Pages featured in the Summer 2003 issue of Scrapbook Storytelling E-zine
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Sassy
A spunky photo deserves a spunky page and gets one with super paper from Pepper Tharp (by Paper Adventures). All paper is by Paper Adventures.
Ideas to Steal
To make the Sassy page title, follow these directions:
For the cool bead trim, punch holes along the bottom of your photo mat. Bend wire into a small loop to hold beads on. Thread the beads through the wire and bend the wire into a u-shape, like a pierced earring. Slip the wire through the pre-punched hole and press the wire to make the bend more sharp. Put tape along the wire "handles" on the backside.
For the wonderful gathered ribbon, use needle and thread to gather ribbon at intervals. Use Pop-Up Glue Dots under the ribbon to adhere to the mat and on top of the wires.
The foam letters in the title give the page extra punch, and since the letters are actually stickers, they were very easy to adhere.
The tag book completes the look.
Tag Books
Fall Leaf Brads by Unique Notions and paper from Paper Adventures appear in a number of styles for great (and cheap) paper decorations you can use for your journaling boxes.
Ideas to Steal
Described from upper left, clockwise:
1. (Upper Left) Remember those dried flowers I've been saving since spring? Here I adhered one to a background of gold vellum (Paper Adventures) with a Pop Dot. Then I punched a small hole on each side of the flower and tied it with a paper strip. The Pop Dot holds it all together beautifully. Using more of the paper strip, I added three stripes at the top by the brad and one to the edge of the page.
2. (Upper Right) Punch a circle and a square in colors that contrast with your brad. Edge the square with a pen. Put brad through the circle and then the square. Punch a leaf shape out and lay a piece of mulberry paper behind the opening (the negative space). Adhere the mulberry. Cut the punched space into a square and edge the punched space with a pen. Cut a mat slightly smaller than the total tag and use the tag cover to mat it. The second page of this tag book is vellum by Paper Adventures for a classy look.
3. (Lower Right) Dip your brad in black ink by brushing it across the ink pad. Sprinkle on black embossing powder and heat. Put a square of black Magic Mesh on the cover tag. Add three leaf punches that you have embellished with pencil following where the veins would naturally go. Adhere with Glue Dot. Outline the inner pages with a pen as shown and number each page. Box in special words you wish to highlight.
4. (Lower Left) Draw a line around the outside edge of a tag. Stamp the tag cover with shades of brown and orange ink using a leaf image. Stamp on the letters spelling FALL with Alphabet Stamp by Hero Arts (Printer's Type) in black ink. Thread orange raffia thru the hole and tie off. Then adhere a piece of orange raffia to the edge of the first tag page. Use Metallic Rub Ons by Craf-T Products Inc.on the brad to add a metal glow.
Bend It Like Beckham
David Beckham, sigh. He's the Metro Man, the super-star who values home, family and good behavior. And, yes, he's beautiful. He's married to Posh Spice, and everyone outside of the US knows his name. If you haven't seen the movie "Bend It Like Beckham," I urge you to go and take your kids because it's not only entertaining but a great chance to start a discussion. The movie does NOT feature Beckham, but does tell a great story about a girl who wants a different life from what her family expects for her.
Ideas to Steal
The movie photo came from the movie website. Today most pictures have them, so if you want to illustrate a film, try there first. I printed out the pic of the girls on the field, cropped it and matted it in white.
Run a border of white Magic Mesh down the side of your page. You can easily reposition the Magic Mesh. Mat your photos and your foam soccer balls (go to www.my-memories.net for these and other sports balls in foam). The photo of Becks came from a photo I took of a wax image of the soccer (football) god at Madame Tussaud's in London. A roll of film there can provide all sorts of fun images for your pages.
To make the journaling box cover, score your paper 1/4 to 1/2 inch from the top edge. I put my paper along the gully on my Fiskars Paper Trimmer and use my bone scorer. Then fold it. Finish your journaling box (next picture) by writing on a Jotter (see www.jotters.net) and tearing the edges. Add the photo to the underside of your journaling box cover. Run glue under the scored top edge (I like the purple 3-M adhesive runner), then use two mini-brads to act as hinges (from www.my-memories.net).
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