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By
Alison Beachem
Sticker Borders
Not everybody
likes or wants to spend hours, days, weeks, months, and for many of us,
YEARS, putting together their albums.
Yet, those of us who want to do our pages quickly still want our
albums to look like we spent a lot of time. Here
are a few ideas to help
those of you who have a New Year’s goal of getting CAUGHT UP ( I think
that is almost all of us)! |
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Supplies:
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Stickers
(Frances Meyer)
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Patterned
paper (Paper Patch)
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Black
pen .01 (Millennium, EK Success)
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Cardstock
(Making Memories)
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Tucker,
Mommy, and Aunt Tiffany
This is one of
my most favorite, fast pages. This
idea not only accomplishes the fast layout but also keeps the view on
your pictures rather than the embellishments.
First, trim and mat your photos.
Next, find two sticker strips that are the same that go along
with the theme of your page. Cut
a 2” strip of cardstock (I used white) and place your stickers all
over it. Hang some of them off the edge and place the bigger ones in
the middle. Trim off any
that hang over the edge. Now,
mat this strip in another color of cardstock ( I used navy blue).
Mount your photos and the strip on your background paper
(patterned or plain), add your journaling and you are done. |
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Supplies:
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Star
and Boy Stickers
(Printworks)
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Patterned
paper (Keeping Memories Alive)
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Cardstock
(Westrim)
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Black
pen .01 (Millennium, EK Success)
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Dallon loves to wear hats
Here is another example of using
the stickers as a border. This
border strip I have double mounted in a patterned paper and a cardstock
and then mounted photos and border on plain cardstock. |
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Using
Imprintables
What
are imprintables? They are
basically invitations you can print on ( Crib).
Some are even just printed pads of paper (Star
Student). Many
stationery stores as well as scrapbook stores carry these.
The key to using these imprintables is knowing when to use it for
journaling and when it would make a great frame for a picture. |
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Supplies:
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Imprintable
(Mara-Mi)
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Patterned
paper (Making Memories)
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Cardstock
(Making Memories)
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Black
pen .01 (Millennium, EK Success)
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White
opaque pen (EK Success)
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Crib
This layout with the crib imprintable is a great
example of this. It is
possible to cut out the open space in the crib and place a picture in
it. But, it is just too
busy and the photo would lose its focus.
Instead, use it for embellishment and journal in the open space.
If you want to add more to the layout in a fast
way, try adding patterned paper to the background page at an angle.
Try this in reverse as well.
Have patterned paper as your base page and angle a piece of
coordinating cardstock on top. Once
this is done, you can add your imprintable and photos. |
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Supplies:
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Imprintable
(unknown)
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Computer
font, fill in (Creating Keepsakes, Vol.1)
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Black
pencil (EK Success, border)
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Cardstock
(Making Memories)
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Star Student
The Star Student layout utilizes
imprintables for journaling, title, and frame.
The title is part of a border of an imprintable (see at left).
It is mounted on the bottom of the title which is printed using a
computer font. The
journaling is done on and imprintable that is already lined so my
writing is done quickly. And finally, I trimmed my picture to fit right on top of the
frame imprintable of apples. Hand
drawn borders are also a quick way to spruce up a page. There are many border idea books available that can spark a
border idea for a quick but great looking layout. |
