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Spring is an eventful time of year with vacations, family, and of course, Mother’s Day. Celebrate all of these with some fresh ideas from designer LeNae Gerig.

Spring Beach Vacation, 2000
By LeNae Gerig

scrapbooking

Torn vellum is a great way to add dimension to your page. Try adding chalk to the edges to make your torn edge stand out even more.

Supplies:

Instructions:

  1. Cut out two sea shell vellum Cut-Outs™ and glue them to the upper left corner of the Sea Shell Collage page. Tear a 2 1/2" to 4" strip of 12"x12" Tan Vellum. Use your computer to print your page title on regular paper, and place it under the vellum strip. Trace the title through the vellum using your black pen. Secure the vellum to the top of the page using one eyelet in each corner. The vellum will cover the sea shell Cut-Outs™ and will mute them.

  2. Crop the photo and mat it on Light Ivory with a torn edge. Mat again on Sea Shells paper with a torn edge, leaving a 1" wide mat around the photo.

  3. Tear a rectangle of Tan Vellum that will extend approximately 1/2" beyond the Sea Shells mat on all sides. Place the vellum over the photo and Sea Shells mat. Use a pencil to lightly draw an "X" over the portion of the photo that you wish to place the window. Move the vellum and place over a cutting surface. Use the X-acto® knife to cut a small "X" to help you begin the tear. Place the vellum back over the photo and carefully tear around the focal image.

  4. Use your fingertip to apply chalk to the edges of the torn vellum. Glue the Sea Shell mat to the right side of the Collage page as shown. Secure the vellum over the mat with an eyelet in each corner.

  5. Use your computer and a pretty font to journal your vacation story. Print and tear into a rectangle. Mount to the left of the photo with an eyelet in each corner.

Our Gang
By LeNae Gerig

scrapbooking

Layer gray, black and brown coordinating patterned papers to complement the tones in your heritage photos. Use several mats to give your page dimension.

Supplies:

  • Patterned Paper Pizazz™: Tan Roses, Black Stripe, Black with Leaves and Tan with Small Flowers: Mixing Heritage Papers
  • Solid Paper Pizazz™: Light Ivory: Solid Pastel Papers 12x12
  • Solid Paper Pizazz™: Black, Gray and Dark Brown: 12x12 Solid Jewel Tones
  • embroidery floss: black and ivory
  • computer and printer
  • 1 3/4” wide Jumbo Square punch: Marvy
  • photo tapes: Therm O Web

Instructions:

  1. Cut a 10 1/2" x10 1/4" piece of Black with Leaves and mat on gray with a narrow border. Center on the Tan with Small Flowers paper. Cut a 3 1/4" x12" strip of Black Stripe and mat on Light Ivory with a narrow border. Glue the strip vertically, 2" from the left of the Black with Leaves square.

  2. Crop and double mat the photo on Dark Brown and Black, with a narrow border of each. Mat again on Tan Roses, leaving a 1" of mat exposed around the photo. Glue the Tan Roses mat over the vertical strip.

  3. Use the Jumbo Punch to make 2 Black Stripe and 2 Tan Roses squares. Mat the Black Stripe squares with Light Ivory and the Rose squares with Dark Brown. Evenly space the squares down the right side of the Black with Leaves square.

  4. Thread the tan buttons with black thread and the brown buttons with ivory. Knot at the top and trim the tails to 1/2" long. Glue a button to each square as shown. Computer journal on Light Ivory. Crop and mat with Dark Brown. Place the journal plaque below the photo, overlapping the Tan with Roses and Black Stripe.

First Mother’s Day
By LeNae Gerig

scrapbooking

Use your computer for journaling large amounts of text, or creating a template to trace. Here LeNae placed vellum over the printed text and copied it with a black pen to create her page title.

Supplies:

  • patterned Paper Pizazz™: Large Butterflies, Small Butterflies, Swirl Aqua Check: Joy’s Soft collection of Papers
  • specialty Paper Pizazz™: Pastel Purple Vellum
  • solid Paper Pizazz™: Lavender: Plain Pastels
  • lavender and blue eyelets: Magic Scraps
  • foam tape and photo mounting squares: Therm O Web
  • Zig black Art Brush marker: EK Success

Instructions:

  1. Tear a 3" x 12" strip of Large Butterflies paper and mount it to the top of the Small Butterflies paper. Tear a 2" x12" strip of Pastel Lavender vellum and use black brush marker to trace over a computer font. Center the vellum on the Large Butterflies strip and secure with eyelets.

  2. Crop and mat the photos on Lavender paper with a small border. Mount both on a rectangle of Aqua Check vellum and secure to the left side of the page with eyelets at each corner.

  3. Computer journal and print onto Pastel Purple vellum. Place over the Swirl paper and crop both to the same size. Mat on Aqua Check with a small border and attach to the page with eyelets as shown. Cut 2 butterflies from the Large Butterflies paper and secure to the bottom of journaling with foam squares.