Beach holiday scrap - portrait

By Spotlight

Choosing papers & embellishments that echo colours in your photos leads to more balanced layouts.

Final Result

Materials

• 2 x scrapbook paper - sunshine coast
• 1 x scrapbook paper - bubbles
• 1 x bazzill basics - apricot
• coloured paper clips
• Kaisercraft droplets - citrus & aqua
• adhesive letters
• 5 x 14mm apricot coloured buttons
• assorted co-ordinating ribbons - American Crafts Summer 2008 range
• 45cm large rickrack - royal blue
• 20cm small rickrack - aqua
• holiday themed rub ons
• double-sided tape
• craft knife, ruler & cutting mat
• craft glue
• scissors
• 15cm x 20cm photo with white border-portrait

Step 1

Cut bubbles paper into 2 pieces, left side17cm wide and right side 13cm wide. With map print on the right-hand side of sunshine coast paper attach the left side of bubbles paper over the map print, leaving a 1cm strip of the sunshine coast paper showing down the right-hand edge.

Step 2

Cut apricot bazzill 17cm x 23cm and using double-sided tape adhere the 15cm x 20cm photo on an angle. Attach each corner of the photo with coloured paper clips. Place a length of ribbon under each right side paper clip, also securing to photo with double-sided tape. Adhere mounted photo to the page 3cm in from the top and left side edges.

Step 3

Using adhesive letters, stick on the word ‘beach’. Stick a 30cm length of large royal blue rickrack across the page, 2cm up from bottom edge. Embellish photo and page with adhesive droplets and buttons.