Color Your Life With This Everyday Scrapbook Layout

Unfurl your memories with this everyday scrapbook layout featuring colorful DIY banners! Created by blog contributor Sachiyo Omitsu, this layout features a vibrant palette perfect for showcasing the happy moments in your life. Plus, Sachiyo shows us how to make a rainbow of banners that’s the perfect accent to your photos.

To create this layout you will need:

• This Life Paper Pack or (Shop Canada | Shop Australia)
• This Life Tone-on-Tone Paper Pack or (Shop Canada | Shop Australia)
• This Life Stickers or (Shop Canada | Shop Australia)
• Write On! Stickers or (Shop Canada | Shop Australia)
• This Life Word Embellishments or (Shop Canada | Shop Australia)
• Black & White Solid Cardstock or (Shop Canada | Shop Australia)
• Original Border Maker System with Banner Border Maker Cartridge or (Shop Canada | Shop Australia)
• 12-inch Trimmer 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 Variety Pack or (Shop Canada | Shop Australia)

Step 1: Cut a piece of Black Solid Cardstock to measure 12? x 3?. Cut the stripes designer paper to measure 12? x 2?. Draw a pencil line at 7/8? from the bottom and adhere to the black piece as shown.

Step 2: Use the Original Border Maker System and the Banner Border Maker Cartridge to punch out 20 banner shapes from 6 different colored tonal papers. Adhere the banner shapes to the stripes paper using the pencil line as the guide as shown above.

Step 3: Cut a piece of Black Solid Cardstock to 12? x 1? and adhere along the bottom edge of the stripes patterned paper as shown.

Step 4: Use the Original Border Maker System and the Banner Border Maker Cartridge to punch a border with a full sheet of Black Solid Cardstock. Adhere to the border that you created in Step 3 so that the banner border is half covered as shown above. Trim the page to 12? x 12?.

Step 5: Cut a piece of dots designer paper to 11-3/4? x 9-1/2? and add to the page.

Step 6: Cut four mats to measure 5-1/4? x 4-1/4? from a piece of Black Solid Cardstock. Cut 4 mats to measure 5? x 4? from a piece of White Solid Cardstock and add to the black mats.

Step 7: Adhere two strips of Write On! Stickers (3/8? width) for journaling.

Step 8: Adhere the stickers, embellishments and photo mats, using Foam Squares on some for
added dimension.

What did you think of this everyday scrapbook layout? How did your banners turn out?

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