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Whether you're creating your wedding album, celebrating the life of a star or scrapping hot summer memories, these cool layouts are sure to tickle your fancy!

Father of the Bride
By Shauna Berglund-Immel

 

Need a perfect wedding layout? Create a paneled background by splitting two sheets of coordinating Swirls and Twirls papers and mounting them on gold. A white vellum overlay allows you plenty of space to journal and title, while toning down the patterned paper and creating a romantic look.

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Supplies:

Instructions:

  1. Cut two pieces each of ivory swirls and twirls and white swirls and twirls to 5 3/4 x 11 7/8”. Place one of each color on 12”x12” gold paper, leaving 1/8” of gold paper showing around each edge of swirls and twirls paper.
  2. Trim white vellum to fit over patterned paper (11 1/2”x 11 7/8”), but leaving outside gold edges uncovered. Adhere with 1/8” gold eyelet in each corner.
  3. Punch four square photos and crop one black and white photo, mat on gold and trim to 1/16”. Center black and white on left side of layout.
  4. Computer journal with CK Bella font. Print out, place under white vellum and trace with black gel pen.
  5. Cut two pieces of 14” ribbon, run the length of the layout, 1 1/2” from each outer edge and adhere to back of layout. Tie a shoestring bow for each side and adhere with a Glue Dot™.
  6. Place punched square photos on layout as shown.

Jenie Jackson
By Shauna Beglund-Immel

 

Shauna emphasized the show business aspect of this subject matter by creating filmstrip borders. She punched square photos and matted them on 2” black strips, then added black circle alphabet tiles to echo the flair of the show business industry.

  
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Supplies:

Instructions:

  1. Cut two 1/4” black strips, glue together and trim to 1/4” x 12” long. Measure 3/4” down from the top of the brown leather paper and glue horizontally across. Repeat process and glue 3/4” from the bottom of a 7 1/2” x 12” tan vellum.
  2. Cut two 2” strips of black paper. Glue together and trim to 2” x 12” long. Measure 1/4” up from the bottom of the brown leather paper and glue horizontally across. Repeat process and glue across the top of the tan vellum.
  3. Using a square punch, punch out twelve different photos. Mat four on blue leather, four on green leather, and four on tan leather and trim to 1/16”. Alternate colors as you glue them across the 2” x 12” black strips, leaving 1/8” between them.
  4. Mat two 5” x 7” photos on black, trim to 1/16”, mat on blue leather, trim to 1/4”, mat on black and trim to 1/16”. Center and adhere between photo border and alphabet tile border.
  5. Cut out alphabet tiles, place foam tape on the back and adhere to the 1/4” x 12” strip of black paper as shown, one word on the top of the left page and one word on the bottom of the tan vellum. Cut out travel tags, mat on black and trim to 1/16”. Add 3/16” sliver eyelets to each tag, thread black leather cord through and hang on the alphabet tile farthest to the right. Secure tags with foam tape.
  6. Computer journal on white, crop, mat on black and trim to 1/16”. Center over alphabet tile border and adhere to tan vellum.
  7. Place adhesive behind and along the side of the black photo border and along the length of the 1/4” x 12" alphabet tile border. Adhere to bottom of brown embossed leather paper, creating a pocket. Color copy and mat brochures on black, trim to 1/8”. Place inside pocket.


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The Fountain of Youth
By Shauna Berglund-Immel

 

Tear and crumple blue vellum to create a water effect and highlight a summertime water photo!

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Supplies:

Instructions:

  1. Tear a 1” x 3/4” piece of blue vellum and a 5” x 12” piece of blue vellum so the white edge shows. Journal on 1” x 3/4” piece (with torn edge to right) and attach to left hand side of green/blue plaid with silver eyelets on top and bottom. Crumple, then smooth a larger piece of vellum and roll the torn edge for a wave effect. Journal on the right straight edge of vellum. Attach to right hand side of page with one eyelet in each corner.
  2. Mat photos on white with 1/8” border, then silver with slight border. Center two photos on crumpled vellum, adhere with foam tape.
  3. Cut out one flower from small blue flowers on green. Computer journal on white, mat on silver with slight border. Glue centered to bottom of page on green/blue plaid. Glue flower on top as shown. Glue third photo centered, above journaling.