Simple shapes are an easy way to add interest and good graphic design to your scrapbook pages. Concentric square and circle punches allow you to complete these types of layouts quickly. In this layout, squares, circles, and brads were layered to add interesting borders to the page.

Materials Used:

Cardstock - Club Scrap
Geometric Punches - EK Success:
    Squares: 1 1/8" and 1 3/8"
    Circles: 7/8" and 1 1/4" and 1 1/2"
Brads - ScrapArts
Fonts - Comic Sans MS, and Arial

Step 1: Punch the background squares. In the sample layout, the background squares are 1 3/8" punches.

Step 2: Punch the inside squares. For those shown above 1 1/8" punches were used.

Step 3: Punch accent circles. Here 7/8" circles were used.

Step 4: Layer the shapes, making sure to lap some of the circle off the edge and trim to achieve a random look.

Step 5: Add a coordinating color brad to the center of the circles.

Step 6: Adhere squares to your layout.

Challenge yourself to try a layout with layered geometric squares today!