Scrapbook ideas and tutorials

by Debbie Hodge  so much that a bike can represent When I think about bikes, I think of the challenges and opportunities they present — and how those vary depending upon who you are. Riding a bike is a skill to be conquered as a child, an opportunity for early freedom for the pre-teen, and [...]

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by Debbie Hodge Weather is a part of your daily life. It can affect  your mood. It can limit or make possible activities. The earliest diarists recorded the weather in their journals. Get the weather on your scrapbook pages. Let it be a backdrop for your stories or the story itself.  Christy Strickler‘s page is [...]

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Writing down your goals makes it more likely you’ll achieve them. We’ve got ideas for recording current goals on your scrapbook pages.  Marie-Pierre Capistran says, “Usually, when I set goals, I think of 10 different things, but I get nothing out of it because it’s just too many and I can’t focus. This time I decided [...]

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Collecting related photos onto one page achieves several things: it allows you to see both the “trees” and the “forest” it reveals the patterns in your life over time it is a great way to scrapbooking more photos efficiently A trend isn’t a trend until it’s been happening for a while, and you don’t always [...]

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What do you use your dinner table for besides dinner? Who sits at that table and what are your best memories of it. This month we encourage you to either find or take photos of your dinner table and get them on the page. Check out the variety of angles we’ve taken on this subject. [...]

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by Debbie Hodge When you take photos on those first days of school, think about the constants and the changes. Pay attention to specific details of things your child says and/or does. Consider who else ought to be in the shots and what kinds of settings you’d like to capture. When you make taking photos [...]

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Travel and local outings to spots in the great outdoors offer great scrapbooking opportunities. There’s so much to photograph including the land, the people, their activities and the stories of what happens on the outing. The layouts that follow show you ideas for doing all of these things. Show scale  |  Capture activities  |  Tell [...]

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How many photos did you take when your baby, your grandbaby, your nephew or niece or good friend’s child was born? We’re betting lots and lots. We’ve got several ideas for getting those baby photos onto the scrapbook page. 1. Embellish with baby’s  monogram This is a photo of Tara McKernin‘s son at two months old, propped [...]

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Traveling by car or bus or train, being out on the road, making stops at rest areas and reaching your destination at the end of a long day (or days) is a great experience to get onto the scrapbook page. 1. Cut your title from a road-trip photo Adryane Driscoll says, “This is the story of [...]

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Chronicling your travels on scrapbook pages allows you to relive the trip even when you’re back home. City visits yield lots of photos and stories. Read on for ideas for scrapbooking your travels to cities. 1. Combine nighttime and daytime scenes. Audrey Tan says, “Singapore is a very small but busy and densely populated city. Hence, [...]

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