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Halloween Scrapbook Double Layout, Buttons & Bows, Take 2

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This Halloween page uses the same layout on the left page that I showed you in yesterday’s post.  However this layout was done so each of the grandkids could have copies.  Having to have pages for more than one person of the same events is another great reason to do a digital layout!  Thought I would show you a double page layout so you could see the finished layout.

You can see that this actually covers two different years. By the time I got to the page on the right, I had decided the little black bows reminded me of bats, so I just added them onto the page with that intent.  Also, the white button is a “moon.”

Just take it a layout at a time!  Have you run across some favorite pictures from years ago that you want to get on pages?  

Halloween 3-Photo Scrapbook Layout with Buttons and Bows

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Do you ever feel like you are behind in scrapbooking your pictures?   Don’t feel like everything has to be put into layouts based on a day-by-day, chronological order!

I ran across these cute pictures of our Princess 2 (granddaughter) and thought they would be so cute in a page all together.   Because of all the buttons and bows, it would have been quite heavy and bulky using real product, so this is a digital page.

With all the open space in the layout, you can easily get by with adding the different patterns of paper behind the photo mats.  In this case, the circles help pull together the design with the round buttons of the border.

Notice how some of the buttons are overlapping a bit and the shadows on the buttons are individually adjusted so that they appear more like they are overlapping each other.

The little black bows remind me of little bats – which was a happy accident!

What kind of happy accidents have you had in scrapbooking a layout?

This layout was done with Stampin’Up! My Digital Studio, (MDS).  I receive no compensation for mentioning it.

 

Pumpkin Patch 12 Photo Scrapbook Layout

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Here is the scrapbook page I promised to show you with pictures of our outing to the pumpkin patch. I have also included a video to walk you through some of the elements of the page and give you some other information about the layout. You may watch it here, or read a brief description below the video.

I decided to make create this page digitally, because I had more pictures than time to scrap them onto several pages. So I decided to go ahead and use a lot of them on a single layout. That’s one of the benefits of using digital images, you can resize them as needed!

 

Since I was going to use several photos on the page I decided I would start with a layered template that used a lot of pictures. I wasn’t sure how many I would end up with but I figured it would quite a few, so I found a layout I liked that already included 9 pictures. I have a set of layered templates from DigitalScrapper.com that are great! In fact there are 12×12 pages as well as 8 1/2 x 11 layered templates! They are called Scrap It Now, so you may want to check them out. They are grouped into sets depending on how many photos you want to use, so it makes it easy to find one to use.  (I receive no compensation for mentioning this product!)

Okay, I’ll stop here and admit I should have decided on how many pictures I was going to use before I selected the template, but I didn’t! I had to add 2 more frames, plus you’ll see I actually used one my photos as the top of the background! It seemed perfect for the overall theme of the page, and really was going to be too small if I used it in one of the frames.

There are so many pictures on the page that I didn’t want to use too many other embellishments on the page because I felt it would become too busy. After the page is printed, I’ll hand write names near the pictures or add any other small journaling very close to the edges of the photos.

If you have any questions be sure to let me know! Come back tomorrow to see a great way to get a double page layout (paper) ready for Halloween and get your pictures on it right away!

Does Size Matter for Scrapbook Pages?

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Have you ever sat down to scrapbook with your pictures at hand and just had a big blank page staring back at you, not saying anything?  It just lies there in silence!  It gives you no guidance or direction, and just waits for you to get to started with pictures, journaling and embellishments.  You keep moving things around, but you just can’t bring yourself to commit those items to the page by actually using adhesive — that is such a permanent commitment!  Oh how too familiar this is to many scrapbookers.

The first time I worked on an 8×8 album was a liberating feeling.  It took so little time to complete an entire album!  When we made some little 6×6 albums, they were just a breeze.  There just wasn’t enough space to worry about putting so many things on a page.  It was just quick and simple.

When I ran across the concept of progressive scrapbook pages, it just made so much sense!  If you aren’t familiar with the concept, here it is. You start with a small size, say 6×6 and use that as your page to complete.  Then you lay that on an 8.5×11 page and complete that.  Finally, you lay it on a 12×12 page and finish it off!  By breaking up the space with the different sizes, you have automatically created quite a bit of balance and variety to your page.

Even doing the reverse can be helpful!  Lay out your 12×12 then place a piece of 8.5×11 on next, and then a 6×6  It can break up enough space to give you an idea of something you’d like to do!

Here is a basic page I’ve done to give you the idea.  The finished size is 12×12, but you can see where the 8.5×11 patterned paper is, and the 6×6 that is layered on top of that!