Although this site is about much more than scrapbooking, I do talk about it often! If you come to my site for other ideas, I hope you will see the value in the variety of things offered here. My hope is that you find things that inspire you or prompt you to want to try something new. Even if you don’t scrapbook, you can find something about a scrapbook layout that may inspire you in other ways. For instance:
You may look at a color scheme in a new way and use it in your next creation.
A layout may give you an idea for a smaller version to translate to a card layout.
The embellishments may remind you of stamps you could use in a new way.
The combination of papers, embellishments, quotes or word art may spark an idea for a mixed media or art journal page.
It’s all about the journey and having FUN! So if you see several posts about one thing or another, I urge to check back, because we’ll be on to something else soon.
Here is a 2-page layout with a back to school theme. You could even use this as a beginning and end of the school year layout, or anything in between. It was created with Studio J, using:
Kit: (School/Friends) Class Act
Pattern: (4-photo) Backstage
Kit Mix: 6
Join us for Studio J Live! to see pages done right before your eyes! Here is how this page was created.
Welcome to my Artful Adventures post for the LOAD213 Blog Hop! If you are following in order, you have come here from my talented friend Beth Soler’s Scrapping Wonders website.
Do you ever get together with others who share your love of a particular hobby? If so, you know they can identify with your feelings of how wonderful you think your hobby is! If scrapbooking is something you like to do, and you want to find some others who share that passion, then Lain Ehmann’s Layout-a-day (LOAD) February 2013 may be just for you! The goal is to create at least one scrapbook page each day for a particular month, and this time it’s February. Does one page a day sound overwhelming? It’s not — read on!
Along with the basic goal, each LOAD has a theme, daily prompts, and at least one sample layout for each day. If the theme doesn’t particularly tickle your fancy, you can still participate — just get your pages done! There have been LOAD months where I have completed a page day, and others that I ended up with my total number of pages for the month, but perhaps didn’t get them done on the 1 per day schedule. I didn’t care — I still ended up with a pile of completed pages! Yeah ME!
If you are afraid that you won’t be able to complete a page each day and have time for your day-to-day life, never fear! With a little planning, I’m sure you can do it. We all handle it a little differently. Some people may slack off on having a spic-n-span environment, some may use the crockpot for help with meals, some people have a stack of pictures they want to get put on pages and have their own theme…. You get the idea, it may be a little different than other months of your life, but it can be done!
This is one of my favorite layouts! It is a 2 page layout at the end of LOAD212. It is digital and has a mini version of all the other pages I had made during February 2012.
Whether you are a digital scrapper, traditional paper scrapper, or combination “hybrid” scrapper,
You Will Have Fun and Complete Scrapbook Pages!
There is a private Flickr group for the event. You upload your completed page, and receive comments about how fabulous your page is, and how smart you were to think of doing that way! Of course, you reciprocate the favor and pass on the love by commenting on other people’s layouts they share with the group. Soon you will be pinching yourself to see if it is really true — your dream of having a whole bunch of scrapping friends really has come true!
Progressive Scrapbook Page Technique
If you do paper layouts, be sure to have paper, pictures, adhesive and some embellishments for your pages. If you’ve been scrapping for awhile, only buy adhesive. USE the stuff you already have! THAT is one of the benefits of LOAD — you can use up your stash. Sshhh….and then you’ll have a reason to get new stuff! I won’t tell, if you don’t!
For digital pages, you may want to go through some of your pictures as a reminder of all the people who live in the digital world of your hard drives. Stop holding them captive and let them get out onto some scrapbook page layouts. I don’t print digital pages at home, but if you do, you’ll want to be sure and have plenty of ink on hand for your printer!
If you sometimes feel stuck in getting a page together, you may want to try the “progressive” page technique. I did a post on the technique last year, and you can find it here.
Templates and Scraplifts
Also, remember that you can use templates, and by rotating or flipping them, you can really give a page a run for the money! Here’s a few thoughts on using templates or doing some scraplifting.
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Sometimes it is just fun to create a background layout without the fuss of trying to get it all done. For some reason, when I scrapbook, it’s all about getting a page complete. On the other hand, when I am creating something in a more artful manner, I find it more relaxing and fun!
This method of scrapbooking is no exception. In fact, I enjoy creating the basis of the page so much, I have a secret stash of pages that have backgrounds and no pictures yet! Okay, I’m not suggesting that YOU create a bunch of scrapbook pages with no pictures, (because I’ve already done that) but you can make some pages for things you know happen every year. By that I mean, seasons, holidays, birthdays, you get the idea!
This winter scene with a snowman was just the thing to use for a wintery day with family playing outdoors. These pictures were taken a number of years ago, and every time I ran across them I knew they should go on a fun page like this.
Notice how the bottom snow drift “border” are not solidly adhered to the page. When you ScrapAhead you want to allow places you can tuck photos in, because you don’t really know how many photos you may have, or how you may want to lay them out.
Here’s a quick rundown on this page creation:
Snowdrift border is made from white paper with torn edges, and then edges inked in blue
Blue background paper is randomly stamped with a snowflake stamp and white ink.
Top “Winter” title is made from punched white circles with letters stamped in blue ink.
Bottom “Wonder” title is made of blue paper die cut letters.
The snowman is made of white circles, and scraps of paper used for his hat, eyes, nose, buttons, etc.
Welcome to my Artful Adventures post for the LOAD213 Blog Hop! If you are following in order, you have come here from my talented friend Beth Soler’s 
This winter scene with a snowman was just the thing to use for a wintery day with family playing outdoors. These pictures were taken a number of years ago, and every time I ran across them I knew they should go on a fun page like this.