. I think this was my 4th completed page, but it's one of my favorites cause like the bright colours etc. this was actually taken just before the layout was stuck down (with 3d effects etc) but you can still get the general idea. Anyway, here goes .....

http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s138/mackenzieD/HPIM0091.jpg

Gleighton

17-04-2007, 18:15

Hey everybody been reading your threads.Im into card making & scrapbooking.I seem to have been doing crafts since i was little[i'm 45 now-it's been a long time].I have my own ebay shop if anybodys interested.It stocks many craft items & I'm just about to start stocking some scrapbook papers. The ebay shop is called Pink Frog Crafts and Cards.Iv'e got a project on at the moment doing a scrapbook as a pressie for my sister who is 40 in May.She lives in Sheffield & I live in Chesterfield so she won't be able to peek until it's finished.!!!!

Eleke95

17-04-2007, 18:29

Nice one Gleighton, sounds good. I have only been making cards and scrap booking for a few months but I can't believe how totally addictive it is. I am also a bit obsessed with buying craft stuff - I could be doing worse! (That's my excuse anyway!) I find myself getting the housework etc done double quick so I can have some craft time to myself! (And I get a bit snappy if I'm interrupted!)

Gleighton

18-04-2007, 08:01

Thanks footiefreak.Noticed the earl marshal bit at the bottom of your reply.I used to go there when I was younger.

78she

23-04-2007, 08:56

A baby will make love stronger, days shorter, nights longer, bankroll smaller, home happier, clothes shabbier, the past forgotten, and the future worth living for.

CathS

24-04-2007, 07:25

Eleke95

24-04-2007, 07:45

It certainly does become an obsession! And you could quite easily become bankrupt buying stash lol!
Love the page you've done. Really bright and cheery

Oh thanks CathS, I will post a few more of my pages later.

Eleke95

12-05-2007, 06:00

As promised above, here's another one of my pages. It was actually done as part of a "Shoe Project" at a local art group/Church. We had to make something about a special pair of shoes that meant something to us - a scrap book page was the obvious thing to do for me.
http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s138/mackenzieD/DisplayforShoeProjectatChristChurch.jpg

And yes, it's the same 'special shoes' that are in my avatar - my girls 'first red shoes'

Suffragette1

16-10-2007, 13:07

Eleke95

17-10-2007, 18:59

Hi - have only just discovered this thread - I just LOVE scrapbooking and agree it is totally addictive and can be extremely expensive. I get most of my stuff of the web, especially 12x12 background papers and embellishments. I don't really rate Hobbycraft for scrapbooking, I have been to Craft Haven on London Road as well as Which Craft opposite the Edge.

We were in the States earlier on this year & I had the good fortune to stumble upon a craft shop - there was just so much to choose from it was unbelievable, I didn't know where to start and what with my husband waiting for me in the car outisde in temps of the 40s it was a bit of a supermarket sweep. And it was all SO cheap, if only we could have the choice over here.

I'd be interested to hear from any fellow scrapbookers - I've done 2 so far, both for friends' 40ths. Plan on doing more for myself and the family, when I get round to it that is as it drives my husband mad as I tend to take over the house with all the my stuff!

I know what you mean - scrapbooking/card making stuff slowly taking over our house too!

Here is a scrap book page that I completed today. It represents my kids and words that mean something to them as they are NOW - no doubt most of these words won't mean the same to them in a couple of years time, so I just wanted to do something to remember what they are into now.

http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s138/mackenzieD/MyPoettreeScrapbookpage07.jpg

It's called a Poet Tree - a tree with words of a poem from the branches or words that just mean something to you for whatever reason.

kittenta

18-10-2007, 11:36

I haven't strted one yet because I can think of too many things to do, along with the kids ideas too, so far we have thought of:

Christmas collection (a page every christmas)
Holiday / day out scrapbook
School years scrap book.
The seasons (a nature type scrapbook of what we see and collect related to the current season)
A pet book (we'd need lots of pages :hihi:)
My daughters idea, a favourite stories scrapbook (each page telling a favourite bedtime story, she wants to dress up as the characters for a photo lol)

and that's off the top of my head lol

MarionC

18-10-2007, 17:24

Hi I'm new to this group.
I make small books of one off occasions, these take so little time and at least I have them done. I find 12 x 12 pages too much, I start one and then think of a million others that I need to do.

