“Thanks” card by Sarah de Guzman

1. Start off by cutting out the backbone to your card; this can be either cardstock or patterned paper. The dimension I used was 4.5″x9″. Fold paper in half to get a square-shaped card.
2. Cut out a piece of cardstock with dimensions 4.25″x4.25″.
3. Distress the edges of the 4.25″x4.25″ cardstock with an ink of your choice.
4. Adhere the 4.25″x4.25″ cardstock to the front of your card.
5. Cut out nine 1″x1″ squares using different patterned papers.
6. Arrange squares in rows of 3×3.
7. Adhere each square symmetrically; use a pop up foam adhesive on the middle square to add dimension.
8. Wrap some ribbon around the middle square to give it color.
9. Thread twine in and out of button holes, and then tie a bow on the top of the button.
10. Adhere the button to the center.
11. Add sentiment with stickers below the center square.

Thread Spirograph tutorial by Kari Ann Sweeney

1. Draw a circle on the back side of your paper. My circle is 8 1/2″ in diameter.
2. Measure and draw spots for your holes. I made mine 1 inch apart. There are 27 holes. Be sure to number the holes 1 through 27.

3. Punch your holes.
4. Prep your floss. You’ll need a lot of floss. I used 5ft. sections and used three strands each. You will need a total of four 5 ft sections with 3 strands each.
5. On the back side bring your floss through at #1. Go across the front and down through #10. On the backside go over and through #11. Go across the front to #2.

6. You will repeat the “across front” (AF) and “over on the back” (OB) from here on out. Each hole will have thread going through it twice to create a peak/point.
OB 3 AF 12
OB 13 AF 4
OB 5 AF 14
OB 15 AF 6
OB 7 AF 16
OB 17 AF 8
OB 9 AF 18
OB 19 AF 10
OB 11 AF 20
OB 21 AF 12
OB 13 AF 22
OB 23 AF 14
OB 15 AF 24
OB 25 AF 16
OB 17 AF 26
7. Keep repeating the sequence until done.

“Sun and Fun” by Kari Ann Sweeney

“Super Vision Goggles” by Paula Gilarde

1. Trim half an inch off the edges of the kraft cardstock
2. Adhere Sassafras paper to smallest Jenni Bowlin star
3. Cut two 2×6 inch strips of the Jillibean Beef Bouillon paper andtrim edge to show diamond edge. Place one strip 1.5 inches in from left edge of kraft cardstock
4. Collect your photos — I used one 4×6 and two 4×3 (trimmed a little on the 3 inch side). Arrange the photos on the page, leaving a border between the photos and positioning the 2nd small photo about an inch below the 4×6 photo.
5. Cut 3/4 inch strip of the Sassafras paper and attach between the 4×6 and 2nd small photo.
6. Add title using Jenni Bowlin star and stickers – tear edge of Sassafras paper where title ends
7. Cut 3/4×4 strip of Jillibean Mixed Veggies paper and adhere below 1st small photo
8. Attach 2nd strip of Beef Bouillon paper at the bottom of the page.
9. Embellish the title with buttons.
10. Add journaling above and below the title.

“Grandpa’s Lil Star” by Christyn Holmes

1. On kraft cardstock paint or use ink to cover approximately 1/3 of the paper without going all the way to the edges
2. Cut October Afternoon Blue and White Motel Paper to 5″x10″.  Tear right edge. Adhere to painted section of cardstock, polka dot side up.
3. Adhere 4×6 photo to left hand side polka dot paper, leave about an inch to the left
4. Adhere 10″ of red Jillibean Soup ric-rac to left hand side of layout, about an inch and a half from the edge, layered on top of patterned paper.
5. Cover chipboard star with JillibeanSoup Mixed veggies patterned paper, sand andpaint edges.  Wrap twine around star and tie in a bow.  Adhere to the upper left hand corner of photo.
6. Make a border strip with a scrap of the mixed veggies paper using fiskars apron lace punch.  For more information on this technique, check out this video. Adhere to layout.
7. Adhere small scrap 1″x5″ or so strip of stripe side of Blue&White Motel paper.  Place label sticker to the right.
8. Add title using stamps and Jenni Bowlin alpha stickers.
9. Embellish with Jenni Bowlin star stickers.

