Anna Hart asked:
Your new baby is a precious addition to your family, and you want to keep every little memory safe in a scrapbook
– conventional or digital. You have so many cute pictures – many of them with your baby sleeping. You want to feature your baby sleeping with scrapbook page layout ideas that show how sweet your little boy or girl is.
Baby Sleeping Themes
Scrapbook page layout ideas should begin with themes. In this case, you have chosen a theme of baby sleeping, but you may want to consider something that is not so broad.
1. Does baby pout when sleeping? Your theme could be “precious pouter”.
2. If baby sleeps with heaps of toys, a theme might be “our priceless toy”.
3. “Knitting up the raveled sleeve of care” is a Shakespearean theme that could feature baby sleeping.
As you consider scrapbook page layout ideas, open your mind to a variety of themes.
Baby Sleeping Layout Starters
You can get your creative juices flowing by looking at page layout ideas others have created. Here are 7 page layout ideas to get you started:
1. Baby Sleeping at Baptism: Page layout ideas for a baptism look good with ribbons and lace in antique off-white shades. Use a background paper in a rich wine shade. If baby received a certificate of baptism, this can be used along with photos. Focus attention on baby sleeping by making that photo prominent, framing it in lace. Include photos of parents and others who were a part of the occasion. A row of photos across the top of a 2-page spread could be set off from the rest of the page with a lace ribbon. Be sure the baby’s full name is included in rich lettering.
2. Baby Sleeping in Pink: Scrapbook page layout ideas for a little girl in pink will look good with a sprinkling of sugar and spice. Background paper can be a cinnamon brown textured paper. A dictionary definition of “spice” on a torn antique ivory paper could be topped with one photo of baby sleeping. Write “sugar” on a tag, and add a ribbon. Don’t forget a bit of journaling to tell about baby’s sleep habits. Embellishment candies will carry your theme beautifully.
3. Baby Sleeping in Blue: One of the cute page layout ideas you may want to consider is one that centers on a “Little Boy Blue” theme. Begin with a background in pale blues and whites. Perhaps a wide stripe patterned paper, or even a piece of blue and white fabric would work well. Mount your “baby sleeping” photo on the background with black corners. Add a photo or two of the many “blue” things in his life. Stack blue blankets, sleepers, toys – anything blue – and snap a few photos for further page layout ideas. Add blue embellishments, stickers, and a memento such as a piece of a blue blanket or favorite clothing. Journal in dark blue ink, making your notes encircle the page as a border.
4. Baby Sleeping at Birth: For page layout ideas that feature your baby sleeping during the first weeks of life, consider adding a copy of the birth certificate. If it has footprints on the back, be sure you use a copy of those, too. For digital page layout ideas, consider scanning the foot prints onto your hard drive. Then, in a graphics program, give them a transparent layer. Beneath that, insert a layer with the word “baby” in pastel colors, one color per letter. A few extra “feet” would be a cute embellishment. Frame your baby in pastel frames.
5. Baby Sleeping on Baby Sheets: Scrapbook page layout ideas for a baby asleep might begin with a background of sheet fabric. If you have the actual crib sheets on which baby slept, you might cut a piece the size of your page, and use it for a background. Mount your photos on torn paper in one of the brighter colors from the sheet. If the sheet has pictures of baby animals or toys, use similar embellishments and stickers. Add a corner of baby’s favorite blanket as a memento, and a note about how your boy or girl loved it.
6. Baby Sleeping in Family Tree: This is one of those page layout ideas that work well in a family heritage scrapbook. Start with a family tree background that uses a nostalgic tree graphic with family names arranged on it. Don’t worry about covering some names. This is just background for this page. mount your baby sleeping in a cradle cut out. Place the cradle strategically in the tree. Photos of parents or grandparents asleep as babies in the 40’s or 50’s would be fun for comparison. Who does baby resemble more? Add a few bird stickers. Journal on leaf shapes. Add a border of leaves.
7. Baby Sleeping at Dinner: Many babies fall asleep in the high chair, their tiny heads ending up on the tray. Scrapbook page layout ideas that feature such a photo can carry through the dinner theme. Can you tell what was served the time the photo was taken? If it was baby food from jars, get identical jars and set up a photo of what was on the menu. Write out the menu for more interest. Add a menu item of “Zzzzzzzz”. If baby sleeping was at a home-made meal, include a recipe as one of your page layout ideas. Arrange a few teddy bear stickers and a spoon.
