14 Cute Scrapbook Ideas For Every Occasion
Check out these cute scrapbook ideas that will work for every event in your life.
Life holds many meaningful and exciting moments. It is important to capture those special events and document them in your very own scrapbook. This way, you and your family can look back and cherish those memories for many years to come. These cute scrapbook ideas will give you inspiration on ways to decorate your layouts.
The best part about scrapbooking is arguably the creative processes that go into each layout. At the start of each season, it is so much fun gathering up new supplies and planning out your photos. Especially around holidays and birthdays there can be so much to document! Be intentional about how you want to document these moments and make a plan beforehand.
Cute Scrapbook Ideas To Try For Yourself
1. Adorable Pet Scrapbook
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Pets are one of the greatest loves in our lives. It only makes sense to dedicate an entire layout to them! Here is one page I made of my dog and rabbit enjoying the Springtime weather. My dog at the top loves to lay down and relax in his kiddie pool. While my bunny, Cinnabun, loves to help garden/ eat the herbs. These two make any day 10x better.
Photos of animals alone will make any scrapbook cute. The paper and embellishments are just for fun! For this page, I cut out a white picket fence for the garden. Furthermore, I chose fun insect and flower stickers to place around the photos. And for a little extra detail I adhered strips of ribbon around one of the photos.
2. Summer Berry Picking
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Scrapbooking albums come in a variety of sizes. Choose either a large 12×12 inch album or a smaller size depending on how you like to decorate the pages. The picture above is from a 6×8 inch Snap album from Simple Stories. This size is excellent if you plan on only adhering a couple photographs.
This layout is all about gathering Summertime berries. This past Summer was the first time I ever went berry picking. I enjoyed it so much it may just become a yearly tradition. Also, how adorable is this paper collection? The pink plaid and strawberry patterns correlate so well together. Once you have picked out what photos you want to scrapbook, pick out some fun paper collections that you love. This will make the creative process much more enjoyable!
3. Anniversary Scrapbook
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Celebrating anniversaries is so special. And creating a personalized photobook of your significant other is the perfect gift idea. Each anniversary, I make a mini album that holds all our photos from the past year. This way, we can look back on our favorite moments, travels, jokes, and celebrations together. My boyfriend and I’s anniversary lands just before Valentines day so I often combine the two gifts.
This page is super simple to recreate and is perfect for an anniversary or Valentines day. To start, I hand-cut mini paper hearts that were then glued to strips of paper to look like balloons. Included is this kraft envelope that holds a journaling card where you can write a special message. The white paper has embossed hearts on it that gives the layout a little extra detail.
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4. Travel
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Taking the time to document your travels is a must! Some places you may never visit again so it is important to capture it all. Nevertheless, creating an album of all your travel adventures is so much fun. I love seeing this tropical layout so much because it takes me back to warmer, sunnier days.
It is super easy to start your own travel journal or scrapbook. Gather your favorite photos and memorabilia. Always try to find colors and patterns that match the places you have visited. These bright colors work perfectly on this St. Maarten layout. For the fish I used a cutfile from Esty and backed it with some colorful patterned paper.
5. Cute Scrapbook Ideas For School
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I created an entire scrapbook dedicated to my time at college. It is so true when they say that the four years will fly by. I am happy that I was able to capture moments from my everyday routine, including studying.
To create this layout, I used multiple different patterned papers to create fun borders. Although, my favorite part is the adorable school supplies stickers. The easiest way to add extra detail and color to any page is by adding stickers. You can find hundreds of stickers that will go with any topic you desire.
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6. Collage Style
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I call this an organized collage. This page hold six different photos I took during one weekend in my life. If you are not a fan of the traditional 12×12 scrapbooks, a smaller scale memory planner may be a good option. I love using my memory planner as a mini album. Here, I keep photos that are not significant enough to fill up an entire 12 inch page. I love seeing these snapshots of my life.
7. Fourth Of July Holiday
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The Fourth of July is one of my favorite weekends. It is a special time spent with family, good food, and fun festivities. If you are an avid paper crafter such as I am you probably have tons of scrap paper hanging around. A great way to use up any extra scraps is to cut them into thin strips. Here, I layered the strips on top of one another to create a festive design. You can also recreate this look using washi tape.
