K.I.S.S. Keep It Simple Scrapper!

Remember that not every page, or even most of your pages, have to be perfect submittable works of art!

You are doing this to preserve your memories, and you need to have time to be out there MAKING the memories!

So, while you need to take pride in all your pages, you do not need to labor for hours on end over every single page that goes into your book. If you make every page elaborate, than the really breath-taking ones will not stand out as much!

Some of my pages are simply pictures labeled with dates and a couple of lines scrawled on there to be sure I know what it was going on in the pitures. No title, no decorations...well maybe a couple...but nothing really grandiose. Just a simple page to remember a simple moment!

Simple Scrapbooks is a great scrapbook magazine that reminds us to focus on keeping it simple. Simple doesn't mean that it has to look boring. There are some fast and easy ways to create simple pages.

*Use colored and pattern papers. The color and patterns will give you extra interest on your page without taking extra time.

*Use premade embellishments. There are so many great premade embellishments made by nearly every scrapbooking company. You are sure to find embellishments to fit your layouts.

*Purchase Kits. A cordinated kit will give you quick and easy pages with great results. There are clubs that you can join and have new kits sent to you every month. Or purchase kits from your local scrapbook stores. I absolutely LOVE kits! Someone else has already done the design work and gotten the supplies gathered so it is simply putting it together and adding it to your scrapbook!

*Type your journaling. This will save you time because you don't have to worry about writing slowly and making mistakes. Everything will be neat and you can use spell check before printing our your journaling!

I enjoy the process of creating elaborate pages but my main reason for scrapbooking is to preserve my families memories. If I made every page a masterpiece then I would absolutely NEVER get much completed in my family albums. I try to limit myself to one elaborate page to every 5 simple pages! This works well for me and helps me to get more done in my albums!

Remember K.I.S.S. !