Travel Scrapbooking with Youngmi
Please welcome Youngmi as today’s guest artist, who has created a pocket page and full 12×12 scrapbook page to sit together as a multi-photo double page spread. I love this balance and hope you enjoy Youngmi’s design ideas! A reminder that supplies have affiliate links which make this guest series possible. Thanks for your support as always! -Shimelle
I have enough photos and stories in my to-scrap pile that I could never get it all scrapped even if I cloned myself a few times. That’s why I love sketches and scraplifting. Having a starting point gives my creative juices a boost so I can get more photos off my phone and into my albums.
It’s so inspiring to look at layouts created by other scrappers and think of ways to adapt them to my style, story, and supplies. Sometimes I stick closely to my inspiration. Sometimes I turn it around, flip things over, nudge bits here and there. By the time I’m done, it may look nothing like the original! This layout was inspired by a dreamy, gorgeous layout Shimelle made with her April Best of Both Worlds kit. (You can watch that layout come together in this video.)
These photos are from a trip to Vernazza, Italy. Since my photos were landscape, I started by flipping the sketch on its side. Since this layout will go in my Italy album, I made my design decisions based on the overall style of that project. The look I’m going for is “light and sweet vintage” which means soft florals, delicate details, and pretty color palettes.
When it comes to embellishment clusters, I like to think of a phrase I learned in Thailand – “same, same but different”. Notice that each embellishment cluster features the same colors but they appear in different elements? And that they all have tags but none of them are the same? See? Same, same but different! Everything coordinates and flows throughout the page but the little differences keep the layout exciting and engaging.
You may have noticed that this layout is missing one very important thing – journaling! That’s because I knew from the start I would create a coordinating pocket page.
I love using pocket pages for photos I want to include in my album but don’t have a story of their own. They’re like the supporting cast in a film. They may not be the star but the story can’t be told without them. The pocket page gave me ample space to journal, show off the many beautiful views from the top of the castle we climbed and provided a home for my ticket stubs. The top left photo flips up to reveal two more photos and additional journaling. All together, this two page layout has ten photos!
I always make my coordinating pocket page after the main layout is complete. The scraps and supplies that didn’t make it on to the layout get scooped up into the pockets. I stick with the same color scheme and pull in some elements from the layout. If you look closely, you’ll spot a couple of familiar patterned papers, butterflies, a little gold thread and a torn edge.
I hope this inspires you to grab a sketch or layout created by another scrapper and adapt it to your style and story. Try it on a different page size! I’m definitely going to create 8.5×11 and 9×12 versions of this page for my other albums. Or the next time you finish a layout, gather up those scraps and see if you can make a quick pocket page. Happy scrapping!
| Hello! My name is Youngmi and I’m a midwest girl living on the Central Coast of California with my husband. I’ve been scrapbooking for over 20 years! In the moments when I’m not scrapbooking, I enjoy baking, traveling, reading, quilting and living out all my nerdy dreams. That includes DisneyBounding, gaming, being a proud Ravenpuff and dreaming of cosplays for the next con. Nerdy scrappers unite! You can see more of my work on Instagram. |
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