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People have been scrapbooking for years, but in recent times the hobby has really become popular. With all the supplies and embellishments available, it so much more fun to create and look at a well-designed scrapbook than to just view photos in an album.
For those who may have trouble coming up with scrapbooking page layouts, there are numerous websites just full of scrapbook ideas and suggestions. A large variety of templates can be viewed and downloaded. Scrapbook paper is available in a vast array of colors, designs, shapes, texture, and themes.
One of the main things to remember when designing your layout is that you are telling a story of an event to someone who probably was not present. Your pages should bring the occasion to life and make the viewer feel a part of it.
Some scrapbookers prefer to create an album by completing one page at a time. Then there are others who work on two corresponding pages at a time. Then again, there are others who use both methods of scrapbooking page layouts, depending on the size of the project. Regardless of the method you choose, you will encounter advantages and disadvantages of one over the other.
One-page layouts seem to work well for busy scrapbookers as one page can be completed more quickly than two. Two-page layouts, however, may create a more spacious album.
You may not choose to use one method exclusively. Just be sure, when using two one-page layouts next to each other, that the two pages coordinate and ‘flow’ from one to the other.