Dude! Break it Up!

Dude! Not everything has to be in its solid, original form. Break it up!

You can cut apart a picture, a ticket, part of the brochure, or anything else and spread it across the page. It'll add some extra color and texture without any lace or bows.



In this case I found a postcard puzzle on clearance at the gift shop. The Badlands are puzzling anyway so this wasn't much of a stretch.

Dude! If you feel the urge to break things up, don't fight it!

Dude! Rough It!

Dude! Just because you're suave and smooth doesn't mean your scrapbook paper needs to be. Dude, it's time to rough it!



Throwing in a bumpy background once in a while lets you go 3D without all those frilly girly things that all the ladies at the craft store insist are needed to make a "nice" scrapbook page.

And just like tent camping is different from staying at the Hilton, be warned that working with a textured surface has challenges you won't experience with all the smooth papers. But roughing it once in a while is good, both for your scrapbook and your manhood.

Dude! Rough it up!

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!

Dude! Find that Atlas!

Dude! You know where you're going! You don't need a map or someone to give you directions. Dig that atlas out from under the front seat and put it to use for a change!



Cut out a road map and work it into your scrapbook page. The shape of many states will add an instant sense of location. Plus it adds color, texture, and a feeling of travel & adventure.

Dude! You CAN use a map!