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I Am So Adorable
by Sharon Laakkonen
Supplies: Buttons (Autumn Leaves) • Cardstock (WorldWin) • Coaster letters (Imagination Project) • Flowers, patterned paper (Prima) • Ink (Ranger) • Pen (American Crafts) • Photo splits (Fiskars) • Zots (Therm O Web) • Misc.: thread
Instructions
Note: All paper edges, coasters and flowers are inked in light brown.
1. Trim vanilla cardstock to a 10-inch square. Mount on brown/pink ring patterned paper.
2. Trim pink circle patterned paper to a 9.5-inch square. Mount on top of the vanilla square.
3. Stitch over several of the circles with brown thread.
4. Add a 5x7 photo. Tilt it slightly to the left.
5. Next add layered flowers as shown. (I cut one in half first.)
6. Add button centers to the flowers.
7. Adhere title coaster letters across the page at a slight angle. Make sure they overlap onto the bottom of the photo. (I placed them in an uneven pattern to add a bit of fun to the layout.)
8. Write journaling on strips of vanilla cardstock. Cut them apart and adhere on the layout as shown.
9. With a brown pen, add doodles on the flowers and title letters.
It’s A Sweet Life
by Brittany Laakkonen
supplies: Brads (Making Memories) • Buttons (Autumn Leaves) • Cardstock (WorldWin) • Chipboard letters (Heidi Swapp) • Cricut die-cut accents (Provo Craft) • Fabric flower, ribbon (Prima) • Patterned paper (BasicGrey, Imagination Project) • Photo splits (Fiskars) • Scotch liquid glue (3M) • Sharpie pen (Sanford) • Misc.: chipboard, hole punch, sandpaper, thread
Instructions
1. Ink edges of the chipboard.
2. Attach brown cardstock and stitch along the edges.
3. Punch a border of holes through the cardstock and the chipboard.
4. Cut flowers out of the Imagination Project patterned paper and adhere.
5. Attach Cricut-cut title letters, sanded chipboard letters and the photo.
6. Adhere ribbon, ribbon flower, fabric flower and buttons.
Doodle swirls, title word “life" and around punched holes.
7. Cut small flowers out of blue patterned paper using the Cricut. Attach with gem brads.
8. Journal around the layout with white pen.
3 Flowers
by Breanna Laakkonen
supplies: Brads (Shabby Shoppe) • Constitution font (Autumn Leaves) • Flower accent, patterned paper, swirl accent (2peas) • Image-editing software (Adobe) • Jane Austen font (dafont.com)
Instructions
1. Open patterned paper in Adobe and drag onto an 8.5x11 background. Arrange as desired.
2. Drag photo on top of all layers.
3. Drag brads onto layout and position.
4. Type title, using the “Constitution” font.
5. Type the journaling with the “Jane Austen” font.
6. Drag desired accents onto layout and arrange.
A Snapshot
by Bethany Laakkonen
supplies: Digital canvas letters, patterned papers, photo overlay (2peas) • Image-editing software (Adobe) • Doodle font (Shabby Shoppe) • Misc.: Modern No. 20 font
Instructions
1. Open a new 8.5x11 white background in Adobe.
2. Crop digital patterned paper, drag onto background and arrange.
3. Drag photo onto background and center.
Drag digital overlay onto background, resize and fit onto photo.
4. Drag digital canvas letters onto background and arrange.
5. Type the title letter using TK Doodle font. Choose color in the color palette. Simplify layer and stroke edges in black (5 pixels). Arrange next to canvas letters.
6. Type journaling using Modern No. 20 font. Choose color using color palette. Rotate journaling 90 degrees to the left and arrange on either side of photo.
