Themes, layouts and inspirations
Take up origami and learn to make scrapbook embellishments just by folding your patterned papers. This round-up showcases 10 tutorials. Of particular interest to scrapbookers are the dresses (shown above), the folded paper heart, and the folded paper flower. These three shouldn’t be too bulky for your layouts or minibooks.
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Katrina created a beautiful background on her playful Spring dog layout designing a patchwork made of pattern papers and dry embossed cardstocks. Popped up florals and little sentiments scattered around add text and great color too. Find her page process at the Therm O Web blog.
With Spring upon us your cats and dogs might be outside taking more walks, enjoying the spring air, splashing in puddles or basking in the sunshine of a sunny window so it’s a fabulous time to snap some cute pet pics. You can also capture the feelings of Spring by using pastel colors, Spring showers or bold flowers on your pet pages too. Today let’s take a look at some Spring inspired scrapbook layouts for your best furry friends.
Below each photo you’ll see a link, click it for more info like products used, tips and process videos.
Erin used sweet outdoor kitty photos and embellished them with die cut flowers, a border of pretty fishtail pattern papers, a large title and cute cat sentiment and tabby image with some hand written journaling too. I spotted this on the Crafty Concepts with Erin Instagram page.
Rustic burlap and rows of woodgrain pattern papers are given a boost with a background of sunburst pastels. Bright yellow flowers, butterflies and a basket journaling card add perfect Spring touches to this cute layout. Take a closer look at the All That Scrapbook blog.
Stacy used pink number pattern paper, 3D flowers, buttons and sequins for touches of Spring on her “Expressive” cat layout. I love the glittery gold she used to spell out her title! There’s also some hand written journaling and a funny giraffe in glasses accent. I spotted this in A Cherry On Top’s gallery.
Don’t forget your pets during those Spring holidays like Easter and Valentine’s Day. This darling doggo design from Claire has a huge pile of hearts cut from pattern papers with faux stitching around the edges. She’s popped them up with some pink inking underneath adding several sweet sentiments too. I came across her idea on the scrappysoulmate Instagram page.
These sweet outdoor dog photos are accompanied by a dog house and cute peeking dog face, all created with basic shapes cut from pattern paper. The bottom borders of grass and fence were made with punches. Find all the details at the Creative Memories blog.
These terrific traveler’s notebook pages from Patricia mix black and white geometric patterns with bold and bright colors. She used her electronic die cutting machine to cut out flowers and a sweet napping kitty on the photo side and created a custom title on the journaling side. Take a closer peek at the Bella Blvd. blog.
This darling digital dogs layout has loads of bright primary colors, fish tail flags and pretty flowers. There’s also a big red dog house and a Beagle for a nod to Snoopy. I also love the heartfelt title! These templates make it easy to scrap, juts add your photos! Check them out at Sweet Shoppe Designs.
Carrie used stripes of cardstocks and a vertical border of printed flowers and then sewed more flowers over the stripes on this adorable puppies layout. Behind the photos are some tags peeking out and a few insects fluttering around the design as well. I spotted her idea at the Scrapbook and Cards Today blog.
Giselle created a pretty background of ink smooshing and splatters to go under her pile of fussy cut flowers and leaves. Beneath the photo are pattern paper and a gold scalloped edge. The fun sentiment has a sitting bird and a little hand written journaling underneath. Take a closer look at the Hey, Little Magpie blog.
This sweet Spring dog page has lots of chipboard elements like baby animals, bows, butterflies and sentiments for nice dimension. The row of blue puff flowers along the bottom of the pattern paper are embellished with die cut daisies and shimmer paint is smooshed across it too. Watch the process video on the Yes, Please Paper Crafts blog.
And lastly Candy designed this beautiful double page layout for some sweet cat photos using grid designs. The left page incorporates amazing overlapping circles with bright plaid papers and the right has smaller mandala shapes to match. Take a closer look at the Mosaic Moments blog.
I hope you’ve been inspired to create some Spring layouts with your cats and dogs this Springtime!
-Heather
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I’m always looking for unique scrapbooking embellishments. I love these ideas, thanks
These are super-cute! Thanks for sharing!!