When you’ve returned from that spectacular summer vacation, drop your suitcase and shades and trade them in for some scrapbooking supplies! Then grab your favorite photos and check out these great layout ideas for some super summer inspiration.

Maui
By Paris Dukes

	Add a special touch your tropical vacation page with this great technique—tear a small section of your background paper off and glue a piece of another paper behind it. Paris used a piece of waves paper and rolled the edges of the vacation collage to mimic the feel of the ocean for her Maui page.
		Supplies: patterned Paper Pizazz®: vacation collage, blue water, paper art, alphabet tiles: Busy Scrapper’s Solution For Vacation Pages solid Paper Pizazz®: brown: Teresa’s Handpicked Solid Jewel Papers Artsy Additions™ Tan 3-D Collection foam tape craft knife and cutting mat The Ultimate Glue Therm O Web Mounting Squares

Instructions:

1. Tear the vacation collage paper approximately 2 1/2” from the left side so the white edge doesn’t show. Roll the edge of the small piece over and fold it down. Tear the same side of the large piece again so the white edge doesn’t show, approximately 1 1/2” from the side. Roll the edge of this larger piece over and fold it down. Add a 3” x 12” strip of water paper underneath the collage paper between the torn edges so approximately 1” shows through, and you have a 12” page.
2. Mat the photos on brown paper with a 1/16” border. Use a craft knife to cut around the edges of the artwork on the right border and “lift” the edges of the images so they will overlap the right edge of the photos. Glue the photos in the center of the page as shown.
3. Tear a piece of cork to fit in the lower left corner of the page. Add a cluster of shells and sea glass with the Ultimate Glue.
4. Cut out the alphabet tiles to spell out “Maui” and add to the left side of the page with foam tape. Cut out alphabet tiles for the date and add those with foam tape along the bottom of the page. Cut out the postcard and add journaling with a black ink pen. Angle and add to the bottom left corner of the page with foam tape as shown.

Blue Lake
By LeNae Gerig

	Create a 3-D effect for your photo by quadruple matting like LeNae did. The brown, green and black mats frame the photo while the narrower brown photo mat against the tan background mimics the dark colors of the photos but creates the look of a shadow.
		Supplies: patterned Paper Pizazz®: green, brown and tan, green textured paper: Kyla’s Classic Color Block Papers solid Paper Pizazz®: black, brown cardstock: Dark Cardstock Collection, ivory cardstock: Light Cardstock Collection Embossed Paper Tinted Words Embossed Paper Tinted Letters

Instructions:

1. Crop the photos and mat them on brown cardstock as shown. Make a wide mat of green textured paper, and mat again on black, trimming closely. Cut two 1” wide strips of brown cardstock so they are slightly shorter than your large photo’s mat. Glue the strips to the top and bottom of the photo mat as shown. Glue both photos to the background page as shown.
2. Computer journal and print onto light ivory cardstock. Mat with a wide mat of dark green woven and a thin mat of black. Arrange and glue at the bottom of the page. Cut out the letters for your title and also “camp” and “hike.” Arrange the title letters over the top of the journaling mat as shown using foam tape. Arrange the other tiles over the striped border alternating glue and foam tape on every other letter. Cut out the word fragments attach with foam tape as shown.

Explore Europe
By Shauna Berglund-Immel

	Tear and layer patterned paper with metallic paper and vellum for a cool layered bottom border. The border gives the page great dimension and doubles as a pocket to tuck in treasures such as this journey tag.
		Supplies: patterned Paper Pizazz®: green sponged, green Europe map: Ephemera Background Papers specialty Paper Pizazz®: gold: Metallic Gold Papers (also available by the sheet ), ivory vellum (available by the sheet) Paper Pizazz® Tags Template Paper Pizazz® Definitions & Words Ephemera Paper Pizazz® Coconut Fiber Pack Paper Pizazz® Embossed Hardware Punch-Outs™ Paper Pizazz® Garden Gate Treasures 1/8” hole punch brown decorating chalks coffee bean Brilliance inkpad Hero Arts® alphabet rubberstamps foam mounting tape Glue Dots™ clear tape

Instructions:

1. Trace and cut the tag onto the bottom edge of green sponged paper. Ink the edges and chalk with brown. Set aside.
2. Tear ivory vellum to 6” high, metallic gold paper to 5 1/2” and green Europe map paper to 5”, layer them together over green sponged paper and adhere.
3. Cut out the “Explore” definition, ink and chalk with brown, then center on green sponged tag. Cut out embossed hardware charm and adhere to top of tag as shown. Wrap fibers across front of torn layers and adhere to the back of the layout with clear tape. String the rusted key onto one fiber before securing. Place foam tape on back of the tag and adhere over the fibers. Cut a few small pieces of fiber and tie them into bows, attaching to fibers across page.
4. Mat the photo on gold, trim to 1/16”, mat again onto leftover green Europe map paper, trim to 1/4”, then ink and chalk edges with brown. Center on green sponged and adhere. Cut out hinges and attach to left side of photo using foam tape.
5. Trace tag shape onto the “journey” definition, cut out, chalk and ink with brown. Cut out hardware lock and screws and add to top of journey tag. Tuck into torn ivory vellum and adhere.
6. Stamp journaling with alphabet stamps and brown ink.