by Ginger Morgan, Kristi Martin & others
These ideas were compiled by Ginger Morgan, Kristi Martin, and other scrapbookers on the web. Use them to help you get over your scrappers block anytime!
TITLE IDEAS:
Use the name of a TV Show for a title
Use the name of a song for a title
Use the name of a book for a title
Use the word "LOVE" in the title
Use a computer-generated title
Use stickers for a title
Use a hand written title
Cut out the letters for a title
Use die-cut letters for a title
Use the title only to explain your pictures - no journaling
Use a pre-made title
Dangle something from a letter in the title using a wire, raffia, string, or something
Use Plaid paper for the title or for the background of the title
Mix template letters for the title
Weave a fiber behind title
Cut a title from a cursive font
Sew a title
Put your title down the side of the page
Put title letters on individual tags
Dot the "I"s in your title with an embellishment
Use buttons for the O s or the center of your Os in your title.
PAPER IDEAS:
Use all pastel colored paper
Use a Black Background can be black printed paper
Use crumpled paper on a layout
Use all scraps except for the background paper
Use bright colors for a layout
Use metallic paper somewhere in the layout
Use suede paper
Use wood paper or regular paper that looks like wood
Use 3 different patterned paper in the same layout
Use red, white, and blue on the layout
Use only cardstock on a layout
Use only patterned paper on a layout
Use vellum on a layout
Use at least 3 shades of the SAME color on a layout
Convert an 8 1/2 x 11-inch page to a 12x12 layout!
Do a BLACK AND WHITE layout
Use embossed paper
Use diamond dust paper
Use mulberry paper
Emboss your own background paper (wet or dry)
Use any other specialty paper
LAYOUT IDEAS:
Take a layout you have done that you love, and recreate it with different colors and a different theme. (In other words, CASE a layout of your own!)
Scrap a Holiday in non-traditional colors (Pastel Christmas, Pastel New Years, etc)
Scrap any celebration
Scrap a family tradition
Scrap an event that includes some sort of food (Picnic, Thanksgiving, or restaurant)
Scrap a sports event or a game
Do a layout that includes toys in some way
Do an Animal layout (zoo, pets, could be Halloween, etc)
Do a SPRING layout
Do a SUMMER layout
Do a FALL layout
Do a WINTER layout
Do a Heritage layout
C.A.S.E. a layout- (other than your own) (copy and steal everything) use the same colors and techniques.
Do a WATER layout (beach, pool, pond, bathtub, rainstorm, squirt-gun--anything water could also be a snow layout!)
Use a quote on a layout
Use a prayer on a layout
Use a Bible verse on a layout
Do a mosaic layout
Do a "Totally Me" layout using your pictures of you doing your stuff.
(Share this online for an extra point!)
Scrap a Patriotic Page
Scrap a current event (within the past year)
Do a vacation layout
Use something from the kitchen in a layout
Scrap an accomplishment yours or family member
Do an "ITS BROKEN" layout (Toy, leg, car ???)
Use a poem on a layout (extra point if you write the poem!)
Do a Holiday layout
Do a paper-tearing layout
Do a "Like Father Like Son" or "Like Mother Like Daughter" layout (like grandpa-like granddaughter?) mother-son, father-daughter, etc. (doesn't have to have that title, just that content)
Do a "step into the past" layout
Do a "House and Home" layout
Do a "Career" layout (if you are a SAHM or Grandma- that is a career!)
Do a School layout
Do a Church activity layout
Do a "Before and After" layout (diet, pregnancy, dirty to clean, etc)
Do a Color-Blocking layout
Do a Nautical layout
Do a SAND layout (either in color, texture, content - use your own judgment)
Make a page that moves - Pop-up or pull
Do a peek-a-boo page
Make a layout without pictures - must have journaling
Put memorabilia on a page (like coins, baby bracelet, tassel from graduation, etc)
Make a quilt page
Make a pocket page
Do a panoramic layout (with those page protectors that make it a 4-page layout)
Do a garden layout
Do a paper folding on a layout
Decorate the four corners of layout
Use a photo for template letters
Use at least three photos on a page
Do calligraphy
STICKER IDEAS:
Make a scene with stickers
Use stickers for the border
Use MAMBI stickers on a layout
Use Paper Moon Stickers on a layout
Use Debbie Mumm Stickers or punchouts on a page
EMBELLISHMENT IDEAS:
Use buttons on a layout
Use something from nature
Make and use a shaker box
Sew or cross-stitch on a layout
Use photo corners
Use glitter or a glitter pen on a layout
Use raffia on a layout
Use Twine on a layout
Use wire on a layout
Use watercolor pencils on a layout
Use colored pens on a layout
Use SQUARES on a layout
Use Circles on a layout
Use beads on a layout
Use a paper doll
Tear a paper piecing and use it on a layout
Make and use a paperpiecing
Use an embellished die cut
Use punch art on a layout
Use pressed flowers or leaves on a layout
Use Ladybug theme
Use Dragonflies on a layout
Use a NSBR (non-scrapbook related) embellishment
Use stars on a layout (stamped, punched, stickers on the paper??)
Make Mosaic Frames for the pictures
Use ready-made frame
Use some "Bumper Crops" on a layout
Use Tag art on a layout
Use ribbon on a page
Use eyelets
Do quilling on a page
Do paper weaving
Use Magic mesh
Do paper PIERCING on a page (with a needle or tool)
Use pop dots
Use fabric on a page
Use BRADS on a layout
Pen-stitch on a layout
Use Holly leaves and berries as an embellishment
Use a sound button (some play music, or record your own)
Cut graphics from a patterned paper to use as embellishment.
Use Fibers
Use Charms
Use lace
JOURNALING IDEAS:
Make and use a journaling square.
Use a ready-made Journaling square
Journal in your own handwriting
Use computer-generated journaling
Use a journaling genie or a Coluzzle (shape) to make a Journaling square
Journal on a photo mat
Journal using a list
Journal two points of view for each picture
Journal under a "lift up" photo
Use one word adjectives to describe the person in a picture
Write a letter to the person in the layout
Pick key words in your journaling to highlight with borders or larger font
TOOL IDEAS:
Use Coluzzles to make a layout
Use a Xyron
Use something from a Sizzix
Dry emboss on a layout
Wet emboss on a layout
Use rubber stamps on a page
Use a page planner or other placement template
Use a template of any kind
Use a doodle cutter or Blade runner
Use chalk on a layout
Use a Magic Matter
Use a corner punch
Use a decorative punch
Use decorative scissors
Use straight scissors
Use paper cutter
Use a paper crimper
Use a "New to You" tool
Use a tool not listed
PICTURE IDEAS:
Use black and white pictures on a layout
Use Color tinted pictures on a layout
Use a 5x7 or larger picture on a layout
Silhouette a picture
Crop a picture into a circle
Use a panoramic picture on a layout
Frame a picture with the same picture-(cut out part of it)
