Themes, layouts and inspirations
 My Treasure Box is a website that offers pre-made scrapbooks to be customized by individuals. I think this is a great way to introduce people to the scrapbooking habit in a non-overwhelming way. I know that scrapbooking can seem a little overwhelming at first, with all of the supplies to buy and gather, but a pre-made set like this could really help someone see how much fun scrapbooking is!
Thanks to Craig for this link!
I was a teen in the 80’s so this totally rad Boombox shaped mini album from Traci really speaks to me! She created a rectangle shaped black acrylic album with rounded corners, adding buttons and a handle on the top with a cover decorated to look like a real boombox with speakers, a tape deck, buttons and more. She used the Totally 80’s collection of products from Simple Stories that has lots of bright pink and teal colors with cool 80’s inspired patterns like black and white check and colorful graphics. There’s also load of fun embellishments like a Walkman, high top sneakers, retro TV, camera, hair spray can and more.
I had huge hair in the 80’s and am embarrassed to admit how much Aquanet hair spray I used!
Traci has included her totally tubular signature flaps and pockets in the album too for some radical interactive elements too.
Visit the Artsy Album blog to learn more about this bodacious mini album project.
-Heather
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So cute! I love this idea. Actually one of the ideas I’ve tossed around for someone that could possibly on my list (tossed around before names were drawn, just in case anyone’s following 😉 ) on my list is a semi-premade scrapbook. Put in the papers and tags and leave places for 4 by 6 pictres. Include a roll of double sided stick tabs and a pan for any labeling and a gift card for snapfish. It’s perfect for this one person because she loves photos and using her own but totally doesn’t have to time to really scrapbook very often but that’s something she do.