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The one thing that can be a frustration with scrapbooking is the costs that can be involved. If you are not careful you will amass way more supplies, papers, ribbons, stickers etc than you can scrap with in a lifetime. lol.
By far one of the most expensive (and hidden) costs associated with scrapbooking can be the adhesive that you use. I prefer to use a refillable adhesive because it is environmentally conscious (less waste) and recently came across some Elmer's CraftBond Permanent Tape 
in Wal-mart that works great!
Best of all I only paid $2.00 for a pack that contained 2 refills that measure 26 ft each for a total of 52 ft. So that is a pretty good deal. I used to use the Duck Brand Adhesive (280307)
but found it to be rather expensive at about $4.50 per roll and is only added up to about 21 feet. Also, I didn't like throwing them away when I was finished.
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If you are anything like I was, you are tired of searching the internet for that perfect quote to accent your scrapbooking pages or your handmade cards. That is why I put together a little eBook that has over 600 quotes perfect for any and every occassion. Now you can spend more time creating, and less time searching!
And get this, it's only $2.99!!! Click on the button below to get an instant download of this book.
And if you have a Kindle you can get yours here: All The Write Words: Quotes and Sayings for Your Scrapbooking Layouts and Cards
One of the easiest ways to put together a scrapbooking page is by looking at sketches. I often sketch out how I want a page to look before I start cutting. Thus saving me money and I save the sketches so that I can refer to them later. Here are a few that I have done recently.
Here is an example of the first one. It's for sale in my etsy shop
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I've recently started selling die cuts that I make by handpunching cardstock and decorative scrapbooking paper in my etsy shop and have quickly discovered that not all punches are the same. I am going to give you my favorites and not so favorites of ones that I have used.
At first, I wanted to make handmade tags so I headed to Joanne's and purchased a Fiskars punch like this one
.
Boy was this punch ever hard to use. I thought at first that it may be the size of the tag and then discovered later that I had some smaller Fiskar punches that I have hardly ever used. It is too hard to punch and by the tenth punch you are wondering if it's worth it.
I have some Martha Stewart border punches like this Daisy Chain Trim
punch that I rather liked. They punch smoothly and you don't feel like you are working too hard for it. But it's Martha so I wouldn't expect any less.
I also have a couple of EK Success punches like Mickey Mouse Punch
that work very well. You can do repeated punching without feeling like you are working too hard for it.
So what your favorite punches?
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