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"Train Ride" Scrapbook Layout
by Rachel Paxton

Description: Tips for creating a scrapbook page from family photos of a ride on a historic train.

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Most kids, especially boys, love trains. Last year we had the opportunity to go on a scenic train ride on the Lake Whatcom Railway in Acme, Washington. We spent an hour and a half riding on an authentic Old Northern Pacific Train, and had the opportunity to see a steam engine that is almost 100 years old.

Unfortunately our boys weren't old enough to be able to remember the train ride, but we have a lot of neat pictures to show them that they were there! And they loved riding on the train.

What made the afternoon even more memorable was that my cousin was actually the conductor of the train. He has a great passion for the old trains and volunteers his time to help maintain them and give people the opportunity to enjoy riding on them.

When preparing a scrapbook page for something fun like a family train ride, you will want to gather as much memorabilia for the page as possible, to make the page more interesting. I kept a brochure describing the history of the train and our train tickets.

Materials needed for this project:

12x12 piece of solid colored scrapbook paper
12x12 piece of contrasting scrapbook paper
3 train photos
Train memorabilia
Paper cutter
Glue stick

For my scrapbook paper I chose a light beige for my background paper, and navy blue for my contrasting paper to use for photo matting.

I typed up a description of our day (important names, etc.), and printed it out on the computer.

I cut down the brochure to just highlight the important information, and then arranged the brochure, three photos, and journaling on the page (brochure top left, picture bottom left, picture top right, journaling center right, picture bottom right--see layout photo).

I decided to do a different kind of "mat" for the bottom two pictures on the page. I took my piece of contrasting paper and tore a strip that was just a little wider than the photos, and the same width as the background paper (12 inches). I then glued this strip onto the background paper approximately an inch from the bottom of the page. I next glued the two photos onto the strip, one on each side of the page.

For the remaining photo, journaling, and brochure, I used my paper cutter to cut mats from the same contrasting paper. I glued the photos to the mats and arranged and glued them on the page.

At this point I still had a train ticket to add to the page, so I tucked it into the top of the strip of torn contrasting paper and glued it down. You could do the same thing with other small items.

Family vacations are great opportunities to take some great pictures for scrapbook pages. Riding on historic trains is very educational and a very fun family activity!

Rachel Paxton is a freelance writer and mom of five. For scrapbooking, card making, gift-giving ideas, and more family memory-making activities, visit http://www.crafty-moms.com.