Welcome to another Make It Sunday! We’ve got another fun layout to inspire you this weekend, plus a fun tip! Ever have a piece of paper that you love both sides, but you only have one piece? That happened to me while scrapbooking this layout above, and we’ve got the solution! Read the instructions below to see how we pulled it off and don’t forget to leave a comment to win the Elle’s Studio products used!


Here’s how this layout was made:
1. Start with your favorite woodgrain paper – for me it was a piece of Crate’s Ski Lodge.

2. Since I loved both sides of this paper, but only had one piece of paper to work with I had to improvise! Once I figured out where the photo was going to go, I cut out the paper that would be behind the photo, then cut that piece of paper into a large pennant:

Once you put the photo over the hole, you’d never guess there was missing paper behind it!

3. Add some splatters on your page! I used Studio Calico’s white Mr. Huey’s. 

4. Back your photo with a cream piece of cardstock to help the photo pop – I left a border of 1/8 of an inch around then entire photo.

5. Adhere the photo and large pennant down – lightly adhere the photo so you can still put tags underneath.

6. Use a shipping/packing tag and cut the bottom of it off to match your large pennant. Then, use a piece of Studio Calico FabRips (from a kit bought a couple months ago) and place it one the shipping tag – this just adds an extra layer of fun.

7. Using some alpha letters, write your title on the tag. I mixed some alpha’s here and used Lily Bee Design Memorandum, Sassafras Script Mini’s, and the BOY came from Crate’s Toy Box Chipboards.

8. Then it was time to add some embellishments! I tucked in one of our Vintage Flashcards, some buttons, and one of our Date Snippets.

9. Then I wanted to add his age, so I cut out one of our Layered Numbers and then used some Prima alpha’s to finish it off!

 

Vintage Sweetheart Flashcards, Lil’ Snippets – Date, and Layered Number Cutouts!

Just leave a comment to be entered to win – one comment per person, please! Then, check back next Sunday to see if you have won!

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Prize: December 4th

This Sunday we are making a calendar mini book for my mom’s desk – I make her one of these every year and she really loves them. In the previous years, it’s always been a mix of family photos, but this year I thought I’d use photos of her grandson, since he’s the first one and all 🙂

Here’s how I made this mini book:
1. First I started out with a set of our 2012 Calendar Tags and 12 photos. I laid them out so I could arrange them in the order I wanted. 

2. Since I needed a cover for the mini book, I used the packaging! Just trim it down so it’s the same size as your calendar. This is a great way to use what you have and no one would even know because it will be covered in patterned paper!

3. For the cover, I used some of my favorite Amy Tan letters, along with a pink pennant and a cut out from our Handmade Layers sheet. 

3. Now it’s time to start on the inside – you’ll want to grab all your favorite scraps of paper. Any size bigger than 3 x 3 inches will work. These are the kinds of projects I save all my scraps for. It’s the perfect way to get the most use out of your paper!

4. Use your scraps to cover the back sides of the calendar tags. Once you have them all covered, you’ll want to cut down your photos to fit. I cut them small enough so that you could see the patterened paper around the entire photo.

5. When I glued the photo down, I only glued three sides – so it created a pocket! In these pockets I’ll slip in another little tag with a Bible scripture written on it.

Here’s a little peek at all the tags I’ll be using to slip in the pockets:

6. Repeat the steps for all the other months and then all that is left to do is bind it together. I think I’ll be using tiny holes and twine to bind mine together.

Don’t forget to embellish it, too! Tiny tags and alphabet letters on the photos looks so cute:

And, take a peek at your chipboard stickers, too! I found on some christmas ones I had that they had stars that worked perfectly for July!

And, a finished look at the side. I always love these side peeks at mini albums:

Today’s giveaway features the 2012 Calendar we used! We will be drawing two winners on next Sunday! One comment per person, please!

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Prize: November 27th