If you've stopped by here looking for 101 ideas for scrapbooking, we don't have quite that many but we can break down these ideas into some good tips and hints for your projects.  Before you give up and move on because we don't quite have those 101 ideas for scrapbooking that you were looking for, consider a few reasons why you might want to think of overall tips and tricks rather than 101 ideas per se.

For one thing, when you read through 101 ideas for scrapbooking or any idea for that matter, it's tempting to try to copy or follow these ideas specifically.  You read about a layout for a pet and you follow it exactly; you read about how to commemorate a vacation and you do exactly what you're told.  But rather than simply follow any of those 101 ideas for scrapbooking remember that putting together a scrapbook is like putting together an outfit.  It's okay to use what you see in magazines or on mannequins in the store as a basis for an outfit but you want to make it personal to you.  You need to add your own accents and other elements and change a few things so that it's an expression of your personality rather than just copying something that someone else put together.

This is a danger when searching around for 101 ideas for scrapbooking; you can get so caught up in the ideas that others are doing that you begin to think that there's some right or wrong ways to make a scrapbook.

So instead of carefully scanning through any site that offers 101 ideas for scrapbooking and trying to follow what they say, remember that you should use any tip, idea, kit, or sample as simply a jumping off point.  Try a few different arrangements of your elements without adhering anything so that you can mix it up and see if a different layout would look better or if your elements seem too busy or too sparse.  And don't be afraid of mixing up your papers and sets as well.  Cut out a diamond or large squares of a complementing page and lay those over your main page.  Whatever you do, don't try to "obey" any of the 101 ideas for scrapbooking you come across as then you lose the personality of your scrapbooks and the fun of the hobby as well.