Modern scrapbooking is done largely on 12 inch square or 8½×11 inch pages. More recently smaller albums have become very popular. The most common new formats are 6, 7, or 8-inch square.

Basic materials include background papers (including printed and cardstock paper), photo corner mounts (or other means of mounting photos such as adhesive dots, photo mounting tape, or acid-free glue), scissors, a paper trimmer, art pens, archival pens for journaling, and mounting glues (like thermo-tac). More elaborate designs require more specialized tools such as die cut templates, rubber stamps, craft punches, stencils, inking tools, eyelet setters, heat embossing tools and personal die cut machines.

Various accessories, referred to as "embellishments," are used to decorate scrapbook pages. Embellishments include stickers, rub-ons, stamps, eyelets, brads, chipboard elements in various shapes, alphabet letters and ribbon. The use of die cut machines is also increasingly popular; in recent years an electronic die-cutting machine, similar to a printer, can be connected to one's computer to cut any shape or font.

One of the key components of modern scrapbooking is the archival quality of the supplies. Designed to preserve photographs and journaling in their original state, materials encouraged by most serious scrapbookers are of a higher quality than those of many typical photo albums commercially available. Scrappers insist on acid-free, lignin-free papers, stamp ink, and embossing powder, and pigment based inks, which are fade resistant, colourfast, and often waterproof. Older "magnetic" albums were not acid-free and thus caused damage to the photos and memorabilia included in them.

Adding dimension to your scrapbook with eyelets
Adding dimension to your pages is simple. Just add a few little dimensional items and will be amazed at the character that it brings out. Here are just a few of the many different tools that you can use to add to your pages.   You can add as many or as few that you need to create the style and look you love.  The difference between an eyelet and a brad are these Eyelets have whole in the middle of each one. They come in several different sizes and shapes. You will need an eyelets .......read more

Baby Scrapbooking
Your baby's scrapbook will be something that you and your family will enjoy for a lifetime. Take your time and remember to preserve those memories just as you felt the time of the event.  What should be kept in the Baby Scrapbook?  Any and every occasion can get recorded in a scrapbook that you will have fun watching and recollecting later on in life; after all, every day is special with your baby and family.....read more

Popular Scrapbooking quotes and poems
A child won't remember how many pairs of shoes you bought them, or how much you paid for those expensive clothes. But they will remember how loud you cheered for them at their losing ball games, and that long ride home just talking about stuff.     A kid's idea of a balanced diet is a hamburger in each hand..... read more

Scrapbooking layout ideas for Christmas
One of my favourite family holiday traditions has always been making Christmas cookies. It is a tradition that has been passed down through our family, and I am continuing it on today with my daughter. This year my daughter decided she wanted to try to make them herself, and they turned out great! I was the official documenter, taking pictures and recording the decorative results for our family scrapbook.   To make the scrapbook layout more personal, I decided to use our favourite .....read more

Finding scrapbook embellishments in all the right places
Crafters are looking everywhere for inspiration on their latest paper craft project. You can find unique embellishments in at unique locations, such as your local hardware store. While a hobby or craft store is a fantastic place to start since they sell many card and scrapbooking essentials, a great alternative is your local hardware store. Hardware stores usually have a great variety of unique things which make fabulous paper craft, scrap booking, and card making embellishments.....read more

Scrapbooking your Christmas memories

Train ride layout for scrapbook layout
Most kids, especially boys, love trains.  Last year we had the opportunity to go on a scenic train ride on the Lake Whatcom Railway in Acme, Washington.  We spent an hour and a half riding on an authentic Old Northern Pacific Train, and had the opportunity to see a steam engine that is almost 100 years old. 
Unfortunately our boys weren't old enough to be able to remember the train ride, but we have a lot of neat pictures to show them that they were there!  And they loved riding on the train.....read more

A day in a Cat's life scrapbook layout
If you love your cats as much as our family does, you probably have dozens, even hundreds, of photos of your furry friends.  I have been going through and sorting out all my old pet photos, and I will be creating scrapbook pages as tributes to each of the pets we have owned.  While my husband and I were looking at the
photos, we noticed all the photos of our cats had one common theme: days of eating, sleeping and playing!  So I decided to put together a scrapbook layout to celebrate a day in the life of a cat, dedicated to our precious kitties. ....read more