How far do you have to travel to an actual scrapbook store?

I’m so lucky that I have one about 25mins away. I used to have at least 6 within an hour!!

Good question, I went to a new one yesterday. It's about a 40-mile drive. it is a very small store but only sells scrapbooking things and the owner said they have crops and classes.

I know there's one scrapbook store which is technically closer (30 miles) but much slower and annoying to get to because of traffic.

I have a chain craft store very near me that sells home decor, sewing stuff, and yarn etc and they have 2 or 3 aisles of scrapbooking things (Echo Park, Photoplay, Doodlebug), stickers, a little by the sheet cardstock--textured only, why??? and some stamps and dies (Lawn Fawn). They shrunk down the scrapbook area a few years ago and now they sell puzzles in that space. I'd rather they went back to selling more (non-textured!) cardstock...

I have 2 near me, one is less than 2 miles but it's more like a stamp store vs. scrapbook store (they sell tons of stamps & card making stuff but also sell some scrapbook paper and very few embellishments but can order whatever you want). The other store is about 14 miles from my house and I was just there yesterday for the flea market to see how well (or not well) my stuff is selling. This is in the South Bay of the San Francisco Bay Area. I don't think there are any more stores in the SF Bay Area but there is one about 100 miles north of me in Davis, CA.

I have two that are a 30 minute drive. They also both have online stores, so if I'm particularly lazy I order online then have my DD's BF pick it up for me because one store is only 5 minutes from his house.

There’s a stamping / die cutting store about 45 minutes away. They have some scrapbooking stuff, mostly Doodlebug, and I enjoy going there sometimes. The closest real scrapbooking store is about two hours away. 

The last remaining store in my area is around 25 minutes away (15 miles or so) from my house, but less than one mile away from where I work.

About 10 miles away, the next town over, and it's the same town with all the "Generica" - malls and big box stores too, all 3 that you mentioned.

The last couple of times I went into the LSS I didn't see anything I was looking for though - and no American Crafts at all, they said they'd never even heard of AC... how? (Did they not understand me? My accent is not that strong/weird unless you're not listening.) They have Tim Holtz and Graphic45, stuff I shouldn't buy because I'll never use it and school color/mascot stuff I don't need.

Every time I've been in I've felt pretty unwelcome tbh, plus if I can't get Shimelle or Doodlebug there I'm certainly not going to pay brick and mortar prices for stamps and dies there. Maybe I should give them another chance, but the girl who rings up my cardstock at Joann's (who is also named Jo/Joanne/Joanna, like me) is far more friendly and helpful.

I'm about 40 minutes from a scrapbook store but I only went once.

My closest store is about 30 minutes away but I don't go to that side of town so I never go. And I heard the owner was customer unfriendly so I never made the effort.

Used to be less than a mile but now it’s 25 miles

Ok you made me look.

I did a search for scrapbook stores. Most of what popped up were places that no longer had B&M stores or places that were longer in business.
I found one 90 minutes away and one just under an hour away. The closer one is Frank Garcia Studio. Might be worth the trip.

Then I searched rubber stamp stores. Most of those were that that other type of rubber stamp—business use.
I did find one I’d been to years ago. That one has mostly stamps of course but I remember their having a large collection. I’d forgotten about that store. It’s only 20 minutes away.

I know of one that is 2.5 hours away heading south, and another about the same distance to the north. I haven't been to either of those. The one north is I think the one joblackford is talking about.

I just remembered another one that is about 2.5 hours east of me. That one I have been to, but it's been a few years (before I moved to this state). It is a general craft store but had a decent selection of paper crafting stuff. I remember liking it a lot actually.

There is a cool crafty thrift store about 1.5 hours away that I've been to once. They have a paper crafting area, along with yarn, fabric, felt, beads, paints and everything in between. I found some PTI stitching dies when I was there. I felt like I had struck gold finding them.

Either you or another New England Pea recommended this place to me, though it's more like an hour or a little more away from me.

It's not a large store, but they keep it well stocked and super clean, neat, and just so pretty.    They also have a pretty good size classroom and almost always have something going on on weekends.

Sometimes Frank is minding the store, and other times one of his employees, but they are all super friendly and helpful.

Upland is in San Bernardino county, but right next to Claremont, which is part of Los Angeles county.

Map it out and see how long it would take to get there.  Also, it is upstairs, so if that is a problem call first to see if there is an elevator in the building.