Template Tuesday - My Vacation 12x12 Spread

This scrapbook page design is great for event photos. The template displays 9 photos and still gives plenty of space for journaling sections, embellishments, etc. That's why I used it as a vacation spread.

I'll take you through a 3 step process where we look at the scrapbook sketch, the scrapbook layout, and then the final page.

You'll need to get a circle cutter if you don't already have one, and you'll also want to pay close attention of the boarder sizes.

all of the boarders are .25 inches (so the 3x3 boarder square is 3.5 x 3.5 inches)

EXCEPT for the 4x6. That is smaller so cut it 4.25 x 6.25 inches

The 2.5 x 3.5 photo and the 5x5 circle both have double boarders (also .25 in)

The strips underneath the squares are 4x12 inches

Template - 8x8 - Mirrored Horizontals

Here's a template I've used several times and LOVE

This is a template for 8x8 albums

All you do is place a horizontal 4x6 in

the top left corner of the page (I always try

to put a 1/8 to 1/4 inch border around my pictures)

and then placing a 2.5x3.5 wallet size image below it.

Add a border to the left side of the page and some

embellishments or journaling sections on the bottom left.

Rotate the template 180 degrees for the next page,

and there you have it!

Why do I love it?

-It gives a very uniformed look

-It makes plenty of room for pictures while

still leaving enough space to get creative

with embellishments or journaling sections.

-You can do a lot of different variations

Here are some samples from pre-made scrapbooks:

4 Square Template

Right now my very favorite template I've been using is a simple 4 square design. All of these examples are using 8x8 scrapbook paper, but you could easily do it on a 12x12 page as well.

All I do for this one is cut out two 3.5x3.5 squares and place them in diagonally from each other and place an embellishment where their corders connect. Then print 4 3x3 pictures and place them in each designated space.

(If I were making a 12x12 page, I could cut the paper in 5.5x5.5in squares and place 5X5 pictures instead)

What I like about this design:

-It's super cute and always gets a lot of compliments

-It's simple and easy and doesn't require a lot of tools

-It incorporates a lot of pictures on to one page, giving

you great use of space.

Here is a completed example that I used in my Baby Blaine's album:

The following examples are from pre-made

scrapbooks that I gave out as gifts, so they

are still without pictures (but you get the idea)

In this last example, I used a second paper and cut it out a 4X4 square to make a double border.