Document Health Journeys With This Recovery Layout

Celebrate each step forward in you or your loved one’s healing journey with this recovery layout! Did you know that you can make paper bandages with the On the Mend papers and Foam Squares? They’re the perfect way to patch up your layouts. See how it’s done below!

Layout by **Melissa Ullmann** — CM Independent Advisor

To create this layout you will need:

Step 1: Use red hearts paper as the base for the layout.

Step 2: Cut a piece of Blue Solid Cardstock to measure 4-1/4” x 12” using the Scallop Blade on the 12-inch Trimmer. Adhere the stickers borders behind each edge. Adhere this piece to the left side of the layout.

Step 3: Cut a piece of orange dots paper to measure 4” x 12”.

Step 4: From the following papers, cut a piece that measures 3-1/2” x 1” and 1” x 1”: brown chevron, heartbeats, teal stripes, blue crosses, soup and tea, medical supplies, red hearts, bandages, flowers, stethoscopes and words.

Step 5: Using the 2-Way Corner Rounder, round the corners of all of the 3-1/2” x 1” pieces.

Step 6: Using the bold tip on the Black Dual-Tip Pen, rub along the edges of all the 3-1/2” x 1” and 1” x 1” pieces.

Step 7: Adhere the 3-1/2” x 1” pieces to the top of the orange dots piece, so that they are at slight angles, with a couple hanging off the edges of the orange dots paper. Adhere the 1” x 1” pieces to the centers of the 3-1/2” x 1” strips using a Foam Square.

Step 8: Use scissors to cut any excess hanging of the edges of the orange dots piece.

Step 9: Adhere orange dots piece to the center of the scalloped blue cardstock piece.

Step 10: Cut photo mats from blue cardstock to measure: (1) 4-1/4” x 6-1/4” and (2) 3-1/4” x 4-1/4”. Adhere photos that measure: (1) 4” x 6” and (2) 3” x 4”. Adhere to the layout.

Step 11: Using the 12-inch Trimmer with the Scallop Blade, cut a piece of blue cardstock measuring 2-1/8” x 4”. Adhere next to the large photo on the lower right side.

Step 12: Cut a piece of orange dots paper to measure 2” x 4”. Adhere to the top of the previous piece, leaving the scalloped edge showing.

Step 13: Cut a piece of the red plus border to measure 4” and adhere along the seam of the photo and the orange dots paper.

Step 14: Adhere additional stickers to the layout as desired, using Foam Squares on some for added dimension.

Step 15: Journal as desired.

What did you think of the scrapbook bandages? ?

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