Simple Scrapbook Layouts : Easy and Quick Ideas

If there is one problem that many people experience when creating scrapbooks, it's that they allow themselves to get overwhelmed with their page designs. Rather than try for simple scrapbook layouts they often try to cram every detail and every embellishment they like on one page. With all those page elements and the journaling that you add to it, it isn't difficult for layouts to look crowded or busy. You will often discover that when you compose simple scrapbook layouts your albums will be more inspiring and appealing to the eye and of course easier to design and compose.

One easy idea for designing a simple scrapbook layout is to remove or eliminate a few embellishments before you adhere your items to the layout. When you have everything all laid out, take away an item or two even if you don't necessarily think you should. Then look at your page again and see if it doesn't seem more appealing. It may not be easy to plan a simple scrapbook layout, but if you try just removing a couple of items from your original design you will see that this simplified version is often more pleasing then the orginal one.

Scrapbook journaling is another important aspect of simple scrapbook pages. Very often people tend to try to write out everything that has to do with their photo or page design. This is can be a mistake.  Often just a simple word or two or choosing from a couple of scrapbooking quotes is all that's needed to convey so much. Pages with a baby can just use the word Love or Precious or something brief such as Apple of My Eye or Mommy's Little One. When you choose to use brief sayings or a word or two, a simple scrapbook layout is even more powerful since they are able to stand out clearly.

Sometimes you can get scrapbooking ideas for simple scrapbook layouts from websites and other experienced scrappers, but you really need to keep your eyes open when looking at these pages. Consider what makes them appealing and simple. Is it the journaling, the page elements or something else? If you really examine these page layouts and really try to critique them, you will learn how to make your own simple scrapbook layouts instead of trying to put too many items on a page creating messy, unbalanced, overcrowded pages!

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