Chronological Scrapbook Albums&Scrapbooking Title Pages& Ending PagesHave you ever opened one of your Chronological Scrapbook Albums and thought the front inside cover was a little drab? Here's one great way to spruce up that front single page and even add a little excitement.
For my first page of my Chronological Scrapbook Album for 2003, I decided to make it festive with some published photos of fireworks from various locations around the world. I put them on black background paper with "colored tinsel" attached behind some "metallic adhesive stars" and shows a festive metallic die cut 2003 on the right side with a few more published photos of fireworks, more stars and more tinsel. I think it adds a festive mood right at the beginning. There is a black and silver metallic sticker "2002" on the right page which is actually the back inside cover of the previous year's book or could be attached to the left side cover. Handwritten below each photo in silver metallic ink is the location of the photo. For Tips and Tricks on how to take your Best Fireworks Photos, check out our Tutorial page Great Fireworks Photos. 
Here I have used a Fireworks Layout for my first page and the corresponding page for the last page of my 2008 Album. Album Tip: I liked this idea of Old Year to New Year transition so much, I have used it several years in a row. After all, every year begins and ends with a New Year's Eve celebration of some sort. I like to try to start a new Chronological Album every year in additional to my themed albums. But, it has always been difficult getting good photos of fireworks, so I have practiced with photographing fireworks every chance I get. When my Fireworks photos consistently failed to come out perfectly, I tried this Mosaic Photo approach of cutting the not so good photos into one inch squares and using only the really good portions. 
Photography Tip: My latest and most useful tip I discovered at the beach for the July 4th celebration. I laid down on the sand and held the camera pressed against my face to keep the camera extra still. Finally I was able to get good Fireworks photos!
For the beginning page of my 2003 Chronological Scrapbook Album, I came across this paper with all the clock faces. I also found the Jolee's embellishments of the clocks and the shooting stars. Since my chronological albums all have the outside covers that say The Shoaf Family Album, I got my local scrapbook store to cut me several title cuts that of "The Shoaf Family" in the same font. I was planning to use them for several of the front cover pages, so for this one, I stamped with with a Versa Mark pad and added an antique green Embossing Powder to spice up the title. Since the background paper was 12 x 12 and my books are 12 x 15, I used matching green cardstock torn to fit the top and bottom borders.
Here's a page for the beginning of my 2002 scrapbook. This was influenced by a good friend of mine, Don, who loves words and their definitions. He brought me this newspaper article on Palindromes. What in the World are they? They are words, phrases, sentences and numbers that read the same forward and reverse. So right there I decided to save the article and make if the front cover of my 2002 Chronological Scrapbook Album. Not really very pretty, though. So, I just dressed it up with a pretty and festive metallic background paper and a collection of 2002 stickers. It looks much better in real life, and is interesting. It will also always remind me of my great friend's very interesting passion for words.
Here is the Title page from my Alaska Scrapbook. Title pages for themed albums are important just like in Chronological Scrapbook Albums. I couldn't find that suitable photo for the inside cover, so I made the cover by hand drawing the letters for "Alaska" and then cutting the by hand. This was before I got the Wishblade!
Here is the cover page for my Egyptian Scrapbook. This page was actually the first page I did. I was having trouble getting started and needed something small to get my ideas working. These black and white photos were in an old publication that I found and I thought they started off the album well.
This Beginning page or cover page for my South Carolina Aquarium Scrapbooks was made from the paper bag from the Aquarium Gift Shop. I thought it needed no other explanation or journaling. Go back to Heritage & Themed Books from
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