Scrapbook - Rachel Page 1

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My dear niece Rachel is graduating college in May and I wanted to prepare a mini-scrapbook for her. Using a 6x6" kit from Jen Caputo, I made the following pages.





Journey through University of Delaware - Cover

  1. Attach brown cardstock to the end of postal decorative paper and cover the front and back album covers according to directions contained in the kit. Outline covers with gold leafing pen.
  2. Put a few drops of Espresso alcohol ink on a small piece of felt and dab metal letter tags.
  3. When dry, insert gold eyelets and set
  4. Glue tags to the top of the front cover with Glossy Accents
  5. Tear a small piece of decorative definition paper, ink with Tea Dye distress ink and spritz with water
  6. Crumble, straighten and heat to dry.
  7. Attach to small scrap of brown cardstock, tear edges and outline with gold pen
  8. Attach to bottom right corner of cover and attach compass with Glossy Accents.
  9. Sponge a large slide mount cover with Tea Dye Distress Ink
  10. Cover with clear embossing powder and heat. Repeat several times.
  11. Ink Poetry stamp with gold ink and set aside
  12. Heat slide mount once more and carefully press stamp into molten embossing powder
  13. Wait a few seconds and remove
  14. Open slide mount, insert photo and attach to front cover with foam tape.
  15. Computer generate "thru" in Aeolus font on vellum
  16. Tear edges, ink with Distress Ink and attach to cover with vellum tape
  17. Computer generate "University of Delaware" using GF Halda font on parchment
  18. Cut out and attach to inside of label holder with Glossy Accents
  19. Turn over and fill entire front with Glossy Accents and let dry
  20. Insert gold eyelets and set. Attach to cover with Glossy Accents
  21. Tie assorted fibers in a knot and attach to binding with E6000 glue
  22. Attach small heart charm (says "Made with Love") to a silver jump ring and thread through the knotted fibers.

    Stamps: Hero Arts Italian Poetry

Published in SSReflections On-Line Ezine

 

 

Pocket Page with Bookmarks

    Pocket Page
  1. Cut black cardstock 6" x 6."
  2. Layer with pink cardstock cut a little smaller
  3. Print Word Art onto pink polka-dot paper
  4. Trim and layer to black cardstock
  5. Attach Word Art piece to page with pink heart eyelets





    Bookmarks
  6. Print two quotes on pink cardstock and one on pink polka-dot paper
  7. Trim, ink the edges with black ink, and tape to 2 1/2" x 5" black cardstock bookmarks
  8. Punch hole in top and tie various black and pink polka-dot ribbons through the tops
  9. Inset bookmarks in pocket

    (I didn't have polka-dot ribbon, so using a tiny paintbrush, I put pink acrylic dots on the black ribbon. My black acrylic paint spread too much on the pink ribbon, so I used black slick paint in a squeeze bottle to add the dots)

    For complete directions for creating the Stars Word Art shown to the left, using PSP 7, or Microsoft Word, click here

    Word Art Fonts: Porcelain, Acquiline Two , Art Gothic Bold

    Published in SSReflections On-Line Ezine

Rachel & Scott

  1. Tear dark purple decorative paper, light purple patterned paper and diamond paper as shown and attach to solid 6x6" page
  2. Attach 4 purple eyelets in light purple paper
  3. Print photo, mat with silver metalic paper and attach to layout with foam tape
  4. Punch 4 holes at top of page about 1/2" from top edge - two close to edges and two close to center
  5. Thread purple wired sheer ribbon through holes, catching a silver heart charm
  6. Print text on vellum in purple ink
  7. Tear edges and ink them
  8. Layer to light purple printed paper, then dark purple paper, cut in a tag shape
  9. Attach to page with a purple eyelet
  10. Attached torn pink paper to top corner

     

 

Rachel & Eric

  1. Tear purple metallic paper a little less than half the width of a 6x6 sheet of lilac card stock
  2. Tear a piece of dark purple decorative paper and attach to edge of metallic paper
  3. Tape both sheets to lilac cardstock
  4. Mat photo with silver metallic paper and tape to page
  5. Computer generate text on vellum, tear and ink edges
  6. Attach vellum to page with purple eyelets
  7. Paint 4 small clay tiles with purple ink
  8. Top with Glossy Accents and let dry, then glue to layout
  9. Print Love Word Art on lilac paper and trim closely
  10. Layer to silver metallic, then purple cardstock, trimming each time
  11. Outline letters only with Glossy Accents
  12. When dry, attach to layout with foam tape

    Published in SSReflections On-Line Ezine

 

Dorm Rooms

  1. Cut 6x6" cream cardstock and stamp butterflies with clear embossing ink on right side
  2. Using makeup applicator, brush with pink an green chalk
  3. Tear pink and green decorative paper and attach to page as shown
  4. Rub pink chalk around all edges
  5. Prepare two green vellum envelopes and attach to page with vellum tape
  6. Computer generate text on green vellum, tear edges and attach to envelopes
    Tag Inserts:
  7. Cut cream cardstock to fit inside the envelope and let end extend past the envelope
  8. Trim and attach photo
  9. Punch a hole in the top and set a pink eyelet
  10. Thread pastel eyelash fibers through top and insert in envelope

    Email me if you want the envelope template

 

First Apartment

  1. Cut 6x6" cream cardstock and tape 6x6" piece of pink decorative paper to cover
  2. Chalk the edges with pink chalk
  3. Cut cream cardstock to fit picture and leave additional space at the top.
  4. Tear the top edge and chalk edge
  5. Set two pink eyelets on the sides of a rectangular vellum tag
  6. Set 4 pink eyelets in each corner of the cardstock and thread fibers through, catching the vellum tag at the top
  7. Tape picture to cardstock
  8. Tear green decorative paper and attach to back of picture piece
  9. Attach to layout with foam tape
  10. Glue acrylic key to bottom corner
 

 

Scrapbook Pages (this is Rachel 1):
Narissa - 1   Narissa - 2   Narissa - 3  
Rachel - 1   Rachel - 2   Rachel - 3   Rachel - 4  
Mom & Dad - 1   Mom & Dad - 2   Mom & Dad - 3  
Barry - 1   Barry - 2   Barry - 3  
Ann Marie & Jerry - 1   Ann Marie & Jerry - 2   Ann Marie & Jerry - 3  
Hara - 1   Hara - 2   Hara - 3   Hara - 4  

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