The lazy days of summer are finally here! Take some time to jot down your dreams, chart your travels and capture the smiles with these great layouts.

Dream
By Shauna Berglund-Immel

	Tag templates are great for making the perfect coordinating tags for your layout. You can mix template shapes and sizes to form a beautiful border like this one, and use the tag surface for techniques such as journaling or layering vellum.
		Supplies: patterned Paper Pizazz™: palm tree beach collage: Vacation Collage Papers, sandstone (available by the sheet) specialty Paper Pizazz™: metallic gold: Metallic Gold Papers (also available by the sheet); aqua, sky, and baby blue vellums: Pastel Vellum Papers solid Paper Pizazz™: white: Plain Pastels Paper Flair™ Tags Template Dawn Houser stamps: Inkadinkado Graphite black archival Brilliance pigment inkpad: Tsukineko Jet-black Stayz-On inkpad: Tsukineko Gold Metal: Art Emboss 1/8" gold eyelets: Paper Wishes / Magic Scraps™ 3/16" gold eyelets: Stamp Studio 1/2" circle punch: Marvy® Uchida 1/8" hole punch: Fiskars®, Inc. Gold fiber: Paper Wishes / Magic Scraps™ Garamouche Font Scotch® Brand foam mounting tape

Instructions:

1. Trace two rectangle tags onto sandstone paper and cut out. Tear pastel vellum edges, layer and adhere with ¹/₈" gold eyelets. Punch two circles of baby blue vellum and adhere to tag top using ³/₁₆" gold eyelets. String through and tie gold fibers through tag tops. Stamp words on tag using archival black ink. Attach to left side of layout using foam tape as shown.
2. Using a stylus, trace oval tag shape onto gold metal. Cut out. Punch ¹/₈" hole in tag top. Use stylus to emboss around the edge of the tag. Stamp word using Stayz-On ink. Adhere to the left side of layout as shown using foam tape.
3. Crop and mat photos on gold, trim to ¹/₁₆" and adhere to layout.
4. Computer journal, print out on archival white paper, crop and mat on gold, and trim to ¹/₁₆" border. Adhere to layout as shown.

Amy's Travels
By Shauna Beglund-Immel

	Using an inkpad to color the edges of the photos in this layout makes them look like postcards. The same technique applied to tags gives them a slightly antiqued look, perfect for the travel theme of the page.
		Supplies: patterned Paper Pizazz™: brown texture: Mixing Masculine Papers specialty Paper Pizazz™: tan vellum (available by the sheet) solid Paper Pizazz™: ivory: Plain Pastels Cut-Outs™: Tag Art #2 Cut-Outs™ Paper Flair™ Tags Template Paper Flair™ Mini Envelopes #2 Template leather cord: Artsy Additions™ Tan 3-D Collection 1/8" hole punch: Fiskars®, Inc. Printers lowercase alphabet stamps: Hero Arts Graphite black archival Brilliance pigment inkpad: Tsukineko Chestnut brown Crystal inkpad: Rubber Stampede 3/16" gold eyelets: Stamp Studio CK journaling font: Creating Keepsakes' Best of Creative Lettering Combo Square punch: Marvy® Uchida Black Sakura Gelly Roll pen

Instructions:

1. Trim each photo to 3"x5", mat on ivory and run the edges along a chestnut brown stamp pad. Arrange on the layout as shown.
2. Using the envelope template, trace and cut out three envelopes of tan vellum. Fold and glue as instructed on the template. Use alphabet stamps and black ink to stamp on the front of the tan envelopes.
3. Using the tags template, trace and cut the tags to a smaller size, so they will fit in the vellum envelopes. Ink edges like the photos, then place a ³/₁₆" gold eyelet in the top of each tag. Computer journal on ivory paper, cut out, ink edges and adhere to bottom of tags as shown. Hole punch and tie leather cord through top of tags. Place inside vellum envelopes and adhere to page.
4. Cut out a small photo to fit in the square on the odd tag. Stamp the title on the tag in black ink with alphabet stamps and date using a black pen. Attach tag to the layout as shown.

Summer Smiles
By Paris Dukes

	Trim sheets of 12" x 12" vellum down to 8 1/2" x 12". This size will fit in your printer and allow you to do computer journaling.
		Supplies: patterned Paper Pizazz™: funky starfish, funky blue waves (available by the sheet), Mixing Carlee's Papers specialty Paper Pizazz™: white vellum, pastel blue vellum, pastel yellow vellum (available by the sheet), Mixing Carlee's Papers Paper Flair™ Tags Template triangle punch: McGill The Ultimate Glue yellow glitter: Paper Wishes /Magic Scraps™ Gigi font yellow fiber: Adornaments blue eyelets: Paper Wishes /Magic Scraps™ Pioneer Photo Glue Stick™: Paper Wishes /Magic Scraps™ Scotch® Brand Foam Mounting Tape

Instructions:

1. Cut white vellum to 8¹/₂" x 12". Print out title and journaling using the landscape setting under page or document setup on your computer. Cut vellum title into a 3" x 12" rectangle and add to the right hand side of the wave background paper. Cut vellum journaling into a 3 ¹/₂" x 12" rectangle and add to the bottom of the wave background paper. Secure each with two blue eyelets and add fiber, gluing the fiber ends to the back of the page.
2. Cut a circle of yellow vellum using the tags template. Punch out 13 triangles of yellow vellum. Using the Ultimate Glue, make a swirl on the circle. Add yellow glitter and shake off excess. Use a glue stick to adhere the circle and triangles to the bottom right corner of the page. Use the glue sparingly so it doesn’t show through the vellum.
3. Mat the large photo on yellow vellum, leaving a ¹/₈" border. Mat again onto starfish paper leaving a ¹/₂" border, then again on blue vellum leaving a ¹/₄" border. Adhere on page as shown. Mat the small photo onto blue vellum leaving a ¹/₄" border. Glue on the bottom right corner of large photo using foam tape.