This week’s new templates—Must Watch Elements, Modern Geometric Templates, and Mix It Up Templates 13—are perfect for adding variety and creativity to your scrapbook pages. Admittedly, I created the Must Watch Elements for myself. I needed some new ones to go along with my Tell Your Story pages.
Make sure you check out the sample pages from the creative team; they are sure to inspire you.
Here’s Week 9. We started the week with our normal routine and ended it with a mix of fun and sickness. The boys traveled to Memphis for the NFAA National Archery Competition, and Matthew placed 6th! We had a girls’ night at home, but Lydia ended up getting sick, so the next day turned into a quiet one spent mostly resting on the couch.
My page came together nicely using my new Tell Your Story Template set. I added just a few stamps from Paislee Press to dress it up a bit.
Here are the next templates in my Yearly Series! These layouts are designed to help you scrapbook everyday memories quickly and easily. They’re perfect for documenting day-to-day life, but they also work beautifully for travel scrapbooking pages, too. Be sure to check out the sample layouts below for inspiration on how to use them!
I’ve been working on my Hawaii album lately, and as I was putting together a double-page spread using two single-page templates, I thought I’d share one of my favorite ways to scrapbook faster.
For this spread, I used two templates from the same set.
First, I completely scrapbook one side of the layout — photos, journaling, papers, elements, everything. I take my time getting that first page just the way I like it.
Next, on the second template, I place my photos and journaling. Then I open both layouts in Photoshop and go to Window > Arrange > Tile All Vertically so I can see them side by side.
From there, I simply drag the papers from the finished (left) layout over to the right layout. If you hold down the Shift key while dragging, it will place the paper perfectly aligned on the template. Then just press Ctrl + Alt + G to clip it to the layer below.
After that, I add a few elements to the right side to balance everything out — and I’m done!
This method saves so much time because I don’t have to dig back through the kit and decide between all those beautiful papers again (and let’s be honest, sometimes that’s the hardest part!). Once you have one side designed, the second side comes together so quickly.
You could absolutely use this technique to create an entire album faster and with a cohesive look throughout.
You can watch the whole process here.
I did end up moving part of the title over to the right side for better balance, and I love how it brought the two pages together.
The kit I used is Roam Collection by Paislee Press and Rachel Jefferies.
Week eight included some sickness, BUT it also included warm weather and ended with a beautiful day outside. I just stuck to my template for this page, the styles I created, and one word art. Simple, quick, and beautiful!
