On my last post, A Scrapbooking Style For Everyone! I was asked a very simple question that I overlooked in writing about… "what do you do with it after you've scrapped it?" So today that's what I am going to address.

Some people simply keep them on their computer and display them in online galleries within the digital scrapbooking community. That's what I used to do. But now my DD is wanting to see them so I've been coming up with ideas of displaying some of my layouts.

One thing you can do is print them, I resize my 12×12 layouts to 8×8 and print them on an 8×10 photo paper at my local photo developing company (Walmart, lol). For tips on printing, you might want to check out a little tutorial I wrote on my personal blog called T3 (Tips, tricks &/or tutorials) Tips for printing digital scrap projects. I then display my printed layouts in some 8×8 scrapbook albums that I bought at Staples. My albums are themed and the series I'm working on printing right now is called Allysandra Through The Years, with each album having a different chapter in my DD's life including The First Year, The Toddler Years and my current project… The PreSchool Years.

You can also frame the printed layouts. I have 3 of my favourite layouts of my DD printed and framed and are hanging on what we call my DD's art wall. There are 2 curtain rods hanging on her wall, on the top one we hang the framed layouts and on the bottom one we hang current artwork of hers. I used curtain rod clips to clip the artwork and clear plastic frames. She loves it. Want to see a picture?

I made a fabric "sleeve" for the curtain rod because it was old and un-pretty. This dressed it up a bit and can be changed. If you can afford nicer curtain rods then that would look great too!

Back to the display methods! Another thing you can do is mini albums! You can create them simply in 4×6" format and print them to display them in a brag book photo album. These make perfect gifts for the grandparents, or for themed albums. Or you can get creative and create your layouts in other shapes and sizes. Like I did for my DD's colour album, I created the pages in a circle shape and printed the circles on 5×7 photo paper. I then cut them out and pasted them onto some old CDs, punched a hole in each one using a tool called a crop-a-dile and added a loose leaf ring and some ribbon! She loves it! It's also a good idea to use a sealer (I like a spray on sealer) if the album will be handled by any children, it helps to protect it. Want to see a picture of my finished mini CD album?

There are so many different things that you can do with digital scrapbooking products and photo editing programs, you don't have to stop with the typical layout. But that's a post for another day!

I hope I've inspired you and perhaps intrigued you enough for you to check out digital scrapbooking for yourself. And in case you missed my first post here, it is full of Digital Scrapbooking 101 links and info! See you all next time, meanwhile… Have a Happy Scrappy Day!

You can find more scrapping inspiration and information on my regular blog, Monique's Scrappin' Blog!