by Your Guide to Scrapbooking: Rebecca Ludens
Page Designs by Rebecca Ludens

For this month's technique challenge, I thought it would be fun to try out a technique that I originally learned in a class that I attended called Vellum with Pizazz, sponsored by Hot Off the Press. The instructor, Sylvia Pischler, was enthusiastic and professional. One of the techniques she shared with the class was how to fold vellum photo corners.

In the sample page shown here, I did use vellum, however this article will show how regular acid-free scrapbook paper can also create beautiful corners to accent your special photos.

More of this Feature • Photo Corner Folding Step By Step Instructions • See the Sample Page in Greater Detail

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Folding the Photo Corners

Click here for step by step instructions for folding the photo corners. 

Materials Used in "Just Swingin'" Page:

Background Cardstock: Sunflower Yellow from Club Scrap
Middle Layer Cardstock: Hunter Green source unknown
Printed Paper: Paper Pizazz Gold Hand Painted Papers from Hot Off the Press, 2 8.5"x11" pages of Blue Marble with Daisies
Vellum: Paper Pizazz Butterfly Metallic on Vellum from Hot Off the Press
Title Printed with The Best of Creative Lettering Combo from Creating Keepsakes using CK Cursive and CK Trellis.

Techniques Used for "Just Swingin'" Page:

This page is a good example of using 8.5"x11" printed paper for a 12"x12" page layout. To begin, trim the first page of blue marble floral painted paper and mount on green cardstock. Use the second sheet of matching printed paper to cut out embellishments to add to the page. Cut around the flowers, separating them into groupings. Trim a section of the page to use as a journaling box adhering flowers to the top and bottom of the box. More of the cut flowers are added to the right edge of the first paper to balance the page.

Carefully cut the metallic printed edge from the vellum page. Cut out as many of the gold butterflies and dragonflies as you would like to decorate your page. In the sample, the lovely golden insects have been added to the journal box, along the floral borders of the page, and a couple were mounted directly onto the photo corners. Print the title and journaling on the remainder of the vellum that you have left after you remove the metallic border, being sure to set your page size to match the new size of the vellum sheet. Use any extra vellum, after you have cut out your title and journaling, to cut 4 2" squares to fold into photo corners. After folding, embellish the corners by tracing the lines with a gold gel pen.

Click here or on the sample page above to see it in more detail.