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Beginner's dumb question

26 years ago

my kids are grown, but my photo books are dissolving so i am putting together a book for each child...hopefully to present at college graduation. i have not seen other's scrapbooks, but i have done some research. your messages have been very helpful in leading me to helpful web sites!! thank you. i must admit that i have stage fright! some layouts are planned, but to actually start glueing them down??

the dumb question: the photo albums come with white card stock in them. Can that be used for the background of the page??? with titles, mounted photos, etc glued right on it? the layouts that i have looked out seem to all have colored backgrounds. do you remove the white? do you add pages on top of it??

thank you for any help you can give this nervous beginner!

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Hilary
26 years ago
It all depends on what type of album you get. Some do come with the white paper background, then you can use different colors when you crop and mount your photos. Other types of albums are 3 ring and you buy protective sleeves to slip over your page (whatever color or design). And no it's not a dumb question; glad scrapbooking has hooked you too!! :o)
There are lots of good links from this board that take you to scrappin' idea sites and places to buy supplies online at reasonable prices. Hope this helps!! Hilary
atvmom
26 years ago
I have 12"x12" books that have protective pages with white inserts. I makes my pages by combining colored paper or colored paper with design paper...depending on the theme and photos...and glue my photos, die-cuts, stickers, etc. onto the colored/design paper. I slip the completed pages into the protective cover on-top of the white page. Not even sure why I decided to do it this way?? Probably because my first scrapbooking began when I decided to make starter books for the grandparents and so when I make new pages, I can send them and they can insert the new pages into their repsective books. Remember, so many great and famous people have said, "NO question is a dumb question!"
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Tracy
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its not a dumb question the only dumb questions are the unasked ones. i have used the white pages as the background mounting my photos on colored pages or slipped completed pages on the white either way is fine i think and it depends a lot on the pictures that you are scrapping.

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