Patterned paper is an great tool for dividing up the visual space on a scrapbook page. It can be used to quickly add interest to any page. This new article, 7 Tips for Using Patterned Paper to Make Quick Scrapbook Pages, shows you ways that you can use patterned paper to your advantage when it comes to getting scrapbook pages done quickly and easily. Remember that you can click on each scrapbook page in the article to see it in greater detail. Allow this article to challenge you to get scrapbooking and get more pages done this spring.

With the end of the school year in sight and summer vacation approaching, the amount of time that you will have for scrapbooking tends to shrink.  This week's new article, Keep It Simple - 5 Tips for Simple Scrapbook Pages, is all about helping you make the most of your limited scrapbook time. These five tips will help you focus on what is important in your scrapbooking and get some pages done for your family albums.

Creating a visually balanced scrapbook page is one of the most basic and most challenging aspects of scrapbooking. This new article 6 Quick Tips for Making a Balanced Scrapbook Page is perfect for the scrapbook pro who needs a little refresher and some quick ideas and also for the new scrapbooker who needs help getting started. Learn how symmetrical and asymmetrical page designs can be created quickly and easily for magazine-worthy scrapbook page layouts every time.

Challenge yourself with this new scrapbook design article, Using White Space in Asymmetrical Design - A Scrapbooking Lesson. In this article you will find a stylish, quick, and simple scrapbook page idea plus a free sketch that has been broken down into two parts - the background and the completed page. The step by step instructions will walk you through the process of making the page, getting you used to the idea of leaving "white space" on your scrapbook pages. If this idea is something that you have seen but never tried then this is the perfect article for you!