Scrapbook Page Layout Tips For Beginners

When I was first starting to get the scrapbook bug I was so overwhelmed with the amount of projects available that I often had a hard time focusing my time and energy. I would start four or five different pages,  but finish none of them. When putting together a scrapbook page or set of pages as a beginner there are a few tried and true pointers to help you stay on track. Here are a list of tips to help you make the most of your time and create beautiful scrapbook page layouts when you are first starting out as a scrapbook-aholic.

1. Organization
2. Acid Free and Lignin Free
3. Shop Simple

Organization-
Organization will help you make the most of your time when you are creating a new scrapbook page or continuing an old layout. Everything, let me say that again....EVERYTHING should be organized: photographs, embellishments and tools so you always know where things are when you need them.

Acid Free and Lignin Free-
Any products you use on your pictures such as stickers, pens and glue adhesives should be acid free. These acid free products prevent damage to your photographs and don't cause them to brown or yellow with age in a scrapbook.

Shop Simple-
Only buy the basics when you are first beginning a scrapbook...there's no need to go overboard. As you get more comfortable with the idea and concept of scrapbooking then gradually add more tools and supplies to your collection. For a list of the supplies every scrapbooker should have when they begin check out that article

Scrapbook Pages: Goodies for Summertime Fun!

With children out for the summer, holiday celebrations and family vacations to be planned; there will be tons of great pictures you will want to place in your scrapbook album. The good news for you is that some of the best scrapbook companies offer some of the most beautiful scrapbook collections that pertain to summer fun at the beach, visiting the zoo and of course 4th of July. Here are current scrapbook page collections from the biggest scrapbooking companies so you can make your favorite summertime memories look their best.

Vacation Collections:
 
Basic Grey: Wander Collection – If you’re familiar with the Basic Grey company and collections, then you know their backgrounds tend to be a little more eclectic than the collections featured by other companies. The wander collection covers several big travel destinations and also features traditional travel pages with roads, maps and road signs you may see on your trip.


K and Company: Brenda Walton Designs Around the World – Extremely adorable collection and a must have for anyone that will be putting together a scrapbook of summer vacations. The great thing about this collection, as with anything K and Company puts out, is the fact that they have journal tags, post cards, die cuts and other embellishments available that correspond with this collection.

Beach Collections:
 
Bo Bunny: Barefoot and Bliss – If you are looking for a page perfect for a boy, girl or family scrapbook layout this is a great choice for a beach page. Bo Bunny incorporates Hawaiian flowers, waves and of course the colors blue, yellow and orange. This is by far my favorite collection for a beach theme because I can use this collection to showcase pictures for any gender and the fun summer colors on each page are perfect for at the beach pictures.

Zoo and Animal Collections:
 
K and Company: Actopus to Zelephant – This is the most adorable zoo or animal collection I have ever seen in my entire life and can easily be used for more than just zoo pages. This collection has a child like theme to it, but will be a favorite among both young and old scrapbookers or any gender. The scrapbook pages are too cute to pass up and the clear acrylic letter stamps that were made for this collection are very unique. Each letter is illustrated in some way to represent an animal. For example, the letter “S” is bent to look like a seahorse and “B” looks like a bear. Here are the stamps Actopus To Zelephant Stamps-Alphabet

Bo Bunny: Zoology – This collection is for more mature pictures and comes in every single animal print you can possibly think of: tiger, zebra, giraffe and I think they have a tortoise shell printed paper. This collection is a little dark for Bo Bunny and isn’t one of my favorites, but can be used for the scrapbooking individuals that aren’t big on the cutesy scrapbook collections done by other companies.

Independence Day Collections:

K and Company: Americana and All – This collection will make your favorite 4th of July celebrations and pictures more beautiful than they were before. The nostalgic feel to these scrapbook pages and the beautiful red, white and blue hues will have you wishing that everyday was 4th of July.

Bo Bunny: Liberty – A little brighter than the collection released by K and Company, but I can’t say which is better because they both offer things I like and dislike. Check out this collection as another option to use for your July holiday photos and scrapbook albums.

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Scrapbook Page Challenge: Creative Beach Scrapbook Page

This week was not only a challenge week for our blog, but was also a challenging week in general to get everything accomplished that needed to be done. If you don’t remember, last week Mom and I decided to keep things creative with our scrapbooking concepts by making our own challenge. We were to create a scrapbook page layout based on the contents listed on various strips of paper. To read more about how we came up with our challenge and what we did you can read about that here.

Mom’s scrapbook challenge was to create a beach themed scrapbook page using Stampin’ Up products, the colors red and pink, and rhinestones as an embellishment. Mom was nervous, but excited about the challenge, however; her finished scrapbook page layout not only turned out great, but also included all five elements instead of just four. Keep reading further for the items used in this page and how it was put together.

Items Needed:

1.  Stampin' Up Stamps: Crayon Kids
2. Manga Skin Kit - Copic Ciao Set (8 Marker + 1 Multiliner Pen)
3. Scenic Route Paper - Garland Scrap Strip
4. Wausau Creative Collection Classics Specialty Cardstock Starter Kit, 8.5 X 11 Inches, 72 Count (46407) 
5. Tsukineko Brilliance Full-Size Pad, Starlite Black
   

How Mom Created This Scrapbook Layout:

This page actually features three different layered backgrounds. The first background page is a piece of 12x12 cardstock in red. On top of the red cardstock to create the second layer mom used a piece of pink cardstock, slightly trimmed, and placed it over the red cardstock. This gives a dimensional or framed look to the scrapbook page. The final layer, which is placed on top of the pink cardstock, is a patterned paper by Scenic Route Paper called Garland Scrap Strip. This patterned paper is actually a Christmas or holiday background page that mom utilized for a different purpose and features the colors pink and red in several different patterns.

Mom didn’t do any special cropping to the pictures for this scrapbook page, she kept them at a regular 4x6” size, but they are placed on pink card stock to frame the pictures. The children and sun images is a stamp set called crayon kids by the Stampin' Up Company. Mom stamped the image directly onto the finished scrapbook page. She stamped each image using black brilliance ink, where she wanted them on the page. She then stamped the image again on a piece of white cardstock and colored them in using copic markers. She cut out the face and the clothes of the children and glued them directly onto the scrapbook page where the images were previously stamped. Adding the cardstock images on top of the flat stamped image create a 3D effect on the page.

Mom used pink rhinestones at the bottom left-hand corner of the page to separate the words SPARKLE. It’s very hard to see in the picture, but they are there.
We also drew our strips of paper for next weeks challenge, so stayed tuned for that later on today. Please feel free to submit any challenges you participate in and leave a link to your image or blog.
Now get to scrappin’ those scrapbooks and keepsakes!

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