Frugal Scrapbooking Ideas and Paper Crafting Supplies

Scrapbooking supplies are not cheap. The cost for colorful paper and card stock, stickers, embellishments, and adhesives can really add up. If you are looking for frugal scrapbooking ideas to help cut back on these expenses, keep reading. By using discarded items you find around the house, you will save money and recycle things that would otherwise end up in the landfills.

A Christmas centerpiece can be dressed up in various ways. You can dress up a simple centerpiece through an arrangement of flowers in a short crystal vase or placing a long cloth centerpiece with a plastic centerpiece tray loaded with an assortment of greeneries, plastic flower petals, added with Christmas ornaments, figurines, candies, and sweets.pinch of saltIf sewing is another one of your hobbies, you already know that fabric and ribbon scraps are the perfect complement to your paper crafting projects. Many of these fabric and ribbon scraps are too small for sewing, yet are the perfect size for accenting handmade cards and more. Ask your friends and family members that sew to keep a ziploc handy to collect their scraps. Instead of throwing them out, they can give them to you!With a little imagination and creative thinking, you will surely find even more common household goods that you can use for frugal scrapbooking ideas. Keep an inexpensive container handy, and as you come across odds and ends that could find a second life in one of your projects, place it in the container until you find a use for it.2. Wallpaper RemnantsA gift basket is fun to dress up and even more fun to give. What you need to do is look for a basket or a Christmas-themed container and put a few things in it. Some things that you could place inside the gift basket can be a sleek vase with a single flower on it, for instance an orange Gerbera daisy, a rose, or lily. You can also add some items like a Christmas dvd movie, a Christmas book, Christmas decors, Christmas cookie cutters, or sweet treats. First put together the bud vase in the container with the use of floral clay. If you use a wicker basket, use some cheerful Christmas tissue paper or other beautiful paper to line it. Organize the items in the basket so it would look nice and appealing. This would make a brilliant gift for a coworker, a teacher, a brother or a sister, or your parents.3. Gift Wrap1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla1/2 cup brown sugar5. Office Supplies

With a little imagination and creative thinking, you will surely find even more common household goods that you can use for frugal scrapbooking ideas. Keep an inexpensive container handy, and as you come across odds and ends that could find a second life in one of your projects, place it in the container until you find a use for it.

Author: Dawn Hall