SA DESTINATIONS
CLASS NOTES:
Layout designed by Michelle van Wyk for Scrap Collections using Natural Beauty Range.
REQUIREMENTS:
PATTERN
PAPER:
SCRAP COLLECTIONS – NATURAL BEAUTY collection· 1 x 002/003/004/005/006
CARDSTOCK
·
2 x Dark Brown
·
1 x Green
OTHER:
·
4 x Brads· 15cm x 20cm strip of Foam Core
PHOTOS:
·
10.5cm x 18.5cm Portrait· 2 x Jumbo Portrait
· 5cm x 5cm (x7)
CUTTING
GUIDE:
REMEMBER TO INK EVERYTHING AS YOU CUT
CARDSTOCK 1 (Dark Brown)
Background: OPTIONAL:
Cut 0.5cm off the right side ONLY of both the sheets so the WIDTH is 30cm. (This just helps to make your page easier to
slide into your page protector.) Height remains 30.5cm.· 5.5 x 5.5cm (x7) photo mat
PATTERN PAPER 1: 003
(Dark Blue)
·
15.cm x 29cm (x1)· 11.5cm x 19.5cm (x1) photo mat
· 8cm x 4cm (Chevron)
· 1cm x 29cm strip
· 2 x Broken Corners
Left Side
·
13cm x 29cm (x1)
- keep in Bird· 16cm x 21cm (x1)
· 13cm x 29cm (x1)
· 1 x chevron strip of 4cm x 30.5cm
· 2 x Broken Corners
PATTERN PAPER 4: 004
(Stripes)
·
15cm x 29cm (x1)· 1 x chevron strip of 4cm x 30.5cm
· 1 x small chevron strip of 4cm x 8cm
Step
1: Using your small 8cm x 4cm strips (do exactly the same for
your 30.5cm x 3cm strips just continue along length)
Step 2: From left side working down you measure at
4cm intervals starting at 2cm / 6cm / 10cm, etc…. Right Side you start at 4cm /
8cm / 12cm etc … (continue measuring
along the length for your 30.5cm strips)
Step
3: Cut your lines stopping at your
horizontal lineStep 4: Fold back your first piece of paper to line up with your horizontal line
Step 5: Fold back the second flap so that this too lines up with the horizontal line
Step 6: continue folding all the way along the top of the Chevron
Step 7: Now start along the bottom edge and do the same
Step 8: This is the finished BACK of your chevron
Step 9: Turn it over to see the front, neat and perfectly formed Chevron. Glue down the loose pieces at the back and Ink the front. Option is to use a sewing machine or hand stitch all the way along the middle.
BROKEN CORNER:
Step 1: Cut a 4cm piece of paper
Step 2: Cut in half diagonally
Step 3: Cut out small middle piece.. and you have a
“broken” corner.
1. Using your 4 main pattern pieces that you cut out adhere as follows:
LEFT PAGE:
2. Adhere your two 9cm x 13cm Green Photo mats about 1.5cm from left edge
of page.
3. Next to this adhere your two long Chevron strips that you have glued
down and inked.
4. You can now adhere your raised flowers at an angle to your printed
flower strip.
5. Add AFRICA to a scrap of Orange paper and adhere ontop of your Africa
word.
6. Cut out a flag from paper 006 and adhere to a toothpick. Tuck into
your Africa word.
7. Add two broken corners to the top left and right of page
8. Adhere 4 of your 5.5cm photo mats to the top left of layout (3 down /
1 across) about 0.5cm from edge of orange page (refer example).
9. Using your remaining 2 small chevron strips, adhere these to the
bottom left edge of this page about 3cm from bottom edge and flush to the left
of the page.
10. Adhere your remaining 3 photo mats to the bottom right of layout (3
down) also about 0.5cm from edge of striped paper.
11. Main Photo Mat:
Adhere your big
blue photo mat to the left side of your Beige 002 paper (about 0.5cm gap at
top, bottom and left edge). Raise the
entire piece of 002 paper onto Foamcore.
Using your SA Destinations quote that you cut out, cut a small slit at
top and bottom of word. Slip your 1cm
strip of blue paper through this and adhere to layout so that it is even with
your small green photo mats. (refer
example). Use your 4 brads to hold it
down once positioned.
12. Finish off page by adding two more broken corners to the top left and
bottom right of page.
13. Add your photos and any extra words / quotes from the 006 sheet.
Please share your
creations with us so we may add them to our blog / facebook by emailing them to
lorna@scrapcollections.co.za
