Ready for some fast pages? For this video, I printed my favorite photos from January and put them into an album. You will see my whole process from layout to journaling to adding some embellishments. These pages maximize the number of photos per page as well as include the story behind the photos. My style is simple and fast but also fun and meaningful. If you are looking for a way to speed up your memory keeping process so you can make progress on your photo albums/scrapbooks, then I hope you will be inspired and get some ideas from this video. This video includes 4 double-page spreads for a total of 8 pages in my album! January is done!

Creative Memories Supplies Used:

  • Winter Woods Fast2Fab Refill Pages
  • Winter Woods Decorative Bundle:
    • Stickers
    • Embellishments
    • Variety Mat Pack
    • Paper (I didn’t use the paper in this video)
  • Repositionable Tape Runner
  • Foam Square
  • Dual-tip Pen
  • Multi-Pocket Pages
  • Personal Trimmer

4 Step System:

  1. Layout and Crop Photos
  2. Mount Photos onto Mats or directly onto the Page
  3. Journal directly onto the page or in a Journaling Box or Mat or Strips
  4. Add a cluster of Embellishments using Foam Squares or a cluster of Stickers

For my 4 Simple Steps to Scrapbooking using plain Refill Pages, check out this video in my Scrapbooking 101 series: Simple Scrapbooking in 4 Easy Steps!

Speed Tips:

  • Fast2Fab Refill Pages come with pages that are pre-designed. This saves you tons of time and it’s like getting the paper for free! Fast2Fab Refills and Albums come in a variety of themes. To shop, visit the SHOP CM tab on the menu above.
  • Multi-Pocket Pages – these are such a time-saver! I love to use these pocket pages especially when I have a lot of scenery photos. You can insert them anywhere in your album. The Pocket Pages come with white inserts which you can take out and use for other things like journaling boxes or cut them into journaling strips.
  • Title Stickers – Stickers are super fast and with a variety of titles you can get a quick title or theme without having to write it out. Although I always encourage you to do as much journaling as possible. Photos can be meaningless without the story.

Follow me on Instagram for Motivation Mondays where I post a weekly challenge. If you would like this extra encouragement, you can join in anytime. Each month I print out my photos from the prior month and will be showing you my monthly layouts. Some will be simple, some will be fun, a few may be fancy…but they all will be meaningful. Come along! @adashofStory

simple scrapbooking | cardmaking | journaling