View Your Coastal Memories Through This Water Themed Scrapbook Layout

A view that looks over the water, whether it would be an expansive ocean or peaceful lakefront, is attractive, impressive and relaxing. We can let our gaze fall upon the ever-shifting and sparkling hues of various blues and greens while feeling the cooling sensations of a flowing breeze and hearing the lapping waves and squawking seagulls. Blog contributor Sachiyo Omitsu is opening our minds (and a creative window of opportunity!) by showing this water themed scrapbook layout that is sure to bring an easy-breezy, calming sensation.

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Structure Your Storytelling With This Farm Scrapbook Layout

Silos — structures for storing bulk materials and keeping them secure and safe from the elements. And while silos can store different grains, coal, woodchips, wheat, fermented feed and more agriculture needs, this DIY silo on this farm scrapbooking layout will store and protect your precious photos, memories and memorabilia with Peekaboo Pockets™! Open up (literally!) to new ideas with this innovative idea from blog contributor Sachiyo Omitsu!

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Pocket Your Memories Upon This 8×8 Scrapbook Layout — Literally

Say “Peekaboo! I see you!” to your beloved photos and memories with Peekaboo Pockets™! Okay, maybe you don’t have to say that, but you’ll love these pockets as a surprise, interactive element of efficiently packing your album pages with an extra dynamic layer of photos, journal boxes, artwork, memorabilia and more. (No more leaving memories off a page due to a lack of space!) And when you’re working with a smaller 8×8 scrapbook album, you want to slide in as many good times as you can! Check out this 8×8 scrapbook layout that showcases the power of Peekaboo Pockets™!

Psst, want to learn more about Peekaboo Pockets™? Then view this video to get the inside scoop of how these clear pockets make your pages come alive!

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It’s Home, Tweet Home With This Birdhouse Scrapbook Layout

Many people cannot wait for spring to arrive. The Earth, on its seasonal trek, leans in closer to the sun and brings bouts of warmer weather, verdant grass, budding blooms and a chorus of chirping birds! And this springtime sensation, migration and nesting of birds is the perfect time to do some bird watching (and perhaps learning a bit about the feathered fowls that live in your area!). Just ask blog contributor Sachiyo Omitsu — her and her family have been admiring recent winged additions that have called their front porch home, tweet home! Take a look at this birdhouse scrapbook layout and try it out for yourself!

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Document COVID-19 in Your Happy Album With Quarantine Scrapbook Layouts

It’s no secret we’re living in uncertain and unprecedented times. While most people prefer to scrapbook the more positive times in life, it can be therapeutic to take a moment to commemorate any and all times (even unusual ones), such as the COVID-19 pandemic. Check out how blog contributor Krislyn Mattei has been filling up her Happy Album with monthly reflection pages in the form of quarantine scrapbook layouts!

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Materialize Your Memories with this Vintage Predesigned Scrapbook Layout

What do you do to make a Fast2Fab™ layout your own? Do you like to add borders to make the page pop? Do you fill it with stickers, embellishments and other decorations for some extra flair? No matter what you do, there are plenty of ways to add a personal touch any predesigned scrapbook layout. Take a look at how blog contributor Krislyn took a Memoirs & Memories Fast2Fab™ layout and turned it into something unique!

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Pack Extra Photos and Memories into this Summer Scrapbook Layout

Summertime is a season jam-packed with activities and events and moments you’ll want to remember. But what happens when you sit down to create a summer scrapbook layout and discover you have too many great photos to choose from? Allow us to introduce you to Peekaboo Pockets™! See how they help enhance space on any project, like this bright summer scrapbook layout idea from blog contributor Krislyn.

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Spread Some Sunshine with this 2-Page Spring Scrapbook Layout

Have you seen the new Simply Sunshine collection yet? This bright and playful collection is blooming with fun and vivid themes, illustrations and designs, making it perfect for creating spring scrapbook layouts. If you have an excess of outdoor photos to choose from, don’t worry — try using Peekaboo Pockets™! Check out today’s post to see how you can combine Peekaboo Pockets™ with Simply Sunshine to create a layout that will give you warm spring feelings whenever you look at it!

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Make a Beautiful Flip Book Project using Peekaboo Pockets™

Peekaboo Pockets™ are a great way to add photos to your layouts and projects in unique and creative ways. They allow you to stack photos and mats on top of one another to create multi-layered projects with a variety of photos and decorations. They’re awesome for scrapbooking, but that’s not all you can do with them! In today’s post, learn how to create a flip book craft from blog contributor Wendy. Happy reading!

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Create a Multi-Layered Scrapbook Layout using Season’s Greetings & the Peekaboo Pockets™

It’s a common problem in the scrapbooking world — you have tons of photos that work great with one another, but you can’t fit all of them on the page in a stylish and organized way. Thankfully, this problem is now a thing of the past thanks to the Peekaboo Pockets™! You can use the Peekaboo Pockets™ to add new layers to your pages and fit all your coordinating photos into a multi-layered scrapbook layout. This helps in terms of functionality, organization and the overall appearance of the page. Check out how they’re used with CM’s newest Christmas collection — Season’s Greetings!

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