Marion

Damkina

25-10-2007, 21:38

I love scrapbooking as well as quilting. The only problem I have is trying NOT to keep buying stash and fabic for some new project I want to do when I've already got other projects on the go.

I've already got several albums at home... some of them themed... American Tour, Baby, Anniversery, Holidays, school, as well as one of General LOs that are waiting for their own album and the ones I've done for presents for the family.

At some point I want to do a "Book Of Me", but when I'll get time or a chance is anyone's guess.

My current album is my son's Army Album, which I'm almost up to date with. Also, an ongoing album is of the Battalion Quilt I'm hand stitching with applique for him with all the emblems of his regiment on. The information and details are all in a note book at the moment until I decide how to do the page LOs and what colour and size the album should be.

I have been journaling the background info about each applique block and why I chose it, a bit of local/world news now and again for the odd paragraph, and a few words from me to my son... sometimes written as a letter so that he knows what was happening at home and my thoughts as I made his quilt. I have also included a photo of each block as I've finished it.

I've photocopied some of the fabric to use as background pages for when I put the album together, but haven't decided whether to make the album from scratch yet. I've loved doing this... it's definitely been a labour of love, both the quilting and the recording of it.

Following the measurements I got from a purchased album, I had a go at making an 8.5x11 inch album from scratch and it's turned out great. Just a couple of things I'd do differently next time round now that I know which bits to do first.

Just as an added, The Works on The Moore have got some Rose-Pink Damasque Scrapbooking albums in for £5.99. Having got a sister and some friends wanting to have a go at scrapbooking I've got a few early Christmas presents sorted already.:D

Sorry it's such a long post... just realised how much waffling I've done:blush:

Eleke95

29-10-2007, 11:39

Damkina

03-11-2007, 22:12

Although there is the odd inexpensive gem found with scrapbooking albums, I've been foraging the internet for something ongoing that won't cost a fortune every time I need a new one. As on average they can be anything around £15 upwards (plus p&p) for the 12x12 if you want anything different.

I found out today that WHSmiths do A4 plastic page protectors that are acid free. Then I started tallying up the combined prices and realised that the Lever Arch files came in a multitude of patterns... some with clear plastic covers so that a sheet could be inserted to make your own album cover. The price is a fraction of what it would cost to buy the American sized albums.

Granted, 8.5x11 doesn't fit the A4 protectors (too short and wide) but can be cut up for matting etc, but the 12x12 can be cut down for a full A4 sheet with another full length strip left over to use on another page.

The thought that I could buy these off the shelf whenever I needed one is also a plus, although I haven't found any that are padded... yet.

So, I'm really tempted to have a go at this size and wondered if anyone had done any layouts already and how they found it to work with, before I start cutting up my paper.

Thanks
Joanne

Damkina

03-11-2007, 22:21

PS. Footiefreak, Choose a victim, buy them an album with a magazine or book for examples, some tape and scissors/craft knife and see if they take up the challange!! Did you get to do your Hallowe'ne page?

Eleke95

04-11-2007, 06:39

Hi Damkina!

No, I've never done any size other than 12 x 12, but I would imagine it would work. If I was doing it though I would have to decide right at the beginning of the album whether I was going to do portrait or landscape - I wouldn't be able to have a mixture of both. It would drive me mad if it wasn't all the same (but that's just me!) You could always give it a try with something not too special (just in case your not happy) - if you do, I'd love to know how you go. I suppose album wise it would work out a lot cheaper that the 12 x 12's. Then you could spend what you'd saved on some more stash!

Umm, thinking of starting my niece off on this scrap booking lark - she's always messing around with photo's making collages so maybe she would enjoy scrap booking if she gave it a try!

Yes, I got my Halloween page done! I'll get a picture posted on here later! Thanks for asking!