Studi J - Better Together

12" × 12" Better Together Layout

Kit: Pemberley
Pattern: Elegant Showcase™
Photos: 1 vertical, 2 square

Colors:  Bamboo  Colonial White  Desert Sand  Honey  Indian Corn Blue  Outdoor Denim

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Technique

• Using My Stickease^® borders to mat photos
• Sending layers forward, backward, to front, and to back

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Preparation

1. Select Pemberley kit.
2. Select Elegant Showcase™ pattern.
3. Select Kit Mix 1.

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Putting the Layout Together

1. Change Bamboo cardstock to Colonial White cardstock.
2. Change yellow B&T paper to Bamboo cardstock.
3. Change Indian Corn Blue cardstock to dark blue B&T paper.
4. Change multicolor floral B&T paper to dark blue B&T paper.
5. Change brown B&T paper to multicolor floral B&T paper.
6. Change vellum background of title and journaling wells to Bamboo cardstock.
7. Add 1/8" Bamboo photo mat to rightmost photo.
8. Drop photos into photo wells.

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Finishing Touches

1. Change color of toggle accents as follows:
   • ribbon to Desert Sand
   • brads, buttons, photo hanger to Cocoa
   • button threads to Colonial White
2. Add the following My Stickease images to left page, resizing, rotating, and cropping as desired. Right-click to bring layers forward or send backward as needed.
   • brown heart (Large Accents) at 120%
   • four blue and yellow cross-stitch borders (Borders) at 100%
   • two flower sprigs (Medium Accents) at 100%
   • leaf sprig (Medium Accents) at 125%
   • cream rose (Large Accents) at 150%
3. Add the following My Stickease images to right page, rotating, cropping, and resizing as desired. Right-click to bring layers forward or send backward as needed.
   • blue pennant (Tags) at 70%
   • yellow pennant (Tags) at 65%
   • two blue and yellow butterflies (Small Accents) at 45% and 60%
   • two blue and yellow cross-stitch borders (Borders) at 100%
   • four-petal yellow flower (Medium Accents) at 100%
   • flower sprig (Medium Accents) at 30%
   • leaf sprig (Medium Accents) at 50%
4. Create title as follows:
   • new text area: “better” in 72 pt. Handmade font, no background, Cocoa text
   • quick-title: “TOGETHER” at 55%, 15 px. spacing
5. Add new text area “We are:” in 32 pt. Inkling font, Indian Corn Blue background, Colonial White text, center-aligned, centered top-to-bottom.
6. Add journaling as desired in 22 pt. Elementary font, Bamboo background, Cocoa text, center-aligned.