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This file has ideas for "fancy" layouts - extend-a-page (aka 4-page spread or panorama page); mosaic pages; flip pages; pocket pages; portrait sleeves; etc. A few simple ideas are here so related product ideas will be together. Ideas for 'Puzzle' Pages are in the Hobby file. Also see Peek-A-Boo Pages
My daughter and I have both made mosaic pages. Mine are cut with a trimmer and lined up in perfectly straight rows. Hers are cut with scissors and lined up without a straightedge. She says they look more like real mosaics. Her pages are great but when I try to do something freehand it ends up more messy than charming.
Flower Mosaic (Denny)
Iris Mosaic (Denny)
Sky, Sea, and Sand Mosaic (Kendi)
Tips from GoldieP on how to reduce lumps caused by bulky memorabilia and decorations.
(These instructions use four pages and end up with a two-page spread where both pages have a fold out. You can do the same thing using only one page with one page that folds.)
There is more than one way to do this but this is what works best for me.
Lay two pages on the table as if they are open for a 2-page spread. Take 2
other pages and carefully remove the staples (stitches) with needle-nose
pliers.
Next fold the staple side jeeping over right next to the jeeping (use the pages with no staples). Do
NOT score it to make folding it easier - that weakens the page. If you fold
carefully it is not difficult.
After you fold it lay it on the table and rub
across it with your thumb a couple of times to crease is more. Have the folded
jeeping on top. Leaving the jeeping folded over put a piece of photo tape the
full length of the jeeping.
Keeping the jeeping folded turn the page over and
lay the jeeping with tape along the outside edge of one of the pages on the
table. The jeeping with tape will not be on top of the jeeping of the page on
the table but right next to it. If you lap it up on the jeeping the page will
not fold out correctly. If you have it too far away from the jeeping the inside
edges of the pages will not match up. The best thing to do is lay it down
gently until you are sure it is lined up the way you want it.
When it is lined up
press down on it really hard all along where the tape is. If you can you should
place a heavy book on it and let it set for 24 hours for the tape to set. Do
the same with the other page. You might want to cut the small protruding point
off the top and bottom of the jeeping.
I have had people do these pages several ways but they require a lot of
planning. Some people use all 8 surfaces for the same event but most use only 6
and use the backs of both the pages on the table for something else. When
working on the pages it seems easiest to lay the pages on the table with the 2
fold over pages folded up. The 2 pages showing at that point will have the
intro stuff on them (party invitation, play program, Christmas eve, etc). Then
open the foldout pages and do a four page spread of the event.
If you really wanted to get fancy you could make a peek-a-boo page out of one
or both of the 2 foldout pages.
To put on the page protector just slide it on the foldout part and onto the
page and then put another one on the foldout part.
This is just an example - it could be varied in hundreds of ways. This ides is for a visit to a marine animal park.
Take a sheet of nautical blue paper and cut it in two pieces lengthwise.
One piece should be about an inch wider than the other. On both pieces use the
ocean wave ruler to cut waves along one of the long edges. The widest piece is
adhered to the bottom of your scrapbook page. (There will be a little gap on
each side but it will be covered later. Take the other piece of blue paper and
split it in the middle (vertically). Fold under the right edge of the right
side piece and the left edge of the left side piece between 1/4 to 1/2 inches.
Next put a piece of photo tape on the folder under section of each of the 2 top
pieces. Adhere that to the scrapbook page - be sure to get the fold right up
against the jeeping, otherwise you may have a problem with your page protector.
The next step is to open the two extended sections and arrange things
on the page. The one we saw used the sea creature stickers on the blue - both
inside and out - but you could use photos. Then you close the
sections and decorate the outside of them. The two
sections do not meet in the middle. In order to cover that distance they used a
dolphin die-cut. It was adhered to the left extension. After you complete the
other side of the page you fold out the extensions and put on the page
protector. In order to keep the page from flapping use a small piece of
tape runner on the page protector. It opens and closes many times before the
sticky wears off. You could use small photo corners on the page
protector to hold the bottom corners of the 2 extensions. On a
water page it would look good using 2 different colors of blue.
