Collage scraps technique

In order to make your scrapbook to standout from the rest, you need to tap into your imagination. One thing that comes to mind is making a collage with paper scraps. Take a lot of one type of paper, say construction paper or paper with designs printed on it, and cut it into small pieces. It could be cut into geometric shapes or circles or strips. Whatever shape you use, make sure you have consistency in the size and shape of all the pieces. Get some glue and lightly spread the scraps with the glue on the back and spread it over the page. Make sure that all the scraps overlap each other across the page. It should almost look like the whole page has this geometric design actually "printed" on it.

Or, you could paste these geometric shapes around photos or around embellishments to form a pleasing patern. You could also paste larger pieces of like scraps to form larger background shapes to complement all the elements on the page.

In either case, "set your mind free" and try anything with paper shapes. The more you use different elements and arrange them in different ways, the more your scrapbook will be original!