Scrapbook a Shabby Chic Style

Give yourself permission to switch up your scrapbooking style this year with the ideas we're presenting in a year-long series of articles featured in Creating Keepsakes magazine. Try scrapbooking with a shabby chic look. To get started, check out Linda Barber's clean and simple scrapbooking style, followed by her take on a shabby chic layout. She's included some of the challenges she faced, and offers some solutions on how to successfully scrapbook a layout using a shabby chic approach.

Linda's Natural Style

"We Love to Craft" by Linda Barber, as seen in the Scrapbooking Tips & Tricks: Organization special issue.

The Challenge: Design a page using a shabby chic style.

Splish by Linda Barber. Supplies: Patterned paper: BasicGrey and October Afternoon; Stickers: BasicGrey; Punches: Martha Stewart Crafts and Stampin' Up!; Font: P22 Typewriter; Other: Adhesive, button, cardstock, and stickers.

Q. How did this new style help you tell your story?

A. Shabby chic style often has a lot of hand-cut, handmade embellishments. So I cut raindrops and little squares. Yes, they took time, but it was so worth it. It made the entire layout fun and colorful-exactly what I wanted to convey in my story and with those photos.

Q. How will you incorporate this new style into your scrapbooking in the future? Why?

A. I think I'm going to use more hand-cut, handmade accents. You get so much more control of what you are putting on a layout. And for a control freak like me, that's nice. But more seriously, it's just great to have unique embellishments that fit the theme of your page.

Try a Shabby Chic Style

Try a shabby chic look by using these ideas:

* Add clusters of accents

* Layer embellishments and ribbons

* Rough up the edges of your pages

To see more ideas for swapping up your scrapbook style, pick up the January 2011 issue of Creating Keepsakes magazine, on sale now.

Related Link:

A New Style For A New Year: Whimsical

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January 2011