Mat the last page of the computer generated stories so you have a nice
border. Now you have your last page ready to receive the next to last page. Use
photo mounting tape across the top of the last page and place the next to last
page on top. Now you have two pages attached at the top. Then follow with the
next to next to last page and so on. When you get to the top or first page you
put the first page in a photo sleeve. Then you mount the first page at the top
as you did with the other pages. Now your pages are protected. This can then
all be held down by large clear corner mounts at bottom corners. You can
release the corners any time you want to read the stories.
This can also be
done as a side mounting rather than top mounting. Just be sure to leave the
needed margins when you do your printout onto acid free paper. (This would work
best if the top page was a little larger than all the others and you would
probably want to make a paper hinge for the top page.
Note: I put paper hinges
on all my flip pages. I cut a piece of acid free typing paper or white photo paper the length of the photo sleeve and an inch or less wide. Fold
the paper in half lengthwise. You can have the hinge totally under where it
won't show or enclosing the edge of the sleeve - check to see which looks the
best. Adhere the hinge first to the sleeve with photo mounting tape and
then to the page using photo mounting tape.
(These ideas are for the old CM picture pocket pages - not the portrait sleeves).
One thing the pocket pages
are good for is to make a quick (and possibly) temporary album. Maybe
you are going to a family reunion or making an album to display at a wedding,
graduation, etc. You may want to be able to rearrange or dismantle the album
later.
Another idea is to keep a pocket page in the back of an
album to temporarily store things you need to include in the
album.
Also you could make a really neat coffee table type album. Just take the pocket
pages and decorate each of them for a different month, season or occasion -
using 2-page spreads for Christmas and things like that. When you first make it
put your most recent pictures in the album. Starting the next
January you would replace the photos as the year goes on.
If you are always behind on your albums that would be a way to display photos
until you were ready to put them in your permanent albums.
A similar idea would be to make pages for the various branches of your family
as well as neighbors, church friends, etc. Keep the most current photos of them
in the album - along with greeting cards, invitations, etc.
I attach two white pages together using photo tape, decorating the pages first (make a scoop, see-through window, etc.). Then I cut off the binding edge (the one with staples) and slip the pocket into the portrait sleeve. I leave the other jeeping on because it gives you something to turn the page with and looks better.
Quick and Easy Pocket Page
Not only is this quick and easy but you don't have to worry about the tape giving way.
Materials needed: one 12 x 12 refill page, one 12 x 12 portrait sleeve, two sheets of 10 x 12 paper - 1 print, 1 solid in coordinating colors.
1. Cut off the jeeping (on the staple side only) of a 12 x 12 refill page.
2. Turn the solid paper sideways to use as the front of the pocket. Trim slightly as needed to fit in the portrait sleeve.
3. Decorate the top of the pocket front as desired (cut a scoop shape, add die cuts and trim around them, use a borderline, etc)
4. Cover the top part of page with paper down far enough so the white of the page doesn't show above the pocket front.
5. Put both pages into the portrait sleeve.
6. There is no need to adhere the paper to the page but you can if you want to. (based on an idea by Peggy T.)
I used a portrait sleeve in my daughter's baby album to hold her tiny t-shirt the hospital gave her. I used the photo tape to secure it inside the portrait page.
One of my customers uses them for her maps, guide books and brochures from trips.
I use the 12 x 12 portrait sleeve to hold cards, etc. I have been decorating the front side of it with stickers. The design line ideas work great if there is not too much that has to be written to make your design. Remember, you cannot write on them.
(based on an idea by GoldieP)
This type of pocket page that has the opening at the staple edge. With this method you can put a page protector on and still get at the pocket. Also, when the book is closed, nothing can fall out.
1. For the front of the pocket use either 12x12 or 10x12 card stock. If you use 12 x 12 cut a shallow dip in the edge that will be next to the jeeping. If you use 10 x 12 either trim the edge with decorative scissors or adhere die-cuts to the edge (letting them stick out about an inch).
2. Put coordinating paper on the scrapbook page near the jeeping so the white page doesn't show.
3. Put photo mounting tape on 3 sides of the card stock (except the side next to the jeeping). Adhere the pocket to the page.
4. Press down well where the tape is (this is best done with the pocket page not in the album.)
5. Let set 24 hours before using so the photo tape will be less likely to pull apart later.
6. Put titles, photos, etc on the front of the pocket.
7. Put stuff in the pocket, and put a page protector on the page.