Sharing Scrapbook Pages #3

Grid designs are a great way to include multiple photos on your page while keeping the page simple to-make and easy on the eyes.

a list

small photos surround the list in the center -- all the things we wanted to do before leaving our temporary home and returning to North Carolina

card stock, sticker letters, journaling spot, photo corners

A New Room for Caroline

this way there's one block for the title, one for the journalling, and similarly-sized photos take up the rest of the space -- easy!

patterned paper, card stock, sticker letters, stickers, vellum

Summer Fun

less photos and more room for decoration... journalling is handwritten around each picture.

patterned paper, card stock, cardstock stickers, pen

April showers bring May flowers

grid in the middle again with a little more decoration and minimal journaling...  it's all about the pictures on this page!

die cut paper, card stock, rub on letters, die cuts

Sharing Scrapbook Pages #2

@ 47

Here's another simple one-page design for 2 photos: turning 47...  so young!

patterned paper, card stock, stickers, stamp & ink pad

too much fun

Similar design, with a journal card added for a bit more detail: a fun time with my siblings.

card stock, patterned paper, sticker letters, rub-ons, journal card, photo corners

family

Same basic 2-photo design with a bit more embellishment and handwritten journaling along the side: summertime family visit.

patterned paper, chipboard letters, stickers

our tiny dancer

This last page is based on the same 2-photo idea but this time the photos are vertical: youngest daughter's first dance recital.

die cut paper, card stock, sticker letters, stick on jewels

Sharing Scrapbook Pages #1

A few years ago I scanned a lot of my scrapbook pages.  It wasn't a perfect system -- in the process I lost some of the details on the edges, but it was a good feeling knowing I had a digital version of all those somewhat vulnerable paper pages.

I thought I'd occasionally share a page or two or three with you -- even though some of them might look a bit "dated" (after all scrapbooking is an extremely trendy craft!) maybe some of the ideas, page design, subject matter, will inspire you.  At least, if you're like me, you'll enjoy looking at what someone else has created.

First Day '07

Simple design, simple text, simple story:  first-day-of-homeschool snapshots taken on the back porch.

sticker letters, ribbon, cardstock, pen

Singing Beach -- Manchester MA

Same basic layout, rotated and journaling added along the side, this time computer generated: a visit to a much-loved beach in Massachusetts.

sticker letters, patterned paper, cardstock, stickers

 {3}

Again, same basic layout, turning the photo strip a bit on the diagonal this time, with more room for lots of hand-written journaling along the side: celebrating my sisters and our relationship over the years.

patterned paper, cardstock, rubons, chipboard numbers, photo corners, pen

First Day of School

Back to the same design as the first layout above!  This time with a bit more liberal use of patterned paper and stickers.

patterned paper, stickers, stamps & ink