“New 6th Grader” by Jenn Emch

1. We are building this layout on the Jillibean Soup kraft paper with the numbers on it.
2. Next, cut the orange report card out from the Jillibean Soup paper. Then cut out .5 inches of the navy report card. Save the rest of it to use in the next step.
3. Place the .5 strip of the navy report card, then the orange report card, then a 4×6 photo, then the opposite side of the navy report card (the argyle side)in the middle of the layout and adhere.
4. Using a circle punch, punch out the letters A, B, C from the Jillibean Soup alphabet paper. Adhere the A and B to the left side of your photo and the C to the right side.
5. Next, the title. I used one of the October Afternoon labels and placed part of my title with the Jenni Bowlin small circle alphas on top of it. I finished the title with the larger red and white Jenni Bowlin letters.
6. Next, I took the smaller Jenni Bowlin chipboard star and covered it with the red with white flowered Jillibean Soup paper.
7. I threaded some of the red gingham ribbon through the yellow button and added it to the star with a glue dot.
8. I added some journaling to the orange report card and called it done!

“Country Girl” by Rita Oliverio

1.  Use JBS Die-Cut Label Paper as your background.
2.  Hand-cut an approximately 9 inch circle from the October Afternoon Blue & White Motel patterned paper.  I used a paper plate as a guide.
3.  Place your circle, polka-dot side up, overlapping the lower left hand corner of the JBS Die-Cut Paper .  Using the inside border as a guide, lightly trace the pattern and cut out.
4.  Distress edges of circle.
5.  Cut a 2 inch slit on the top right corner of your circle.  Fold the edges over to create two flaps.  Distress the edges of the flaps.
6.  Cut a piece of the JBS Vintage Black Bookprintpatterned paper to fit behind the opening in your circle.  Distress the edge and wrinkle it.  Adhere it to the back of your circle.
7.  Adhere your circle in the lower right hand corner of the JBS Die-Cut Label Paper.
8.  Place the October Afternoon cardstock “Photograph” sticker to the left of the opening in your circle.  Layer a 4×6 photo over it.
9.  Layer your second photo (approximately 2.5 by 3.75 inches) over the right side of your 4×6 photo.
10.  Tie together the two ends of the Jillibean Soup ABC ribbon.  Cut off the excess so you have a ribbon approximately 4 inches in length.  Adhere overlapping your 4×6 photo as shown.
11.  Place the October Afternoon cardstock sticker over the end of the ribbon and your smaller photo.  Add a caption.
12.  Cut a 1 by 8 inch strip from the October Afternoon Blue & White Motel patterned paper using the striped-side as a guide.  Cut the left end of your paper strip to create a banner effect, as shown.
13.  Journal directly on your strip.  Let your ink dry so it doesn’t smear, and distress the edges and loosely wrinkle your journaling strip. 
14.  Loosely adhere below your 4×6 photo to create a dimensional effect.
15.  Select a vintage flashcard to use for your layout.   For mine, I sewed a button on for a zero and punched a number 9 out of the October Afternoon Skyline Motor Inn patterned paper to record the date.  I used mounting tape to raise the number 9.  If the numbers on your vintage flashcard don’t relate to your layout in any way (date, age, theme, etc.) simply adhere it, overlapping your 4×6 photo, with mounting tape or pop-dots for a fun embellishment.
16.  Sew a green button on the right flap on the top of your circle.  Sew a second green button on the right side of your journaling strip.
17.  Wrap the Jillibean Soup twine back andforth around the two buttons.
18.  Use the JBS Red Trim Cardstock Alpha Stickers for your title andwrap it around your circle.

Personalized ID Tags by Michelle Whitlow

These tags are super easy and a lot of fun to make. I like to make these to put on my kids’ bookbags & lunch bags. I also make these to put on all of our suitcases & bags when we travel. My kids love ‘em. I purchased some badge holders, they usually come in a pack of 10 and you can buy them at Staples, Office Max, Kinkos, etc.
1. Trim your paper or cardstock to fit the badge (these ones measure 2 1/2″ x 3 1/4″). I used the new Jillibean Soup paper that came with the kit as the base of the tag and trimmed a couple strips of the other coordinating papers to put along the bottom.
2. I printed out my kids’ names, stamped a circle and punched it out.
3. Add some stitching, twine & ribbon and you have your own personalized tag!

