Heart shapes are one of those timeless scrapbooking elements that instantly add meaning to a page. They’re not just for Valentine’s Day — hearts work beautifully for documenting family moments, friendships, milestones, and the everyday memories that matter most.
These scrapbook layout ideas using hearts showcase a range of creative ways to incorporate this classic shape into your pages, from clean and modern designs to more layered, decorative layouts. Whether you’re scrapbooking love stories, personal memories, or special connections, these ideas offer inspiration that feels heartfelt without being overdone.
Rachel used a large cluster of hearts around her photo for a beautiful layout design. Notice how each heart has a popped up layer, several with scallops, this add such great dimension. There’s also some stamping with + signs and more hearts, I spotted her idea on the Elle’s Studio Instagram page.
Hearts say it all, they let someone know right away how you feel about them. Hearts are also so versatile and can be used on your scrapbook layouts for so many different occasions, not just for Valentine’s Day and in so many different ways. Add one large heart, include clusters of smaller hearts, use dies, stamps and stencils to create them, the possibilities are endless. Today let’s take a look at some scrapbook layouts that are full of heart.
Jess’s journaling pages celebrate a snowy Valentine’s Day with a large photo with stamping and journaling directly on the pic and on the right side a strip of pattern paper with a vertical row of overlapping hearts cut from various pattern papers along with a bit more stamping. Learn more at the Archer & Olive blog.
I love the pink and green color combo on Deidre’s heart filled layout! She used stencils and stamps along with pink doilies, pink ink splatter, some florals and lots of sweet sentiments all around. I came across her layout on her Scrapping Girl 9 Instagram page.
Becki die cut lots of hearts from pattern papers that have plaid, checks and tiny florals that give a rustic country feeling along with the woodgrain background. There’s also rub-ons, brads, chipboard shapes and stickers with some stitching and hidden journaling on the tag that’s tucked behind the photo. Find all the details on the Scrapbook and Cards Today blog.
Allison created her own hearts on this wonderful layout with a large wreath of hearts surrounding the photos. She used pink and red watercolors on watercolor paper and after it dried she die cut lots of hearts, some with holes for adding sewing. She tucked in several sentiment strips and added a large chipboard word for the main title. Learn more at the Allison Davis 4 SG blog.
Niki’s beautiful layout also has a rustic feel with stitched and distressed edges on the base paper and lots of woodgrain, striped and floral pattern papers. She die cut concentric hearts from these papers and stacked and stitched each one together down the center to create an edge border along one side. The gold title adds a nice pop of shimmer. Find more info at the Cocoa Vanilla blog.
Cassie’s cute pink boots were the focus of her fun layout that has loads of layering and texture. There’s die cut shapes, pattern paper fishtail strips, funky die cut letters, paint splatter and bright pink semi-transparent hearts. I came across her page on the Paper Issues Instagram page.
From many examples we’ve seen today I think it’s safe to say rustic and romantic are trendy together. Heather G.’s page uses woodgrain and florals to perfection on a layout with lots of dimension. She’s included chipboard shapes and a thick acrylic title and hearts along with torn paper, subtle stenciling and a doily for texture too. Learn more at the Bramble Fox blog.
This darling design has soft pastel colors for the die cut hearts and subtle background pattern which pairs perfectly with the black and white photo. There’s also twine, hand written journaling and tiny gems scattered around as well. This layout was shared on the Stampin’ Up Instagram page.
This layout was created with a template that includes lots of hearts in both negative and positive cutouts, some with faux stitching. This unique take on a grid style includes spaces for 8 photos of different sizes, perfect for when you snaped lots of pics! Take a closer peek at the Mosaic Moments blog.
Of course hearts are also perfect for Anniversary layouts too like this sweet design from Sara. She’s got love birds, floral bouquets, glittery gold lettering, heart banners and floating hearts all around. I love the vintage feel of the embellishments on this one! Take a closer peek at the Paper Rose Studio blog.
Erin’s double page layouts shows perfectly how to use hearts for any occasion include a gathering with the gals. She’s used blocks of pretty pattern papers for her background with a long teal border, lots of stamped and die cuts hearts and die cut and inked words for the title. Learn more on her Crafty Concepts with Erin Instagram page.
I hope you’ve been inspired to add a touch more love to your layouts by including hearts!
-Heather
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