Something to Cheer About

Football season is well under way and basketball season is just around the corner. Those popular sports are not complete without someone to lead the crowds in yelling for their favorite team. Cheerleaders are the favorite spirit boosters, and often times the primary reason that some spectators attend sporting events. With cameras in hand, cheerleader parents usually end up with a plethora of photos that often wind up stashed away in a box. Yes, I speak from experience. I welcomed the opportunity to write about scrapping cheerleaders because it gave me an opportunity to pull out some photos of my daughter's high school years. The layouts here are designed to give you ideas on scrapbooking not only cheer pictures, but also drill team, band, or other spirit group photos. 

"Go Fight Win" is a layout I did of a friend's daughter who is now a 9^th grade cheerleader.  This is the beginning for her cheer album, and I'm sure she will have fun with the memories.

Here are some tips for scrapping treasured moments:

1. Take lots of pictures but use only the best ones to capture the mood of the event.
2. Get action shots.
3. Scrap the events in chronological order.   Although I don't routinely scrapbook in chronological order, I think cheer photos are best preserved in order as they depict the progression of the subject in the sport.
4. Have fun with your layouts!

You can see the growth of the subject in the progression of layouts below.  The 9^th grade layout shows a timid, young person, while the final layout shows the cheerleaders at prom in their senior year.

I love the "Cheer" word album that LeAnne Sims (Scrappy-Cat) did.   A word album is a terrific way to put a collection of photos together for a specific time period or event.

Additional  examples of cheer layouts in Scrapjazz gallery include:

• She's Got Spirit by Kintherye
• Cheer Chick by Charlieswife
• Cheerleader by Sooz
• Be of Good Cheer by Libby Weifenbach
• Cheer Champs by Sue Fields

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