LeNae Gerig

My Special Friend Page
By LeNae Gerig

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LeNae's Tip: Create a unique “friendship” themed border on the right side of the page, using quotes, flowers and a smaller photo. Then use coordinating chalk to highlight the words on the Friendship quotes.

Supplies:

• Bohemian sarapapers™
• White Flower Super Sized Brads
• Melonberry Paper Lace
• Friendship
• Basic Chalk Set
• StazOn Ink Pad, Timber Brown
• Silver Round Brads
• All 3 Round Punches
• Medium Zots™
• White and dark brown cardstock

Instructions:

1. To make the page pocket, cut a 4”x12” strip of swirl border paper and glue both sides and the bottom to the bottom of the purple border paper. Adhere blue paper lace along the top edge and lime green lace below the border at the top of the page.
2. Mat the 5”x7” photo with white cardstock, leaving a 1/16” wide border, ink the edges and mat with green paper, leaving a 1/8” wide border, ink the edges. Glue the photo to extend up from the left side of the pocket. Mat a 2½”x3” photo with white and dark brown cardstocks, leaving a 1/8” borders. Glue the photo overlapping the larger photo as shown.
3. Border: Cut out the quotes and ink the edges brown. Arrange to extend from the right side of the pocket, the top right and on the pocket front. Apply blue chalk to highlight the words.
4. Line two flower brads with green paper and glue 1/4” dark brown punched circles to the center of each. Arrange the two flowers among the quotes along the border to the right of the photo and one overlapping the quotes on the bottom left over the pocket.