Becky's Tutorials

Here are the tutorials for Becky's layouts, and her Home Sweet Home minibook/tag project! Click on the images below to see them bigger or visit her gallery for closeups.

So Us Layout:

1. Trim All Mixed Up Paper to 8.5x11 inches. Cut oval piece of vintage ledger paper to fit in "frame" of paper. Adhere 3x3.5 inch photo to center and machine stitch around several times.

2. Use Fiskars Circle Punch on various Hambly papers , rub-on, vintage painted ledger paper and book page. Adhere to circles on paper.

3. Place Black Elegant Label Rub-on over upper right "frame" on background paper. Add Alpha Stickers and machine stitch through.

4. Add handwritten journaling below title.

5. Create tissue and paper flower by layering circles fastened in the center with a velvet brad. Then scrunch and shape. Adhere to right side of photo.

Supplies:

Blue All Mixed Up Paper
Various Hambly Papers
Black Elegant Label Rub-on
Alpha Stickers
Black Thread
Scraps of tissue paper
Vintage Ledger and Book page

Messy Face Layout

1. Trim a sheet of White Woodgrain Paper to 8.5 x 11 inches. Then trim a sheet of Green Brocade Overlay to 2 x 8.5 inches and adhere to the top of the layout.
2. Adhere a 4x6 photo to the left side right below the overlap.
3. Adhere a piece of chipboard to 2 x 4 inches to the right of the photo. Add Clear Owl Sticker, Branch and trimmed Journaling Bits Sticker. Handwrite journaling.
4. Adhere scrap strips of vintage book pages below photos and chipboard.
5. Take 2 skinny strips of Green Hanging Heliconias Paper and pleat them and machine stitch them down below book strips.
6. Adhere a trimmed bit of Black ATC Patchwork Overlay below the photo and strips of paper.

Supplies:

You Love the Camera Layout

1. Trim a sheet of Elephant Paper to 8.5x11 inches Then trim a piece of Blue/Gold Grandmas Paper to 6x8.5 inches and adhere to the bottom of the layout.

2. Trim a sheet of White Woodgrain Overlay to 6x8.5 inches and layer over Blue/Gold Grandmas Paper. The adhere a 5x7 inch photo to the center of the bottom layered area, tucking a scrap piece of painted vintage ledger paper under top right side. Add a trimmed skinny strip of vintage book page with pinking edge to bottom left of photo.

3. Cut a strip of vintage trim to 8.5 inches and adhere to the top of the layering.

4. Use a craft knife to cut 4 various Hambly Papers to fit inside elephant ears and adhere.

5. Add letter stickers for title on upper right side. Then adhere typewritten journaling below title.

Supplies:

Elephant Paper
Grandmas Wallpaper blue/gold
Woodgrain Overlay
Scraps of various Hambly Paper for ear insets
Painted vintage ledger paper
Vintage skinny strip of book page with pinked edge
Alpha Stickers
Vintage red/cream trim

The Big Boys Layout

1. Start with a sheet of Kraft cardstock to 8.5x11 inches. The adhere two strips of vintage ledger paper. One of the strips I used happened to have some typing on it and part of it was torn.

2. Trim a skinny strip of Brocade Overlay to 8.5 inches long and trim one long side with pinking shears. Adhere to the bottom of the page.

3. Adhere wallet photo to upper left side of background.

4. Tear strips of masking tape and use the strips to frame the photo.

5. Add a strip of the new gray rub-ons to the bottom of the photo.

6. Punch black scallop circle, then handcut an imperfect circle from ATC Patchwork. Adhere to center of punch, then add typed title.

7. Add handwritten journaling to the right of the photo and then machine stitch around.

8. Cut flourish from Vintage Journaling Bits Sticker sheet and adhere to the bottom right of photo, then layer scallop embellishment using a foam adhesive piece.

9. Add Mod Flower Rub-on at the bottom right of the layout.

Supplies:

Remnants Gray Rub-ons
Blue Brocade Overlay
ATC Patchwork Paper
Vintage Journaling Bits Stickers
Mod Flowers Rub-ons
Kraft cardstock
Scrap of black cardstock
Masking tape
Black thread
Foam adhesive
Vintage Ledger strip

Mini-pages: "home sweet home"

Top row left to right:

I painted an office supply tag (2 inches x 6.25 inches) with blue acrylic paint and set aside to dry. I trimmed one of the "frames" from the pink vintage wallpaper overlay, and trimmed a photo to fit into the frame. When the paint was dry on the tag, I glued the framed photo onto the painted tag. I added masking tape and a vintage book page strip. Then wrote my sentiment.

Take a plain office supply tag and adhere a wallet size photo to center. Add a strip of the Blue Brocade Overlay about 1/2 inch x the width of the tag right below the photo. Then add a Black Elegant Label Rub-on below the Brocade strip. Use a vintage typewriter (or font) for journaling at the top and in the label.

Layer the bottom half of a Vintage Journaling Bit Sticker below the typewritten journaling at the bottom. Cut a small heart from vintage fabric or quilt and stitch to the upper left of tag. Add a Brown Clear Chandelier Sticker to the top right.

Trim Birdcages Paper to 4 inches x 6 inches. Add a wallet photo then, layer vintage trim and machine stitch. Tuck a skinny strip of handcut Blue Old Lace Paper under the photo with trim. Add skinny strip of Doily Decor Paper to the bottom.

Add a wallet photo to another office supply tag. Adhere typed title and add 3 random Clear Butterfly Stickers. Then machine stitch lines to ground stickers. Use Fiskars Pinking Shears on the bottom of the tag. Save the skinny trimmed strip for a later tag.

Trim a piece of Hanging Heliconias Paper down to 4 inches x 6 inches. Add a wallet photo 2 inches from the top of the background. Add a Kraft Elegant Label Sticker under and overlapping the photo. Use a Fiskars Circle Punch on Blue Old Lace Paper and layer over label. Punch Fiskars Butterfly Punch from blue/gold Grandmas Wall paper and layer over scallop punch. Machine stitch down. Add typewritten sentiment and tiny pompom trim.

Add a wallet photo to an office supply tag. Then add Black Little Circles Paper to fill the left side. Use skinny pinking shears trim from an earlier tag for top border of photo. Add another skinny pinked strip of a vintage book page. Punch another scallop circle from vintage book and layer a clear Butterfly sticker over. Machine stitch down. Add 3 Clear Tree Stickers.

Adhere a 3 inch x 2 inch piece of Blue Brocade Overlay to the bottom of an office supply tag. Adhere a wallet photo overlapping the overlay. Add a skinny scrap piece of a vintage quilt to the top right and machine stitch down.

Supplies: For "home sweet home"