“Make a Wish” by Rita Oliverio

1.  Use 12×12 Bazzill Kraft cardstock as your background.
2.  Cut the Crate Paper Enchanted patterned paper to 7 by 10 ¼ inches. Ink the edges with a dark brown ink. Adhere (circle-side up) approximately 1 inch from the right side and ¾ inch from the top on your Kraft background paper.
3.  Use a border punch to cut a 10 ¼ inch strip from the Crate Paper Slate patterned paper (striped-side).  Adhere and position the strip just under the Enchanted patterned paper.
4.  Gather your photos.  I used a 2 ½ by 3 ¾ and a 4×6 photo for this page.  Adhere your 4×6 photo approximately ½ inch from the right border and 2 inches from the bottom border of the Enchanted patterned paper. 
5.  Cut a piece of the Sassafras Pleasantly Puzzled patterned paper on the crossword side that is 5 boxes wide by two boxes high. 
6.  Cut three small squares from the Hambly grid rub-on to fit inside the crossword boxes and adhere the rub-on to three random squares.
7.  Adhere the piece of the Pleasantly Puzzled patterned paper to the left of your 4×6 photo, approximately two inches down from the top of your photo, slightly overlapping the striped border.  There may be a small gap between the paper and your photo but it will be covered with the flower/stem.
8.  Adhere your second smaller photo overlapping your 4×6 photo and your Pleasantly Puzzled patterned paper.
9.  Cut a strip from the Crate Paper Enchanted patterned paper (vine-side up) approximately 5 inches long, using the vine pattern as a guide.  Use your scissors to angle the bottom of your stem to match the angle of the circle-patterned paper.
10.  Adhere your stem slightly overlapping both your photo and the Pleasantly Puzzled patterned paper, allowing the stem to hang down approximately one inch below your photo.
11.  Using a pencil, lightly draw a leaf for your flower.  Use your paper piercer to punch holes along your pencil lines.  Gently erase your pencil lines and hand-stitch your leaf.
12.  Adhere one of your ormolu tags as your flower.
13.  Adhere a small piece of the Maya Road pom-pom trim below the Pleasantly Puzzled patterned paper.
14.  Adhere journaling strips around the shape of the leaf. 
15.  Use Jenni Bowlin chalkboard letter stickers for your title above your 4×6 photo.
16.  Chose two pieces from the Sassafras paper whimsies to use to build your flower in the upper right corner.  My larger flower was hand-cut from the Sassafras blossomed patterned paper, using one of the paper whimsies as a guide.  Adhere your larger flower off the right edge of your Kraft background.  Use an exacto knife to trim the flower flush with the right side of your layout.
17.  Hand-stitch some lines in the center of the smaller paper whimsy.  Adhere it to the center of your larger flower with a pop-dot or piece of 3-d foam. 
18.  Cut a piece of the Maya Road pom-pom trim and adhere between your large and small flower pieces.
19.  Adhere one yellow ticket below your 4×6 photo, slightly overlapping your photo and flower stem.  Include additional journaling or dates.
20.  Rub-on corner flourish from the top of the Hambly rub-on sheet in the lower right corner of the Enchanted patterned paper. 
21.  Hand-stitch three cross-stitches overlapping the Enchanted patterned paper and Kraft cardstock in the lower right-hand corner.

“A Ticket to Soar” by Christyn Holmes

1. Trim a 3″ piece from Prima Mommy and Me patterned paper, then trim to 3″x 10″ and set aside.
2. ‘Fussy cut’ the border of the remaining Mommy and Me patterned paper.
3. Cut a 2.5″x12″ piece from light blue cardstock.
4. Trace scallop pattern onto blue cardstock and trim.
5. Cut a 1.5″x12″ piece of Signs of Spring Prima patterned paper (orange side).
6. Adhere straight edges of cardstock and Mommy and Me to the orange strip.
7. Freehand cut a scallop on orange paper to complete top and bottom edges.
8. With a craft knife follow the scallop shape about a 1/4″ from the border and make a slit then and follow that shape and make another slit slightly below the first, then join the first cut to make a scalloped shape hole.
9. Adhere Signs of Spring orange side up to the body of small Maya Road chipboard bird, trim and ink with brown.
10. Adhere Crate Paper Little Sprout (polka dot side) to the wing of bird, trim, ink with brown and glue to body of bird.
11. Cover bird body with glossy accents and do the same only covering the dots on the wing. Let dry. I usually let it dry overnight.
12. Fill bingo card title and free square with glossy accents. Let dry.
13. Tear the bottom of an 8″x10″ photo and adhere centered on the page.
14. Adhere grid side of Mommy and Me patterned paper below photo.
15. Staple pom pom trim to the bottom of photo.
15. Tear top of 2″x10″ piece of Sassafras Pleasantly Puzzled patterned paper and adhere above photo.
16. Cut title word from yellow Sassafras paper, ink edges of letters.
17. Adhere tickets to lower left corner of grid paper. Adhere bingo card to the right hand side of the grid paper.
18. Layer title word on top of grid paper and bingo card. Fill remaining grid space with journaling.
19. Adhere bird to the top of photo and add other title words with Jenni Bowlin letter stickers

