FREE Techniques You Can Layout Your Scrapbook

Here are a few tips and how to give you inspiration and to keep you from making too many irreversible mistakes.

Photo Content

Scrapbooking magazines are filled with glossy pages of beautiful layouts which have obviously taken a great deal of time and effort to complete. You will often find that these are centered around one or two photos per page, and whilst this is a great focal point, you may well find that you have so much that you want to include that this small amount per page is not enough. So a good compromise is to create a stunning cover page using this technique and then have the following pages with more content.

Title pages

Following on from the point above, this will be where you can make the most of your creative abilities. Make a focal point of one picture or card, and embellish the page with as much decoration as you wish.

Never use originals

Unless you are prepared to commit your beloved photos and memories into your scrapbook for life, then never use the original. Have copies made of your photos from negatives; scan or copy any other ephemera. If you colour copy of photos onto photo paper, they come out as clear as the originals and will look great in your scrapbook.

Cropping

This is a very useful technique to ensure that you make the most of the available space in your layout. Often a photo may have a great subject which is surrounded by a lot of boring background. Cropping the excess gives the photo or picture far more impact on the page, and also means you will be able to insert more photos per page layout.

Sketch your ideas

You will probably find that a great idea comes to you at the most inopportune of moments. Be prepared for this and keep a notepad with you at all times so you can jot down a quick sketch of your idea, the title, picture, placements, embellishments and decorations etc. Inspiration can strike at any time and you will never know when a great title or saying will com up that you may like to use one day.

Scrapbook Journaling.

This refers to the text or words in your scrapbook that describe the events pictured. Rather than writing directly onto the pages of your scrapbook, it is far better to do this on a separate piece of paper and then fix it into your book. In this way, you can also choose to design your text on the computer and take advantage of all the different fonts available. Not only can you use the ones that are pre-installed on your computer, you will find thousands of different fonts available on the internet for free download.

The layout of your scrapbook is as personal to you as the contents themselves. Try experimenting with different backgrounds, frames, borders and quantity of items per page. You will be amazed at the different effects you can create with the most simple of changes. Let your creativity flow, and make sure you have fun.

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