• There really is no right or wrong way to scrapbook - it is totally up to the creator's, your ideal as to what works best for you.
• A minimum of materials is needed!

- A pair of scissors for general purpose and an other little one for precise cutting
- A paper trimmer (30 cm) for more cutting precision and particularly to cut pictures and cards.
- A craft knife and a ruler!
- A pencil and an eraser
- Archival markers and pens designed specifically for use in scrapbooks
- Acid-free glue stick, double-sided adhesive, 3D foam pads An (30 x 30 cm)
- Scrapbooking binder to range your pages
- Cutting mat
- ShapeCutter™ and templates
- Plain and patterned papers - Acid-free and Lignin-Free to protect your pictures and creations

• Then you will enlarge your materials to: Punches, Stamps, Embellishments, storage accessories...
• Start with a hard work surface, preferably one that can be left open and accessible for as long as you intend to work. You might want to gather up a few scrapbook magazines as a source of inspiration and guidance.
• Here are a few simple steps to help you with the creative process.

- Make a selection of photos. It helps to determine a theme or focus for the page. You can mat them with coloured cardstock.
- Write word to complete your photographs. You can journal your words on a sticky-note. Reserve place for your journaling in your layout.
- Title your page and reserve space for your heading!
- Select your papers in according to the page's mood, then decide which colors will dominate the layout and which ones will serve as the supporting colors.
- Finally, choose your embellishments.

• Remember that the goal of a scrapbook page is to communicate the "who, what, where, when, why" of your photos. Don't focus too much on making everything absolutely perfect - more importantly, let things flow and evolve naturally. If you feel like tearing the paper instead of cutting with a straight trimmer, well that's just fine. If you want to layer vellum paper over your photos, then go for it! Just follow whatever style or design speaks to you, as this will capture your true essence!

• Blurred pictures: They are oft due to a moving or an action. Choose a dynamic layout repeating for example the picture. You can transfer your picture to black and white or sepia. It increases the blurred atmosphere and bring more originality. Decrease the size of your picture to let place to your message/journaling.
• Non-centred pictures: It is very important to adapt your layout to create a nice balance.
• De-centre your picture to the edgers or corners. Think to use the empty space for journaling or heading.
• Pictures with a bad background: Don't hesitate to cut your picture. It brings fantasy. You can also sand, paint or tear your picture.
• Cut a picture, why? To delete a bad background, to emphasize a precise element, to share elements to be used in different creations (adhere a face, a shirt and pants from different pictures to create a funny character, adhere different people on a backgroung, adhere different places to tell your travel, adhere different steps of an action...)