“Growing Pains” by Jenn Emch

1. We will be building this layout on the Jenni Bowlin brown dot paper.
2. Cut a piece of the Sassafras Vintage Yummy Blossomed paper to 4″x12″.  Place in the middle of your page.
3. Next, place a Jenni Bowlin bingo card on the right edge of the strip of Sassafras Blossomed paper. Place a 3.5″x2.5″ photo next to it.
4. Place two more Bingo cards on the right side of the Sassafras Blossomed strip of paper.You should have a space in the middle of your patterned paper strip (see picture).
5. Place Sassafras Paper Posies in a vertical line filling up the blank space next to your photo. I used buttons from my stash in the middle of the flowers. They are not from this kit.
6. Add your title using the American Crafts fabric thickers.
7. I journaled on a piece of Sassafrass Pleasantly Puzzled paper (the back side). The grid design was perfect to write on.
8. I wanted to add that if you want more photos on your page just don’t use as many bingo cards!

“@ Dun Sion” by Paula Gilarde

@Dun Sion

1. Using the Prima grid paper, print or handwrite journaling outlining an 8×10 rectangle (I created my journaling in Photoshop).
2. Trim the prima grid paper to 11.5″x11.5″ and mount onto orange Pink Paislee paper.
3. Cut a variety of 1″x9.5″ strips of patterned paper, using a decorative edge punch on some. Layer to create a mat inside the journaling.
4. Print photo collage  or layer grouping of small photos and adhere on patterned paper mat.
5. Create title using Jenni Bowlin and American Craft stickers on strip of patterned paper (trim from Sassafras paper).
6. Add embellishments by layering Sassafras Paper Whimsies and tickets.

“You are Delightful” by Kari Ann Sweeney

Supplies: Kraft paper, Pink Paislee Captivating Lovely paper, Prima Marketing Mommy & Me paper, American Crafts Thickers, Jenni Bowlin alphabet, Prima flower and packaging, paint & ribbon.

Photos: (1) 4 x 6 vertical, (3) small vertical.  If you don’t have photo editing software like Photo Shop, Picasa is a free software download. I used Picasa to edit the color and size of these three photos to print on one 4 x 6 print. 

1. Take your cardboard Prima Marketing flower packaging to create a decorative edge along the Pink Paislee Captivating Lovely paper. Trace in pencil and repeat 3 times across the paper. Cut by hand. Ink the edges. Trim to 2 3/16.”

2. Measure 8 3/8″ from the top of the page. Adhere the non-decorative edge side at that mark. 
3. Trim a 3/4″ w strip of Prima Marketing Mommy & me paper. Adhere on top of the Pink Paislee paper. 
4. Trim 12″ length of ribbon from your stash. You could add another decorative edge instead.
5. Paint your Thickers for your title. I used Making Memories Sea Foam but brown would work great as well. The fabric soaks up paint well so use a light coat.
6. Place your photos but do not adhere yet. I used one of the smaller photos as a guide to create my journaling box.
7. Stencil your journaling box in pencil and go over it with pen. I used a ruler for straight lines but freehand would give it a carefree look.
8. When you have your photos how you want them- adhere.
9. Add your flower.
10. Once the paint is dry on your alphabet, place the title. Step back and enjoy!

“Live and Love” Wall Hanging by Kari Ann Sweeney

Supplies: Chipboard, Crate Paper, Jenni Bowlin Bingo card and alphabet, Orange pompom trim.

1. Cut chipboard 3 3/4″ w x 5 1/4 h.
2. Attach Crate Paper and sand the edges.
3. Punch 2 holes at the top 1/2″ in and 1/2″ down.
4. Trim a 1/2″ wide piece of Crate Paper and create pleat. Adhere.
5. Adhere pom-pom trim.
6. Place Bingo card and photo. Adhere.
7. Add “Love” stickers.

“Flower Pot” by Michelle Whitlow

You’ll need a flower pot or jar (I found mine in the dollar section at Target). You’ll also need some wooden sticks & Styrofoam.

1) Use a couple glue dots to hold the wooden stick on one of the paper whimsies. Then place some foam pop dots on either side of the stick. I had to double up on mine since the wooden sticks were so thick.
2) Place the other flower on top so that you have a front and back to your flowers.
3) With the bingo card I actually placed the foam dots on the front side of the flower because I wanted it peeking out from behind the bingo card.
4) With the other flowers I used a flower punch for the back.
5) Use circle punches to punch out pictures and place them on the paper whimsies along with other accents. I used a scallop circle punch, butterfly punch, Stickles, buttons & string to accent my flowers.
6) To make the “grass”, cut very thin strips of patterned paper (this is great for using up leftover scraps)
7) Grab small handfuls of the strips of paper & crumple up. The more you crumple, the better it looks (my kids like to help with this step!) Place the Styrofoam in the bottom of the pot (you can adhere it to the bottom with a little glue or glue dots if you want to keep it stable) and then place the “grass” in the flower pot. Put your “flowers” in (be sure to hold them by the stick when placing in the pot, not the photos because you risk damaging them).
Decorate the flower pot. For mine I simply used the decorative strip on the Sassafras paper along with the red pom pom trim held on with small glue dots. You could also brush some paint along the pot if you wanted. I kept this one pretty simple!

