🏒 Hockey – In It to Win It! A 12x12 Double Page Scrapbook Layout That Scores Big
- This Chick Loves Paper
- 5 days ago
- 7 min read
Snowflakes? Nope. Sunshine? Not today. On this particular game day, the only thing on my mind was turning my little man’s hockey hustle into a scrapbook spread that could win the championship of layouts.
This wasn’t just “photos on paper.” Oh no. This was a full-blown game-day re-creation in cardstock form — puck flying, goalie blocking, scoreboard ticking down the seconds, and fans in the stands waving foam fingers and munching popcorn. And while the scoreboard might not have declared him the winner that day, this layout? Oh, honey… this one is a crafting victory lap. 🏆
So lace up those creative skates, grab your hockey—uh, I mean glue sticks—and let’s hit the ice… er… paper trimmer. This 12x12 double-page scrapbook layout is about to score big in your album!
📦 Materials You’ll Need to Slay This 12x12 Double-Page Hockey Scrapbook Layout
Designer Series Paper
• Peaceful Garden 12x12 DSP (marble background)
Create handcrafted cards and more in soft colors and serene designs. The Peaceful Garden 12" x 12" (30.5 x 30.5 cm) Designer Series Paper has dove and greenery images on one side of the paper with complementary tone-on-tone washes on the other. It’s perfect for holiday crafting or for crafting projects all year long.
Cardstock
• Stampin’ Up! White Willow 12x12 Cardstock – base pages, photo mats
• Stampin’ Up! Smokey Slate 12x12 Two-Tone Cardstock – photo mats, strips, journaling strips
• Stampin’ Up! Cherry Cobbler 12x12 Two-Tone Cardstock– banners, strips
• Stampin’ Up! Basic Black 12x12 Two-Tone Cardstock – banners
• Stampin’ Up! Crushed Curry 12x12 Two-Tone Cardstock – banners
Stamps & Dies
• Stampin’ Up! Poppin’ In Bundle
Cricut Cuts
• Hockey net, goalie, player silhouette, scoreboard, foam finger, tickets, pom-poms, custom jersey (#06 BRAZ), puck with cracked ice
Tools & Adhesives
• Foam Tape or Stampin' Up! Dimentionals
• Multipurpose Liquid Glue or Bearly Art Glue
• Jet Black Stazon Pad
🏒 How to Make This 12x12 Double Page Hockey Scrapbook Layout
This layout holds five photos — but if you want extra action shots, you can always add flip flaps. (Pro Tip: Flip flaps are the power plays of scrapbooking — more photos without losing design space.)
1️⃣ Build Your Base Pages
Start with two pieces of 12x12 Stampin’ Up! White Willow cardstock as your base.
• Cut two 12” x 1/4” strips of Cherry Cobbler and adhere them to the very top of each base page.
• Cut two 12” x 7-1/4” pieces of Peaceful Garden DSP (marble pattern) and place them directly underneath the Cherry Cobbler strips.
• Cut two 12” x 1/2” strips of Basic Black cardstock and adhere them below the DSP.
2️⃣ Add Your Banner Action
For banners, cut strips from Cherry Cobbler, Basic Black, and Crushed Curry to match the team uniforms. Each strip is 1-1/4” wide x 2” long. Ducktail the ends.
• On the left page, run banners across under the black strip.
• On the right page, add four banners to leave space for embellishments and journaling.
3️⃣ Anchor the Bottom Line
Cut two 12” x 1/4” strips of Smokey Slate cardstock and adhere them to the very bottom of each page. This creates a visual “rink boundary” for your layout.
4️⃣ Add Your Photo Mats
• Two vertical photos: Smokey Slate mats 4” x 5-1/2”, White Willow mats 3-3/4” x 5-1/4”, photos 3-1/2” x 5”
• Two horizontal photos: Smokey Slate mats 5” x 3-1/2”, White Willow mats 4-3/4” x 3-1/4”, photos 5” x 3”
• One square photo: White Willow mat 2-3/4” x 2-3/4”, photo 2-1/2” x 2-1/2”
Pro Tip: Drag the edges of both mats and photos across a Jet Black StazOn ink pad to get that bold, rink-side frame without extra layers.
🥅 Setting the Scene: The Goalie, Net & Scoreboard
Think of this section as your stage-setting moment, your Cricut cuts are the actors, and you’re directing the play. The die-cut goalie and net immediately shout Game on! While the scoreboard reminds everyone of the stakes. Add in foam tape under the hockey player silhouette and suddenly you’ve got depth, motion, and a little extra drama (because what’s hockey without some drama, right?).
