| Have you ever wondered how to make boys layouts | | | | are taking place? |
| look great? | | | | 3. Colour is important. You can use flowers all you like, |
| Have you ever found yourself wishing you could just | | | | they do come in all the colours of the rainbow!! It is the |
| add some flowers, swirls and maybe some lace but it | | | | theme and colour of the page which will give it the |
| just didn't suit those photos of boys? | | | | masculinity it needs, not the blue or brown flower you |
| Have you ever wondered how the professionals | | | | use. Choose a colour theme and stick with it |
| approach layouts for boys? | | | | throughout the whole layout. |
| Creating layouts for boys can be completely different | | | | 4. Simple, straight lines are nearly always a recipe for |
| to the way you would create layouts for girls. | | | | success. |
| Sometimes it seems that I find girly embellishments and | | | | 5. Go rustic. Tearing, inking the edge of papers, 'dirty' |
| papers everywhere. But boys. . . . . | | | | papers, torn sheets and natural type pages jump out |
| To help you get started on your next boys layout, I | | | | and say 'boy'. |
| have compiled a list of top ideas from a variety of | | | | 6. Look around the world outside. Think outside the |
| scrapbooking masters. | | | | square with boys page layouts. Make you starting |
| 1. Go bold. "Boys will be boys", therefore boldness in a | | | | point an item you find in the shed or something from |
| scrapbooking layout is often just perfect. This can be | | | | the natural world for instance. |
| boldness of colours, boldness of embellishments | | | | 7. Let your creativity run wild. Imagination is what it is all |
| (something really wacky, big or simply ghastly on it's | | | | about so let it run wild here. Boys layouts can be very |
| own), boldness in the title or journalling. Only choose | | | | accommodating and allow you to experiment. Use a |
| one area to go bold and do it well. Bold is best for | | | | technique you haven't tried before. Flick through some |
| boys. | | | | of the books/magazines your boys enjoy and see |
| 2. Begin with the photo. Look at the photo and let it 'tell' | | | | what inspiration they give you. |
| you what the layout needs. Boys photos can be | | | | For some more creative inspiration check out |
| cheeky, wild, adventurous or cute, but they nearly | | | | Most of all have a lot of fun. Not much is off limits in a |
| always have 'boy' written all over them in one way or | | | | boys layouts so have fun with it. |
| another. What colours are in the photo? What actions | | | | |