Using corkboard as the background on your digital scrapbook pages makes it easy to create layouts with a lot of photos and graphics. Making corkboard-style scrapbook layouts is just as easy as posting photos, notes and memorabilia to a real bulletin board.
At CropMom, you can find corkboard background papers in the Stick Together stick figure digital scrapbook kit. There's a plain corkboard background paper, as well as one with a frame, giving it the look of a bulletin board.
Choose your style
Bulletin board-style scrapbook layouts can be messy or neat.
One way to create a neat, organized scrapbook page is to place photos and scrapbook elements in a grid-like pattern against the corkboard background paper. Fill the entire page with your photos and graphics, allowing the cork to peek through just a bit.
For a messy style bulletin board, add overlapping layers of graphics and photos. Use staples, push pins and other fasteners to give the illusion that they're holding photos and other elements onto the bulletin board.
Bulletin board-style layouts make fun school scrapbook pages. Try scanning your child's report card, school work, tickets or art work to make your layout even more personalized.
Use a template to get started
If you need inspiration or help getting started with your bulletin board-style scrapbook page, use one of CropMom's templates. Just click the "Create New Layout" button that appears on almost any page, then click the "Open Template" button. Browse through our many pre-made scrapbook page templates, which are all fully editable so that you can personalize your layout. CropMom offers several fun corkboard-style scrapbook templates.
In addition, you can click on any of the scrapbook layouts that appear on this page and use the "Build One Like This" tool. By clicking on the "Build One Like This" button, CropMom will assemble all of the scrapbook graphics so that all you need to add are your text and photos. Just like with our templates, you can edit the layout that it's your own.
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