Overview of ScrapbookBackgrounds on Zazzle

This is the sixth of a seven part series of my various stores on Zazzle.

This store features my designs on double sided paper, rubber stamps, and custom binders that can be used for this fun and creative scrapbooking craft. Besides scrapbooking, these fun paper choices can be used in card making, creating vision boards, and more. What might you make with scrapbook paper?

Scrapbook Paper

New Products:

The first category listed in this store is New Products, which is a catch category in case I didn't already select a category when I designed the product. This category is automatically included by Zazzle.

The remaining categories are Scrapbook Albums, Scrapbook Paper, and Scrapbooking Stamps.

Scrapbook Albums:

Binders are used for the scrapbook albums and they can also be used as photo albums. So far, there are options for baby, graduation, and wedding. There aren't any subcategories at this point. The main design is on the front, and parts of that design are included on the spine and back. The graduation binder is an example.

Custom Graduation Binders
by ScrapbookBackgrounds

Scrapbook Paper:

There are a variety of subcategories in the Scrapbook Paper section. I did not include a specific subcategory for Wedding, as many of the blends, heart designs, patterns, etc., can be used for wedding backgrounds as well as for other themes and events, as in this turquoise polka dot option. I can see this being a pretty background design for a turquoise or teal themed wedding or even as stationery.

Teal Polka Dots on White Turquoise Scrapbook Paper
by ScrapbookBackgrounds

As of this writing, the current subcategories are: Abstract, Affirmations, Animal Prints, Autumn, Baby, Blends, Blue, Christmas, Floral, Graduation, Halloween, Heart, Patterns and Shapes, Peace, Pink, Rustic and Vintage, Shamrock, Swirl, and Turquoise.

There can be quite a few that overlap in these subcategories; you may want to search for a particular color, design type, etc., to help locate the design theme that you are looking for.

Scrapbook Stamps:

These are rubber stamps, used for stamping. There are a variety of designs here to choose from, but currently no subcategories. It is just shy of having more than one page of items to peruse. When ordering a rubber stamp and looking a product page, Zazzle will show you the colors of ink pads that are available for purchase.

Quite a few of these designs are outline designs, which one can color in whenever they are making their paper craft design. For instance, the umbrella drawing can be used for a rainy day card, or a scrapbook featuring baby. The umbrella and handle can be colored in, by hand, to coordinate with whatever you are creating.

Simple Umbrella Outline, Rubber Stamps
by ScrapbookBackgrounds

A lot of these backgrounds can be found in the scrapbook paper in paperbacks that I designed using Canva. I have posted these paperbacks on Amazon through KDP. Many of the designs in the paperbacks are further embellished with different items from Canva. You can check out my index of these paperback books here for your scrapbooking and other paper creation desires: Cheryl Paton Scrapbook Paper.

Thank you for visiting. Your comments and questions are welcome. Happy scrapbooking.

Cheryl Paton

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Scrapbook Paper in Paperbacks, Review

I have been designing scrapbook paper and selling it in paperback books. Recently, I purchased two different types of this scrapbook paper; one in black and white book and one in color. This is my review.

The paper weight/thickness:

To the touch, the paper used in the colored paperback book has a smoother texture, and is slightly thicker than the paper in the black and white book. I took a photo of the two books edge to edge, and you can see a difference. The paper used in the book with colored paper is printed with premium color on white paper. The black and white image books did not specify white paper, though the color is white, just a different texture.

Visibility of images through the paper:

With both types of books, I could see some images, or parts of images show through to the other side of the paper. For instance, they were more noticeable if the image on the reverse side was black. But not so much if the image was black and you were looking through say a dark red color. The colors showed up less than the black, and it did make a difference whether the top was printed with color rather than a space of white.

Would either of these be an issue when creating scrapbooks?

For my taste, I would say not much. If the creator was however very detailed oriented, then they might want to consider a different option such as actual cardstock for their backgrounds and embellishments for their scrapbooking creations. Otherwise, I would say to go with one of these books that have more color than white. See the next section below for clarification.

Here are some sample creations:

The creation on the left is the one that my daughter made. She used a black pattern butterfly design printed on white. With the coloring done on top of the image, one does not even notice that black butterflies were printed on the back side of this page.

I made the creation on the right. If you look at the lower left butterfly and the one in the middle of the white area, you may notice some dark lines underneath that weren't colored in in any way. I didn't color over that area, and there is some light shadows of black showing through from the other side.

Below is a section of colored hearts that have different colored hearts on the reverse side of the paper. The hearts on the reverse side of the paper don't show through.

Overall, I would say to consider what it is the creator person will be making. If you like the images in the books, choose one with very little if any white showing throughout the images if you are concerned about anything showing through. Keep in mind that if coloring over the images, that will probably take care of the issue.

What should I color any images with?

Colored pencils work great, and without a lot of pressure, the image on the reverse side still looks great. We used Liquitex Value Series which is also rated to be highly blendable. That brand was not showing on Amazon. Another brand that I recommend is Prismacolor.

The brush pens that I used on my butterflies look very vibrant and I love the look. However, I could tell where it was colored in on the reverse side of the paper. It didn't actually bleed through, color wise, it was just noticeable. But if you are using it as scrapbook paper anyway, that shouldn't be an issue, as the reverse side of where that image will no longer be needed.

For this project, I used Dual brush Pens by Tombow. They are water-based, blendable, and acid free. They have a brush tip on one end, which gets into the tiny areas great. The other end has a fine tip which is great for drawing and writing. There are quite a few sets to choose from for Tombow.

If you are inspired to do some scrapbooking with either of these scrapbook paper options; they are on Amazon.

Hearts Scrapbook Paper

Black and White Butterfly Scrapbook Paper

On a side note, we tried using an old glue stick. It had turned to gel! Yes, it was very old. The double sided tape worked though.

Happy creating. Hope I explained everything clearly. If you have any questions, I will do my best to answer them.

Cheryl Paton

You can find more Scrapbook Paper in paperbacks, by category, on my blog: https://artonproducts.blogspot.com/2024/03/cheryl-paton-scrapbook-paper.html

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