“back 2 school” layout by Amy Wheeler
LOVE the new Crate Paper “School Spirit” line that has arrived in the store! It was perfect for scrapping my school portrait – my first in 18 years!
Supplies:
- Crate Paper – School Spirit Ruler Paper
- Crate Paper – School Spirit Pep Rally Paper
- EK Success – Round Binding Edge Edger Punch
- Cat’s Eye Fluid Chalk Inkpad – Dark Brown
- Crate Paper – School Spirit Border Stickers
- Crate Paper – School Spirit Layered Chipboard
- Thickers – Foam Daiquiri – White
- Thickers – Foam Giggles – Brown
- Thickers – Chipboard Letterman – Apricot
- Making Memories Edge Scrapper Tool
Instructions:
- Start with 8-1/2″x11″ piece of Crate Paper – School Spirit Ruler Paper . Use backside for base.
- Cut piece of Crate Paper – School Spirit Pep Rally Paper down to 8″x10-1/2″. You’ll use backside.
- Use to punch right edge of Crate Paper – School Spirit Pep Rally Paper with EK Success – Round Binding Edge Edger Punch.
- Ink edges of paper with Cat’s Eye Fluid Chalk Inkpad – Dark Brown and adhere to center of base.
- Use 1″x8-1/2″ scrap from Crate Paper – School Spirit Ruler Paper, ink edges and adhere 1/2″ from bottom of page.
- Adhere row of arrows sticker from Crate Paper – School Spirit Border Stickers and adhere just above paper strip.
- Cut “school spirit” from border sticker on Crate Paper – School Spirit Border Stickers and adhere at a curve in upper right hand corner of layout.
- Mat 3×5 photo on scrap of Crate Paper – School Spirit Ruler Paper. Ink edges. (I also roughed up the edges of my photo using Making Memories Edge Scrapper Tool.)
- Adhere matted photo at an angle to the left of the page, just below the banner sticker.
- Accent photo mat with tab embellishment from Crate Paper – School Spirit Layered Chipboard.
- Add title to lower right corner of layout using mixture of alphas from Thickers – Foam Daiquiri – White, Thickers – Foam Giggles – Brown, and Thickers – Chipboard Letterman – Apricot.
- I accented the “2” in my title by backing it with a chipboard accent from Crate Paper – School Spirit Layered Chipboard.
- I used the pencil sticker from Crate Paper – School Spirit Border Stickers, cut apart as journaling strips and added them to the page above my title.
Happy Scrappin’!
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