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Thursday, March 7, 2013

The Race: Using Border Strips As A Photo Mat

For the PaperHaus blog hop and giveaway, please see this post. 

I had so much fun with the new March kit at My Creative Scrapbook.  The colors and patterns of the My Mind's Eye line in the Creative Kit were just yummy and happy. 

One of my favorite papers in the kit was this pretty, sunshiny Polaroid paper that I used as my backdrop here: 


If you look closely, you will see that the Polaroids are upside down, so don't look too closely!  I turned the paper upside down because I liked the burst of color in the upper left corner and it gave me more design room on the rest of the page. 


To make the large mat under the photo, I cut apart the border strip paper in the kit.  I left a little bit of white space between each one and staggered them a bit to give a sense of movement. 


The photos fit nicely on the mat. I left a spot to the left for the title. 

Thanks so much for stopping by. I'll be back tomorrow with another project from the March kit and to announce the winner of the giveaway for the PaperHaus blog hop. 

11 comments:

  1. I am loving this kit and the layouts you created with it! Love that you flipped the paper around and I promise not to look too close!!!;)

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  2. didn't even notice until you said not to look to close~it is fabulous as always!!!

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  3. LOVE this page! The colors really make the ocean pop. I love using strips for a photo mat like that. I hadn't noticed that the Polaroids were upside down until you mentioned it!

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  4. I was thinking...what is she talking about...the page is perfect! LOL!! NOW I see it...thought it was part of the design! HA! Love this page - I'll be doing this (running in the water) next month! Can't wait! Looks like they had a blast :)

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  5. I wouldn't have noticed that you flipped the paper either. Everything on here works so well together. The photos really pop and the page is full of color and the great design with the border strips.

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  6. I had never thought of using this technique! I love it! I'd actually be able to use all of those scraps.

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  7. I love how you did the paper strip background.

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  8. OMYGOSH!! I loveeeeeeeeee this!! LOVING the colors, the photos and love love love the paper strips!!

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  9. Your layout is beautiful...and I love the colors...I think I may need this paper line.

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  10. izzy this is soooooo amazing!!! i am just in awe!! totally love it!

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