Imagination Flower card by Sarah de Guzman

1. Cut your choice of cardstock or patterned paper to a 4″x8″ size.
2. Fold your paper in half to make a 4″x4″ sized card.
3. Use the Hambly rub in the center of the card.
4. Cut a thin 3-in stem for the flower, and attach tulle or ribbon around it.
5. Adhere stem to the bottom of the card.
6. Cut out a couple of leaves for your flower, and adhere it to the card.
7. Place scalloped circle (Ormolu Etsy quote) over the Sassafras Lass flower, and adhere the flower to the stem.

“Us” by Paula Gilarde

1. Print two copies of your photo – I added a digital photo mask to add some details to the photo (the script and the postmark — Katie Pertiet’s
Letter Box Photo Masks).
2. Using the die-cut Crate Paper as a base, adhere 1st photo and position a 3×6 strip of the Basic Grey French Topiary patterned paper below it. To the right add a 1.5×7 strip of the Basic Grey Jardinpatterned paper. Round the corners of the outside edges.
3. Add 7 inch strip of ribbon to the intersection of the Basic Grey Jardin patterned paper and the photos/Basic Grey French Topiary patterned paper.
4. Position the 2nd photo at an angle over the first.
5. Place letter stickers directly below left side of the photo.
6. Attach Basic Grey bling circle embellishment below that.
7. Add journaling using Scenic Route stickers. I also incorporated some of the October Afternoon word rub-ons.
8. Adhere the die-cut Crate Paper to the Basic Grey Stone Wall patterned paper.

“Hello Friend” card by Jenn Emch

1. Paint small Scenic Route scallop chipboard circle with Tim Holtz crackle paint.  Set aside and let dry.
2. Cut an 8.5×11 sheet of cardstock in half. You will now have two pieces that measure 4.25”x5.5”. Fold one of the pieces in half. Save the other piece to make another card later on.
3. Cut a 4”x5.25” piece of Basic Grey Wind Chimes patterned paper and adhere to front of card, leaving a 1/8” border around the edge.
4. Cut a piece of the Basic Grey French Topiary patterned paper to 5”x2.5”. I used a border punch to get the scallop edge but it would also look nice with out the scallop.  Adhere to center of Basic Grey Wind Chimes patterned paper.
5. Then, place the October Afternoon rub-on of the three birds in the middle of the card.
6. When the chipboard circle is dry, place it on top of the rub-on.
7. Place Jenni Bowlin button on chipboard circle, then place the Maya Road leaf stick pin through the foam adhesive of the button.
8. Cut two pieces of the rick-rack trim and place on both sides of the chipboard circle.
9. Cut the words “hello” and “friend” from the sheet of October Afternoon rub-ons and place in the the bottom right corner of card. You now have a lovely card any friend would love to recieve!

Butterfly card by Danielle Holsapple

1. Create card from cardstock and round corners.
2. Layer patterned paper to top of card and round corners.
3. Adhere ric rac on the seam.
4. Apply rub on below ric rac.
5. Paint chipboard circle and allow to dry. 
6. Cut circle from patterned paper and adhere to back of chipboard circle.
7. Attach rhinestone flower to chipboard.
8. Adhere chipboard circle to center of card.
9. Adhere butterfly to center of circle.

“Grandpa Time” by Pam Brown

1. Use the Scenic Route Olive Avenue patterned paper as your base for the layout (the yellow polka dot side).  Trim a piece of the Basic Grey Wind Chimes patterned paper to 2″x12″ and adhere to the left side of the layout.
2. Doodle a border around the edge of the Scenic Route paper.
3. Trim a piece of the Crate Paper Discretion patterned paper (light blue side) to 1″x12″ and use decorative scissors or a border punch to scallop the edges.  Adhere next to the Basic Grey patterned paper.  I used my fingernail to lift the scallops so there would be some dimension.
4. Adhere 1 4×6 photo approximately 4″ down from the top, and let the scalloped edge slightly overlap the left edge of the photo.
5. Trim a piece of the Basic Grey Stone Wall patterned paper to 1″x4.75″ and adhere under the left bottom edge of the 4×6 photo and let the scalloped edge slightly overlap the left edge. 
6.  Adhere a 3″x3″ photo to the right of the Basic Grey Stone Wall patterned paper.
7. Mat a 2″x3″ photo on a 2.25″x3.25″ mat trimmed from the Sea Salt cardstock and adhere next to the the 3″ square photo.
8. Cut  a piece of the Basic Grey Stone Wall patterned paper to 1″x3.25″ and adhere approximately 3 inches down from the top of the layout, with the right side lined up with the right edge of the layout. 
9.  Apply your title above the photos. 
10.  Write your journaling to the right of the photos.  Apply the long flower rub-ons (there are 2) above and below your journaling.
11.  Apply some of the verb rub-ons from the October Afternoon rub-on sheet to the bottom right hand corner of the pictures.
12. Apply the ”Remember” rub-on on the scalloped strip, nect to your title.  Place one of the Jenni Bowlin Rhinestone buttons under the rub-on.
13. Use the Basic Grey Bling circle to highlight on of your pictures.

