Quick Scrapbook Page Ideas

I don't know about you, but finding enough time to scrap is always a challenge for me, especially with the Christmas holidays coming. So with this page I have focused on creating a stunning but fast page. The reason this page works so well is the use of bright, bold colours. By using colours like bright red and deep purple, my page needs less embellishing. It already has a lot of contrast and a lot to capture your attention so a few simple embellishments are all that is needed.

This layout  was created using Bazzill red cardstock, Daisy D's Purple Stripes paper, brown cardstock, white cardstock, Basic Grey Flourishes Rub-Ons and NRN Designs Asian Text stickers.

To recreate this scrapbook page idea, follow these steps:

1. Use your red Bazzill cardstock for the background.

2. Cut a piece of Daisy D's Purple Stripes paper approximately 11cm tall. Adhere it across your page approximately 1.5cm from the bottom edge.

3. Take the right-hand border sticker from your NRN Designs Asian Text stickers. Cut a piece approximately 6cm tall from the bottom of the sticker. Adhere it vertically on your page so that it touches the bottom edge and is approximately 5cm from the right edge.

4. Using the same border sticker, cut a piece approximately 16cm tall from the top of the sticker (this will leave you with a small piece left over - put that aside). Adhere the 16cm piece vertically on your page so that it touches the top edge and is approximately 5cm from the right edge.

5. Adhere a 3x4 photo towards the bottom right corner of your page. It should be centred on your vertical sticker, be approximately 5.5cm from the bottom edge and cover the break between your two stickers.

6. Adhere a horizontal 4x6 photo next to and inline with the 3x4. Make sure you leave a small gap between them (perhaps 1cm).

7. Adhere another horizontal 4x6 photo above the previous one, leaving about 1cm in between them.

8. Mat 4 large round stickers and 7 small round stickers with brown cardstock.

9. Use 2 of your large round stickers and 5 small round stickers to decorate your border sticker, as shown in the layout above.

10. Take the small piece of border sticker you had previously put away and cut it into three different sized pieces. I have cut mine so the largest features 2 characters and retains its width. The other two pieces feature only one character and I have trimmed them to a smaller width. Place them on white cardstock and cut them out (gives them a little more dimension).

12. Finally, place a flourish rub-on around the top left corner of the top photo. If you don't have a rub-on, you may like to doodle some swirls or make a large photo-corner from black cardstock.

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