Titles play an important part since they describe the photos. Over the years I have learned to be creative when doing my titles. Instead of using traditional stickers I opt for alphabet die-cuts instead. This allows you to choose fun designs for your title.
8. Pocket Pages
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Summer fruit patterns are some of my favorite paper patterns. I love how bright and fresh they make a page feel. This is another 6×8 inch layout design. Oftentimes in smaller albums it is easy to run out of space. For this reason, pockets are an excellent way to store more things onto one single page.
Not only are pockets practical but they are very easy to make yourself. Simply take two correlating patterned papers and cut one down smaller for the pocket. Next, tape down all edges of that paper minus the top edge for the pocket opening. I like to place photos, letters, and journaling cards in the pockets where they can be accessed easily.
9. Stamps
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Stamps are an easy and adorable way to add extra design elements to your page layouts. You may choose to use real postage stamps or paper stamps. Either way, stamps have such unique designs that are so much fun to scrapbook with. These paper stamps came in the Happy Blooms collection by Simple Stories. I hand-cut each one out and placed them randomly on the left side of the page. They add such nice nature elements.
Stamps also remind me of traveling. Which is why I used them on this layout of myself visiting Dry Tortugas. The colors contrast beautifully with the water and it was Springtime. Furthermore, I added tiny doodles of dotted lines coming from the insects. Using a combination of paper elements and hand drawings offers some personalization to your pages.
10. Cute Scrapbook Ideas Birthday Celebrations
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Birthdays will come and go but your memories will last a lifetime. I enjoy documenting each of my birthdays to see what I did year after year. Plus, birthday scrapbooking supplies are too cute to pass up. If you cannot tell from the pictures, food and cupcakes are my favorite parts about celebrating my birthday. The hot pink really pops against the black and white. I also added some pink confetti stickers to jazz things up.
11. Premade Scrapbook Kits
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If you are new to scrapbooking or do not have much time to plan out your pages, premade kits may be the perfect solution. I love premade kits because it has all the supplies you need to create stunning layouts. This is great if you are new and do not have a huge stash of supplies. Kits also come with step by step instructions on where to place each embellishment. There is no cutting required.
The layout above is a part of the beachy kit by Simple Stories. The kit includes all the materials to create four different 12 inch layouts. The nautical designs are beautiful and are perfect to document a beach vacation. The pictures above are from a visit to Key West, Florida. While we were there we visited Ernest Hemmingway’s Home and met the six-toed cats.
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12. Favorite Recipes
There are many reasons why somebody may want to start a scrapbook. For some it is a way to be creative. For others, it is a way to store special family keepsakes including favorite recipes. During the holidays my family does a bunch of cooking. There are certain recipes we make each year as a tradition. These are the types of things I love to document in my albums because they are so near and dear to my heart. Many recipes have been passed down from great grandparents. Keeping them safe in my scrapbook is a guaranteed way to make sure I have them to pass down to my future family.
The recipe mentioned above is for a gingerbread apple sauce cake that my grandma taught me. It is easily made on the stove top and is quick to put together. Gingerbread cake is the perfect Christmas dessert to include on the menu.
13. Graduation Scrapbook Layouts
There are tons of cute scrapbook ideas out there for graduation. It is such a special day that you have been waiting on for years after much hard work. Because of how grand graduation day is, the photo itself has to be grand as well. For this reason, I printed out an extra large print of my graduation photo that takes up the entire page. For events such as this I believe your pictures should be the main focal point.
Taking gold glitter cardstock I cut out the word “Graduated” with a Cricut machine. Then, I glued it on the bottom edge of the photograph and cut away the remainder using an exacto knife. This simple, yet elegant layout depicts such a spectacular day.
14. Cute Scrapbook Ideas For Travel
This idea is perfect if you have multiple photographs you wish to display on a single page. It is easy to get carried away by all the stickers and embellishments that we often take the focus away from the pictures. By having your layout consist mainly of photos will help keep the focus on the story you are trying to tell. I love how this page fits 7 pictures and a spot for journaling.
The secret to making your page stand out is to pick out a brightly colored paper for the background. Next, space your photos evenly apart that way the background pattern will peek through ever so slightly. Of course, there is always room to add sticker embellishments which I placed in the corner of photos. This way, they are not distracting but add some fun details.
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