Whether it’s a fantastic trip you took, your cherished wedding day or your family’s heritage story, scrapbooking is the perfect way to celebrate memories. This month Shauna, LeNae and Paris share some fresh designs sure to spark your creativity.

Shabby Chic: Road Trip Memories
By Shauna Berglund-Immel

	Shauna tore, sanded, chalked and inked the page elements to fit with the ephemera background paper. By distressing the elements to coordinate with the style of the paper, she easily created a layout that looks well traveled—perfect for her page theme.
		Supplies: patterned Paper Pizazz®: clocks, license plates: More Ephemera Background Papers Paper Pizazz® cardstock: white: Light Cardstock Collection Paper Pizazz® Square Slide Mount Treasures Paper Pizazz® Ribbon Fragment Cut-Outs™ mini, large antique copper brads black inkpad mustard, red, brown decorating chalks: Craf-T Products

Instructions:

1. Tear a 2” wide strip of clocks paper. Sand the paper lightly and layer over the right edge of the license plate paper. Attach the ribbon fragment with a large antique brad on each end. Ink the edges of the background papers with black.
2. Mat photo on white, trim to 1/16”, mat on clocks paper, trim to 1/16”, mat on white again and trim to 1/8”. Ink edges with black. Sand the area of the license plate paper where you plan to place photo and center photo on page.
3. Computer journal on white. Ink the edges with black and chalk journaling with various colored chalks, preferably colors found in the license plate paper.
4. Ink slide mounts with black. Frame photos and trim to size. Place ribbon fragments on each and adhere using antique mini brads. Attach slide mounts to layout.

Collage: Bliss
By Paris Dukes

	Paris made a romantic collage in the corner of this page using crumpled and inked vellum, a buckle, a torn heart, hardware Punch-Outs™, and the “bliss” definition. The collage blends perfectly with the elegant collaged background paper.
		Supplies: patterned Paper Pizazz®: burgundy collage: More Ephemera Background Papers specialty Paper Pizazz®: white vellum Paper Pizazz® Cardstock: burgundy, black: Dark Cardstock Collection Paper Pizazz® Hardware Punch-Outs™ Paper Pizazz® Definitions & Words Ephemera Paper Pizazz® Buckle Up Treasures brass mini brads black ink pad eyelet setter craft knife and cutting mat glue stick Glue Dots™ sheer white ribbon Cezanne font

Instructions:

1. Mat the photo on burgundy and black cardstock. Glue approximately 3” from the left side of the page, centered.
2. Cut a 3” x 6” piece of white vellum. Crinkle it and smooth it out again. Ink the edges with black. Tear a heart shape out of the remaining burgundy cardstock and ink the edges with black. Add the paper lock to the center of the heart and brads to each side as shown. Wrap sheer ribbon around the heart, securing the ends of the ribbon behind the heart with a Glue Dot™. Hide adhesive for the vellum under the heart and glue to the lower right hand corner of the page as shown. Cut out the “bliss” definition and ink the edges with black. Add to the left side of the heart at an angle as shown. Place the paper hinge on the top of the vellum, adding brads as shown. Add the key punch-out to the bottom of the vellum.
3. Follow the Buckle Up directions to add the buckle to the ribbon, making sure the buckle will be on the right side of the page. Glue to the bottom of the page with Glue Dots™ and secure the ends behind the page.
4. Cut the remaining vellum to 8 1/2” x 12”. Computer journal on the vellum, adjusting the margins of your text document and setting the orientation to landscape. Trim the journaled vellum to approximately 2” x 11”. Crinkle and smooth out then ink the edges with black. Attach journaling to the left side of the page by using circular hardware punch-outs and brads at each end as shown.
5. Add a paper hinge to the upper right corner of the photo.

Fast & Easy: The Family Story
By LeNae Gerig

	LeNae says: Because these are one-of-a kind family photos, I chose not to crop them and left the white border on the photos. I matted each with a border of textured tan and then black to make them coordinate with the background.
		Supplies: All patterned paper and Cut-Outs™: Busy Scrapper’s Solution for Heritage Pages brown decorating chalk: Craf-T Products fine tip black pen foam tape

Instructions:

1. Computer journal on white. Tear out sections of journaling as shown, and chalk with brown. Cut out the suitcase, post cards, passport and document and mount them among the torn and chalked journaling to create a border on the right side of the map paper. The fragmented journaling draws your eyes down the border as the story is told. Cut out the bookplate and write the names and dates on it with a black pen. Glue to the rectangular area at the bottom of the page.
2. Mat the photos on tan textured and trim to 1/4”, then mat on black and trim to 1/16”. Attach to the center of the map angled, as shown. Cut out alphabet tiles and mount above and below the photos at varying angles using foam tape.