Just Smile with Basicgrey using the Porcelain Line
Posted by scrapbook on August 27, 2009 under Idea, Page Idea, layout | 
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Just Smile! Another great basicgrey layout for todays blog. most of our pages seem to focus on the loves, and passions of other people. Why not take a day and create a page of your own wants, dreams, and the things that just make you smile! Sometimes that most fun pages to create are the ones about yourself! I love the flower accents! And the use of the small photos 
They are my new favorite page accessory! Enjoy everyone 
BasicGrey supplies/
Cupcake alphabet sticker sheet
4¾†x 12†strip Hampton
7¼†x 12†piece Langley
¾†x 9†strip Silver Birch
3¼†x 4¼†block Villeroy
½†x 11†strip Stafford
1/8†x 4†strip Langley
1/8†x 4†strip Silver Birch
three 1½†circles Langley
5 flowers cut from Doulton
Miscellaneous Porcelain brads
other supplies/
adhesive of choice
brown chalk ink
pink chalk ink
stapler and staples
trimmer or cutting mat/straight edge
brown journaling pen
1½†circle punch or circle cutter
Pencil
1 sheet 12†x 12†coordinating cardstock
3†x 9†strip of white cardstock
photos needed/
one 5¼†x 4¾†horizontal photo
two 2¼†square photos
Instructions/
1 Onto cardstock base, mount 7¼†x 12†piece of Langley vertically to the left side of the cardstock and the 4½†x 12†piece of Hampton vertically to the right side so that the pieces are flush together.
2 Using a 1½†circle of Langley as a template, place it approximately 1½†up from the right side of a 3†x 9†strip of white cardstock so that it is half on and half off as shown. Use pencil to trace.
3 Journal on the bottom half of white cardstock block only making sure to avoid area inside the traced circle. When journaling is com-plete, erase pencil marks.
4 Mount journaling block into the Langley section so that the left edge is flush with its left edge and centered top to bottom as shown.
5 Mount three 1½†circles of Langley as shown.
6 Cut five flowers form piece of Doulton and adhere to Langley circles as shown. Place brads in the center of a few flowers as desired.
7 Add title to journaling block as shown using alpha stickers. Use ink to make the “dot†in the “i†pink.
8 mount the three photos as shown so the right side of each is flush with the left side of the journaling block.
9 Mount piece of Villeroy to the left of the square photos.
10 Adhere strip of Silver Birch vertically so that it runs along the left side of the photo/Villeroy block, slightly overlapping them.
11 Adhere strip of Stafford vertically, centered top to bottom, so that it runs between the photo and journaling sections as shown.
12 Layer the 4†strips of Silver Birch and Langley to the top, right edge of the Stafford strip as shown.
13 Use stapler to secure strips as shown.
14 Finish layout using brown journaling strips to add faux stitching where shown, if desired.
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