“Rose Garden” by Megan Smith

 

1.  Gather your supplies: Crop Addict May 2011 Monthly Kit, Crop Addict May 2011 Monthly Kit Option, 13 photos (three 4”x6”, one 6”x4”, one 4”x4” and eight 2”x2”), two sheets white cardstock, light blue embroidery floss, black pigment ink, black slick writer, date stamp, border punch and various adhesives.
2. Tape the two sheets of white cardstock together along the back edge of the center margin to create your layout base.
3. Cut two 2” x 12” strips from the yellow gingham patterned paper. Punch a border along one long edge of each strip. Trim down each strip so it’s 1½” wide. Adhere these strips along the bottom of your layout, ½” from the bottom edge, to create a border.
4. Create your grid of paper and photos on the right side of your layout as follows. Trim a piece of the white with black polka dot paper to 4”x2” and adhere in the top right corner of your layout. Adhere four of the 2”x2” photos in a 2x2 square grid below the polka dot paper. Adhere one of your 4”x6” photos directly to the left of the polka dot paper and smaller square photos. Trim a piece of the vintage striped paper to 4” x 6” and adhere it directly to the left of your 4”x6” photo. Adhere another 4”x6” photo directly below the vintage striped paper. Adhere the 6”x4” photo directly to the right and directly below the two 4”x6” photos. Trim a piece of the small flowered patterned paper to 2”x4” and adhere to the right of the 6”x4” photo.
5. Add a piece of fabric trim along the top of the right page’s yellow border, adding a tied knot near the left end.
6. Adhere three of the small rosebuds near the lower right corner of your 4”x6” photo.
7. Add a sentiment sticker to the lower left corner of the white with black polka dot paper.
8. Adhere a piece of trim running horizontally across the top of the vintage striped piece of paper. Add a sheer journaling spot to this piece of paper so it slightly overlaps your photo as well.  Add your journaling using a slick writer. Adhere one large and one small rosebud near the upper left of your journaling spot.
9. Create your grid of paper and photos on the left side of your layout as follows. Trim a piece of the green flourish paper to 4”x2” and adhere in the top right corner of the left page. Adhere the 4”x4” photo directly below the green flourish paper. Adhere the last of your 4”x6” photos directly to the left of the green flourish paper and the 4”x4” photo. Trim a piece of the larger rose patterned paper to 4” x 4” and adhere it directly below your 4”x6” photo. Adhere the remaining four 2”x2” photos in a 2x2 square grid to the right of the large rose patterned paper and below the 4”x4” photo. Trim a semi circle piece from the round die-cut paper so it has a radius of about 3” and adhere it vertically along the left edge of the layout so the straight edge is flush against the photo and rose patterned paper.
10. Add a piece of fabric trim along the straight edge of you semi circle, tying a knot near the lower end, to create a vertical border along the left side of your layout.
11. Add your title vertically to the semi circle using the puffy alphas.
12. Adhere one green flower and one large rosebud to the piece of large rose patterned paper. Cover a chipboard button with the ledger-patterned paper and thread with blue embroidery floss. Adhere to the center of the green flower.
13. Use the black ink and date stamp to add your date to the piece of green flourish paper.