About Scrapbooking
TOOLS & EQUIPMENT
Although there are a huge variety of supplies on the market, you don't really need a lot of things to start scrap booking. Following is a list of the basics that you will need to start your kit off with.
- Photos
- Sharp scissors
- A grey lead pencil for tracing shapes etc
- A 30cm (12") metal ruler
- An archival quality album
- Acid-free adhesive/photo tabs
- A photo safe pencil
- An archival quality pen
It is possible to preserve your entire photo collection with
just these items.
For those looking to make their scrapbooks a little more interesting
and a lot more fun, there is also a wide range of handy tools
and decorative products available. We could never list them
all, but to give you a snapshot of what is available, we have
compiled the following list.
Tools
To Decorate your pages or photos include:
- Decorative scissor edger's
- Chalk applicators
- Paper Punches
- Paper embossers
- Stencils for photos and matting
- Eyelet hole punches and setting tools
To source fresh Ideas:
- Books
- Classes
- Magazines
- Workshops
- Internet
To Journal:
- Lettering templates
- Journaling Genies
- Archival quality pens in a huge range of colour and textures
- Acid free pencils
- Chalks and Pastels
- Paper fasteners to attach externally journaled articles
- Fonts galore on the internet
To Store:
- Organisers
- Totes [Carry alls usually with wheels]
- Tower of Drawers on wheels are excellent
- 12 x 12 Paper carry cases with handles
- Legacy Crafters [ideal for works in progress]
- Pencil cases
- Stackable eyelet containers
- Divided plastic storage units for all your embellishments
To cut or crop with:
- Coluzzle cutting systems
- Fiskars cutting systems
- Cutterpede 12 inch straight cutter
- General Shape cutters
- Stencils, templates, trimmers
- Craft Knife
- Paper Trimmers