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We did our first profile by hand, and our second with photoshop. With our hand scrapped profile we did it in 8.5x11 and had it copied at our scrapbook store. They did a great job as their copiers are designed for scrapbook pages. We had all the copies made 8.5x11 and I believe we used a high quality matte paper. I would avoid a high gloss, especially if you are printing digitally. We then bound them by hand; we used scrapbook card stock for the front and back cover, and high quality sheet protectors for most of the pages. We bound the entire profile with ribbon. I prefer this even with digital scrapbooks over hard bound profiles because I think they can look too professional. I think handbound profiles look more home made and can come across less sterile. If you would like to see a photo of how they turned out you can PM me and I would be happy to send a photo.
I believe most of the paper I used to scrapbook with started out 12x12 and I just cropped it with a paper cutter. I think they do make 8.5x11 scrapbook paper as well.
Good luck!
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