Over the years I have found that there are certain design concepts that I gravitate towards. After you've scrapbooked for several years you learn that there are designs that you can use over and over while adapting them to different papers and themes and ideas and end up with a unique design each time. The layout I'm sharing today features one of my favorite designs to do that with: a 12 x 6" background. Supplies used - Cardstock: American Crafts; Patterned paper, die cuts, and foam stickers:...

This layout is from a class I taught at We Create a few years ago using a 6x6" cardstock paper pad from Memory Box that had several shades of the same color family. I have always enjoyed creating ombré-style designs and those small paper pads were so perfect for that! It made it so easy to compile the colors needed since they were all in one small pad. But...that was the only easy thing about this layout! This style of triangle takes a little longer to cut out! Most of the time when I create...

Once a month learn how to use scrapbook sketches and adapt them to fit different styles, photo sizes, and themes. Sketches = endless scrapbooking ideas with little effort. Sketches do all the heavy lifting allowing you to have all the fun! For my third layout of the week I adapted the one-page sketch design to work on a two-page layout. I also made some changes to the photos sizes to better fit what I had to work with. Here is the one-page sketch that I'll be using this week: You can download...