| It's spring and you've finally decided to create | | | | them again, many printers offer an 'antique' option |
| scrapbook pages from all those pictures you took | | | | similar to old sepia photographs. Use an ivory card |
| during the winter. Here are five fun ideas for your | | | | background and Tim Holz distress inks in pumice |
| layouts. | | | | stone, wild honey or rusty hinge to stamp all over |
| Tartan | | | | the card background using a traditional Christmas |
| The cheery color of tartan can make a wonderful | | | | stamp or for a more abstract look simple |
| background for pictures especially if you have any | | | | flourishes. Give your pictures even more of an |
| with a snow or a mountain theme or you can | | | | antique look by cutting them to an oval shape, |
| pick up some red from your photographs. Choose | | | | you can still mount them to rectangles dark |
| two sheets of warm red tartan scrapbook paper. | | | | brown colored card and your antiqued background |
| This will be very bright, but remember you'll be | | | | page. Add some metal charms for more detail. |
| filling a lot of the page with your pictures. To | | | | For a final title, use chipboard letters but colored |
| make the pictures stand out, create mats for | | | | with the same distress ink to make sure that |
| them. Leather effect paper is very good for this | | | | everything coordinates. A small touch of gold |
| and can be used to create tags to record your | | | | embossing will brighten the page and give a luxury |
| journaling on. If you can't get leather paper, | | | | feel. |
| consider using standard ivory or cream card and | | | | Winter Flowers |
| tearing the edge. You can distress this with inks, | | | | Flowers are not just for spring and summer. You |
| such as Tim Holtz distress inks in rusty hinge, this | | | | can create a lovely winter layout using flowers, |
| will create an interesting antique effect. Mount the | | | | but touch the petals with a little frost, add glitter. |
| pictures on the mattes and add to the tartan | | | | Create a background from white card with a |
| page at an angle. Cut out your tags and write | | | | touch of snow (either puffs or just dots of glitter) |
| them up, then use some interesting fibers to | | | | and add your pictures. Surround with white |
| attach these to the page and add an antique | | | | potpourri scrapbook flowers and add a hint of |
| word tag - Tim Holtz has some great ones with | | | | transparent or silver glitter. If that's too colorless |
| useful words like 'destiny', 'listen' 'wander' or | | | | for you, add a couple of bright red flowers. |
| 'imagine'. In the same range you can find some | | | | Everyone knows poinsettias flower at winter time! |
| antique photo corners to bring the whole page | | | | Even your tags can be cut out on the shape of a |
| together. Add a heading or not, it depends on the | | | | flower and stamped using distress inks, then add |
| size of your pictures; you can always use | | | | them to the page using a silver or white fiber. |
| chipboard letters and recolor them with ink if | | | | Time (New Year) |
| necessary. Put it all together for a bright and | | | | Blue and silver are the traditional colors of New |
| cheerful winter theme. | | | | Year, but why be stuck with tradition? My |
| Snow and Stars | | | | personal favorite is a black and white background |
| Dark blue card decorated with tiny spots of white | | | | art-deco theme with a touch of bright fuchsia just |
| ink and a touch of glitter makes a wonderful | | | | for fun. Create a background, either from white |
| background for a winter layout where the | | | | card stamped all over in black ink or black card |
| pictures are filled with cold scenes or cold colors. | | | | stamped all over in white ink. Its should be |
| Cut frames for your pictures from silver card or | | | | possible to find traditional new year motifs such |
| mount them on plain paper decorate with a star | | | | as champagne bottles a 'happy New Year' |
| within a star stamp using white ink and silver | | | | greeting, lots of balloons or a cocktail glass, but |
| embossing powder. Create a border about 3 | | | | why not try 'time' as your theme and stamp the |
| inches up from the bottom of each pages using | | | | background with clock faces, you can draw in the |
| white and silver fibres, add your tags or labels | | | | hands at midnight and the stamp will always |
| below the border and decorate each one with a | | | | comes in useful when you do a layout for a baby. |
| snow 'puff'. Add a word flourish stamped and | | | | You can even add some metallic clock and watch |
| embossed in silver, 'live life to the fullest' or | | | | charms. When you've stamped the page add |
| 'dream' to complete your layout. if you have a lot | | | | some small touches of glitter using a glitter pen, |
| of small pictures, buy a star stamp and cut out | | | | just to make it a bit more exciting. Print your |
| the picture the right size to fit the center. Stamp | | | | pictures in black and white and find some fuchsia |
| the stars on silver card, cut them out and mount | | | | card to mount them on. The card should be at |
| on your blue background card, then add the | | | | least 1/2 an inch larger than then pictures in all |
| pictures in the centers. If you can find one, a | | | | directions. Complete the theme by printing your |
| stamp saying 'you're a star' would be the ideal | | | | journaling on your computer using an interesting |
| finishing touch. | | | | art deco type font, such as Metro Retro or |
| Antique Christmas | | | | Promenade, then print, cut and paste it onto card |
| You will of course have photographs from | | | | tags. Of course if you are really artistic you can |
| Christmas you want to treasure; a Christmas | | | | copy the print style from one of those wonderful |
| tree in all it's glory, children opening presents, | | | | travel posters. Again, add some silver glitter with |
| happy faces and pleasant company. It's easy to | | | | a glitter pen or maybe even a tiny touch of silver |
| be overwhelmed by the color and glitz of | | | | mirror card and attach your tags with silver glitter |
| Christmas, but perhaps you could try something | | | | fibers or a touch of fuchsia ribbon. The result with |
| different this year. Rather than using red and | | | | be bright and distinctive. Just like you. |
| green, try scanning your photographs and printing | | | | |