Buying a Gift For a Scrapbooker

A scrapbooker is easy to buy for!  They can never have enough 
cardstock, patterned paper, stickers, embellishments, idea books.  
You don`t even know what that is?  There are lots of scrapbook shops 
on and off line with staff that will help you put together a gift 
that WILL be appreciated.  

- Cardstock:  plain heavy weight paper in an unbelievable number of 
colors.  The easiest is to pick up a package with a variety of 
colors.  12 x 12 is the most commonly used size.

- Patterned Paper:  there's an unbelievable selection of fancy 
papers - pick a few individuals or a package.  Vellum is also 
popular - it's a translucent paper - either plain or patterned.

- Stickers:  think about the person's life (babies, small children, 
geographic location, gardener, rural, etc) and pick a variety of 
stickers that relate to their life.  The choice is endless.

- Cutouts & Punchouts:  Cardstock with pictures on it to cut or 
punch out.  Less expensive than stickers, not as large a selection 
but lots of wonderful choices.

- Embellishments:  fibers, shimmering sand, eyelets, brads, wire, 
ribbon - every day people are coming up with new ideas for 
embellishments we can add to our layouts (scrapbook pages!)  There 
are some great embellishment kits that contain a variety of these 
items in a theme:  Christmas, fall, beach, etc.

- A Do-It-Yourself Calendar:  these are blank calendars that 
artists, scrapbookers, crafters, or children can decorate.  It's a 
fun project and something they can use all year.

- Markers & Pens:  Glittery, shimmery, black - they are all useful.

- Adhesives:  a scrapbooker can never have too much adhesive!  It 
gets used so quickly.  Some popular ones are glue dots, foam 
squares,  and mounting squares.

- Albums:  Of course they need albums to fill with beautifully 
decorated pages.  There's albums for every taste from plain to very 
elaborate (and of course more money!)

- Idea Books:  Choose from basic how to's, layout idea books, 
lettering idea books, books that list expressions to use in layouts 
and cards, or a subscription to a Scrapbooking magazine.

- There's also mugs, T-shirts, Italian Charms, and more about 
scrapbookers and scrapbooking.

If shopping for scrapbooking supplies sounds too complicated why not 
buy a gift certificate to a scrapbook supply shop.  Your scrapbooker 
will have fun picking out a gift.  

You have no excuse, if the person you're buying for is a scrapbooker 
they're easy to buy for!
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By Wendy Kennedy of  www.CanadianCountryGifts.com 

Need help shopping for a scrapbooker?  Email Wendy@ 
wendy@cndcountrygifts.com