I am really jazzed about using Stampin' Up! supplies for scrapbooking. I understand they just started carrying scrapbooking supplies shortly before I started as an independent Stampin' Up! Demonstrator, but I only recently realized all that they now have for memory keeping!
One of the biggest challenges I have had with scrapbooking in the past is the time it takes to find papers that coordinate with my pictures. With Stampin' Up! products, I know at a glance what colors will go well with my photos and can quickly see what papers contain those colors. As always, it's nice to know that I have coordinating markers and inks and cardstock to make my task easier!
I've also had a challenge with figuring out how to embellish my pages without just throwing flowers willy nilly. Sometimes flower embellishments fit the theme - but sometimes they don't! Stampin' Up!s stamps and dies are great for creating some of those embellishments.
And THEN, there's Stampin' Up!s scrapbooking workshop kits which make the whole process easier still! With papers, cardstock, and embellishments that all go together - plus step by step instructions for building the pages. I look forward to using some of those scrapbooking kits as I get them in the future, but for today, I'm just using some older Stampin' Up! papers I had left over - and also older Stampin' Up! cutting dies for embellishments (when I didn't find something pre-made in my stash that would work!). Though I love to use the newest things, some days I just have to do with what I have!
