Create A Scrapbook That's Stunning With These 4 FAST Layout Ideas!
So whether you're an absolute beginner in scrapbooking, or perhaps you've already attempted a few layouts, in this article, you'll discover a bunch of scrapbooking designs to help you scrap some of the most popular occasions quickly and easily!
1. Create A Scrapbook With A Vacation Theme
This beach vacation layout uses the colors in the photo as inspiration for the layout!
Examples:
Yellow/blue – beach holiday
Blue/green – water sport holiday
White/silver- snow glitter for skiing
Red/orange – holidays in fall
Alternatively use the flag color of the country you visit – blue and red for America, gold and green Australia etc.
Picking a suitable background
As mentioned above you need to ensure that your background doesn't overwhelm your content. For a vacation background you may wish to use a plain colored background or even just use textured background like sand glued to the page.
When creating scrapbooks, lot's of people want to present their holiday snaps, memories and keepsakes. If this is the case then you could use a 8X8 scrapbook Alternatively you can present in a pocket sized 'passport' scrapbook, bucket and spade shaped book, or a beach hut style album with the doors open to all your memories.
Text can be presented as a 'postcard' or as part of a 'ticket'. You may want to include your own handwritten memories on a luggage tag.
**Top tip**
When we come off holiday it's so nice to capture memories of our adventure although more often than not we come home and life takes over, we are too busy to get started and before you know it the memories have faded along with your enthusiasm.
One way to avoid this happening is to prepare a page or book ( including the color and theme) prior to leaving for your holiday, this way whilst away you can collect specific keepsakes to include once you are home. It makes creating scrapbooks so much easier!
Ideas:
♥ Receipts
♥ Tickets
♥ Photos
♥ Shells
♥ Luggage tags
♥ Aero plane extras
♥ Foreign money
♥ Visas
To get more inspiration for all kinds of scrapbooking layouts go here.
2. Create A Scrapbook For Babies
Start at the beginning, maybe the pregnancy scans or list of possible names and then move through to current age and even thoughts for the future
Using baby gift paper makes excellent backgrounds or baby material from your local haberdashery. There are beautiful materials these days that will work perfectly for this.
Focusing on your presentation style
Again a book is a great way to display your memories and showcase your work however you can be more creative with filling a birth certificate gift tube or large knitted baby sock full of your memories.
Experimenting with text
Include birth certificate, hospital tags, or other sentimental items which include your memories as part of your scrapbook journaling.
**Top tip**
Shrink pure wool jumpers in very hot water to display in your book.
If you'd like some layout ideas for scrapbooking your baby girl then go here.
For layout ideas for your baby boy then go here.
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3. Create A Scrapbook Of A Wedding
Choose the colors from the wedding and keep them the same throughout your book. If you had black and white photos taken on the day it looks really good to arrange these in a vintage style page. More on this later.
Use inspirational backgrounds
Backgrounds and borders can be created using your wedding paper or invitation cards.
As mentioned above a vintage style page can be really good to display black and white photos or better still Sepia photos. Create this using tea stained paper (either created yourself or buying from a scrapbooking supplier). Use old fashioned photo corner clips and calligraphy to finish the look off.
Re-cycle things for your text
Text can be presented on plain card displayed on a wedding invitation, name cards or order of ceremony.
**Top tips:**
Have a scrapbooking table at your wedding and ask people to create a page, or write a memory during the day. Include, favors, order of service, wedding dress samples, receipts etc.
For more helpful ideas on creating wedding layouts then go here.
4. Graduation Pages
Creating graduation pages to preserve the memories of your children's graduations is an important part of scrapbooking. Here's a few simple ideas on how to get started quickly!
Traditionally the colour of graduation is black however your college may have particular colors on their emblem. Use these colors where possible to capture the uniqueness of the occasion. Alternatively you could use the time of year or season to reflect a theme. For example go with a simple white background to reflect the snow at winter.
Your printed essays (ensuring the text has been changed to light color) make a wonderful background to your page. These can be printed on colored card or paper.
Get creative with your layout
The front page of your graduation scrapbook can be the shape of a mortar board. A scroll can be created on the front page for the use of a handle. The front page could also include your university crest.
Making the text look beautiful
Present text on plain card on top of a report card or inside the graduation order of service. Border your text with ruler measures.
** Top Ideas **
Use your old books and university documentation (those that are not precious to you) for borders and backgrounds. Small scrolls can be included of your memories.
I hope that's helped inspire you with some new ideas for creating scrapbooks – and I wish you all the best with creating scrapbooks of your memories!
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