Scrapbook Sketch Ideas

Sometimes you may want to forgo traditional cut-out embellishments in lieu of freehand or traced sketching to decorate a scrapbook. Sketching can also be a tool to help design a page in your scrapbook--forging ideas for layout of pictures, borders, ribbons, buttons and other design elements, before committing to it all with glue.

Seasonal Sketch

Collect seasonal items to design sketches for a scrapbook. For fall, collect leaves, acorns or pumpkins and trace their shapes or freehand sketch them. Fill in the sketch with colored pencils to add fall color to the drawing.

In winter, find pine cones or snowflake designs to copy. Trace around the shape of pine cones and needles, or sketch berries and mistletoe for a festive holiday design.

Sketch drawings inspired by spring: newly bloomed bulbs in the garden, birds, Easter eggs and baskets all signal spring.

Summer conjures up images of beach balls, sand, swimming, fireworks and picnic blankets. All can be inspirations and ideas for scrapbook sketches.

Personal Touch Sketches

Sketch people's faces using photographs as your guideline for a truly unique and meaningful scrapbook idea.

For a gift idea, sketch designs depicting the recipients' favorite past times, hobbies or accomplishments. Have they won a significant award or reached a milestone in their life? Sketch a picture of a trophy, graduation hat or scroll.

Theme Sketches

Stick to a theme. Choose landscapes as a theme and sketch beautiful trees, meadows, sky lines and even cityscapes as an attractive backdrop to your scrapbook photos.

Create borders in your scrapbook that include your theme, which for a sports enthusiast could include sketches of people racing to a finish line, basketballs or volleyball nets.