Scrapbook Recommendations

Hi everyone,

I have been out of the scrapbooking scene for far too long and I have promised myself to do much more this year. I have been asked to make a scrapbook for my brother’s big 60 and hopefully this will motivate me to get back into my craft room. I am from the old post-bound scrapbook era but looking around now there are so many more options out there. I fancy a D ring style for ease but would like one without the plastic protectors as I want a more interactive feel. Any recommendations for a scrapbook suitable for a male and if it has a nice display box with it that would be a bonus. 😊

I’ve used the Paperchase spiral bound ones a couple of times for gift albums. One had a box but by the time I’d filled it the box wasn’t big enough. The album pages are about 9x9. The first one I scrapped directly onto the pages in the book but I’m not very good at doing things in order so it was a struggle.
You will need to tear surplus pages out as it would be sooo fat if you used them all !
For the second one I have scrapped on 8x8 papers which I will put in order and stick in once I’ve made them all
You can get similar ones at hobbycraft and the range, and they do 12 x 12 books too so you can please yourself :)

As there are no page protectors I only scrapped on one side and left the facing page for journalling, or just left blank.

I’ll find some pictures to share with you if you’re interested.

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Originally Posted by alison 2

I’ve used the Paperchase spiral bound ones a couple of times for gift albums. One had a box but by the time I’d filled it the box wasn’t big enough. The album pages are about 9x9. The first one I scrapped directly onto the pages in the book but I’m not very good at doing things in order so it was a struggle.
You will need to tear surplus pages out as it would be sooo fat if you used them all !
For the second one I have scrapped on 8x8 papers which I will put in order and stick in once I’ve made them all
You can get similar ones at hobbycraft and the range, and they do 12 x 12 books tools you can please yourself :)

As there are no page protectors I only scrapped on one side and left the facing page for journalling, or just left blank.

I’ll find some pictures to share with you if you’re interested.

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Thank you that would be useful. Been out of the scene for so long that I need some inspiration

Ok, sorry for the wait. Here’s my two albums, for my two sons weddings.

First one the pages already had a border and I stuck things straight on to the page, and am writing a little bit on the facing pages...

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And the other one I have been making pages on 8x8 backgrounds so I can decide the final order of them when I’ve finished...

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Hobbycraft sells a similar spiral bound album