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Bloomin' Wonderful Spring

Skill Level:

Expert

Summer is almost here and spring is bloomin'. Take your favorite springtime photograph and create some inspirational layouts.

What You'll Need

A seasonal picture
12" x 12" Green cardstock
Making Memories Paper 12" x 12" Butternut Watercolor in Solid Light
Making Memories Paper 12" x 12" Butternut Watercolor in Dreamy Dots Light pattern
Yellow cardstock
Plain vellum
Yellow twistel fiber; Making Memories
Daffodil stickers; Jolee's Boutique
Zig Writer pen in Evergreen
Gold mini brads
3 inch Square Punch
Pop Dots and Mini Glue Dots
Hermafix double-sided adhesive squares

How to Make it

Pick a spring picture
Take your favorite seasonal picture to a nearby KODAK Picture Maker. Touch the screen to start, and follow the on-screen directions to make a 5" x 7" enlargement.Use the Edit function to Add Text in yellow to the bottom right corner of the photo. This will be the title of your layout.

Create your "windows"
Use a 3" square punch to make the "windows" holding the daffodil stickers on the left side of the 12" x 12" green cardstock. The windows are rectangles, so you'll have to punch out one square, then shift your punch straight down about 1/2" and punch it again.Next, cut a 4" x 12" strip of the Dreamy Dots Light paper and adhere it behind the windows, using Pop Dots to create depth.

Plant your daffodils in the windows
Place the daffodil stickers inside each of the windows, adhering them to the Dreamy Dots Light paper. Then unroll strips of the yellow twistel fiber and adhere it with mini glue dots to frame the windows. Attach gold mini brads to the four corners of the frame.

Mat your enlargement
Mat the 5" x 7" picture on vellum, and then again on the Dreamy Dots Light paper.For the rolled-edge effect, mat the picture a third time on the Butternut Solid Light paper, but leave the white side up and the colored side down. Now tear the edges of the paper and roll it upwards towards the photo so that the yellow side shows slightly. (It may help to wet the edges just slightly before rolling.)Finally, unroll strips of the yellow twistel fiber to frame the picture and adhere them to the matted picture with gold mini brads on each corner. Then adhere it to the green background paper.

Journal your page
Journal with the evergreen pen on plain vellum. Attach a few daffodil stickers to left side of the journaling block. Trim and mat it on the Dreamy Dots Light paper. Tear the edges of this paper, then mat it again on vellum. Attach your journaling block to the green background paper under the photo.