Scrapbooking suggestions?

[LovesOfMyLife]

I am wanting to do a unique scrapbook JUST of my son's first birthday. Does anyone have suggestions that are easy to replicate but look like they took months to make? I want to make an identical one for :
me to keep
my son to have eventually
my MIL
my mom
my grandmother

any ideas?

 

[ruby_redeemed]

Wow that is tuff! I have seen people that do one, and then get a color copy of it, and it looks pretty good. You could take a copy of it, and then add embelishments to the copy. That would still keep the 3d effect and look like it took time to make. Just recently I looked in a scrapbooking magazine and they are starting to do them on the computer. You could do that and then still add the embelishments.

 

[hischildsindik]

Are you wanting to do just his 1st birthday or his entire 1st year up to his birthday ending there?

If it is his first year through his birthday, you could do a pace for each month, picking out the most exciting thing he did for that month. I like to use a block with a letter or number on it as the start of my page or paragraph of journaling. Pick out simple cut outs (dye cuts are thay can be called) to highlight something fun or important. In the case of his birday a cake or a candle. And you could use that as the center 'focus' of the page with your son surrounding it doing the various things done on a first birthday.

It will be hard to do with so many books you wish to do, so keep the layouts simple, fun and bright. It shouldn't be a stresser for you, but fun to do. There are layout helps you can find. I work mostly with Creative Memories stuff, and although I don't use them much, I know they have layout books that give quick and easy ideas. I am srue there are magazines and other books you can look into as well.

Let us know how it all comes out!!

 

[LovesOfMyLife]

Thanks for the suggestions!! I can't wait to start .... I hope to have it done by the summer!! And yes, I'm wanting to do JUST his First Birthday (but it will include his first year....that is a swell idea....the whole theme pages for each month...)

 

[someone_else]

just another idea but its not realy what you were asking about. a friend of mine is doing scrapbooks for her 3 sons and every year she does a double page of that year and when they are 18 or 21 they will get them

 

[BubblesRelena]

One thing you can do for great ideas (my mother does this) is go on E-bay and look at all the scrapbooking mini books, books, layout, etc...that they have. It'll inspire you quickly. Trust me on this!

~BubblesRelena

 

[VioletAngel]

One thing you can do for great ideas (my mother does this) is go on E-bay and look at all the scrapbooking mini books, books, layout, etc...that they have. It'll inspire you quickly. Trust me on this!

~BubblesRelena

That sounds like a wonderful idea!