✨ Pro Tip: Popping up players with foam tape doesn’t just add dimension, it actually guides the viewer’s eye across your page like the play-by-play of the game.
🏒 A Title That Packs a Punch
Now for your signature title technique (drumroll 🥁):
1. Cricut Print & Cut gave you a smooth, flat “YOU” — the base layer.
2. Then you stacked 3–4 cut layers of each letter from Stampin’ Up! Crushed Curry Two-Tone cardstock.
3. Once glued and dry, you adhered the chunky stack to the flat cut.
The result? Bold, dimensional lettering that screams In It to Win It! across the ice. And the best part — it’s quick, easy, and repeatable for any layout.
✨ Pro Tip: This stacked-letter hack gives the WOW factor of chipboard titles without the cost or bulk. Think of it as “custom embellishments, PaperPixie style.”
🏒 Right Page: The Action + The Crowd
Here’s where the energy really explodes:
• The Shot: Your custom-cut hockey player winds up for the hit, puck flying with a cracked ice detail that ties directly back to the “In It to Win It!” title. That little pop of action doesn’t just decorate—it connects the story across both pages.
• The Jersey Moment: The personalized “#06 BRAZ” jersey is layered with foam tape, giving your player his MVP spotlight. Pro tip? Personalized touches like a jersey or team number are the details that make layouts one-of-a-kind.
• The Stands Come Alive: Just above, the fan section rallies with foam fingers, popcorn buckets (hand-cut with White Willow & Cherry Cobbler), tickets, and pom-poms. It feels like a mini stadium shouting encouragement right from the page.
✨ Pro Tip: Keep the Play Connected
Think of your embellishments like a play-by-play announcer. Your puck connects to the cracked ice, your player swings toward the goalie, and the cheering crowd backs them up. The magic? Every element interacts visually, which keeps the eye moving and the story cohesive.
6️⃣ Journal Like a Champ
Cut your Smokey Slate strips to ¼” high, ink up those edges with Jet Black StazOn (drag ‘em like you’re putting eyeliner on your page!), and line them up evenly for crisp journaling spots. Simple, right? But here’s the real magic: journaling is almost as important as the photos themselves.
Your pictures show the action, that winning smile, the speed across the ice, the goalie blocking a shot. But your words? They capture the why. The nerves before the game. The parents are cheering in the stands. The inside joke the team shared in the locker room. That’s the stuff your kids (or grandkids!) will laugh about years from now.
💡 Pro Tip: Don’t stop at just a few strips. Use flip flaps to tuck in extra journaling and even more photos! It’s like giving your scrapbook a secret playbook — open it up, and boom 💥, more memories, more story, more heart.
🥅 Layout Wrap-Up: This Page Shoots… AND SCORES!
From the clean marble base to the custom die cuts, this double-page 12x12 hockey layout is ready for the big leagues. The colors are bold, the structure is strong, and the theme? Absolutely unstoppable. Swap out the team colors for your own roster, add more flip flaps if you’ve got a photo-heavy game, and you’ll have a sports spread that’ll be the star of your scrapbook season.
🏒 Explore More: From Puck Drops to Paper Cuts
If this 12x12 double-page hockey scrapbook layout has you ready to lace up your creative skates, I’ve got even more layouts to keep your albums winning. Whether it’s outdoor adventures under the stars, holiday cookie spreads that make you drool 🍪, or everyday moments that deserve the spotlight, you’ll find inspiration that turns every page into a showstopper.
No matter the theme, sports, seasons, or sweet celebrations, you’ll discover scrapbook ideas that score big every single time.
📣 Share Your Game Day Creations
Have you scrapped your own epic game-day moments?
I want to see them! Post your layouts in the Members Gallery so we can cheer you on from the crafty sidelines.
Whether your team took home the trophy or just played with heart, your pages deserve a victory lap.
💥 Final Whistle!
This 12x12 double-page hockey scrapbook layout packs more punch than a slapshot in overtime — banners, clusters, custom Cricut cuts, and photo mats that frame your memories like championship gold. Swap out the sport, tweak the colors, and you’ve got a design that’s always a winner.
Because on the ice and in scrapbooking… It’s all about playing with heart. 💙
April – This Chick Loves Paper
🛒 Grab Your Supplies & Get Crafting!
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Score big with This Chick Loves Paper! Learn how to create a 12x12 double-page hockey scrapbook layout packed with custom Cricut cuts, team-color banners, and game-day photo mats — a winning design for hockey or any sport-themed scrapbook page. 🏒
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