It’s been a LONG time since I’ve had time to write a new blog entry. I’ve been busy upgrading my scrapbooking equipment, writing proposals for a series of Friday/Saturday scraps, and learning new techniques to share. But I’m back…and in this entry, I’ll share a series of layouts you can do without cutting a single piece of paper. They are called ”fold-over” layouts and are both eye-popping and fast!
Every sheet of paper has two sides
The beauty of a fold-over layout is in its simplicity. For most, you only need TWO sheets of paper and NO cutting instruments (no scissors or paper cutter).
Here is a really easy one! All you need is one sheet of background paper (or even just your scrapbook page) and one sheet of two-sided paper (e.g., paper that has two different prints, one on each side). For this layout, I took one piece of purple card stock for my base (below left) and one sheet of patterned two-sided paper with a blue floral pattern on one side and purple dots on the other side (I’ll call it the “patterned paper” from now on).
I laid my patterned paper flower-side up and folded over about 3 inches to show a three-inch flap of the dotted side (above right and below left). I positioned the folded patterned paper on the purple card stock in the middle or a little to one side. To hold the flap down, I either use a little adhesive (below left) or a decorative border (below right).
Now I have a nice base to add pictures (with or without mats), stick-on title, and stick-on embellishments, as desired. From start to finish, this page took less than 10 minutes…and I didn’t need to cut a single piece of paper!
What else can I do with that layout?
There are SO many options for fold-over layouts. I recently attended the Mid-Atlantic Mega Crop (GREAT weekend!). One Advisor took a couple of packets of the Rainbow Rush papers from Creative Memories and made as many different fold-over layouts as she could with a pack of paper. Imagine your pictures of summer outings, birthdays, prom, or graduation on these pages. Pretty! Here (below) is a sampling of two-page layouts she came up with using the simple folding technique I showed you above. What do you think?
Show me more!
Will do! Here is another quick fold-over technique. For this one, you don’t even need two-sided paper! Select one background paper sheet (card stock or patterned paper) and one piece of patterned paper. Stack the patterned paper on top of the background paper/card stock. Now flip the stack over, and lay the pages upside down on a table. Pivot the BOTTOM piece 90 degrees so the corners of the bottom sheet stick out from middle of each side of the top sheet. Now fold each of those points over the background paper (see picture on left below). Use adhesive to secure them.
Flip the page over and smooth it down. Your page should look like the picture on the right above! Add photos, a title and a little embellishment. Voila! Another 10-minute page!
What else can I do with that layout?
At the Mid-Atlantic Mega Crop one advisor made three layouts using the same technique with the new Creative Memories Memoirs and Memories Collection (see below). Sometimes she folded the patterned paper points UP so they are on the front of the page rather than the back. Here’s a sampling of what she came up with…what do you think?
Do I have to make 12 x 12 pages?
No! Try this technique with your 8×8 or 8×10 album. Or use it to make a special occasion card. Or create a special “mat” for a picture, tuck it into a simple frame and hang it or set it on an easel in the front hall. I promise you will get compliments!
Next time: A special fold-over
Check out THIS picture. This is a fold-over page that ALSO takes about 10 minutes. It requires cutting your paper into squares and then triangles. A few folds and some adhesive and you are done. I’ll share the details next time.
Again, many thanks to the Mid-Atlantic Mega Crop team for all the great ideas! Also, a shout out to my scrapping buddy, Geri, who trekked to the crop with me and to new friends we met at the event.
And, as always, if you want to order some of the beautiful two-sided papers from Creative Memories, please feel free to use my link:
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