500 Scrapbooking Sketches

The way your photos, memorabilia and other embellishments are laid out in your scrapbook is completely up to you! There’s no right or wrong way. However, you do want your scrapbook to look as nice as it possibly can, so here are some different ideas, suggestions and tips for creating unique layouts and using premade layouts.

Premade Layouts

My Scrapbooking Supplies features several different premade layout designs to choose from, making your scrapbooking experience easy and enjoyable. Choose from themes such as “Twilight”, “Pooh”, “Nemo” and other Disney characters, as well as “Baby Boy” and “Mom”.

My Scrapbooking Supplies also features layouts that are more generic, such as “Butterfly kisses” and “Cute as a bug”.

Using these premade layouts makes scrapbooking a breeze and costs less than purchasing other embellishments. All you have to do is secure your chosen layout to the page or pages in your album; then secure the photos of your choice in the designated area. Your pages will appear complete as they are. However, if you want to give the page your own special touch, you can add other embellishments to the layout design as well.

Designing your own Layouts

You can certainly design your own layouts using background paper, photo corners and frames and other embellishments. Here are some tips to help you get started.

  • Before choosing a backdrop for your design, lay it out on the table with your photos to make sure the background and the photos suit each other in color and style. Also, some backgrounds may look better with a landscape photo compared to a portrait photo.
  • Add embellishments that will enhance your design as opposed to cluttering it up. If your background paper is busy, adding too many embellishments will take away from the photo instead of drawing attention to it.
  • Trim photos so the focus is on the main subject. Be sure to leave important or memorable details and people in the background to help tell the story and that will bring back memories years later.

Combining premade layouts and your unique layouts in an album

Your album will probably be comprised of both premade layouts and your unique layout designs. For an album that flows together in theme, style and design, try to use layouts and backgrounds that complement one another in color, pattern and style. If you use earth tones for one background, use earth tones throughout. If pastels are the primary color in a premade layout, use pastels throughout the album.

Another idea is to build your entire album around the theme of one premade layout. If you choose one of the “Twilight” themes for a couple of pages in your album, go with colors and patterns in your unique designs that will compliment the colors and patterns in the “Twilight” theme.

Of course these are only suggestions. Your album can be designed however you prefer, according to your taste and what you like. That’s the whole point of scrapbooking anyway, isn’t it? Tell your story your way and have fun creating your unique album using premade layouts and your unique designs together.

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