“Play” by Anita Letts

1.  Use your Basic Grey WindChimes patterned paper for your background.
2.  Obtain the Scenic Route Grid paper and cut it to 6 1/4″ x 9″.
3.  Place the Scenic Route paper 1/2″ from the right and 2 1/2″ from the bottom.
4.  Now obtain your Crate Paper Brown Sugar Die-Cut Edge paper and cut the die-cut edges off of the paper. You are going to place them along the bottom and top of the Scenic Route Paper, so cut 2 9″ pieces.
5.  Also cut a 6 1/2″ piece of the die-cut edge for embellishment later.
6.  Choose 3 photos about 2 x 3 size or to your liking and place them overlaying each other.
7.  Now you will grab the Scenic Route chipboard circle and cut it so that it will lay nicely over your photos.
8.  Choose your title and place the letters overlaying each other on the lower right hand corner of your photos.
9.  Now place the Basic Grey Designer Rhinestone Frame over your title.
10. Place your 6 1/2″ die-cut edge about 1/2″ about the lower edge of Scenic Route Paper and along the left edge of paper.
11. Place a 6 1/2″ piece of Maya Road Creamy Beige Scalloped Rick-Rack over the top of the die-cut edging.
12. Place a couple of the Prima Center Kisses in Crystal on the top left edge of the Scenic Route circle chipboard.
13. Lastly take 3 of the Scenic Route Olive Date stickers stickers and place them on the up right edge of Scenic Route grid paper
and journal.

“May the Force be With You” by Jenn Emch

1. Stagger two 4×6 photos on the Basic Grey Cherry Cola paper.
2. Cut two pieces of the Fancy Pants Lounging patterned paper (orange side) and adhere next
to the photos.
3. Cut two strips of the Fancy Pants Lounging patterned paper (striped side) .5 inches wide and 10
inches long and adhere to the top and bottom of the photos.
4. Next, place your title on the orange Fancy Pants patterned paper. I used the negatives of the Scenic Route alphas for some of my title. I also sanded their edges a bit. Because my title was a bit long, I used the mini Jenni Bowlin rub-ons for part of the title as well.
5. For the finishing touch, I painted two of the Scenic Route chipboard
brackets white and placed them on the top and bottom of the layout.

Brag Book by Helen Croft

For the first part you’ll need:
~a piece of 4″ X 10″ cardstock
~a piece of 4″ X 10″ patterned paper
~2 pieces of 4″ x 4″ cardboard
~about 18″ of ribbon

 
1. You can round all the corners of the 4 different pieces if you like.
2. Take the ribbon and glue it centered to the cardstock.

3. Then, glue the two pieces of cardboard to the cardstock as shown in the picture.
4. Also, tape double sided tape across the center of the book. This is for the spine.

5. Adhere the patterned paper on top of the cardboard pieces.
6. Now you are done with the first part of the book; the cover.

7. Next part is to do the pull-outs. For this you will need:
two pieces of 3″ x 12″ cardstock or double sided patterned paper
two pieces of 18″ ribbons

8. Fold the paper in half and then half again. You will have a fold at 3″, 6″ and 9″.

9. Glue the ribbon, centered, to one end of the pull-out. Do the same with the other piece.
10. Then adhere the pull-outs with the ribbons, to your book. Make sure that they both open outwards.

11. Now you are basically done with your little scrapbook.

12. The fun part is left-to decorate the cover and the pull-outs. I do both the inside and the outside of the pull-out, but that’s totally up to you.

