Hello crafty friends, it's Janna. I have a fun scrapbooking layout tutorial for you today. Before I share my thoughts on today's page, I'd like to remind you to use the code janna10 in the Studio 40 shop for a 10% discount! Now, let's take a look at the scrapbooking page first before diving into the tutorial. 

On the photo is a sign that stood in front of a little shop in Cuxhaven, Germany. It says: "Ich bin gerade etwas neben der Spur. Ist schön da." which means "I am a little off track, it's nice there." My initial thought was, to create an asymmetrical layout, but in the end I decided against it. Instead, I went for an organized, clean look, as this is how I feel sometimes: organized on the outside and chaotic on the inside. Do you know what I mean?!

Now, let me show you how I create the page.

 

I choose a neutral background from the Don't Grow Up collection and cut 2 cm from two sides of a white 12x12" cardstock.
With a circle cutter, I cut a circle (10 cm diameter) into the middle of the cardstock. Then I cut the cardstock in half and trim it to fit onto the patterned background paper.

With the Big Shot and an embossing folder I create a dimensional arrow pattern on the lower half of the cardstock pieces. The pattern fits the Studio Forty stamp I am using later perfectly.

The Essentials doublesided patterned papers are beautiful, but also the floral stickers. I use both to embellish the page. I adhere the stickers onto cardstock and cut them out with scissors. Like this, I can easily add dimensionals beneath the stickers. This will add more depth when applied to the layout.


As you can see on a previous photo, I use double sided adhesive to glue the white cardstock pieces onto the background and dimensionals to adhere the photo. In the next step, I am creating a little cluster on the bottom right, using a black marker to draw little dots onto the paper. I bend the leaves with my fingers for more depth.

I cut out hearts from the Essential mint and pink tabs and decorate the left side of the photo with leaves, flowers, enamel dots, hearts and die cuts.