Now the main thing that I've worked out, is that you need more plain coloured scrapbooking papers then you realise.  You may ask why?  It's because they are your base for most of your pages.  Take a look at some here - just click on them and see

Another scrapbooking paper hint is to buy packs, if you look in my store below, there are some I'm going to tell you all about in detail to take the confusion out!

This is an example of a pack which you can order, it's perfect for your daughters/grand-daughters or friends album you maybe doing. Everything needed to create 6 co-ordinated pages is included in one convenient package. Kits include 6 designer papers, alphabet, message stickers, die-cut tags, frames, chipboard, ribbon and 3-D embellishments.