Scrapping BOY Pages with “Girly” Kits
Kim shows us inspiration for boy scrapbook pages made with “girly” kits.
Hello there, Kim here to talk about one of my favorite subjects . . . using girly kits to scrap boy pages! Are you really wanting to use a kit but all you have are boys and the kit is really girly (and you don’t really want to scrap about yourself in order to use the kit)? Well, I have four boys, and I am here to show you how you can use a girly kit for your boy layouts!
First up, I am going to show you how I used Contagious Joy by Traci Reed & Libby Pritchett. I did this layout of my two year old using this girly kit. Yes, the kit has A LOT of pink in it, but I picked out the blue, brown, and black elements and papers for the bulk of my layout.
It still needed more color, so I went back and added the border, some confetti, and a few pink flowers and buttons. The pink accents were just enough to add some pops of color to the page without making it too girly. Here is my finished layout.
Jenn Barrette is our “In the Spotlight” Designer right now and has this gorgeous Free with $10 Purchase right now, Dream Bigger. I decided to go out on the edge and scrap a picture of one of my boys again, first running a few actions to turn the picture into a black and white photo. I pulled out all the non-purple elements that I wanted to use and then added pops of purple to complete the page. Here is my final page with the kit.
Here are a few tricks to remember when you want to use a girly kit for a boy scrapbook page.
- Remember it is OK to use flowers on boy layouts. There are no unwritten rules that say you can’t. Boys can like flowers too. I won’t lie . . . when I first starting scrapping, there was no way I would use a flower or a girly kit. I was missing out on so many gorgeous kits. I am so glad I stepped out of my comfort zone and decided to tuck in a flower here and there on my pages, because they do add so much more depth to my pages.
- You need to look beyond the primary color in the kit. Even though the two examples above had lots of pink and purple elements and papers, there were other “boy friendly” elements and papers included. Start with the neutral elements and then add colors as needed to give your layout a little pop.
I asked the SugarBabes and designers to link me up with some of their pages they did using girly kits for boy pages! Here is some more inspiration.
Here is a page from Loni, using Hello Summer by Zoe Pearn.
Here’s a page by Trish, using Becoming Me by Traci Reed.
Traci did this layout using The Ones We Cherish by Jady Day Studios.
And Rebecca did this layout using Aloha Sunshine by Kristin Cronin-Barrow and Zoe Pearn.
Here is one last one from Brook, using You Should Know-Love Wholly by Meghan Mullens and Traci Reed.
So . . . there you have it! You CAN use girly kits for boy layouts! Pink, purple, and flowers are ok on boy pages! Go ahead, try it!
