Scrapbooking Theme Books with a Vellum Paper Twist

Scrapbooking theme books make great presents and are easy to put together. My friend, Celine, put this theme book together in a matter of hours! Her daughter has a kitten that she adores. Celine first gathered all the pictures of the cat that she could find. After that, she set al the pictures up in a way that it followed all of the cat's adventures and told a complete story. Celine then used vellum paper in her printer and text templates from the internet to make the cat’s funny sayings for each page. I didn't know cats could talk!!!! How wonderful and Funny!!

Finally, Celine decided on a common color scheme for the album and used these same colors on every page. Using scrapbook page templates to arrange the pictures, she pasted together the background. She next added mats to the pictures, added the text boxes and a few embellishments and voila! The book was done. Her daughter loved the album so much that Celine's next project is an album for her daughter's new puppy!!! Celine has already been shopping around for the perfect embellishments that will surely make this new dog album a favorite keepsake.

Some things to remember for theme books:

1) Always sort through the pictures first and put them in chronological order.

2) Use a common color theme throughout the album to create continuity.

3) Keep the pages simple and add embellishments and journaling to add interest.

4) Be sure to try and add humour to your pages.

5) Add dates and key facts like (who, what, where, when) so that the album has historical attributes.

Enjoy yourself! Don't get caught up in what you should do, be creative, do what you think is neat and fun.

Theme books are great scrapbooking ideas because they can be started and finished all in one weekend or they can be labeled and added to over time as new pictures are taken. The best thing about theme books is that once you have a theme in mind, you’ll find all kinds of embellishments at home or at the stores that will accent your scrapbook perfectly!

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