Dude! Chop Chop!

Dude! God didn't shape the whole world with right angles. Why would you?

Don't let the camera determine the shape of all your pix. Be a man! Shape them to your liking!

This hike was full of boulders randomly piled along the trail to the river rapids. Right angle cornered pictures looked out of place. Problem solved with a pair of scissors.



Of course, you could try to solve it a more girly way. I'd tell you how that would be if I knew but I can't because I'm a man.

Dude! Chop Chop!

Dude! Don't Mess with my Car!

Dude! Road Trip!

You're going to end up in some roadside trap and they'll want you to put a bumper sticker on your pride and joy.

Dude! Take the sticker for your scrapbook!



There's nothing like a bumper sticker to show the spirit and tackiness of the American open road. Leverage that spirit by plastering it across the page. Just keep it away from your photos as the chemicals in each don't mix well with photos and can damage things in long term.

Besides, there's no way the girls would use such a thing in their scrapbook, unless it said, " I (heart) my cat."

Dude! Roll On!

Dude! Make it a Holiday!

Dude! You can add an invisible element to your scrapbook that only you will know. Tie when you make your page to something in it!

I know how things can stack up and how you can get way behind in keeping up with the scraps. A holiday or an event can help you get things done and give you another story to tell when your showing off your stuff.

There's nothing all too special about the page below.



Except that I made it while watching President Obama's inauguration. Could you make your Lincoln Memorial page on Presidents Day? Or dude! you could do the opposite like making your beach pages during a blizzard.

It never hurts to add an extra layer of memories to your book.

Dude! It's like compounding interest in your memory bank!

Dude! Mix your Backgrounds!

Dude! Just because you all your other page backgrounds match doesn't mean that they all have to.

If you have a double page design, be bold and mix it up. Use two different colors, or two different textures. One page can even be built on a brochure or map.



Just make sure your other design elements cross over from one background to the next so that it will be solidly a single page.

Dude! Be your own Man!