Family Camping Scrapbook Layout by Rachel Paxton
After a recent family camping trip to Mt. Rainier National Forest, I
wanted to come up with a scrapbooking layout that incorporated photos of
the beautiful, 1,000-year-old trees we visited at the Grove of the
Patriarchs.
I photographed several signs and displays that described the trees
in the area, took lots of pictures of the trees, and took some family
photos. Later at home I decided to go with the tree theme and natural colors
for my scrapbook layout.
I chose six photos to highlight, on two 12x12 pages (3 photos on each
page).
Supplies:
1 12x12 sheet forest green cardstock
2 12x12 sheets tan cardstock
2 12x12 sheets brown cardstock
Gluestick
Paper cutter
Photos
I used contrasting colors on the two pages: one page tan, and one
page brown. I cut a rectangular strip of the contrasting color to mount
the photos on (brown strip on tan page and tan strip on brown page) (see
photos). I then cut mats for the photos out of the same color as the
background of the page, glued the photos on the mats, and glued the mats
vertically on the strip. I next did the same for the other page. I glued one
strip towards the right side of the background on one page and towards the
left side of the second page (to created mirror-imaged pages).
Lastly I cut three pine trees for each page from the forest green
cardstock with contrasting trunks (tan on brown background, brown on tan
background). Don't worry about using patterns to cut out the pieces, I
didn't even draw them first. I just cut out random pieces with my paper
cutter. I positioned the trees vertically down the opposite sides of the
pages from the photos.
I placed titles at the top of each page, printed on my computer and
glued on contrasting cardstock. Be creative, your layout will probably
look a little different than mine, with your own personal touch!
Photos of finished project:
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