Rebeca fussy cut out colored pencils from pattern paper for a unique border on her fun back to school layout. The kids want to show off their outfits and new backpacks so she included a row of photos surrounded by lots of clusters of school supply embellishments. Learn more at the Scrapbook and Cards Today blog.
Can you believe it’s already time for the kids to go back to school? It’s time to dress the kiddos up in their new school clothes and take those fun first day of school photos. If you visit the school be sure to also take photos of their classrooms, school friends, teachers, try outs for activities and then head home and take some time for yourself and get some scrapbooking done. So now, let’s get inspired by some wonderful Back to School layout ideas today.
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Jayma’s layout has lots of cool layers with ruled paper, stenciled brick wall and stenciled ruler, a fun die cut backpack with lots of pattern papers tucked behind it as well as behind the photo. She’s sharing a process video on her Playing with Paper blog.
Nathalie’s page is very clean with a dark green border and frames with pops of red throughout. Her wide center border has several layers including one that looks like a real ruler, with clusters of embellishments on the border and next to the photos. The black and white photos really stand out against the colors. I spotted her idea on the Echo Park Paper Instagram page.
This lovely layout shows you don’t need school themed supplies or primary colors for Back to School. Paige used a rainbow of pastel pattern paper behind a large sunburst die cut from white. Each colorful section has words and embellishments that coordinate with that color along with inspiring sentiments for the new school year. Take a closer look at the Paige Taylor Evans blog.
This neat school design focuses on school themed pattern papers with fun images like lockers, stars, buses, pencils, rulers and more. A row of squares goes across the top with a small photo and faux thumb tacks, the bottom has rectangles with room for journaling and two larger photos. Find instructions at the Creative Memories blog.
This large die cut does the heavy lifting for you, with a space for a photo, a back to school sign and lots of shapes like an apple, globe and backpack that can backed with the paper of your choice. Morag also added some inking, splatter and some acrylic accents to really make it pop. This die is available from Bramble Fox.
This amazing page from Aline is bursting with school supplies like a flap that looks like a Trapper Keeper (remember those?), looped ruler ribbon and lots of tiny handmade books to fill with photos and journaling. I came across her idea on the Simple Stories Instagram page.
Here’s another layout from Rebeca with photos that have a bit of a busy background, to combat that she placed them on a simple red dotted paper over white cardstock, with the title and journaling below and tags behind. The wide horizontal border has lots of fun elements though out with different pattern papers and clusters of elements. Visit the Bella Blvd blog for a closer look.
This darling page from Jael is full of sweet feminine touches like pinks and purple, lots of flowers and a stamped girl with paper pieced outfit and tiny backpack. I love the bottom border that looks like torn notebook edges and all the encouraging sentiments! I spotted this on her Jael Luvs2Create gallery at Scrapbook.com.
This amazing layout from Rebecca has lots of wonderful vintage inspiration. The black and white school photo is surrounded by die cut and fussy cut hexagons, many with great sayings, there’s also interesting elements like light bulbs, globe, bell, rub-ons on the background and a chipboard title. Find all the info at the 49 and Market blog.
This darling design from Tatiana has wide washes of watercolor in red, yellow and blue with matching puffy stars and a big die cut title backed with vellum over top, There’s also some fun hidden journaling behind the sweet photo. I came across her page at the t_scrapsalot Instagram page.
Clean and simple is the way to go for a teen boy heading back to school. This layout has a tiny bit of splatter in the corners with some die cut stars, the borders behind the photo are pattern papers with numbers and more stars and the title has an an interesting chalk board look. Take a closer look at The Paper Addict blog.
I hope your children have a wonderful year at school and you find enough time to scrap all those important memories!
-Heather
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