Studio J Online Boot Camp Day 12 - LAST ONE!!!!

Kit: Magnifique

Pattern: Reflections: Front & Center- In the Middle/ Sidebar- Main Frame

Photos: 4 vertical, 1 horizontal

Kit Mix (any)

Techniques:

• Creating your own B&T paper using My Stickease images
• Distressing photos and My Stickease
• Journaling on My Stickease

Putting the Layout Together:

1. Drop photos in wells.
2. Change papers as follows:  (you can chose your paper colors or go with these suggestions)
1. Top paper (left page) to Outdoor Denim cardstock
2. Paper to left of photo (left page) to Colonial White cardstock
3. Bottom paper (left page) to Cranberry cardstock (I did Pansy Purple to match Amanda's shirt)
4. Left paper (right page) to Chocolate cardstock
3. Delete title and journaling areas.
4. Add 1/8" mat in Outdoor Denim to all photos on right page.

Finishing Touches:

1. Turn off all toggle accents.
2. Create your own B&T paper by adding the following My Stickease images to left page, rotating, cropping, and resizing as desired.
1. L-shaped flourish (Large Accents) at 100%
2. vertical flourish (Large Accents) at 100%
3. two brown flowers (Small Accents) at 175% and 150%
3. Create your own B&T paper by adding the following My Stickease images to right page, rotating, cropping, and resizing as desired.
1. upside-down L-shaped flourish (Large Accents) at 100%
2. vertical flourish (Large Accents) at 100%
3. L-shaped flourish (Large Accents) at 100%
4. five brown flowers (Small Accents) at 130%,  175%, 130%, 130%, 130%
4. Add new text areas with no background over both Outdoor Denim cardstock pieces and their My Stickease images. Distress text boxes with stubble in Colonial White, adjusting intensity to 60%. Note: Even though the words "Add journaling" appear onscreen, they will not print or be visible in the final JPG file.  However, to make the message disappear permanently, simply type a single space.
5. Right-click and bring photos and photo mats on right page to front in the following order to that the distressing is behind them.
1. bring photo to front
2. bring mat to front
3. send mat backward
4. repeat with second photo
6. Add new text areas with no background over each photo. Distress with sponge in Colonial White, adjusting intensity to 100%. Note: Size and distress text area on one photo on right page, then copy and paste over remaining photos so that you only have to resize one more time for the large focal photo on the left page. (If you look really closely at my layout, I messed this up on the main photo on the left page.  See the white line going through Amanda's arm? That's the edge of the sponged text box. Somehow, I didn't get my text area the right size and didn't see it during the layout approval process.  It as it my transparent overlay was too small.  Learn from my mistake and double check your text area.)
7. Add the following My Stickease images to left page, rotating, cropping, and resizing as desired. Right-click to bring layers forwards or send backwards as desired.
1. brown scallop border (Borders) at 100%
2. bracket frame (Tags) at 50% (send to back)
8. Add the following My Stickease images to right page, rotating, cropping, and resizing as desired. Right-click to bring layers forwards or send backwards as desired.
1. bracket frame (Tags) at 200% (bring to front)
2. four brown scalloped borders (Borders) at 60%
9. Add two Cranberry (I did Pansy Purple) medium brads at 100% to left page. Add four Cranberry medium brads at 100% to right page.
10. Add new title areas to create title as follows:
1. "Personality" in 170 pt. Cobbler font, no background, Colonial White text.
2. "full of" in 94 pt. Deja Vu font, no background, Cranberry (I did Desert Sand) text
11. Add new title area to bracket frame on left page and type name in scaled Deja Vu font, no background, Chocolate text. (rotate text)
12. Add new journaling area to large bracket frame (right page) and type journaling in scaled Deja Vu font, no background, Chocolate text, right-aligned.
13. Distress Cranberry (purple) cardstock with stubble in Chocolate, adjusting intensity to 100%.
14. Michelle's finishing touch: I got a bit crazy with the brads.  I put various sized brads in the My Stickease flowers and along borders.