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Scrapbook Layout Ideas

Scrapbooks are a personal expression to remember an event or serious of events through photos and other memorabilia. Just as each person has different experiences, so each book is different. With this in mind, scrappers can spend hours of time devoted to creating beautiful pages to capture a single moment or event. The joy of the craft is not only with the finished project but in remembering the event as the page is being created. With that in mind, many scrapbookers will search for the perfect layout to compliment their photos. Scrapbook layout ideas can come from many sources. Here are some ideas to get you started.

Decide which photo and other mementos you want to include in the page. Look at the objects and decide what overall feeling you want to create. If the picture is of a little one sleeping, you won't want a loud page. Instead find a theme that will compliment the story you are trying to tell. Once you've decided on the overall theme, look for objects, pictures, colors, and other items that will coordinate with your theme. Gather odds and ends to the side that you would like to use. These can be buttons, cut outs, photo borders, ticket stubs, stickers, ribbon, and yarn, almost anything. Once you've gathered all of your items decide how you want them laid out. The idea is to compliment the photographs and other important objects, not to overwhelm them. Sure all those cute Holiday stickers might look nice, but if there are placed all on one page the focus is no longer on the photos but on the stickers. Most will agree the less is better, especially in the beginning.

One scrapbook layout idea that you can use is a Holiday theme for making Christmas cookies. Take the photos of family and friends rolling out, decorating, cutting out, and baking Christmas cookies. Look for candid shots. Next take red cardstock and place it on the scrapbook page as the background. Then, use thin dark green ribbon to create a border around the edges of the page. Layer photographs on the page and place the grin ribbon around each for a border. Then take the cookie cutters and trace the shape onto cardstock. Decorate the paper cookies and glue them around the page. You know have an instant page that showcases the tradition of baking cookies. Keep the cookies to just a few to avoid over dominating the page. Depending on the scrapbook page, use only three or four. If you would like to create a two page theme you can add the recipe to a piece of paper and add it to one side and the cookies and photos around it. To give it an authentic look, crumple the paper and rub and crease it over and over to create a well used appearance.

More Scrapbook layout ideas can be found all over in magazines, on line, and even in a scrapbook consultant. Have fun with your own ideas and be creative. Use your imagination to create original layouts that reflect your personal style, the story you are telling, and the people in the pictures.

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