Always, Forever
By LeNae Gerig

Not only do hand-stamped arrows look stylish, they do double-duty as functional icons! Arrows let you point out what's important on your layouts, showing exactly where you want the viewer's eye to focus. On this “Always, Forever” layout, LeNae did just that by creating a cluster of arrows on the left side of the page that point directly to her special photo.

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Supplies

• Fun & Funky Arrows Acrylic Stamps
• Bohemian sarapapers™
• Bohemian Embellish-abilities™
• white cardstock
• black cardstock
• black ink pad
• fine-grain sandpaper
• foam tape
• glue stick

Instructions:

1. Use a sheet of red floral paper as the background. Ink the long edges of a 12"x8 1/2" piece of green/red floral paper and glue it across the background.
2. Mat a 5"x7" photo on black cardstock and trim the mat to 1/8". Glue the photo to the right side of the green/red floral paper. Sand the top of a red big brad and use it to attach a large white silk flower to the right side of the photo. Stamp a swirl arrow twice on red paper, cut around each and glue them above and below the flower.
3. Computer journal photo captions on red paper and white cardstock, stamp hollow arrows around them and cut around the edges. Foam tape the captions overlapping the edges of the photo, with arrows pointing inward.
4. Computer journal words on red paper, stamp hollow arrows around them and cut around the edges. Computer journal the date and photo subjects' names on white cardstock and ink the edges. Attach the journaling to the left side of the page using brads, glue and foam tape. Stamp solid arrows in black around the journaling, then accent the arrows with red mini brads. Attach a small white silk flower in the arrow collage using a red medallion brad.