Valentines Day provides the perfect opportunity to make a scrapbook page showcasing your love for your new baby. Although many celebrations on this day are filled with feminine touches like flowers, ribbons, and glitter, there are still ways to create a lovely tribute to your son that celebrates the holiday in a slightly more masculine way.
Color Schemes for Valentines Day Scrapbook Layouts
If you have a boy, take advantage of Valentines Day scrapbook layouts as a chance to use the pink patterned papers that you normally don't have a place for in your baby scrapbook album. While you don't want an entire page covered with pink, it's perfectly acceptable to mat a photo in pink paper. You can keep the page looking masculine by including liberal amounts of red as well as neutrals like cream, tan, and cocoa. Adding small touches of metals, such as copper brads or gold eyelets, can also help keep your layout from looking overly feminine.
Many novice scrapbookers think they must choose color schemes that perfectly match their photos, but this isn't necessary in order to make successful Valentines Day scrapbook pages. If you want to use a seasonal color scheme that doesn't go with your pictures, simply convert the images to black and white or a sepia tone using your favorite image editing software.
Accent Choices for Valentines Day Scrapbooks for Boys
Hearts and flowers are the traditional Valentines Day embellishment choices, but this doesn't mean you don't have other options. For embellishments that work well on Valentines Day scrapbooks for boys, try the following ideas:
- "A Beary Special Love" - Teddy bear accents can decorate this fun Valentines Day scrapbook layout.
- "You Color My World" - A page with crayon accents makes for a colorful backdrop for your favorite Valentines Day photos.
- "A Piece of My Heart" - Use real puzzle pieces to decorate your page or cut puzzle pieces out of scrap cardstock.
- "The Key to My Heart" - Use lock and key accents to make a surprisingly sophisticated layout celebrating the Valentines Day holiday.
- "Hugs and Kisses" - Decorate your page with clip art images of Hershey's kisses.
- "My Little Sweetheart" - Make a page with the Valentines Day candy of your choice or design a layout that showcases your son enjoying his first cupcake.
- "I Choo-Choo-Choose You" - Use train accents for your son's baby scrapbook layout celebrating Valentines Day.
- "Loads of Love" - Use accents with dump trucks to celebrate your love for your little builder.
- "Bananas Over You" - Use monkey accents and paper with a jungle theme for your Valentines Day scrapbook pages, especially if you're interested in a non-traditional color scheme that includes liberal doses of green and yellow.
- "The Love Bug" - A page with insect embellishments is perfect for any little boy's scrapbook.
- "Bee Mine" - Adding bumblebee themed accents to your pictures makes for adorable Valentines Day scrapbook pages.