Whatever scrapbook page layout ideas are used, you will want to remember that each page is a canvas on which you paint a picture. Imagine each scrapbook page hung on the wall of a gallery or displayed on an art easel. All page layout ideas should tell stories without additional comments.
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Your new baby is a precious addition to your family, and you want to keep every little memory safe in a scrapbook
– conventional or digital. You have so many cute pictures – many of them with your baby sleeping. You want to feature your baby sleeping with scrapbook page layout ideas that show how sweet your little boy or girl is.Baby Sleeping Themes
Scrapbook page layout ideas should begin with themes. In this case, you have chosen a theme
of baby sleeping, but you may want to consider something that is not so broad.1. Does baby pout when sleeping? Your theme could be “precious pouter”.
2. If baby sleeps with heaps of toys, a theme might be “our priceless toy”.
3. “Knitting up the raveled sleeve of care” is a Shakespearean theme that could feature baby sleeping.
As you consider scrapbook page layout ideas, open your mind to a variety of themes.
Baby Sleeping Layout Starters
You can get your creative juices flowing by looking at page layout ideas others have created. Here are 7 page layout ideas to get you started:
1. Baby Sleeping at Baptism: Page layout ideas for a baptism look good with ribbons and lace in antique off-white shades. Use a background paper
in a rich wine shade. If baby received a certificate of baptism, this can be used along with photos. Focus attention on baby sleeping by making that photo prominent, framing it in lace. Include photos of parents and others who were a part of the occasion. A row of photos across the top of a 2-page spread could be set off from the rest of the page with a lace ribbon. Be sure the baby’s full name is included in rich lettering.2. Baby Sleeping in Pink: Scrapbook page layout ideas for a little girl in pink will look good with a sprinkling of sugar and spice. Background paper can be a cinnamon brown textured paper. A dictionary definition of “spice” on a torn antique ivory paper could be topped with one photo of baby sleeping. Write “sugar” on a tag, and add a ribbon. Don’t forget a bit of journaling to tell about baby’s sleep habits. Embellishment candies will carry your theme beautifully.
3. Baby Sleeping in Blue: One of the cute page layout ideas you may want to consider is one that centers on a “Little Boy Blue” theme. Begin with a background in pale blues and whites. Perhaps a wide stripe patterned paper, or even a piece of blue and white fabric would work well. Mount your “baby sleeping” photo on the background with black corners. Add a photo or two of the many “blue” things in his life. Stack blue blankets, sleepers, toys – anything blue – and snap a few photos for further page layout ideas. Add blue embellishments
, stickers, and a memento such as a piece of a blue blanket or favorite clothing. Journal in dark blue ink, making your notes encircle the page as a border.4. Baby Sleeping at Birth: For page layout ideas that feature your baby sleeping during the first weeks of life, consider adding a copy of the birth certificate. If it has footprints on the back, be sure you use a copy of those, too. For digital page layout ideas, consider scanning the foot prints onto your hard drive. Then, in a graphics program, give them a transparent layer. Beneath that, insert a layer with the word “baby” in pastel colors, one color per letter. A few extra “feet” would be a cute embellishment. Frame your baby in pastel frames.
5. Baby Sleeping on Baby Sheets: Scrapbook page layout ideas for a baby asleep might begin with a background of sheet fabric. If you have the actual crib sheets on which baby slept, you might cut a piece the size of your page, and use it for a background. Mount your photos on torn paper in one of the brighter colors from the sheet. If the sheet has pictures of baby animals or toys, use similar embellishments and stickers. Add a corner of baby’s favorite blanket as a memento, and a note about how your boy or girl loved it.
6. Baby Sleeping in Family Tree: This is one of those page layout ideas that work well in a family heritage scrapbook. Start with a family tree background that uses a nostalgic tree graphic with family names arranged on it. Don’t worry about covering some names. This is just background for this page. mount your baby sleeping in a cradle cut out. Place the cradle strategically in the tree. Photos of parents or grandparents asleep as babies in the 40’s or 50’s would be fun for comparison. Who does baby resemble more? Add a few bird stickers. Journal on leaf shapes. Add a border of leaves.