“Up” by Danielle Holsapple

1. Trim your Kraft cardstock to 8.5”x11.”
2. Take the Cosmo Cricket Beach Towel patterned paper and cut out 10 squares.
3. Distress the edges of each square and arrange/adhere them onto the cardstock.
4. Sew/Outline around the edges of each square, and then do a border around the entire page.
5. Ink the chipboard brackets.
6. Add title along bottom row of squares and outline with pen.  Add chipboard brackets around title.
7. Punch small circles out of the Basic Grey Sarsaparilla patterned paper, use 3-D adhesive to attach circles randomly on page.
8. Journal directly on photo on attach to the middle of the page.

“Five Six” by Paula Gilarde

1. Crop 3 photos to be 2.5”x6”.
2. Trim Kraft cardstock to 11”x11”, back with patterned paper (Cosmo Cricket beach towel).
3. Trim the Crate Paper die cut flower and add portions to the lower right and top left sides of the Kraft paper.
4. Create 3 columns on the right side of the paper staggering the heights of the photos.
5. Add a strip of patterned paper (Basic Grey Sarsaparilla) and the title below the photo for the 1st column.
6. Add journaling above the photo in the 2nd column.
7. Add another piece of patterned paper (BG Sarsaparilla) below the 3^rd photo.
8. Embellish with stacked buttons and flowers.

“Part Boy Part Fish” by Candace Prado

1. I started out with the Fancy Pants “Summer Soiree: Glimmer” patterned paper as a background.
2. For the wave effect I pulled out my old Creative Memories wavy cutter and the Bazzill Basics Polka Dot Embossed cardstock in Ocean.  I sanded the cardstock a bit and used a chalk marker to highlight the circles.
3. After adhering the cardstock to the patterned paper, I matted the photo with Kraft cardstock and wrapped the bottom third in jute.
4. I hand cut a few fish from the Cosmo Cricket School’s Out patterned paper and applied each with a small glue dot while allowing the tail fin to flap upwards.
5. I added the title using the package of Scenic Route Aqua Redmond Chipboard alphabet, and topped it off with one more little fishy jumping over the top. 
6. A touch more of the blue chalk marker to add a splash of “water” and my favorite red sharpie to complete the title and journaling almost finished it off for me. 
7. I wanted add a bit of contrast in the top right corner; so I snipped inwards about two inches and folded each flap back. 
8. I added a small piece of left over Kraft cardstock to the back to complete the missing corner.
9. A smudge of blue ink on the Maya Road Postcard Singleton stamp and applied to the Kraft cardstock in the corner was the last step.

“The Boys” by Anita Letts

1. Obtain your Cosmo Cricket Carbonation patterned paper.  Using the yellow circle side, cut it to 8.5”x11”
2. Now gather your Cosmo Cricket Beach Towel patterned paper and cut out 3 squares.
3. Use your paper in the landscape manner.
4. Next adhere one square about 2 inches from the bottom and about 1/4 inch from the left side and the right side.
5. Place your next square with a 1/4 inch gap next to the left square.
6. Now take a black pen and draw a line around each square as an outline to give it a finished look.
7. Do the same around the outer edge of your background paper.
8. Now place your 3.5”x5” photo over top the squares about 1 1/2 inches from the right side.
9. Apply your title over the top edge of the photo.
10. Take 3 flowers and lay them over top of each other as shown (refer to my layout) and then staple them together.
11. Place a button on the right flower.
12. Lastly take your Jenni Bowlin Old School tiny alpha rub-on letters and apply your subtitle or journaling.

 
“Grin” by Paula Gilarde

1. This is based on the May Sketch.
2. Journal directly onto the Kraft cardstock (starting about 4 inches down and 5 inches over).
3. Cut strips from Basic Grey Elderflower paper and Cosmo Cricket Everafter Borders paper and position to the left of journaling.
4. Add 3 pictures, slightly overlapping, under journaling and to the right of the patterned paper strips.
5. Cut 2 stars from Cosmo Cricket Everafter Borders paper and add to layout, one on the patterned paper strips and one on the bottom right corner of the bottom picture (see 3 steps down for this part).
6. Add label under top left of patterned paper strips.
7. Using stitching template add swirls over the patterned papers.
8. Add title overlapping the top photo.
9. Add large star to lower right of photos using dimensional adhesive, embellish with pin and label.
10. Finally add 3 brads to label on top left of the layout.

