Scrapbooking isn't just for albums!  You can make what essentially is a scrapbook page and turn it into a decorative item for your home.  Here is a gift I made.  It is a 12×12 page with 2 1/2" squares of both designer paper and plain or stamped cardstock.  I opted to make room for a large photo in the bottom corner.  She can add small photos on the other squares or leave some or all of them as is for decoration.  It was framed later with a 12×12 frame from the craft store.  The designer paper I used is the beautiful "Parisian Breeze Specialty".  Some other things I used on this page are "Felt Fusion Flowers", half-pearls from the Pretties Kit, the "Friendly Words" wheel, the "Great Friend" stamp set in the Occasions Mini, Texturz Plates for the Big Shot, and the beautiful Whisper White Organza Ribbon.  You can click on the photo to hopefully get a closer look.  If you need any of these supplies, just go to my website and click on the "Shop Now" button.

"Not every page has to be a masterpiece."

This is a quote I saw somewhere, and I think it is one we should all print out and hang in our stamping area.  I think worrying about whether or not we can produce a fantastically creative masterpiece of a scrapbook page is what keeps a lot of us from even starting.  We think it has to look like a sample we saw in a magazine and if we can't produce that, well, then we shouldn't even bother.  Not everyone even likes the very busy, "cluttered" style of some scrapbook pages featured in magazines, so don't feel that yours can't be something very simple….just the photo, some journaling, maybe a little stamping along a border or a strip of designer paper.  It's even a good idea to just start with a small scrapbook page, 6×6 for example, or even a card size, and then build up from there.  That often gets you started and more ideas will come as you work.  Make it easy on yourself!

Be sure to check out the May scrapbooking specials from Stampin' Up!

May is designated "National Scrapbooking Month"….not that every month isn't good for scrapbooking!  Will you be scrapping some photos this month?  Stampin' Up! offers lots of products that can make this an easy and fun project for you.

Check my website HERE or the Stampin' Up! website HERE for more information on scrapbooking!

Here is a selection of some of our beautiful Designer Series Paper to help you get started!