Hello! Today I used two of my current favorite Creative Memories tools to create a beautiful layout. This layout features a double-edge punched frame. I punched the outside of my frame with the Damask Flourish Frame Punch and punched the inside of my frame with the Original Border Maker System and Flourish Vine Border Maker Cartridge. I LOVE how these two punched patterns look together!
I punched the outside edge of a piece of 12″ x 12″ designer paper with the Damask Flourish Frame Punch. After punching the frame, I cut out the center of the paper leaving a 2-1/2″ hollow frame. I folded the frame on the diagonal and punched the inside edge of the frame with the Original Border Maker System and Flourish Vine Border Cartridge.
I finished the layout with photo mats cut from Black Shimmer Cardstock and Silver and Gold Foiled Layered Embellishments. The paper is from the Shades of Silver and Gold Paper pack.
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I used the new Ever After Collection from Creative Memories for my layouts. Although this collection is marketed as a wedding collection, I found that the colors and patterns worked beautifully for some photos of my new granddaughter. Most of the stickers are wedding themed, so I only used a few stickers and relied on the Ever After Laser Cut Frames and Ever After Variety Mats to adorn my pages. For my titles, I used some older CM products.
For my first layout, I created a shabby chic ruffed border by tearing ~1″ strips from the green designer paper, crumpling it up, unfolding it, and then randomly folding pleats forwards and backwards. Afterwards, I flattened the top edges with my hands and taped the pieces to a strip of cardstock to make it easier to handle. I then adhered the entire piece to my page and covered the top edge with an Ever After sticker strip adhered with Foam Squares. Underneath the top edge, I tucked in a border punched from a variety mat with the Original Border Maker System and new Rose Chain Border Maker Cartridge.
I made a paper bow from the wood print designer paper and also matted my 7″ x 5″ photo with the same paper. I included a frame from the embellishment pack under the top edge of my photo and added some stickers around my bow. The title is from the old Everyday Sentiments Laser Cut Embellishments.
My second layout consists of multi-layers of paper strips and borders. The rose print paper measures 12″ x 3-1/2″, the light green print paper is 12″ x 3-1/4″, and the two dark green print strips are 12″ x 1/4″. I included a border on the top that was punched from the light green print paper with the Original Border Maker System and new Heart Duet Cartridge and a border in the middle punched with the Original Border Maker and new Rose Chain Cartridge.
I matted my 7″ x 5″ photo with the mauve striped paper and slid the entire piece into an oval frame from the embellishment pack. I layered the photo piece over a lovely floral laser cut piece also from the embellishment pack.
I finished the layout with Ever After stickers under the top corner of the photo and title stickers from the Little Lamb Girl Stickers.
I pieced together a few strips of paper to make the background of my third layout. I punched the top edge of a 12″ x 7″ piece of light green print paper with the Original Border Maker and Garland Cartridge and adhered this piece on top of a 12″ x 5-1/4″ piece of wood print paper. I adhered a 12″ x 1-1/2″ strip of wood print paper underneath the top edge of the light green print paper and left a 1/4″ exposed at the top – making sure that my total page measures 12″ x 12″. I matted my photo with a 4-1/4″ x 6-1/4″ piece of wood paper and layered it over a frame from the embellishment pack.
I used an old Natural Elegance Variety Mat as my title and layered it over an Ever After Variety Mat and roses that I fussy cut from the rose print paper. I added a laser cut embellishment from the embellishment pack on top of the title card.
Lastly, I used the Original Border Maker with Rose Chain Cartridge to punch two rose borders from the mauve striped paper and layered these pieces underneath the garland border at the top of the page.
To create my last layout, I fussy cut half of the outside edge of a sheet of the rose print paper and adhered this to a sheet of 12″ x 12″ white cardstock. I then cut a 1/4″ frame from the outside edge of a sheet of the wood print paper and adhered this to my page. My photo is matted with a 4-1/4″ x 6-1/4″ piece of wood paper and layered on top of a green striped variety mat.
To embellish my layout, I fussy cut more roses from the rose print paper and included Bloom & Blend Greenery Embellishments and a title from the Little Lamb Girl Stickers.
I hope that I’ve inspired you with the Ever After Collection. Any of my layouts could be used for other types of photos – including wedding photos – and can also be easily adapted into double-page spreads or adapted to include more photos and journaling.
