All Boy

We know what you're thinking, this is a cute page and all, but embellishments like the gear and arrow are expensive. And you're right; scrapbooking is not an inexpensive hobby. Sometimes we wish that, say, running was our hobby because it's cheap and the satisfaction is fabulous. (You know, a tight bum and all that jazz.) But, alas, we're addicted to scrapbooking (and our bum and wallet can attest to it! Ha.) But realize when you buy a package of embellishments that they'll go very far if you use them on several layouts. I believe we paid about $5 for this package of gears and arrows, and it had several dozen pieces in it. Plus, if you have a friend or sibling who likes to scrapbook you can split the cost and the materials. It's fun to get together and bounce ideas around, too!

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Just Monkeyin' Around

This is a GREAT layout for those random photos - you know, the ones of the kids making silly faces while they bounce from couch cushion to couch cushion! Elaina came up with a cute way to use some pretty far-out stickers by creating a theme around theme. And creating the little branches with scraps and brads was genius!

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Better Together

This page is another in our journaling series. One-page layouts are great for those times when you have one fabulous photo that holds great memories for you! Having a tag to journal on is a great way to tell the story of what was going on that day. We love to find old photographs and flip them over to see what's written. This kind of scrapbooking is an instant keepsake for your grandkids because they'll love reading what you wrote about a special day in your life.

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Bundle Up (Sold!)

Is it cold where you live? Is there snow on the ground? It seems that around here we get snow, it rains and melts the snow, and then it starts all over again! But it's been a great year for snow photos, and this layout was made for black and white shots. Black, white and blue are such a classic combo so get the family outside in that winter wonderland and don't forget the camera!

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Best Wishes

It's hard to believe that the holidays are behind us. Time goes SO fast! (Although I think having little ones in the house makes it speed by. Watching them grow a bit every day can make you feel old in no time!) Isn't this a great layout? It's perfect no matter what holiday you recently celebrated; doesn't everybody eat candy canes?! This is some of that prepatterned paper that can seem difficult to use but really isn't. Most of the time this paper is best designed with one photo in mind, as we did here. Then take the rest of the space and embellish it; we used letters with pop dots and lots of rhinestones. And ta da! You have a special, one-of-a-kind layout, even if it was prepatterned.

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Blessed (Sold!)

This paper is absolutely gorgeous, but if we weren't careful this layout could have turned out overly busy and distracting. The answer? Take a bit of extra time and hand-cut the most gorgeous pieces of the embellished paper! This way we were able to have a solid background but still embellish the layout with some of our more gorgeous paper. Elaina even went a step further by adding rhinestones to the glittered paper; there's always room for more sparkle!

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Forever Begins Today

It was inevitable that when we saw this shoe embellishment it would be going on a scrapbook page! Aren't they CUTE? Paired with this beautiful paper the layout just screamed wedding, so that's what it became. Black, white and red is a very popular wedding combo, and done right it can be very classy. Everybody has tons of wedding photos, and of course you can't order them all for your album so a dedicated wedding scrapbook is a great place to collect snapshots from friends!

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