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extremely versatile but personal preference hobby. For most of my friends and I, scrapbooking is best described as the cheapest and best form of therapy available. Apart from working at home on your own creations, we also get together once a week for what is called “scrap and chat” here we share ideas, tips, advice and make sure we are all aware of the ‘latest’ on the market. We have a show and tell on the latest addition of tools bought from one of the many
problem with the description of scrapbooking lies within the fact that it is sure to differ greatly from one person to another. For instance, most men believe scrapbooking is strictly a female hobby (apologies to our hero and creator of magic dyes, masks etc Tim Holtz!). In fact, my husband once described it as a bunch of ladies sticking photo’s in an album and cutting up bits of paper! It wasn’t long before he
joined my children in asking: ‘when
are you going to do a page of me?’
Some people enjoy it very plain, others enjoy doing them with loads of embellishments, some like to make all their own decorations, stitching (yes with a special little machine) or by hand. So it is an
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