Hey Y’all,
When I had my children, I was a mother two toddlers, going to school and I didn’t have much money to go out and have fun with. I was shopping in the dollar store one day when I saw that they had started to sell scrapbook supplies for only $1.00. While many of the supplies used in scrapbooking are specialty tools used for specific scrapbooking effects and are rather expensive, but there many different items available at the Dollar Tree that you can use to create multiple, beautiful scrapbook pages saving you a lot of money if you’re just starting out. Here are a couple items I have found and picked up at my local dollar tree that are too cute to pass up and will save you a bunch of money.
I have created many beautiful, yet simple scrapbook pages using items I bought from the Dollar Tree, but look professional and definitely more expensive. Over the next couple of weeks I will be showcasing some of the scrapbook pages I created using several of these products. So keep an eye out for those.
10 Items I Have Found At The Dollar Tree
- Page Protectors
- Stickers (Different Themes Available In Different Stores)
- Scrapbook Paper (Different Themes Available In Different Stores)
- Glue Dots (Squared and Circular)
- Paper Trimmer ( Usually No Bigger Than An 8” )
- Journaling Tags ( Different Themes Available In Different Stores)
- Chipboard Embellishments (Plain and Patterned Available)
- Stamps (Vary By Location)
- Ink Pads ( Different Colors Available)
- Die-Cuts (Vary By Location)
- Albums
There are all sorts of little items that are needed by a person just beginning to scrapbook without investing a lot of money up front. I’ve embellishments that include scrapbook stickers related to little boys, playtime, baby boy and baby girl shower and birth stickers, alphabet stickers and beach themed stickers. I have also purchase decorative tags and chipboard lettering pieces. There are also co-ordinating scrapbook papers that go along with the embellishments sold on the shelves of the dollar tree. My favorite item found at the dollar tree, which sell out really quickly, are the scrapbook album page protectors. Other crafts store try to sell you 10 scrapbook album page protectors for anywhere from 4 to 10 dollars for a 10 pack, but Dollar Tree sells a 10 pack of page protectors for only a DOLLAR!
Other items that are useful when scrapbooking, but sell out very quickly are the adhesive glue dots, mono adhesive tape dispensers for pictures and a paper trimmer. The paper trimmer isn’t a 12 inch paper cutter, but will work for someone just starting out. Their paper cutter also features a decently sharp blade, so it is useful for cutting any scrapbook paper, but the downside is that it dulls rather quickly.
Most of these products available are by a company called Miss Elizabeth’s and the company makes the most adorable scrapbooking items, so cute that even scrapbookers with no limit to how much money they spend will want to purchase these items because they are such a great deal. For those of you trying to keep your hubby happy by not spending too much money and staying in budget with your hobby, you will have him pleased with the beautiful photographic keepsakes you will create without breaking his wallet.
Now go visit your local dollar store and start scrappin’ those scrapbooks and keepsakes on a budget everyone will be happy with.
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Glue Dots – Glue dots are a life saver for scrapbook pages. Not only can you put a page together more quickly using these, but these little glue dots also keep your pages from getting messy because you don’t have to wait for wet glue to dry. Craft glue dots come in two different ways: flat and dimensional. Flat glue dots work best on the back of pictures because they don’t make the picture sit off of the page, pictures can get damaged that way. Dimensional glue dots create a raised effect and work great for raising flat embellishments, such as journaling tags, ribbon, beads and flat stickers.
Mono Adhesive – Mono adhesive is just a fancy name for a handheld, rolling double-stick tape dispenser. These little gadgets are great for sticking things to scrapbook pages as well. All you do is press the tip of the dispenser onto an area you need tape on and drag it across the page. These work well for gluing pictures quickly or for embellishments, such as ribbon because you can drag the dispenser as long as the ribbon is on the page.
Fiskars Paper Cutter – Mom swears by Fiskars. Fiskars has a paper cutting line dedicated to making things smaller for on the go, but still fully efficient. Mom takes her fold-up 12 inch paper cutter by Fiskars to any scrapbooking or card making event. It isn’t small enough to put in her tool box, but it is always right next to it on her desk and in her scrapbooking tote. 
Scissors – You always need a good pair of scissors. In Mom’s eyes you always need two good pairs of scissors; a small pair for images that may require detailed cutting and a large pair for cutting larger pieces of cardstock or less detailed images. Oh, and of course the scissors Mom uses for her scrapbook page layouts are by Fiskars as well.
Black Ink Pad – Mom always keeps a black Brilliance ink pad by her side at cropping events and at her desk. The black stamp pad is probably one of the most important things to keep with you when you do go to a scrapbook event with friends and here’s why. When you go to a scrapbooking event or crop, there are going to many times when a friend or fellow scrapbooker may have a stamp that you don’t have, but may need for a future layout. That’s when you get out your black stamp pad and a sheet or two of white cardstock and stamp that image several times. Now, not only do you have that image stamped and ready to go, but you also have enough stamped that you can create several scrapbook page layouts or other projects because you have several prints of that image, so you no longer need to buy that stamp, unless it’s one that you will use all the time, of course!
Tweezers – No! These aren’t for making sure your brows are perfect when you are scrapbooking, this is far more useful in the craft room. Tweezers work best for picking up small embellishments, such as rhinestones, beads or small pieces of paper and placing it properly on a scrapbook page. I have really big thumbs so I also, always have a pair of these at my desk or I get frustrated when an embellishment doesn’t go on the page where I need it. 
Bone Folder – This is a tool that I wasn’t very familiar with, but knew exactly what is was used for once I saw it. It is what it says it is, a bone (because it’s made from bone) folder (because that’s what it helps do). A bone folder allows you to fold and crease paper perfectly. These folders come in handy for scrapbooking when you are making pockets or envelopes on your scrapbook page layouts.
Markers – Markers are great for journaling or lettering on your scrapbook page. You can also use markers to shade in images you have placed on your page or have on cardstock pre-stamped from a friend. Mom uses Copic markers, they’re a little on the expensive side, but the neat thing about these markers is that they can be refilled with tubes of ink. It only takes a few drops of ink to fill the copic marker, so you can one tube of extra ink will refill the marker several times. A lot of other scrapbook markers are expensive, but don’t allow refills, so once they dry out you have to buy a brand new set. Copic markers take that headache away. When the ink is gone and a marker is dried out, you no longer have to throw expensive markers away simply refill them with a little more ink and keep doing what you were doing.
Scrapbook Caddy – This is how you keep your items organized on the go. I keep all the scrapbook stuff I need inside of it, so when I’m ready to go scrapbooking somewhere else, I don’t have to look around and find my tools and something to carry it in. Scrapbook caddy’s can be bought at any arts and crafts stores, such as Michaels and A.C. Moore. Some scrapbook caddy’s are a little on the pricey side, but look for coupons in your local Sunday paper for savings. There are always 40 and 50 percent off coupons, making you feel less guilty for spending that much money on a scrapbook caddy. 
