scrapbooker

Album craft enthusiast

A scrapbooker is someone who makes scrapbooks—albums combining photographs, mementos, and decorative elements to preserve memories.

The hobby involves arranging items with artistic flair, often using specialized papers, stickers, and embellishments: She's an avid scrapbooker who documents every family vacation.

materials

cardstock

Rigid paper material

brads · eyelets · charms · fibers · tags · vellum · acetate · chipboard · ribbons · buttons

techniques

journaling

Regular personal writing practice

stamping · embossing · decoupage · distressing · inking · stenciling · clustering · shadowing · titling

memories

nostalgia

Longing for the past

photographs · heritage · ancestry · milestones · celebrations · family · generations · storytelling · documentation · preservation

creative

inspiration

Source of creative impulse

composition · design · personalization · style · mixed-media · collage · assemblage · texture · balance · whimsy

tools

scissors

Pivoted twin-blade cutter

inks · templates · ruler · tweezers · stylus

album

photographs

Light-captured images

binding · chronological · themed · accordion-fold

Categories
Opposites
memory preservation approach

scrapbookerphotographer

Camera-wielding image maker

videographer

relationship to the past

scrapbookerminimalist

One favoring bare essentials

declutterer · purger · Marie Kondo · hoarder

Phrases
Family

scrapbook, scrapbooks, scrapbooking, scrapbooked

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G