A pre-patterned Travel Album from Die Cuts With a View is a great place to start a family heritage theme album. The letter and postcard images on the album give it a vintage feel, foreshadowing the memories and keepsakes kept inside. The album is further embellished with a title, ribbon, and photo placed inside of the included frame. Brown ink is added around the edges to age the album even more. You can see how starting with a pre-patterned album and adding your personal touch can save time and look great.
Scrap Artistry offers several handcrafted pre-patterned fabric albums to help scrapbookers organize their work by theme simply and safely. A few of the themes available include: travel, Mother’s Day, school, family, baby, wedding, sports, and pets.
These albums are available in 12” x 12” and 8” x 8” sizes and can expand to hold 45 page protectors. The albums are post-bound constructed with heavyweight book board and padding to provide structure built to last. Ten top-loading tear-proof protectors and archival paper come assembled in every album. Genuine leather albums are also available that include boxes perfect for gift giving.
American Traditional Designs just introduced a complete 8” x 8” scrapbook kit that includes a pre-patterned album and coordinated pieces to make the alubm. Using a complete kit not only saves you time when shopping, but also helps you to pre-set your theme and presentation. Each scrapbook kit contains over 300 pieces with six popular themes and includes:
- 8 x 8 post-bound album with 8 top loading page protectors
- 16 designer papers
- Pads of pre-cut tags, borders and mats
- Alphabet, icon and message stickers
- Chipboard accents
- Ribbons, buttons and brads
- Zip-lock storage pouch
Creative Imaginations has a new line of albums from Danelle Johnson called EZ Albums. These pre-patterned albums are designed to be stylish and easy enough for anyone to use, including teens and children. Highlighted here are sports-themed albums. You can get baby boy or baby girl themes as well. Each album features pre-printed pages and an elastic closure.
Take some time to consider using pre-patterned albums to showcase your work. Be sure your choice is archival and photo safe, easy to use, and great to look at like the ones shown here. Remember: it takes less time to get your album done right the first time than it does to lose precious memories and lots of hard work doing it again. Make a smart choice!
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