Scrapbook My Life

Remember that scrapbooking is about preserving memories, not decorating pages with overpriced embellishments!  When you keep your focus on the photos and journaling, you’ll only need a few simple embellishments to create stunning family keepsakes.

• Simple scrapbooking is the most cost effective style.  Simple Scrapbooks magazine is a good resource for learning how to creating stunning layouts with cardstock and minimal embellishments.
• Print out clip art or images from free digital scrapbooking kits to use as frugal scrapbook accents for your next layout.
• Use journaling as a creative and low cost page embellishment.  Repeat simple journaling such as names and dates across cardstock for a unique and meaningful text background.
• Don’t forget to incorporate memorabilia into your layouts.  Postcards, brochures, and maps add visual interest to your vacation layouts while supplementing your journaling.  Include scanned and reduced copies of your child’s handwriting and artwork in your layouts to help document his or her growth.
• Embellish your pages with clever photo treatments. Create an interesting image by cutting a photo into strips and piercing it back together, leaving thin margins between the strips. You can also try creating a photo mosaic by cutting the photo into a random pattern and piecing it back together in the same manner.
• Get in touch with your artistic side and start doodling on your pages! Stars, circles, flowers, and other simple designs are a cheap and easy way to accent any layout.

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