In this process video I create a 12-photo double-page scrapbook layout using the Bella Blvd Adventure Awaits collection! I'm documenting photos of my nephew taking on the children's rope course at ZOOm Air Adventure Park.

What started as “I should make myself a little cardstock reference sheet” has become a 3 to 4 year project involving a colour meter, spreadsheets, Illustrator files, and a frankly unreasonable amount of cardstock.
I originally just wanted to know which shades I owned, have digital versions in Illustrator so I could design projects using cardstock I actually had, and know which packs to buy when I inevitably ran out of a particular shade mid-project.
Then people started asking: “Are you going to add all the packs?” “What about the 12 × 12 packs?” “Are you adding the new colours that just came out?”
I kept expanding it, and apparently nobody in my personal life thought to stop my growing cardstock empire.
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WHAT’S INCLUDED IN v5.0?
The free reference library now contains 19 pages, organized into three sections:
All Available Colours, 3 pages
A master colour legend showing each shade and every documented pack you can find it in. Because sometimes you already own that colour, it’s just hiding in a pack with a completely different name.
8.5” × 11” Cardstock, 10 pages
The individual multipacks, Essentials, Bright Essentials, and solid-colour packs.
12” × 12” Cardstock, 6 pages
All the 10-colour palette packs, Bright Essentials, the shared Essentials reference, and solid-colour packs.
The individual reference sheets include HEX, RGB, and CMYK values, plus matching-pack references where applicable.
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HOW DID I GET THE COLOURS?
Over the past 3ish? years, I’ve purchased every pack documented in this library and measured the actual cardstock using a colour meter.
I’ve also physically compared and cross-referenced the cardstock across packs. These matches weren’t guessed from product photos or pulled from whatever colour someone’s monitor decided to display that day. There has been actual cardstock involved. So. Much. Cardstock…
Manufacturing batches can vary slightly, and screens and printers can display colours differently, so these are reference values based on the cardstock I measure, not a guarantee that every sheet ever manufactured will be identical.
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WHY IS THE MASTER LEGEND ARRANGED THAT WAY?
It follows a general rainbow order, but I’ve also deliberately kept similar shades and colour families together.
The lime greens sit together, the olive greens sit together, the darker forest greens sit together, and so on. The goal is to make it easier to compare related shades, not just create a rainbow and hope for the best.
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WHERE DO THE COLOUR NAMES COME FROM?
Most of the multipack colours don’t have individual shade names, so I identify them by their pack name and position in the pack.
For example, Apricot Crush 01 is the top colour in the Apricot Crush pack, followed by 02, 03, and so on.
The names identify where the cardstock comes from. The cross-references tell you where else that same shade appears.
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A HUGE THANK YOU 
A substantial part of this library was made possible by people who purchased the Colour Swatch Book Toolkit or donated to support the project.
That support helped me buy many of the packs needed to measure and compare the actual cardstock. This wasn’t simply me funding an increasingly elaborate paper habit by myself. You helped build this resource, and I genuinely appreciate it.
Buying an entire pack just to document its colours adds up quickly. Apparently, “research materials” can also occupy several file folders.
This has been a staggering amount of work, but hopefully it saves you some of the “which bloody pack did this colour come from?” detective work that started the whole thing in the first place.
Happy crafting!

— MiDankie’s Designs

hi hi! i’m wanting to start creating yearly scrapbooks for myself as i don’t use social media (outside of reddit lol) and want a way to interact with my memories off my phone. i’m finding the biggest barrier for me is printing the pictures so i’m hoping to get some advice on where to start!

- how do you personally go about gathering your pictures? do you have a ritual or routine?

- since i’m just starting out i don’t want to buy a photo printer, how would you recommend i get my prints instead?

as with starting anything new, it feels overwhelming. so any tips on how to tailor scrapbooking into bite size stages would be super helpful!

how to remove glue-stIcked old notebook paper letters from scrapbook?

there are letters glued to each side of the cardstock they're stuck to so I can’t just cut around them.

some pages have movie ticket stubs or greeting cards

trying to dissasemble and redo entire book

Hi all! I had a 20x20 sq foot crafting room filled to the ceiling with every kind of craft stuff you could think of. We moved, and I couldn’t take it all with me, so I’m starting over from scratch. Can yall tell me where you’re buying stuff now? I wasn’t impressed with hobby lobby when I went. I also was a close to my heart consultant, and I know they aren’t in business any longer. I also did alot of Project Life albums. I’m in need of recommendations for everything! I don’t know where to start gathering everything I need. Thank you for any suggestions!

