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Autumn-Inspired Layouts

The interior of my local scrapbook store looks as though a giant sneezed on an oak tree filled with the colors of fall. Leaf-print paper, stickers, stamps and die cuts in orange, yellow and burnt sienna are all over the place. I went into the shop looking for a good deal on back-to-school-themed embellishments and was nearly buried under the mountains of autumn-themed paper. Granted, paper with red, yellow, and orange leaves are very versatile. You can add them to page designs featuring a gorgeous fall nature hike, a day of raking, a family trip to the apple orchard, as … Continue reading →

More Halloween Scrapping Tips

Halloween is one of those holidays when you can really let your creative juices flow freely. Weddings, graduation and anniversaries scrapbooks can be a bit stuffy at times, but when you have a holiday like Halloween, the sky is the limit when it comes to creating unique layouts. Scrapbook supply stores are filled to the brim right now with Halloween-themed stickers, rub-ons, rubber stamps, charms, chipboard embellishments, and decorative patterned papers, as well as brads and cool cardstock. However, you don’t have to blow your budget to design one-of-kind Halloween layouts. For example, if you have some leftover yarn around … Continue reading →

Scrapping Autumn Adventures

The problem with being a snap-happy parent is that you are left digging out from so many (many, many, many) photos, that it’s almost too overwhelming to figure out a way to use them all in a scrapbook layout… or two, or three… or an entire book… or two or three. Take for example, my family’s latest trip to the pumpkin patch and u-pick apple orchard. In less than four hours I snapped nearly 500 photos of my daughter making like Linus in her search for the perfect pumpkin. Ditto for the apples. Then, there were the shots of her … Continue reading →

Fall Scrapping

I love fall. The leaves are gorgeous, the weather is mild and the layout ideas for scrapping are practically limitless. In addition to major events, such as the first day of school, Halloween and Thanksgiving, fall brings with it a myriad of other memorable moments that are prime for scrapping, including fall foliage tours, apple picking, pumpkin picking, and autumnal nature walks. All of the aforementioned activities are frame worthy, plus they also yield amazing mementos that can be incorporated into your layouts. For example, a nature walk page design can include pressed leaves that you find along a trail, … Continue reading →

Finishing Up Summer Scrapbooking

When it comes to seasonal scrapbooking, I am always a day late and a dollar short. It took me years to figure out that I am not a daily scrapper. No matter how hard I try to channel Martha Stewart or Rosie O’Donnell, I am simply unable to spend 20 minutes a day keeping on top of layouts. Now, I own my procrastinating tendencies. However, taking responsibly for my shortcomings doesn’t change my situation. I’m still as late as ever when it comes to finishing memory albums. For instance, as we sit just a week shy from the official start … Continue reading →

Bask in the Blaze

Mother Nature is getting ready to set herself ablaze. In just a few weeks the majority of the country will be blanketed with fiery red, orange and golden-leaved trees. This is the perfect time to capture stunning photos of fall foliage. And what better place to display your eye-popping shots than in a scrapbook? Fall-themed embellishments are readily available in craft and scrapbook supply shops across the nation, from September through November. These stickers, stamps and die cuts can really help perk up a page filled with pictures of your kids frolicking in fallen leaves or gorgeous landscape photos taken … Continue reading →