Being in Pittsburgh last weekend in the D Family's "Backyard Paradise" makes me really want to go back to Key West, FL. We had such an awesome time there. The weather was perfect, the company was fantastic, the drinks were flowing and the memories were plentiful. This picture of us is a few years old already, but it's still one of my favorites of us in our favorite place.
Hopefully we get back to Margaritaville soon!
The Ingredients:
Cardstock: All Bazzil
Chipboard: American Crafts - Playhouse Photo Corners
Ribbon: Berwick Offray - Sherbet
Stamps: 7gypsies - Disclaimer
Ink: Tim Holtz Distress Ink - Barn Door
Adhesive: 3M Double Sided Tape - Archival Safe; Xyron - Permanent
Tools: Fiskars cutting board
The Recipe:
1. Go to Unscripted Sketces and check out Sketch # 161!
2. Select color scheme. This week: Margaritaville
3. Cut Cardstock Hint: Use scraps first if you have them!
White: (1) 12x1.5" and (1) 5.5x9"
Coral: (2) 2x9"
Chartreuse: (1) 7-5/8x9"
Blue Calypso: (1) 12x12"
4. Stamp it out! When I first started this layout, I thought it looked too plain with the colors I chose. It just wasn't "fun" enough. In comes the tone-on-tone stamping! It takes a while to get the correct placement of all the stamps, so allow the creative time and a lot of patience.
Totally worth it, end result = creative, customized cardstock!
5. Mount 5x7 picture left justified on 5.5x9" White cardstock piece.
5. Cut Ribbon to 6.5" add chipboard embellie. Wrap surplus around back of White cardstock and adhere using double faced tape.
6. Mount White cardstock onto Chartreuse cardstock.
7. Adhere Coral Cardstock right justified using corners of 12x12" guideline.
8. Adhere Chartreuse leaving equal spacing between the two Coral pieces.
9. Run (4) white photo corners and (1) chartreuse photo corner through Xyron.
10. Mount white strip to paper.
Don't forget to leave enough space so there is no overflow from the photo corners!
11. Adhere photo corners.
Add visual interest and balance by having the chartreuse photo corner in a non-centered position.
12. Get creative and make it your own! Post to your blog, link to Unscripted Sketches and leave a comment here!
Thank you for joining me today!
2 comments:
Love the hand made background paper. The word stamps create a great backdrop for your page.
You guys are too cute! Love your layout, the colors are awesome and the photo corner embellies are a great idea!
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