“Miss You” by Helen Croft

1. Cut a 12”x4.5”piece from yellow cardstock.
2. Fold it so that one side is 1” shorter than the other.
3. Cut a 4.5”x5.25” piece from Cosmo Cricket Something New patterned paper; this will be the background on the card.
4. Cut a 4.5”x1.5” piece from cardstock or patterned paper.  This will make the scalloped border.
5. Use a punch, decorative scissors or a template to make the scalloped border.  Glue it to the background paper so that it measures 6.5”.
6. Cut a 3” square from Cosmo Cricket Something Old patterned paper (yellow side).
7. Cut a 3.25” square from Cosmo Cricket Something New patterned paper (gray side).  The smaller square will be glued on top of this one, so the bigger one will show just a tiny bit.
8. Glue the squares to the center of the background paper.
9. Glue a ribbon straight over where the background patterned paper and scalloped border meet.  Fold behind and glue.
10. Cut another piece from the ribbon, about 4-5” and make a bow around the straight ribbon, trim the ends.
11. For the flowers, I used the Cricut, but you can use any die cutting tool, punch, or hand cut the flowers.  Cut different shapes and sizes and layer them.  There is no right or wrong.
12. Finish off with ink, doodling, or stickles if you wish.  Also, I like to bend the flower up for added dimension.  Attach the flowers.
13. Last, glue the whole background paper to the card on the shorter side.  The scalloped border will show on the inside of the card.

“I Promise” by Jenn Emch

1. Build this layout on the yellow and grey floral Cosmo Cricket paper.
2. Cut a 12×6 piece of the grey Cosmo Cricket paper and adhere. I used a border punch on both ends to get the scalloped edge.

3. Cut the saying “I promise to love you forever” from the Cosmo Cricket Borders paper and adhere to middle of grey paper.

4. To make flowers I used a flower punch. I punched two flowers from the Cosmo Cricket paper, placed a pop up dot between the two flowers and stuck one of the Maya Road stick pins through the pop up tape. Then I used a Jenni Bowlin pearl flower in the middle.

5. I matted my photo on the yellow cardstock in the kit and placed three of the Pink Paislee brads in the bottom right edge.
6. I used a Jenni Bowlin label sticker to journal.

“Proof You are Mine” by Danielle Holsapple

1. Build your layout on the round Pink Paislee scalloped paper.
2. Mat your 6×4 photo on the Basic Grey Elderflower patterned paper.
3. Cut a piece of 8”x7” of the Basic Grey Elderflower patterned paper and use scallop scissors/punch around 3 edges.
4. Cut 7.5”x6” of Cosmo Cricket Something Old patterned paper (yellow side)-place it on the paper you cut in step 2.
5.Cut a 1.5” strip of Basic Grey White Dynasty patterned paper and adhere near the bottom edge of the yellow paper.  Trim the edges to fit onto the Pink Paislee scalloped paper.
6. Adhere photo and mat onto yellow paper.
7. Adhere that to the center of your round Pink Paislee paper.
8. Cut a strip of blue lace and thread yellow ribbon through it (yellow ribbon from craft supply).
9. Adhere that lace along left edge of photo.
10. Use your Bazzill stitching guide to stitch above AND below photo block.  Place jewel brads at ends of stitches.
11. Add brad to center of crocheted flower and adhere to bottom left of photo along with other flower and pin.
12. Cut “I promise to love you forever” from Cosmo Cricket Borders paper and adhere under photo with 3D adhesive.
13. Use Basic Grey letters to create title around top and right of photo.
14. Journal on journal sticker and place in bottom right.
15. Add Jenni Bowlin pearl flower to top right corner of photo.

“Ella” by Anita Letts

1. Cut your Kraft paper to 8.5” x 11”.
2. Select a photo to the size of 3.5” x 5”.
3. Cut a piece of the Pink Paislee Captivating Stunning die cut paper to where you have cut 9.5” by 5 and ¾” so that it will fit up to the left edge and bottom edge of the Kraft paper and adhere.
4. Cut a small corner of the same paper and adhere it in the top right corner.
5. Now cut a piece of the Jenni Bowlin die-cut label paper with the point being on the left side to the size of 4.5” by 5.5” and put the point up the left side and 2 inches from the bottom and adhere.Now adhere your photo kind of crooked on the Jenni Bowlin paper.
6. Cut a piece of the Fancy Pants large lace to the size of 6.5 inches and apply it along the bottom of the photo.
7. Choose your title and stick it on the top left of the Jenni Bowlin paper.
8. Now add your long Jenni Bowlin label sticker along the right side of the photo.
9. Cut out a strip of the Cosmo Cricket Borders paper to embellish along the long Jenni Bowlin sticker.
10. Add your flower, pin, and key on the bottom right corner of the photo and over the lace.
11. Cut out words from the CC borders paper and apply over the top left corner of photo for journaling.
12. Apply your label stickers on the top right corner of the page and journal.
13. Cut out a flower from the Fancy Pants lace and add it to the top right corner and stick one of the Jenni Bowlin pearls over the flower for embellishment.
14. Apply one of the Jenni Bowlin pearls to the left corner of the photo over the lace.