In this digitalisation-driven epoch (in 2022), online note-taking and memory-keeping apps like Notion, Instagram, and phone galleries have taken the place of scrapbooks. However, the art of making scrapbooks is still alive in some old-school like-minded people who, besides teaching, give the younger generation scrapbook ideas. Also, they would like to make them realise that it is not only one of the best artistic hobbies but the greatest and most enjoyable activity out there, which allows you to save memories of special occasions and relive them whenever you want with nostalgic emotions in your eyes and heart! Scrapbooks don't just ensure you have actual duplicates of significant photographs, but they additionally give a spot to non-computerised things such as kids' drawings, ticket hits, and once used flowers in weddings. Scrapbooks, likewise, make incredible end-table icebreakers and memento gifts for friends and family. With a little direction: subject thoughts, design layouts, and supply records, even novices can make appealing and reasonable scrapbooks they'll treasure long into the future. So, let us try to arouse your artistic side and provide some scrapbook ideas to get you started on your journey of collecting memories in 2022.

The basics you need to start!

Papers: Simple papers would be fine, but nowadays, varieties of designed pages are available in the market which can be used directly by beginners. Corrosive free papers with plans or prints You can use them as photograph mats, as foundation papers, or as a feature of your page highlights.

Glues: Simple glue is enough for beginners, but glue tape is also another option out there.

Scissors: Obviously, scissors play a vital role in making any scrapbook since, at one point, you’re going to put some photographs or cutouts in your scrapbook.

Pens: Whether it’s a story or describing some events in the form of a poem or just an autograph, it can’t be done without pens. And to make it more attractive, stationeries have colourful pens or pencils and ink pens to sort your problem out.

A blank notebook or an album: Scrapbooks are generally made in the form of an album. For some adults, it would be fancy, but for beginners, a simple notebook is enough to start your creative journey and make every page of that notebook your creative playground.

Decoration Stuff: You'll be flabbergasted by the assortment of decorations accessible to the people who use scrapbooks. From blossoms, buttons, strips, filaments, and sequins, to labels and casings, it's an eye-popping experience looking for these shiny items. However, keep in mind that these decorative items count as "additional items."

All right, now with the above-mentioned supplies, beginners can make any kind of scrapbook in 2022. Still, we want to direct you towards some effective working ideas that can be easy and astonishing for not only you but also for the ones who’ll be witness to it.

The theme is the main idea:

Usually, beginners tend to get away from a plan and write or stick whatever they like in their scrapbooks. But they don’t realise that it will look like a mess rather than attractive. So, to avoid the mess, one should think about a particular theme for their scrapbook. Not only will it keep you going to write on the contents but also you’ll find it easy to shop for particular decorative items.

For example, one can make a scrapbook on the theme of their childhood, birthdays, graduations, or school annual functions.

And if these ideas won’t keep you going, then you can start with the mess also and later figure out a way to differentiate pages into different theme-based scrapbooks.

Pictures tell a unique story without words:

Every picture describes a moment and brings back nostalgia, whether it’s a student's graduation or parents taking care of their children. So choose wisely where to place these images in your scrapbook so that it does not appear cluttered. And where words don’t work, random clicks surely make you smile.

For example, one can use 11 pics of previous annual school parties and glue them into a scrapbook, which can be gifted to their children on their 12th birthday.

If you're not dealing with a particular subject, you will not need to think about the entire collection yet; rather, on the following page, you will need to think about the concept. In any case, you can make a rundown of subjects you'll need to add to the scrapbook and save this rundown. When you're prepared to scrapbook, you simply pick a plan to chip away at.

Different backgrounds:

Now, let's discuss it. If you’re using a notebook, then you need to either choose a continuous background for your scrapbook or alternate pages because a random background in random pages doesn’t make it look nice. For that purpose, one can use watercolours or pencil colours.

And if one is using an album instead of a simple blank notebook, then various kinds of designed paper will be helpful to create the backgrounds for your scrapbook according to your desired theme.

For example, one can use colours to paint only the corners and make it a constant design for their academic scrapbook.

Border and Cropping the pictures:

If you want to enhance the look of your photos, then matting them will be a perfect idea. Not only will it stand out, but it will also make your whole scrapbook elegant. You can use cardstock, designed paper, texture, and different materials as your photograph mats. Using a mat will give a simple border look, but if you want to make it more attractive, then using those purchased embellishments will do the work.

To give you some simple advice, please take care when cutting the photographs into appropriate ratios with accurate markings on the back of the pictures.

Use different techniques to showcase the title:

Titles are the first thing that people will notice when they look at a page or story. So, it is crucial to make it look nicer and stand out for the sake of some attraction.

For example, one can cut out paper headings or magazines and differentiate the alphabet from them and use them as a title, or one can take the help of stickers to make it more unique.

In a nutshell, this art and craft activity is a hand-made time machine through which one can easily go back and forth in their private valuable moments to some happy and satisfying moments that they’ve spent with their friends and family. We are hoping that you’ll make your time machine much bigger and better with these ideas so that the timeline will look spectacular!