LEANNE Payne said she felt like a kid in a candy store the first time she walked into a scrapbook shop.
Mrs Payne, who lives in Acacia Gardens, went there intending only to ask about putting a photo onto canvas, but fell in love with scrapbooking.
She says it's ``the fastest-growing craft in Australia''.
She said the world had moved on from the days of photo albums.
``They were great to protect your photos, but this is another way to ensure they are preserved,'' Mrs Payne said.
She now operates an online scrapbooking shop, Joyful Scraps.
Scrapbooking involves placing photos onto acid and lignin free paper and decorating the page with embellishments, stamps, pattern photos, stickers, buttons, cardstock, split pins, eyelets and overlays.
The pages are then inserted into plastic sleeves and compiled to make an album.
Mrs Payne said the growth of digital camera and computer ownership meant families should be moving their keepsakes from boxes to acid-free albums.
``It's such a good way to record family history, which is a very powerful thing to pass on,'' she said.
Mrs Payne recently held scrapbooking classes in Rouse Hill for children and for parents to scrap baby photos.
Scrapathons are held once a month. The next is on Friday October 24, 6pm-midnight, Kellyville Ridge Community Centre. Go to www.joyfulscraps.com.au