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Several product collections from Creative Memories are now in limited supply and available while supplies last. Before they’re gone, I wanted to share a few layouts with you. My first pages feature the Forever Yours collection. Forever Yours is elegant with shades of pink, rose, gold, navy and silver and perfect for wedding photos. On March 5th, our new Black & White wedding collection will be released. If black and white is not the color palette for your wedding photos, I suggest purchasing the Forever Yours items sooner than later.
My first layout is quick and easy but yet so beautiful. I conserved paper by cutting both the silver and navy paper in half at 6″ and adhering to the 12″ x 12″ paper insert from the paper pack. These inserts serve as a label for the paper packs and show photos of each sheet of paper in the pack. They are also photo-safe and can be used in our albums. With this trick, I saved two 12″ x 6″ pieces of designer paper.
I adhered a border sticker to the paper seam and used the Doily Border Punch to punch two borders from white cardstock. I used the Custom Cutting System with the Circle Cutting Pattern to cut my photo and also to cut a photo mat from the navy paper. I used Foam Squares under the flower and title stickers and added a few grey pearl gemstones.
My second page is also a snap to make! I matted a piece of 6″ x 12″ rose patterned paper with navy cardstock and adhered down the center of a sheet of the multi-print paper. My photos are 4″ x 6″ and also matted with navy cardstock. I used the Original Border Maker with the Heart Chain Cartridge to punch three navy borders and adhered them using our Repositionable Tape. If you don’t yet have CM’s Original Border Maker, the Heart Chain Cartridge is one of three cartridges than come with the border maker when purchased. Lastly I added a paper flower from the Forever Yours Embellishments and leaf and title stickers adhered with Foam Squares.
Although the Forever Yours Paper is perfect for wedding photos, the prints are neutral enough to be used with all sorts of photos. To make the page above, I cut two sheets of pink patterned paper in half on the diagonal and attached to another insert from a paper pack. Since the paper wouldn’t fit in my trimmer when turned on the diagonal, I folded it in half and cut with my scissors. I used my flower embellishments and stickers to cover the uneven cut lines. You will need to cut apart the border sticker to make it fit on the page. I used a Gold Dual-Tip Pen to edge my Forever Yours flower embellishments, added small flowers punched from Gold Shimmer Cardstock to some, and added pearl gemstones to the centers. My photo is 6″ x 4″ and triple matted with two pieces of Gold Shimmer Cardstock and white print paper. The largest gold mat is 7-3/4″ x 6″, and the white piece is 7-1/2″ x 5-3/4″. The smallest gold mat is 6-1/8″ x 4-1/8″. My title piece was cut from a Variety Mat and is matted on a gold shimmer circle and a paper flower embellishment. I hand-cut the ribbon pieces from Gold Shimmer Cardstock.
My last page is a reminder that two of my favorite collections from the last year are also being discontinued and are in limited supply. I’ve made many baby and non-baby pages with both the Woodland Whimsy Baby Girl and Baby Boy Collections. But I love making pretty pages, and I just had to share this final baby page made with the Woodland Whimsy Baby Girl Papers and Embellishments.
I used the Custom Cutting System with the old Jumbo Circle Cutting Pattern to cut a hollow circle from brown cardstock. Using the Original Border Maker System with the Sprout Cartridge, I cut two borders from brown cardstock. Using the Cherry Blossom Punch and other flower punches, I created layered flowers from the pink designer paper. My leaves were punched with the Maple Leaf Punch and old Leaf Trio Punch. I used the Outdoor Adventure Quartet Punch to punch a single bird from black cardstock. My photo is 7″ x 5″ and matted with brown cardstock. To assemble, I recommend laying out all of the pieces first before you start to adhere. You’ll have to cut the sprout borders in order to wind them around the circle. I adhered all of the flowers, the bird and the title embellishments with Foam Squares. You’ll notice that I also edged my flower pieces with a brown pen and used the brown pen to draw veins on the leaves and bark lines on the sprout borders and the large circle piece. I also added a pen detail around the entire edge of the page.
You may purchase the pieces of the Forever Yours and Woodland Whimsy Baby Girl Collections under the Going Gone section of my Creative Memories website.
