10 Ways to Use Maps in Your Scrapbooks

On the 10th of each month I am participating in Shimelle Laine’s 10 Things.

I love maps. I collect old maps, including road maps and globes. My collection is quite small and I am rather selective, but I do enjoy looking at old maps. I also use maps when I scrapbook. They are one of my favorite things to save from a trip to include in a travel album.

I am really excited to see maps as a trend in the scrapbook industry. I occasionally buy pattern paper with a map theme, but have more fun using actual maps. I want my maps to be meaningful in some way. In fact, I have several sheets of pattern paper maps, but rarely use them unless they are of the destination I am scrapbooking.

Today I thought I would share with you ten layouts using maps. Warning: this is an image heavy post.

One

This is a piece of pattern paper. I used the arrows to point to our destination.

Two

This is map I picked up at the zoo. I folded it to fit in the album and added some photos to it.

Three

This is a portion of a map we used on one of our drives along the ocean. I cut it to show as much of our route as possible.

Four

I used this map as my background paper.

Five

This is actually the cover of my album. The album was purchased this way.

Six

This is a map from a museum. I attached the map to the outside of my page protector so that a viewer can actually open it up when looking through the album.

Seven

This is the map I carried with me the entire trip. I added a clear pocket to the page protector so that you can pull the map out to look at it.

Eight

I used smaller maps for pieces of my background on this layout.

Nine

This map is pretty much the focal point on this page. I spent about 10 days on a study abroad trip at this destination. to t

Ten

This is one of my layouts of travel memorabilia leftovers. I usually end up with a couple of pages like this in most travel albums. It's the perfect way to showcase a complete map.

Do you use maps in your scrapbooks? How do you include them on your layouts? Comment below or join the conversation on facebook or twitter.

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Angelfishcrafts

Some great ideas here. Thanks for sharing.
Margie S

It’s fun to see maps used so many ways. Great inspiration. I do enjoy maps and like to add them to my scrapbooks.
http://www.1200somemiles.com/ Sara G.

I love maps too Great ideas!
http://twitter.com/tdailor Tammy Dailor

These are really cool ideas. Love to use maps - and have – in many of the same ways! But I’ve never done #7 and it makes me wonder why I never thought of that? Will file that idea away and try it sometime!
http://mannhome.blogspot.com Linda

What great ideas for re-purposing the maps from trips, amusement parks, etc. Thanks for sharing.
lsalthouse

Great ideas! We love to collect all those maps and brochures when we travel, now I can think of ways to put them to use after the trip.
Lisa-Jane Johnson

I love maps too and I seem to be using them more and more on my layouts after Shimelle’s Explore class. My 10 things has a layout at number 10 where I used map paper as embellishments and to cover chipboard letters for part of the title.
http://www.snapsandsnippets.blogspot.com/ Susanne

Oh, great ideas here, thanks for sharing.
http://scrapsandsass.blogspot.com Kimberlee

Fantastic post. Love how you used all of the maps. :)
http://pulse.yahoo.com/_TTRAQLQYT75GEAO4CHTV7COC4I glee

I just made a scrap book of our summer vacation and it included a zoo map, a state map and 2 museum maps. on the fold out zoo and museum maps i glued photos of us enjoying the venue over the less interesting parts of the maps. the state map, with our route marked, was the inside cover. fun to see your work. thanks.
http://pulse.yahoo.com/_TTRAQLQYT75GEAO4CHTV7COC4I glee

that’s a great idea
http://www.scrapworthylives.com Stephanie Medley-Rath

Thanks for commenting! I think the next time I use a map, I’m going to really emphasize the route we took (by actually marking on the map).
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Thank you!
http://www.scrapworthylives.com Stephanie Medley-Rath

Thanks! I hope you found something you can use!
http://www.scrapworthylives.com Stephanie Medley-Rath

I agree! Great idea! I may need to start saving my map waste for embellishments!
http://www.scrapworthylives.com Stephanie Medley-Rath

Thanks for commenting! It sometimes hard to figure out whether to use the map as background or showcase the map itself. Either way, it’s one piece of travel memorabilia that is always included.
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Thanks for commenting!
http://www.scrapworthylives.com Stephanie Medley-Rath

Yes. I love those clear pockets. I can’t remember what the brand is, but am using them quite a bit anymore. Thanks for commenting!
http://www.scrapworthylives.com Stephanie Medley-Rath

Thanks! I’m detecting a theme….that this industry really needed to embrace maps a long time ago!
http://www.scrapworthylives.com Stephanie Medley-Rath

Thanks for commenting! How do you include maps in your scrapbooks?
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Thanks for commenting!
Tracy

Brilliant idea,love your list!!
Haven`t used them but will now thanks for sharing and inspiring!
http://www.scrapworthylives.com Stephanie Medley-Rath

Thanks for commenting! Glad I could inspire!
KMercer517

Thanks what great ideas!!
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Thanks for commenting!
MJ

How did you attach a clear pocket to your page protector?
http://www.scrapworthylives.com Stephanie Medley-Rath

Those are C-Line Photo Holders (http://www.c-lineproducts.com/qp871-peel-stick-photo-holders.html). I bought mine at my local scrapbook store when it went out of business. I bought enough of them that I haven’t needed to get any in a couple of years. I didn’t see them at scrapbooks.com or twopeas but you should be able to find them at office supply stores. Thanks for asking.