Do you have some winter sports photos to scrapbook? Look at these ideas from Scrapbook Etc.
Use Oversize Winter-Theme Accents
Design by Leslie Lightfoot
Chipboard snowflakes and patterned-paper strips make Leslie's hockey scrapbook page pop. She let her bold embellishments and sports photos take center stage by minimizing her title and journaling at the bottom of the layout.
Editor's Tip: Jazz up plain white snowflakes by adding extra embellishments to the centers, as Leslie did here. Anything from buttons to stickers will do, but it's also a great way to use up winter-theme paper scraps.
Repeat Patterns Found in Photos
Design by Tracy Kyle
Tracy scores top marks for this streamlined figure-skating scrapbook page. To complement her photos, she mimicked the dotted pattern of her daughter's skirt in her title and page accents and picked up on the metallic sheen of the skates themselves with reflective silver accents and letters.
Editor's Tip: Give a small sports sticker more presence on your scrapbook page by matting it. Tracy applied her skates sticker to scalloped circles punched from metallic paper.
Overlap Photos to Include More Sports Shots
Design by Dana Smith
Dana included multiple photos on this sledding scrapbook page to capture the adrenaline rush of her son's snow-covered excursions.
Editor's Tip: Want a ribbon accent but don't have the perfect print? No problem. Dana created her faux bows with patterned papers. To get the look, cut two even strips of matching paper, brush on decoupage medium, and tie them together. (The wet adhesive makes the paper less likely to tear.)
Slope Title and Photos to Imitate Sledding Motion
Design by Pam Callaghan
For this fun sledding scrapbook page, Pam grouped several photos in a large block for a big emphasis in the center of her layout. She curved the same edges of the patterned paper and the photos to add movement to the page.
Editor's Tip: Create a title that mirrors the action in your photos. Pam lined up her sticker letters along the bottom edges of staggered supporting photos to play up the downhill action.
Choose a Winter-Themed Color Scheme
Design by Paula Murakami
The patterned paper Paula chose for this snowboarding scrapbook page immediately reminded her of snow and helped her pick a colour scheme for the page. Converting photos to black-and-white allowed her to use any colors she wanted so she chose frosty hues that play up the winter theme.
Editor's Tip: Use seasonal shapes to further drive home your theme. Paula used snowflakes in several spots on her page, including the one that subs for the letter "o" in her title.
Dress up a Plain Background with Rub-Ons
Design by Suzy Plantamura
This quick and easy sledding scrapbook page perfectly captures the joy of winter sports. Suzy used snowflake rub-ons to add interest to her plain cardstock background, the large chipboard letters, and her patterned paper accent strip.
Editor's Tip: No room for a journaling block? No problem when you're using winter sports photos with snow backdrops. Suzy handwrote her journaling in the empty space of her large photo using a Sharpie pen.
Tell a Story with Your Photos
Design by Kah-Mei Smith
The snapshots on this two-page layout tell the story of the first time Kah-Mei's mother tried on skis. A sequence of photos like these really helps tell the story.
Editor's Tip: Think about balance in your two-page layouts. In Kah-Mei's design, an oversized photo anchors the left side of the design and launches a series of skiing snapshots. As the winter sports story moves from left to right, the diminishing size of the photograph balances the escalating size of the title.
Use Supplies from a Coordinated Line to Make Scrapping Simple
Design by Elizabeth Van Der Wier
To create a cohesive scrapbook page, Lisa paired individual photos of her kids with coordinating papers and embellishments from a single scrapbooking line.
Editor's Tip: Imitate a classic black photo frame by building your design in the center of a solid sheet of cardstock and leaving a thick border. To keep the layout grounded, let some elements overlap the frame, as Elizabeth did here with winter-themed stickers.
Use More Winter Sports Photos in a Two-Page Design
Design by Melissa Inman
Melissa's two-page winter layout lets her capture multiple sledding photos in one unified scrapbook design. Though not mirror images of each other, the two pages have very similar structures, making the two pages feel connected.
Editor's Tip: Arrows are great design accents for pages with a lot of elements. Melissa used arrows to direct attention to key photos and to echo the movement of the sledding and the sentiment behind the title.
Fill a Digital Scrapbook Page with Winter Sports Photos
Design by Traci Turchin
Traci has long admired her husband's snow hiking pictures and finally decided that a layout was due. She filled her digital background with photos from a snowshoeing outing, adding one in a middle strip, which overlaps the others to give a sense of dimension to the digital scrapbook page.
Editor's Tip: When you have great pictures to use, don't overpower them with bold titles. Traci used subtle see-through strips for her page title and label. To create the translucent strips, Traci drew the shape in Adobe Photoshop and then lowered the opacity.
Use Inspirational Quotes as Journaling for a Quick Scrapbook Page
Design by Martha Crowther
Hockey is a big sport in the Crowther household, so Martha wasn't surprised when her son put on his first hockey skates. She snapped this photo of her son in his gear and found the perfect quote to accompany it.
Editor's Tip: Streamline your designs to get photos scrapped fast. Using plain cardstock, Martha chose a black background to coordinate with the black-and-white hockey photos. Subdued shades of gray and blue cardstock and a length of twine wrapped around the skates' photo finishes off the look.
Snowcase a Single Large Sledding Photo on a Simple Scrapbook Page
Design by Jill Beamer
Since Jill's family rarely sees toboggan-worthy snow in their Canadian city, she wanted to make sure she captured the fun her daughter, Delaney, had sledding on her daddy's lap at a local park. A single great shot taken that day became the star on this easy scrapbook page.
Editor's Tip: Create a picture-perfect focal point. By enlarging her photo, Jill draws the eye directly to her subjects. Horizontal stripes in ice-tones give the scrapbook page energy, while individual snowflakes punched from coordinating patterned paper and placed under round epoxy stickers highlight the title.
Stamp a Snowflake Pattern for a Page Background
Design by Mellette Berezoski
Bold colors pulled directly from the photo give this scrapbook page about a skating adventure pop. By stamping white snowflakes on a deep blue strip of cardstock, Mellette was able to create a one-of-a-kind border for the left-hand side of her page.
Editor's Tip: Mix and match sticker letters for a playful page title. By combining red and white letters from set that feature lots of different letter styles, Mellette created a title that's as bouncy and fun as her photo subject.
