Christmas is over and now you want to complete that Christmas Scrapbook to show off your wonderful memories of the holiday season.  We have compiled a list of tips to help you create that perfect christmas scrapbook.

Don't forget that we have clipart, quotes, page titles, fonts and more for you to use as you create your scrapbook.

Save that wrapping paper!

Wrapping paper from the gifts make a colorful and unique accent for your pages.  When matched up with photos of family and friends opening the gifts with that specific wrapping paper it ties is quite nice with the photos on the pages. 

Wrapping paper is also decorative and you can cut out the images or use pieces of the wrapping paper as tags. 

You can also save the gift tags and add them to the pages.  For a special touch, journal on the back of the tags.

Toys boxes are sometimes better than store bought embellishments!

Colorful toy boxes often have bright colored characters in different sizes printed on them.  Cut out the characters or other parts of the boxes to add to the pages.  Try to avoid the use of pieces from corrugated cardboard boxes because they will not lay flat on the page unless you can peel the outer layer off the corrugation.

Christmas Cards.

Have you ever opened a Christmas card to find more than just a "Merry Christmas" inside?  Hand written notes inside cards can be worked into scrapbook pages quite easily.  Handwritten notes inside cards are like someone adding a journal entry into your scrapbook. 

If you do not want to include the whole card, cut out the handwritten portion or slowly tear around the outside of the handwritten portion before adding to your pages.

Take lots of photos.

Digital photos are basically free.  You can take as many as you want (or at least as many as your camera will hold) and only have to print out the photos you really like.  Sites such as York Photo will often run deals giving you the chance to print your photos on professional grade photo paper for less than $0.05 a photo. 

Don't settle for any photo by having lots of photos of the same event to choose from.  15 or 20 photos of a person opening a gift can give you that many different facial expressions or looks to choose from. 

Pressed Leaves and Flowers.

Mistletoe, Poinsettias and all the other flowers that you may get at Christmas time can be pressed and added to your pages.  To press the flowers, flower petals or leaves, simply stick them in the middle of a thick book and apply lots of pressure by putting something heavy on the book.  The paper will help to draw out the moisture.  The resulting flowers or leaves will be delicate, but look nice on your scrapbook pages.

Create your own Scrapbook Paper using Wrapping Paper!

You have been looking for that perfect Christmas scrapbooking paper with no success.  The day after Christmas last year you picked up 10 rolls of beautiful wrapping paper at 50% off at your local store.  Why not use the wrapping paper as your scrapbook paper?

What you will need:

• That "ugly" scrapbook paper that you know you will NEVER use.  Basically take a piece of paper that you KNOW you will never ever use otherwise from that paper bundle that you bought a while ago.
• Wrapping paper.  You will need enough to cover both sides of the scrapbook paper that you will be using.
• Double sided tape.
• A pencil
• Scissors (straight edge) or a craft knife and a ruler or other straight edge.

1. Start by laying the wrapping paper down with the backside facing up.
2. Lay the scrapbook paper on the wrapping paper and trace the outline with the pencil.  Repeat this process on another portion of the wrapping paper.  One piece will be used for the front, the other for the back.
3. Use scissors or a craft knife and a straight edge to cut the wrapping paper.  Take your time to make sure you get straight edges.  If you mess up and do not want to cut another piece of wrapping paper you can always position your embellishments, photos, tags, etc. to cover up the little section where you messed up as you create your page.
4. Take the double sided tape and place it around the border of one side of the scrapbook paper.  Place a couple of strips in the middle of the paper to keep the wrapping paper from bubbling up as people turn the page when viewing your scrapbook.
5. Carefully position the wrapping paper over the scrapbook paper, being sure to line up the edges.  Start at one side and slowly lay the wrapping paper down to help make sure that the wrapping paper lays flat as it sticks to the double sided tape.
6. Once completed, repeat the process for the other side of the scrapbook paper.
7. Enjoy!  Don't forget that you can do the same for Birthday Scrapbooks using the wrapping paper from birthday gifts.