Made my little dream come true and got to see the Halloween themed Tivoli ❤️🎃 of course I had to document it

I used vintage Houston Chronicle Newspapers and toy coins, she used a bunch of doll magazines we found at a scrap art supply store.

I am a sticker lover. Have been collecting them for over 16 years now. Here’s the thing… I wanna store them nicely. Each category being easily accessible and stuff. I’m currently storing them in big folders and it’s just such a hassle to go through and find all of them. So my question is… how do you all store your sticker sheets?

Apparently October needed a giant moth and a tiny ghost haha

I started a scrapbook with pages that go into the protective sleeves but I’ve come across some really cute scrapbook ideas that have interactive things to pull, flip, etc and now I’m having fomo :( I also feel like the protective sleeves are making my book so heavy

Hi, I'm new to scrapbooking, junk journaling & collage art & I have a few questions regarding all 3 of them:

a.) Is it too late to do all of them or either one of them as I'm 22 turning 23 this year & I've never done them in my life like ever. I started doing it around July 2026 & so far, I've made 5 pages.

b.) Is there any wrong way to do all of them as the way I do them, I print pictures from my computer and paste them on my pages, I buy stickers, ribbons, scrap paper, tape etc. to use for my pages.

c.) Are there any websites or apps to post my creations as I want to make online friends that have similar interests & backgrounds. Due to my conditions & histories with them/myself, me being bad during my childhood & adolescence & me being a loner (I'm autistic & have global developmental delay), I can't really do anything & have no irl friends.

d.) Similar to the abovementioned (sort of), are there any sites or apps where I can enter them into exhibitions for the world to see my creations or if I want to enter them into competitions. I'm from Australia so if there's anything from my country where I can post or enter in my creations, I would love to know, otherwise feel free to tell me where I can post my creations for the world to see.

e.) This is probably a silly question, but I'm going to say it anyways. Can you do all 3 of them or either one as a job &/or career, or are they just personal hobbies as I still don't have & have no idea what to do with my life.

f.) Finally, what really is scrapbooking, junk journaling & collage art as I feel like they're all the same thing, but I've looked online & they're completely different. I would love to hear some answers with this one.

And those are my questions about scrapbooking, junk journaling & collage art :)

Some pages from my Vietnam Trip.

Finally got a batch of photos back today! Im not really aharing anything on fb or anything so this has been very fun to create.

This took 2 days to complete. It's not very good as I'm still new to scrapbooking and junk journaling (I've never done it in my life like ever), but I want to show the world my creations. Hope you all like it and feel free to leave feedback and suggestions 😄

For the traditional scrapbooks, where do you buy yours? How much do you normally spend on one scrapbook? I've found mine solely through thrifting so far, but I'm interested in picking up another, and was wondering where else is good to get them. For me, I'm in Canada, so I don't have all the same options, but please drop below where you get yours!

Where do you guys buy your scrapbook paper for the base of your pages and to line the photos? I’m trying to look for packs that are kind of just generally cute since I’m just getting into scrapbooking.

I had bought this pack from Hobby Lobby and it wasn’t until I got home that I realized it’s basic paper and not cardstock:
https://www.hobbylobby.com/scrapbook-paper-crafts/paper-cardstock/printed-paper-packs/the-basics-paper-pack/p/81072577?srsltid=AU7gw4W5bE-LHUpuqNQkUdFxFQN_ot8E0JbiG5t3ZzVB7qBUBNusP4Ve

Do you guys use basic paper at all or recommend cardstock for all aspects of scrapbooking? And if anyone has links to something like what I sent in cardstock form or others please link!

In this process video I document My first Disney ride evacuation… and I was THRILLED!

In this Scrapbook Process Video I create a double-page scrapbook layout documenting my mom’s beautiful new home using the Bella Blvd Love Grows Here collection!

Been creating a flower/garden themed scrapbook, I’m not sure what style it is but am really having fun with this creative outlet!

How do I fix this without ruining the guestbook?? I didn’t realize how thick it has gotten since working on it. I don’t want it to break and also don’t want to start completely over!!