Designer Desiree Tanner has an ideal way to accent summer-themed pages -- use sand or glitter to capture the sparkle of sun, sand and sea! Materials: Summer photographs
Photocopied elements from photograph (to be used as background and die-cuts)
Craft knife or scissors
Scrapbooking/craft wire
Glue
Container of sand
Hand-torn paper
12" x 12" scrapbook page
Tacky-tape
Cardstock
Die-cut machine
Letter dies
- Begin by selecting a decorative element from the background of your summer photos. (In this example, Tanner selects the flowers that appear on the beach chair.) For efficiency, use a punch to create a similar shape, then alter as necessary (figure A).
- After punching shapes and altering, embellish as desired (Tanner adds craft wire to the center of her flower punch to emulate the look of a hibiscus).
- Create background paper by photocopying and enlarging pattern from the photo. Adhere to scrapbook page.
- Randomly adhere punched shapes and accents to background.
- Hand-tear paper (or buy pre-torn or deckle-edged paper in desired size) to create a mat for the photos.
- Apply glue to torn edges, then gently dip page into a container of sand (figure B). For best results, hold each side of the paper as flat as possible.
- All sand and glue to dry, then adhere photo to center of paper (figure C).
- Next, apply two strips of tacky tape to cardstock.
- Place letter die face down on tacky cardstock surface, slide into die cut machine and press handle (figure D).
- Remove tacky tape (which will leave adhesive residue on letters). Place letters in sand (figure E).
- Finally, adhere letters to page (figure F), assemble page elements and add embellishments as desired. (Tanner uses a heart die to create seagulls. She makes the cut using the die-cut machine, then moves the die 1/4" before making a second cut. The small top remnant has the appearance of the seagull flying through the air.)
Die-cuts/templates provided by Ellison Craft & Design. For more information about Ellison, see Resources. Click here for DIY's Scrapbooking Glossary.
RESOURCES :
Die-Cuts and Templates (Ellison Craft & Design)
Cropping and cutting system are not available
Ellison
Website: www.ellison.com
GUESTS :
Desiree Tanner
Designer
Provo Craft
Website: www.provocraft.com
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