Steps for How to Make a Memory Scrap Book

Choose from a wide variety of albums

Your memories are precious to you. Gather photos, memorabilia and your thoughts to create a memory book that you can enjoy for years. You can make simple pages or layouts to fill an album in a size that you feel is appropriate. A memory scrapbook can feature the memories of one person, a group or family. You can compile the entire book on one memory such as a trip, an entire year, a school term or a lifetime of memories.

Things You'll Need

• Album and photos
• Scrapbooking paper
• Card stock
• Scissors
• Adhesive
• Stickers
• Die cut shapes
• Paper cutter (optional)

Instructions

1. 

   Design your album cover

   Choose an album with page protectors in a size that is appropriate for the project. Decide on paper color. The sheets can be the same color or colors that blend together. Card stock or scrapbooking paper will work for the memory book pages.

2. Choose a theme for the memory book. Arrange your photos in sequence to keep the memory pages in proper order.

3. 

   Use photos in the memory book

   Select one to three photos or pieces of memorabilia for your first single page of the scrap book. Choose a paper or card stock border for each photo. Adhere each photo to a border. Secure the border to the layout or page. You can use die-cut shapes for a border or cut one out with scissors or a paper cutter.

4. Write your memory of the event or day that is inspired by the photos on a square or shaped piece of card stock. This is the journaling block. Adhere it to the page.

5. Make or choose a pre-made title for the layout and adhere it to the page. Decorate the page with stickers, die-cuts or other embellishment.

6. Make the next layout in your memory book. The next two layouts will be visible at the same time. They should have the same theme with a shared title or have complimentary colors for a pleasing appearance.

7. Continue making layouts featuring journaling blocks that describe memories and tell the story of your scrap book.

Tips & Warnings

• A book of memories can be done with card stock or paper that is all in one color.

• Use archival safe materials for a memory scrap book.

• Page protectors shield the photos from non-archival materials.

• Less is better. Don't overcrowd the scrapbook layout and over shadow the importance of the photos and memories.

References

• Memory Makers: Photos first
• Creative Memories: Traditional scrapbook layouts

Resources

• Memory Makers: Choosing an album
• Everything About Scrapbooking: Journaling