Scrapbook Page Ideas

Easter Eggs

Want to make a scrapbook page in under 10 minutes? You can! This layout uses a Cliptures clipart ready-made scrapbooking page. These directions are for using the page with traditional photos.

Materials:

- Cliptures: Ready-Made scrapbook page from Cliptures #48 Occasions 6

- Paper: White for printing page, blue for background sheet.

- Scrapbooking adhesive.

- Photo corners for attaching your photos to the back side of the printed page.

- Straight edge ruler, craft knife, and cutting mat for trimming edges from the printed page and cutting out the photo openings.

Directions:
1. Start a new document in your layout program.

2. Import the ready-made page from Volume 48 into your document. If needed, scale the border to 7 1/2" wide by 10" tall. (This will leave a 1/2" unprinted edge around the page when it is printed.) If the image doesn't quite fit your entire layout, see Distorting an Image.

3. Text can be added to the purple egg if you like.

4. Print the layout on white paper.

5. Using a straight edge ruler, craft knife and cutting mat, or a paper cutter, trim the unprinted edges from the page.

6. Using a craft knife and cutting mat, cut out the openings for the 3 photos.

7. Photos are positioned, trimmed if needed, and attached from the back of page with photo corners.

8. After the photos are in place, attach the background sheet to the back of the layout. (The photographs will be sandwiched between the printed paper and the background sheet.)

About Cliptures Ready-Made Scrapbook Pages

The "ready made" scrapbook pages included in some of the Cliptures scrapbooking volumes are a great way to jump start your scrapbooks! Each professionally designed page includes images and places for your photos already laid out and ready to go!

They're as simple to use as importing one of the pages into your layout program, adding text, and printing it out! You can print the pages and use them just as they are, or, trim the edges and add your own decorative borders and backgrounds!

The ready made pages are also designed with easy cut out the openings for your photos. They also give you the advantage of being able to attach your photos from the backs of the pages with much less photo trimming!

But that's not all! They also feature transparent photo areas! (This is really cool!) With digital camera or scanned photos and the right software, you can create entire scrapbook pages, including your photos, right on the computer!