7. Baby Sleeping at Dinner: Many babies fall asleep in the high chair, their tiny heads ending up on the tray. Scrapbook page layout ideas that feature such a photo can carry through the dinner theme. Can you tell what was served the time the photo was taken? If it was baby food from jars, get identical jars and set up a photo of what was on the menu. Write out the menu for more interest. Add a menu item of “Zzzzzzzz”. If baby sleeping was at a home-made meal, include a recipe as one of your page layout ideas. Arrange a few teddy bear stickers and a spoon.
Whatever scrapbook page layout ideas are used, you will want to remember that each page is a canvas on which you paint a picture. Imagine each scrapbook page hung on the wall of a gallery or displayed on an art easel. All page layout ideas should tell stories without additional comments.
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Lisa Sutherland asked:
Vacation scrapbooks are one of the most popular albums to make. Whether you’re scrapping a weekend camping trip, or a trip of a lifetime to Italy, vacation scrapbooks are a great way to capture those memories.
The best way to get started is by organizing all of your pictures however you see fit. Some people prefer chronological order, while others prefer common themes (i.e. wineries, shopping, museums, etc). After you have the pictures sorted as you see fit, begin editing out the pictures you don’t want to use (for example, the blurry pictures, the ones where everyone’s not smiling, etc).
After you’ve selected which pictures you want to use, begin choosing background colors that match the pictures. The most successful layouts match the background paper with the color in the photos. For example, use blue and green papers with beach layouts, and green and brown papers for nature layouts. I find a quick way to stay organized is to keep the pictures in the protective covers with the papers you have selected for those pictures.
Once you’re ready to begin cropping, start arranging the pictures on the pages. Make sure to leave enough room in-between pictures as to not “crowd” the page. After you have glued the picture on the page, consider using embellishments, stickers and other memorabilia to “jazz” up the page. You may want to include museum tickets, or a label from a great bottle of wine you had at dinner in your scrapbook. Don’t be afraid to add the personal touches – it’s these that will bring back all of your emotions every time you look at the album.
A popular technique is journaling, which allows the cropper to bring a personal touch to the lay-out. Journaling can either be handwritten, or computer typed. It is then incorporated into the layout as the cropper sees fit. Be sure to write down not only your emotions, but also the little details (for example, hotel name and room number). It’s the little details that will add so much to the scrapbook years from now. Many croppers will bring a small notepad with them on vacation, to write down any notes or ideas that they would like to incorporate into their scrapbook. Most importantly….have fun!
scrapbooking memories
Vacation scrapbooks are one of the most popular albums
to make. Whether you’re scrapping a weekend camping trip, or a trip of a lifetime to Italy, vacation scrapbooks are a great way to capture those memories.The best way to get started is by organizing all of your pictures however you see fit. Some people prefer chronological order, while others prefer common themes
(i.e. wineries, shopping, museums, etc). After you have the pictures sorted as you see fit, begin editing out the pictures you don’t want to use (for example, the blurry pictures, the ones where everyone’s not smiling, etc).After you’ve selected which pictures you want to use, begin choosing background colors that match the pictures. The most successful layouts match the background paper
with the color in the photos. For example, use blue and green papers with beach layouts, and green and brown papers for nature layouts. I find a quick way to stay organized is to keep the pictures in the protective covers with the papers you have selected for those pictures.Once you’re ready to begin cropping, start arranging the pictures on the pages. Make sure to leave enough room in-between pictures as to not “crowd” the page. After you have glued the picture on the page, consider using embellishments
, stickers and other memorabilia to “jazz” up the page. You may want to include museum tickets, or a label from a great bottle of wine you had at dinner in your scrapbook. Don’t be afraid to add the personal touches – it’s these that will bring back all of your emotions every time you look at the album.A popular technique is journaling, which allows the cropper to bring a personal touch to the lay-out. Journaling can either be handwritten, or computer typed. It is then incorporated into the layout as the cropper sees fit. Be sure to write down not only your emotions, but also the little details (for example, hotel name and room number). It’s the little details that will add so much to the scrapbook years from now. Many croppers will bring a small notepad with them on vacation, to write down any notes or ideas that they would like to incorporate into their scrapbook. Most importantly….have fun!
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