By Guest Columnist: Joanna Campbell Slan
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PostScript Paper and Page Flipper by Paper Adventures help you tell a story with a simple but striking layout. 

Tip: I like to immediately cut the journaling strip free from the base paper when I work with Post Script Paper. This seems to encourage me to be more creative with where the journaling strip can go rather than to assume it will go across the top of the paper which is the way it comes. 

CLOUD EMBELLISHMENTS: Use the Journaling Genie #13 Fun Shapes and dry emboss the cloud shapes, moving your paper to get more curve impressions. 

Tip: The Journaling Genie Empressor works really well to dry emboss because it has a rolling ball and moves smoothly over your paper.

Use chalk to add dimension to the clouds. 

Tip: I change the size of the original cloud by picking up my paper and re-adjusting the curves. 

PAGE TITLE: Outline letters with marker and color in. 

PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER: Use your clouds as partial mats behind a few of your cropped photos. 

Tip: I used a square punch to crop one of my photos. Double mat your focus photo, which I enlarged with the Kodak Picture Maker. Print out your journaling box and adhere to PostScript journaling band. Assemble.

PRODUCTS: PostScript Paper and Page Flipper by Paper Adventures, chalk by Craf-T Products, cloud template by Journaling Genie (Chatterbox), letter template by Frances Meyer, big square punch by Marvy Uchida, and pens by Avery.

For information about more Quick and Easy page ideas from Joanna, be sure to check out this book review:
Quick and Easy Pages: Book Review