Pop quiz! What’s the most beloved hobby of yours?
A. Scrapbooking
B. Scrapbooking
C. Scrapbooking
D. All of the above!
Well, if you answered “All of the above”, you aced the test! Speaking of acing tests, if you want to give your academic, smarty-pants memories an A+ backdrop, then open your albums to the Back To School collection! It’s perfect for photos and memories of the first day of school, choir and band concerts, sports, science fairs, extracurricular activities, graduation and more. Let’s check it out!
To create this layout you will need:
- Back To School Paper Pack or (Shop Canada | Shop Australia)
- Back To School Annual Paper Pack or (Shop Canada | Shop Australia)
- Building Blocks Paper Pack or (Shop Canada | Shop Australia)
- Back To School Stickers or (Shop Canada | Shop Australia)
- Black Collegiate ABC/123 Letter Stickers or (Shop Canada | Shop Australia)
- Back To School Embellishments or (Shop Canada | Shop Australia)
- Back To School Variety Mat Pack or (Shop Canada | Shop Australia)
- 12-inch Trimmer or (Shop Canada | Shop Australia)
- Custom Cutting System with Gemstone Patterns or (Shop Canada | Shop Australia)
- 13×13 Custom Cutting System Mat or (Shop Canada | Shop Australia)
- All-Purpose Scissors or (Shop Canada | Shop Australia)
- Tape Runner or (Shop Canada | Shop Australia)
- Repositionable Tape Runner or (Shop Canada | Shop Australia)
- Foam Squares or (Shop Canada | Shop Australia)
- Black Dual-Tip Pen or (Shop Canada | Shop Australia)
Take a look at the whole Back to School collection in the video below.
Step 1: Use the rulers designer paper as base.
Step 2: Using the 12-inch Trimmer, cut two 1″ x 12″ strips from the stripes paper. Adhere 1″ from the top and bottom edge of the base page. Adhere one alphabet and one pencil border stickers across stripes paper strips with Foam Squares.
Step 3: Using the large heart/hexagon Custom Cutting System Gemstone Pattern and the Red Blade, cut 12 hexagons from various designer papers, building blocks papers, annual papers and variety mats on the 13×13 Custom Cutting System Mat. (Tip: Make sure one of the hexagons is cut from a lined paper or mat card to use as a journal box.)
Step 4: Cut one photo into a hexagon with the Red Blade and cut three more photos into hexagons with the Green Blade. Mount the smaller hexagon photos onto paper hexagons with the Tape Runner.
Step 5: Arrange all 13 paper and photo hexagons between the two striped border strips, overhanging some right off the edge of the base page. Adhere and trim the overhang with All-Purpose Scissors.
Step 6: Add stickers and embellishments in empty spaces and layered on top of some of the paper hexagons as shown or desired. Adhere some with Foam Squares for added dimension.
Step 7: Journal with Dual-Tip Pen on the lined paper hexagon.
What memories would you put on this school themed scrapbook layout? Do you like the bright hues of the Back To School collection?