File Away Your School Themed Memories: Picture Frame Embellishment

Do you remember that feeling of walking into your new classroom every year? The moment of meeting your teacher, classmates and friends who would you spend time with over the next year. From the first day of school to field trips, class plays and more, it’s important to remember these school days for years to come. So if you want to file away school themed memories, then take a look at this picture frame embellishment that is ready for scholastic snapshot-worthy sensations!

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Rule The Classroom With This School Themed Scrapbook Layout

“Learning never exhausts the mind.” — Leonardo da Vinci

Learning always exercises the mind, from practicing cursive to performing in choir, gaining knowledge in physics and studying history… school is cool! And today, you can learn how to make this school themed scrapbook layout to add to your album (year)book!

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Get an A+ in Creativity With This Back-to-School Scrapbook Layout

The back-to-school season is one of the most photogenic times of the year. Kids everywhere mark a new chapter in their lives with a fresh haircut, new outfits and an eager excitement for the months ahead. Better yet, you can capture and commemorate all these fun memories with the school-themed Book Smarts Theme Pack — take a look at this back-to-school scrapbook layout and start plotting up your own ideas!

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Your Must-Have Back to School Scrapbook Supplies

Your camera is about to be working overtime with photos of first-day-of-school outfits, class portraits, the start of school sports or clubs, recitals, plays, you name it — make sure you have a variety of great school scrapbook supplies to create beautiful layouts that you and the kids will treasure for years to come! There are three CM collections that are perfect for making stunning school-themed scrapbook layouts – take a look in today’s post!

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Showcase Your Star Student with the Essentials Two-Page School Scrapbook Layout

Back-to-school-season is in full swing, and while some kids may not be excited about this, many avid scrapbookers have been looking forward to this time of year due to the plethora of photo opportunities that comes with it and can’t wait to get back to their craft room! But with all those photos, have you ever found that you accumulated so many that you simply couldn’t fit them all onto one page? With the Essentials collection and Peekaboo Pockets™, you can give these projects the feeling of possibilities and excitement – check out the beautiful two-page school scrapbook layout that was created by blog contributor Karen!

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Celebrate a New Year with the Essentials Back-to-School Scrapbook Layout

As the temperature outside starts to drop, back-to-school sales are starting up and the school year is just around the corner (some have even already started!). How are you going to showcase all of the different memories you make this fall? The Essentials collection has everything you need to create a classic scrapbook layout that will make all your school-related memories look vibrant and beautiful. Read on to learn how to make this Essentials school scrapbook layout and try it for yourself!

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#FeatureFriday — Behind the Scenes with the Designer of the Essentials Collection

What was CM Product Designer and Illustrator Alex going for when she set out to design the ultra-popular, ultra-playful Essentials collection? What’s unique about the collection in her eyes and which product does she think people will love the most? In today’s installment of #FeatureFriday, go behind the scenes with Alex to find out all this and more! Intrigued? Read on!

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Create a Breathtaking Back-To-School Scrapbook Layout with Essentials

Summer will soon be winding down, which means that it’s almost time for school to start! The Essentials collection has everything you need to make a beautiful back-to-school layout that captures the essence of that first day of school like never before. In today’s post, check out blog contributor Mati’s back-to-school scrapbook ideas!

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Where does time go?

It is so hard to believe that we are talking about sending the littles (or bigs in my case) back to school already.  Where does the summer go?

Make sure you capture all of the special moments when you are sending them back to learn.  Their grade, the books they like to read, their teacher, their shoe size, their favorite color, etc.

The Bookworm Collection is a fabulous pairing to any layout related to school.

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