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My best advice for a new scrapbooker would be to take it easy on buying products. When I first started scrapbooking I went nuts buying anything I could get my hands on. As a result, I had a lot of stuff I never used and subsequently wasted. I would suggest that new scrapbookers just buy a few basic things and build off of that. They'll save themselves a lot of money and heartache down the road.

Just do it - don't worry about using the newest papers or embellishments - just get the story down - even if it's just writing a bit of text under a photo. You'll be so glad you did.

Buy what you will use, not what's a great deal.

Start with the most recent photos and work your way backward.

I would tell new scrappers not to get overwhelmed. Albums or LOs or whatever don't have to be done in chronological order, and you don't have to scrap every photo you've ever taken. I'd tell the newbie to purchase the basic supplies, check out galleries to see what style, papers, embellishments, etc. appeal to her and go from there. Not every page has to be a masterpiece or even attempt to be, but that it's the memories you're recording that are important.

I wish I had not bought everything I have bought! I have so many punches (so expensive) and I don't use them. I wish I had all the money I spent on the fancy ones back!
So my advice, when you start, buy
-basic cardstock in basic colors
-a good trimmer (personally I like the magnetic ruler and cutting mat now!)
-adhesive
-a good pen/marker that feels good in your hand
Then buy AS YOU USE/NEED IT!

My advice to a new scrapper is to not buy every supply on earth before you learn what works for you. It is easy to get caught up in the beauty of the products, but it may be something that ends up not fitting your style after you start learning.

My advice would be to use those products that you buy instead of saving them. All too often I find something that I bought years ago that I couldn't live without at the time and have since forgotten about. For some reason, I have a problem using the newest supplies that I buy. I don't know what I am saving them for and they certainly aren't being appreciated in a drawer or closet.

advice: don't sweat the small stuff. I was a paranoid scrapper in the beginning, afraid of experimenting and etc and now that I've let that go I have more fun and my work is even better.

It's often hard to get motivated to pull everything out and do "another page" but some of the best advice I received long after I began scrapping was to simply get my photos out of the shoebox and into the album. This advice cut down on the time I spent on each page as well as feeling free to scrap "out of order".

My advice would be to start small. Focus on the story you want to tell. Don't get caught up in all the product!

My advice would be that you don't need a lot of supplies in the beginning and start with your most recent pictures and go forward.

Lay all of your pictures and other products down on the page before starting to glue down. It's not as easy to remove once it's hooked in place.

I wish that someone had told me that it's okay to scrap what you want. You don't have to scrapbook every moment, and you don't have to be caught up. You can scrap the same picture 4 times, or not at all.
If I had thought about this from the start, I wouldn't have felt that immense pressure to get everything down, and could have enjoyed the process more.

dont buy a lot of things before you play around with what you have. ask people you know for help and they will probably even give you a bunch of supplies! i know i would!

It does NOT have to be perfect. I wanted all of my pages to look exactly like the pages I was seeing in magazines, and I was frustrated when they didn't. I wasted so much time and energy and, as a result, I never put a lot of stories down on paper.
Also--you don't need a "special event." I used to sit around and say, "I don't have anything to scrapbook about." It's about LIFE. Not perfection.

My best advice is to NOT buy everything, use what you have and go digital if at all possible...there are TONS of free templates or low cost digi stuff out there and it's FUN and doesn't take up a lot of space!
~ Kathy (Oregon)

My advice is to scrap what you love...and to scrap that love in whatever order you feel like. It is all about creativity not being caught up!

According to me this most important one: it is not necessary to force what does not succeed. It is not possible to form it from a must. Put it aside and continue the work later or following day. This works always at me. This is my advice :) I hope so was useful :)

Keep it fun! Take a break when you need to, even if it's a month.