peek-a-boo

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Designer: Susan Weinroth

One great way to incorporate a variety of patterned paper into your 2-page layout spread, is to limit the patterns selected to the same color family.  In this layout, “Peekaboo”, I choose three different patterned papers – with all of them predominantly being a shade of brown.  The brown both coordinates with my photos, and when used as the background of the spread, helps to “ground” the layout.  In addition, splitting the patterns onto the top and bottom sections of the page, and running a strip of stripes and light blue cardstock through the center, helps the eye move in a natural direction from left to right when viewing the page.

Difficulty rating

• Required supplies:
• Super Sized Circles
• One Way - Extra Large
• Ultra ShapeXpress™
• 1/2" round the bend squeeze punch
• Heidi Grace "day dream believer" paper and embellishments
• Other- blue, tan cardstock

Instructions (Print version)

1. Start with 2 pages of 12x12 cardstock as page bases.  Trim and adhere 12x8 pieces of Flocked Dots to the tops of both pages.  Trim and adhere 12x4 pieces of Small Brown Dotted side of paper to bottoms of each page.

2. Trim two 12x1 strips of kraft stripe paper and adhere between patterns from step #1.  Trim two 12x.75 strip of light blue cardstock and adhere over kraft strips so that .25 of kraft stripe paper sticks out below light blue cardstock.

3. Trim 5 inch diameter circle from tan cardstock using Ultra Shape Xpress tool.  Place title stickers onto.

4. Trim 6x4.5 piece of bright blue cardstock and adhere as upper left corner of photo block.  At same time adhere title circle from step #3 under corner so title sticks out.

5. Trim 6x2.5 piece of bright blue cardstock and adhere in bottom left corner of photo block (under kraft stripes paper).

6. Trim 9.5x4.5 piece of bright blue cardstock and adhere as upper right corner of photo block.

7. Trim 9.5x2.5 piece of bright blue cardstock and adhere in bottom right corner of photo block (under kraft stripes paper).

8. Trim 4 inch diameter circle from tan cardstock using Ultra Shape Xpress tool.  Place title stickers onto and adhere in lower right corner of bright blue photo block.

9. Matte photos onto light blue cardstock and adhere as desired in photo block.

10. Print or write journaling onto light blue cardstock and adhere next to or under lower right corner tan title circle.

11. Punch XL arrows from brown polka dotted patterned paper and adhere on corners of photo block.

12. Embellish with punchboard accents and rubon phrase subtitle strip.