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Hi! I’m back with two more layouts made from the Citrus Summer collection from Creative Memories. Today I’m doing double duty with a joint post to my blog and also a Border Maker Monday post for Creative Life Scrapbooking on Facebook.

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A few weeks ago, I spent some time in my craft room playing with the Citrus Summer collection and shared two layouts here on Karyn Crops. Today I’m sharing the last two layouts that I created.

My first layout features a decorative border that I created using a few tools and the Citrus Summer Paper and Embellishments. These embellishments are super cute and feature a ton of beach and summer icons – in fact, you get 2 of each embellishment! And they come in an adorable little box.

To make my border:

Cut a 12″ x 1-1/5″ strip of White Cardstock;
Cut a 12″x 2″ strip of the red floral paper in the Citrus Summer Paper;
Use the Lace Trim Border Punch to punch 2 borders from Navy Cardstock;
Punch 6 leaves from Leaf Green Cardstock using the Tropical Leaf Punch;
Assemble and adhere the pieces as shown;
Add a title using navy stickers;
Use the 12″ Decorative Trimmer to cut a 12″ x 1/4″ strip from the wavy side of the trimmer, and trim the border to fit before and after your title; and
Finish the border with fruit and tropical flower Citrus Summer Embellishments adhered with Foam Squares.

To finish your page:

Cut the center from a sheet of 12″ x 12″ Navy Cardstock;
Adhere a 11-1/2″ x 11-1/2″ piece of pink patterned Citrus Summer Paper;
Mat your photos with Navy Cardstock; and
Add journaling, embellishments and a word sticker from the Citrus Summer Stickers.

I created a double-page layout by duplicating my background and border. My photos measure 4″ x 6″ and 3″ x 3″.

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The focal point of my second layout is a fun treatment of the Citrus Summer Stickers. The stickers contain almost an entire sheet of single words and summer phrases.

To make my first page, I created a large doily by using the Custom Cutting System with the retired Jumbo Circle Pattern to cut a large circle from White Cardstock. I then held the Lace Trim Border Punch upside down and punched around the circle. I tried not to overlap any of my punches.

From Black Cardstock, I used the Lace Trim Border Punch to punch a border and trimmed the border to about 1/4″ x 12″ preserving the line of vertical dots.

I layered the black border and the doily with a 5″ x 12″ strip of the check patterned paper and a 8″ x 12″ piece of the red floral paper to make a 12″ x 12″ background.

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I incorporated several of the word stickers into a paragraph that describes my photos. To provide spacing and to help keep my journaling straight, I lightly drew pencil lines that I later erased. I completed the page with a few more stickers and some embellishments.

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For my second page, I punched a border from White Cardstock with the Lace Trim Border Punch and a second border from Black Cardstock. I adhered together a 9″ x 12″ piece of the check paper and a 3-3/4″ piece of the red floral paper to create a 12″ x 12″ background and added the two border pieces. My photos are 4″ x 6″ and 4″ x 4″ and matted with Black Cardstock.

You can purchase any of the tools or materials used through my Creative Memories website. Thanks so much for visiting with me today, and I hope you enjoy the rest of your summer!

Karyn

Aloha! Today I’m sharing two layouts that I created using the Sun-Kissed Collection from Creative Memories. This collection is full of cool blues and greens and warm coral tones, and it has some cute tropical themed stickers and embellishments. Although I currently don’t have any beach or tropical photos to scrapbook, I still found a way to use the collection.

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The Sun-Kissed Collection is perfect for some of my lake and boating photos! I created this double-page layout by using the Original Border Maker System with the new Rolling Waves Border Maker Cartridge to punch all of the way around both sheets of the water print paper. The corners came out wonky as they were double punched, but I simply used my scissors to trim them. I adhered both sheets to 12″ x 12″ sheets of White Cardstock.

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I created my border by using the Original Border Maker System with Rolling Waves Border Maker Cartridge to punch both sides of 12″ x 2″ strips of the lime patterned paper. Start by punching the border along one side of your paper. Cut the border off of your paper at 2″. Since the strips were too narrow to fit in the Border Maker Guide, I used Post-It Notes to hold the strips in place while punching the other side. I adhered my borders to 12″ x 2″ strips of White Cardstock.

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For my title piece and some extra decoration, I cut apart the “Away We Go” Variety Mat and matted the pieces with the dark coral print paper. The cut-apart Variety Mat pieces are: 5-3/4″ x 1-7/8″; 5-3/4″ x 1″; and 5-3/4″ x 1-1/4″. I also matted all of my photos with the dark coral print paper.

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I journaled on a second Variety Mat and adorned the pages with Sun-Kissed Embellishments and Stickers. I also included a few leaves punched from Evergreen Cardstock using the new Tropical Leaf Punch. I adhered some of the pieces with Foam Squares. To finish the layout, I added pen dots around all of my waves. This really didn’t take too long to do, and it added some great detail.

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My second layout features my grand-daughter dressed for “Tacky Tourist Day” at pre-school! It was the perfect photo-op for the Sun-Kissed Collection!

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For my layout, I punched two sides of a 12″ x 12″ sheet our new Aqua Cardstock using the Original Border Maker System with Rolling Waves Cartridge and cut it off of the cardstock to make a 1-1/2 inch “L” shape. The corner of the “L” was wonky after being punched twice, so I shaped it using my scissors. I also cut a 1-1/2 inch “L” shape from the lime patterned paper and adhered both to a sheet of the flamingo patterned paper.

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My photo is 5″ x 7″, so I cut a 6″ x 8″ photo mat from Evergreen Cardstock and used my scissors to cut fringe all the way around to mimic the grass skirt. I journaled on a Sun-Kissed Variety Mat and adorned the layout with Sun-Kissed Embellishments and Stickers. I also included a few leaves and flowers punched from the Tropical Leaf Punch and the Embossed Flower Trio Punch. I used Foam Squares on the title sticker, hula girl embellishment, and some of the flowers to give the page some extra pop.