Black & Gray Scrapbooking Ideas

Scrapbooking is a great way to record your memories while giving your creative side a chance to express itself. Scrapbooking helps to combine your favorite pictures with sentiments, ideas thoughts and art. If you are fond of vintage black-and-white photos, there are many ways in which to create a work of art around these iconic snaps.

Black Background To Really Make Your Scrapbook Page Pop

Grunge Look

Grunge is a popular theme for boys or for memories from the 1990s. Use black or white backgrounds to create a neutral palette. Stick the photos onto your background, and then border them with a black painted with uneven brush strokes. Write tags on old white diner napkins, pieces of brown paper or scraps of newspaper print. Tear paper edges rather than cutting them. Cut out headings from black-and-white magazine print, as though they were ransom letters. Embellish with nuts, bolt washers and paper clips instead of lace and stickers.

Back in Black

Use a black background to really make your scrapbook page pop. Use a 1960s vintage look to best display your picture. Use a pair of scissors to scallop the edges of black-and-white shots. Stick the photos to the black background with metallic picture corners. Embellish the page with cutouts of cat-eye glasses studded with rhinestones and red lipstick lips like those of Marilyn Monroe. Headlines and tags should use classic 1960s vintage cursive fonts.

Zen Minimalism

Use black and gray to create a peaceful, minimalist look. Use a white background for a clean working surface. Here, the whole page is dedicated to a single thought. One or two pictures in black and white that show a quiet thought or emotion. Print out a white paper with a single word in bold, black letters. Phrases like, "Peace, Love, Healing" are all appropriate for this kind of look. Page decorations must be kept to a minimum, but consider a simple line drawing in black pen of an ohm sign, a lotus blossom or namaste hands. Write a poem or leave the page as stark as possible to create a minimalist feel.

Cinema Show

Black backgrounds show off your black and white snaps. Use a film strip of snaps. These can be made in a graphic design program or in a photo booth. Use old film negatives for decoration. Headings and tags should be written in Hollywood movie fonts. Add touches of red popcorn boxes and cinema ticket stubs for pizzazz.