Top Trends: Masculine Pages
By Arlene Peterson

Men: They can be awfully tough?o scrapbook.

After all, most of us are can find “feminine” scrapbooking supplies readily available: flowered papers, cute embellishments and whimsical accents. Finding scrapbooking supplies for the guys can be a little harder, without constantly resorting to the stereotypical football paper. (How many football pages can you have, anyway?)

Designer Arlene Peterson has a couple of guys in her life, from her husband Craig to a brand-new grandson Noah. She's always on the lookout for new ways to create masculine pages for guys. Here she pulls out her favorite guy-appropriate papers and embellishments and shares her tips on making masculine pages for the guys in your life, whether they're two, 22, or 82.

Masculine Page Tip: Try Texture

Lumpy or textured pages are perfect for masculine layouts—they're especially perfect for lending a rugged, outdoorsy look. Here, Arlene opted for cork, brads, torn edges and alphabet tiles mounted on foam tape. She even used fiber on this masculine layout (Does fishing line count as a fiber?) Arlene adds: “Using color photo copies instead of original photos and tearing the edges is a simple way to add texture to the image.”

Supply List

• patterned Paper Pizazz®: brown sponged, brown plaid : Mixing Carlee's Papers
• solid Paper Pizazz®: brown, tan, orange: Teresa's Handpicked Solid Jewel Papers
• Tag Art #3 Cut-Outs™
• Artsy Additions™ Tan 3-D Collection
• mini brads, foam tape

Masculine Page Tip: Create a “Moments” Page

A “moments” page is one that celebrates a person rather than reporting on an occasion. Usually, a “moments” page features a lot of heartfelt journaling, so break out your acid-free pen (or computer) and jot down the things you appreciate about him, the qualities that make him special, or even make a Top 10 list of things you love about him. For inspiration, take a look at Arlene's moments page, which incorporates computer journaling with embossed word paper charms. Arlene kept the rest of the pages simple, to highlight the photo without distracting from her message.

Supply List

• patterned Paper Pizazz®: green handmade, green dashed, green sponged: Mixing Words and Textures
• specialty Paper Pizazz® :gold: Metallic Gold Papers (also available by the sheet); white vellum (available by the sheet)
• solid Paper Pizazz®: dark green: Teresa's Handpicked Solid Jewel Papers
• Paper Pizazz® Words Embossed Paper Charms
• Artsy Additions™ Green 3-D Collection
• gold brads
• leaf punch: Marvy® Uchida

Masculine Page Tip: Totally Tag Art

Tags are the perfect embellishment for masculine pages—you can create them from any paper pattern or color you choose, then personalize them to go with your theme, as Arlene did here. She used alphabet tile tags within larger tags to make the nested title.

Supply List

• patterned Paper Pizazz®: blue sponged, blue tile: Mixing Masculine Papers
• solid Paper Pizazz®: blue and brown: Teresa's Handpicked Solid Jewel Papers
• Alphabet Tiles # 2 Cut-Outs™
• Paper Flair™ Tags Template #2
• mini and regular gold brads
• foam tape

Arlene Peterson is a scrapbook page designer and instructor for Paper Pizazz®. She travels internationally, teaching the latest techniques, then comes back home to Oregon to contribute to idea books like Making Fabulous Scrapbook Pages, Your Creative Spirit and the Paper Wishes catalog.